Where are the best spots to aim (besides head shots) for pigeons at different slope Angels and facing positions?
Where to aim when shooting pigeons?
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Excellent video. Heart looks like right where the wing meets the body. Center mass ia definitely not the way to go.
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If you hit them in the head they die, but flap about for a while. I find just above the breast, at the base of the neck good. They just keel, over, instant lights out. That way you can get the one next to it. I use a 12 ft pound 177 or p rod. Perfect for controlling them inner city.
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As far as I'm concerned you can shoot them ANYWHERE you can get a pellet into them. I have some commercial buildings my wife and I own that we rent out for our retirement. Every year it seems I have to pay to repair damage done to the HVAC units on the roof caused by pigeons. I just paid a 3800.00 dollar bill for the last damage. I could have bought 2 Impacts! They are just feathered RATS.
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A shot in the back is the DRT shot for me. Spine is high in the back. Not always visible though. Have fun, Scott
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You would be wrong about shooting them ANYWHERE, because it is irresponsible and inhumane. They can cause lots of damage and there population does need to be controlled, but it should all happen in an humane and responsible manner.
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My first thought is, who cares? I shoot a lot of pigeons dead in the body. Sometimes they just drop, and sometimes they fly away for a few yards, and then drop. A few I have nailed 3 times complete with red mist, feathers, and a bunch of dust on their far side, yet, they fly and disappear into the distance. I assume they die within a few minutes.
Where I shoot pigeons, is on a dairy feed lot. We're not talking dozens, or hundreds, but thousands up on thousands! I could care less where I hit them, because I have in the back of my mind, that each and everyone of those birds eats about 150 times their weight each year. For an average pigeon, than it nearly 80 pounds of cattle feed per year EACH!!!
Where I shoot pigeons, is on a dairy feed lot. We're not talking dozens, or hundreds, but thousands up on thousands! I could care less where I hit them, because I have in the back of my mind, that each and everyone of those birds eats about 150 times their weight each year. For an average pigeon, than it nearly 80 pounds of cattle feed per year EACH!!!
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I hate to say it, but I agree with Alan and kitplanenut here: If they're causing a lot of damage ($$) hit them wherever you can. Preferably a quick kill, but c'mon Ginuwine1969. Be real. If you just paid a $3800 bill for an A/C unit, I bet your standards would go down quite a lot.
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Shooting in the UK I'm limited to 12ftlb without a fire arm certificate so I would tend to agree with Genuine1969, and err on the side of a head shot for a humane kill. If you miss a head shot you're far less likely to cause unintended injuries. What I would say @Genuine1969, is that at 30ftlb+ the energy on impact is significantly higher, particularly at higher calibres. While it would be very poor form to shoot indiscriminately at 12ftlb, given similar distances almost any body shot is lethal at 30ftlb. The trauma to the body is so destructive in small quarry, that the kill is very quick.
I shoot .22 diabolo @ 16gr, and at 12ftlb (well, 11.2ftlb at peak on my power curve), and I find 35 yards to be at the outer limits of my ability to produce well placed shots. I'll consider a heart and lungs shot, or a shot into the spinal column where neck meets the body if I can get to within 20 yards. Anything between 20 and 35 yards is a head shot - my personal preference at 12ftlbs is that I'd rather miss completely, than risk injury, and prolonged suffering.
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I do hear you guys and i would be pissed if i was in that situation. I do it for sport and eating, so i was looking at it a little different. In the spirit of the sport i say always be as humane as possible, even when i pest. But i do understand.
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Which is why I'm glad I can use a 25 cal for pesting, I need to make kills as quickly as I can. Waiting for the perfect shot just isn't an option when you're going for numbers as quickly as you can.
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We shoot lots of pigeons at local feed lots, out buildings ect. Our favorite aim point is right below the neck and in toward center mass. They drop like a rock. No suffering. We try to limit our range to 40 yard shots in order to make clean kills.
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We have a dairy and I always aim for body shots they go down. Head shots are too iffy. But I shoot from 25-100yds. If it's a solid hit in the breast they will go down. We also have hundreds and the collared Eurasian doves as well. From a side shot I try to aim just in front of the wing. But I agree the back shot is one of my favorites as well.
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The cost to feed and water cattle per head is about $1 to $2 per day, depending on location, and whether they're being raised as dairy, show, or food. On average, they eat about 25 pounds per day, plus water.
House sparrows, collared doves, pigeons, and black birds eat about 150 times their weight per year. A house sparrow only weighs about one ounce. A dove about 6 to 10 ounces, and a pigeon up to 1.5 pounds! Simple math will give you an idea of how much it costs the farmers raising cattle.
Where I shoot, the farmer estimates that pest birds cost him close to $50 per day. I don't doubt this, and here's why. If you pour out an 80 pound bag of cattle feed on the ground in an unused paddock, the various birds will consume that pile in less than 4 hours.
As for eating... Yes I eat the collared doves, but to be honest, I've grown real tied of them. They're a mess to clean, and you have to have about 5 or 6 per person just to have enough for a light meal! For the most part, I let the cats have them.
House sparrows, collared doves, pigeons, and black birds eat about 150 times their weight per year. A house sparrow only weighs about one ounce. A dove about 6 to 10 ounces, and a pigeon up to 1.5 pounds! Simple math will give you an idea of how much it costs the farmers raising cattle.
Where I shoot, the farmer estimates that pest birds cost him close to $50 per day. I don't doubt this, and here's why. If you pour out an 80 pound bag of cattle feed on the ground in an unused paddock, the various birds will consume that pile in less than 4 hours.
As for eating... Yes I eat the collared doves, but to be honest, I've grown real tied of them. They're a mess to clean, and you have to have about 5 or 6 per person just to have enough for a light meal! For the most part, I let the cats have them.
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I SHOT A PIGEON in FLIGHT today with my SIG MCX and I have it on video... Ill post the link when it goes live on youtube in a few days..
P.S. It was not like teds shot mine was about 6 feet away from me and i had a laser sight.. every thing just lined up and i instinctively pulled the trigger and it just dropped infront of me....
P.S. It was not like teds shot mine was about 6 feet away from me and i had a laser sight.. every thing just lined up and i instinctively pulled the trigger and it just dropped infront of me....
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