11-09-2007, 02:58 AM
It is now over. I shot a mature tundra tonight at brbr unit 1a. I only had 1 flock of 8 birds fly over within range and i made the new Federal Black Cloud shells prove their power. The first 2 shots i noticed the feet shuttering and thought MORE lead. Another 3 feet and it folded like a bad poker hand! My son was with me and watched the whole thing and all i can say is i will never forget that moment and the look in his eyes as that bird fell to the ground. If you were anywhere near brbr you probably heard him(and me) hootin and hollerin!
Don't forget if you hunt that unit or 2c(i think) you can only have 10 shells within 50' of the center of the main dike. I talked with a co out there tonight and he said that every year approx. 300 swans die on the rest area from fatal(but not instant) wounds from people shooting at birds that are too high. Please take shots you are sure you can make and kill cleanly.
P.S. Give it another foot or two of lead. Those are big birds and they really are moving fast...
There's a bonus pic of a nice drake buffy i shot a couple weeks ago too.
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Don't forget if you hunt that unit or 2c(i think) you can only have 10 shells within 50' of the center of the main dike. I talked with a co out there tonight and he said that every year approx. 300 swans die on the rest area from fatal(but not instant) wounds from people shooting at birds that are too high. Please take shots you are sure you can make and kill cleanly.
P.S. Give it another foot or two of lead. Those are big birds and they really are moving fast...
There's a bonus pic of a nice drake buffy i shot a couple weeks ago too.
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