Crazy Eurasians

[jtay56]

Well if any of you are like me, you've put what you thought was a good shot on a Eurasian only to see a shower of feathers and a bird fly away. Well after what I saw last night I feel a little but better about my shooting abilities and have more respect for these birds.

While cleaning my birds from a good day at my honey hole it found two birds with something a little different about them.

Scar tissue. Scar tissue from previous gun shots. Complete with feathers embedded in the scar tissue.
That large yellowish area is all scar tissue. That particular bird had scar tissue from at least two pellets. Possibly three. Another bird had a single scar tissue section.

These are some hearty birds. I've seen mourning dove knocked down by much less.

Anybody else seen this with ol collered necks


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[SurfNHuntSD]

Ha! That's crazy. Awhile back I went out for euros with some guys on here and we had a similar deal. More than a few euros ate some shot and kept on going. Pretty amazing actually how they'd eat shot, puff some feathers, stutter and keep flying. We thought they'd go die somewhere else but I guess not. Next time I go I'm thinking of using #6 shot instead of the 7.5. And maybe a tighter choke for the far fliers. They're hefty birds all right.

 

[msteiger]

They can be tough, take a beating a keep going. Crazy for a small animal.

 

[ilovesprig]

Looks tasty.................lol

If you really want to hunt a tough bird, try band-tails......Most shots are far, they have loose feathers, and they have large breasts......Puff!......And away they go...... ;D

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

Looks tasty.................lol

If you really want to hunt a tough bird, try band-tails......Most shots are far, they have loose feathers, and they have large breasts......Puff!......And away they go...... ;D

I can't wait for them to open Dec 20.. while looking for deer I found a giant flock of bandtails that've been hanging around. I'm gonna put in my xtra full choke and take em down!

 

[8SteelTown]

This happened to me last year hunting Mournings. I went to breast one and saw a lump, I peeled it back and there was an orb. It almost looked like a pistachio shell with layers. Thinking it was some lead poisoning from some pass through shot with calcification all around the outside. Per everyone on here's recommendations, I didn't eat that bird.