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<blockquote data-quote="TAFKAP" data-source="post: 5785714" data-attributes="member: 7776"><p>Aim for the tip of the beak and you'll be fine. The issue with cranes isn't hitting them in the head or the neck, it's trying to realize that the bird coming in at you isn't a football-sized duck at 15 yards....it's a 747 coming in hot and fast at 40 yards.</p><p></p><p>There was a perceptible enough time for me to think "Dang, I missed" when I brought down my first bird. It folded up and crashed to the ground after the thought crossed my mind. I stepped off a 55 yard distance to go pick it up. When I skinned it, there were two pellet holes in its neck, and one in its head. When I pulled the trigger, I felt like the bird was right in my face.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TAFKAP, post: 5785714, member: 7776"] Aim for the tip of the beak and you'll be fine. The issue with cranes isn't hitting them in the head or the neck, it's trying to realize that the bird coming in at you isn't a football-sized duck at 15 yards....it's a 747 coming in hot and fast at 40 yards. There was a perceptible enough time for me to think "Dang, I missed" when I brought down my first bird. It folded up and crashed to the ground after the thought crossed my mind. I stepped off a 55 yard distance to go pick it up. When I skinned it, there were two pellet holes in its neck, and one in its head. When I pulled the trigger, I felt like the bird was right in my face. [/QUOTE]
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