My buddy had a ~ 40 yard shot and smacked a good size pigeon very hard, the smack at that distance was louder than his LDC'd air gun. He was shooting JSB Jumbo Heavies as I do. These pellets are in the 21+fpe range at that distance. His gun is shooting them in the 850fps range.
We both heard the very loud smack (a very solid hit) and we turned away to put his gun in my vehicle to retrieve the bird knowing he was hit hard !, When we got to the spot he hit him, the pigeon was gone !!! We looked around for about 20 minutes and found nothing except a quarter size circle of blood where he was hit.
He and I were stumped ? I'm wondering if something got him before we reached him, I did not see any Hawks or Owls There were plenty of Ravens in the area, but this is less than 3 minutes time from hit to at the pigeons location !
JSB's are pretty soft lead and I would have though that bird was a downer ! The bird was facing him and it looked like a chest/body shot.
Are pigeons tough bird to bring down, I never thought so ?
wll2506
We both heard the very loud smack (a very solid hit) and we turned away to put his gun in my vehicle to retrieve the bird knowing he was hit hard !, When we got to the spot he hit him, the pigeon was gone !!! We looked around for about 20 minutes and found nothing except a quarter size circle of blood where he was hit.
He and I were stumped ? I'm wondering if something got him before we reached him, I did not see any Hawks or Owls There were plenty of Ravens in the area, but this is less than 3 minutes time from hit to at the pigeons location !
JSB's are pretty soft lead and I would have though that bird was a downer ! The bird was facing him and it looked like a chest/body shot.
Are pigeons tough bird to bring down, I never thought so ?
wll2506