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FrontSight · October 4, 2006, 03:44 PM

Springmom,

This past Sunday I went hunting for quail, that the state stocks, and some of those suckers just simply refused to fly...I literally had to stick my barrel under one's beak to make it take off...that's definitely close enough for a pistol bird shot, no?

And please, guys, no ripping on me for that; there was only about 5 out of 30 quail that did that, the rest flushed wild and ran & ran. Either way, here in NYC I don't have much choice as to how wild the birds can be...beggars can't be choosers!

October 4, 2006, 03:44 PM	#4
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	Springmom, This past Sunday I went hunting for quail, that the state stocks, and some of those suckers just simply refused to fly...I literally had to stick my barrel under one's beak to make it take off...that's definitely close enough for a pistol bird shot, no? And please, guys, no ripping on me for that; there was only about 5 out of 30 quail that did that, the rest flushed wild and ran & ran. Either way, here in NYC I don't have much choice as to how wild the birds can be...beggars can't be choosers!