"Multiples" an unofficial survey

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While Dove hunting opening weekend I got my first triple (3 birds in one flush or fly over). It was a fantastic thrill, and my buddies that saw it thought it was pretty cool too. Doubles and triples while dove hunting are obviously not all that uncommon, but it got us to talking on the way home about "Multiples" when pheasant hunting.

I have only been hunting pheasants for about 4 years and have yet to drop multiple birds on one flush (considering the conditions the last 4 years I feel pretty lucky just seeing more than one bird per day let alone hitting more than one at a time :D). My buddies who have been hunting for years said they only had three doubles between them, and only one triple while hunting in Kansas. It got me wondering how rare this occurrence is here in Kansas, so I thought I would take an unofficial survey. Anybody out there want to share/brag about dropping 2, 3, or maybe even 4 birds at one time?
 
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Killed two bobwhites with one shot one time and killed two doves with one shot one time. The two quail got up right next to each other and were flying side by side. My buddy and I just looked at each other. I don't know who was more surprised...Have no witnesses on the dove, but it happened.:)

Killed multiples a few times while quail hunting and have paired up on roosters a couple of times. I did kill four quail on a covey rise one time, but I almost can't claim that one. They got up a few birds at a time.
 
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When I was younger and still carried an auto, I shot 4 roosters at once 2 different times. Both times were out of the same plum thicket in Jewel county. I have doubled several times since I started carrying an o/u. I shot 2 once and reloaded and shot a late riser with the o/u a few years ago.
 
I did it once, but it was at a game farm with kinda stupid pen raised birds. We walked up on about four of them, trapped them against a creek, and thought, "They have to fly now." Nope. Two of them swam through the water, which i did even know they could do until i saw the water was about three feet deep. And after they got to the other side they flushed, after which i shot two. But it was so easy, with them being pen raised birds and all, i really don't count it.
 
The best one I have is on an extended flush of a covey of quail. I was in High school and just bought my brand new Rem 1100 20ga lightweight. First weekend hunting with it, I walk in on a point of my old Irish Setter, and shot 5 quail with 5 shots. It was really a triple followed by a double, but it was the same covey, just about 15 seconds total time.

Wish I still had those reflexes.

I have shot a couple of doubles on pheasants.
But what would really like is a double on Prairie Chicken over a point. Had one chance at it and I choked on the first shot thinking a about the double, with my O/U. Greed got me.
 
SetterNut said:
The best one I have is on an extended flush of a covey of quail. I was in High school and just bought my brand new Rem 1100 20ga lightweight. First weekend hunting with it, I walk in on a point of my old Irish Setter, and shot 5 quail with 5 shots. It was really a triple followed by a double, but it was the same covey, just about 15 seconds total time.

Wish I still had those reflexes.

I have shot a couple of doubles on pheasants.
But what would really like is a double on Prairie Chicken over a point. Had one chance at it and I choked on the first shot thinking a about the double, with my O/U. Greed got me.
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wow, a double on PC over a point....would be like a BJ on a crowded cross town bus! :D
 
Have had several doubles and a triple on roosters but the most memerable was dad reloading his a5 three times blocking and not missing. Never been prouder. That was in the nasty nintys.
 
I had just bought a .20 gauge SKB O/U an on an extended flush of a covey of quail in SE Nebraska I managed 5 birds one shot each!. Best I ever did by some. Love that gun!
 
I've doubled on pretty much every type of bird I hunt but prairie chickens. I don't recall ever getting a triple on anything but ducks, and that would have been a long, long time ago. I had a real easy shot at a PC double once, but I totally rushed the second shot (and missed badly) because I was excited.

I have doubled on pheasants a couple times, but I am really choosy about the second shot. I wouldn't want to go for 2 in heavy CRP, knowing that one of the birds will probably be down for a bit without a dog on its azz. It just gives the rooster time to get his wits about him and take off running.

I know it's the long and difficult tracks/retrieves that are the most memorable, but I prefer to go without the anxiety of an extended search for a downed bird. It's the most thrilling for me when I watch the bird go down and my dog is already haulin' the mail towards the spot where it's dropping.

But if it's a shelterbelt or a waterway with light cover on both sides, yeah I'll go for 2 if I get a good chance.:cheers:
 
I've doubled on pheasants twice, quail twice, and doves several times. All fun.
 
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opening day of duck season when i was in high school the first three ducks that came by were teal and i killed all three with one shot, the limit then was 3 ducks. 2 years ago hunting with my 410, 3 dove came by and i killed the 3 of them with one shot. on pheasants i have had quite a few doubles, here you have to be careful of what you call a double, to be official, both birds have to flush and be in the air at the same time and that is a high mark for pheasants as their flush is usually staggered, therefore no double just two in a row. quail as most of the flock do flush at the same time, doubles are easier to come by, with my 28 ga, took 5 birds with 2 shots, the two doubles were seen and planned, the fifth bird i didn't know i hit but the dog brought it back and i had 5. some of this of course is just plain luck but fun none the less. one time, again in my youth with two shot i retrieved 7 ducks, thought that was a really big deal, now i think it was disgusting cause surely i wounded a bunch more, that was a big flock of mallards and i was wrong headed on that one. on chickens, i usually am lucky to even shoot one about every 3 years so doubles are safe with them. blue grouse about 4 years ago shot 3 with two shots, that has to be pretty rare if you have ever hunted them

cheers
 
hunter94 said:
wow, a double on PC over a point....would be like a BJ on a crowded cross town bus! :D
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lmao that's funny 94 this thread brings back a great memory I had forgotten about my dad and me went quail hunting on a really cold day a covey got up he shot twice and killed five the dog just kept bringing them back one at a time. Man I wish my dad was still here I never seen anyone that could hunt as hard and as long as him, so hard to find someone who likes to get after it all day.I think the cold weather had lots to do with killing the 5 look at it now and it wasn't very fair to those birds hunting them in that cold of weather I guess?
 
mustistuff said:
opening day of duck season when i was in high school the first three ducks that came by were teal and i killed all three with one shot, the limit then was 3 ducks. 2 years ago hunting with my 410, 3 dove came by and i killed the 3 of them with one shot. on pheasants i have had quite a few doubles, here you have to be careful of what you call a double, to be official, both birds have to flush and be in the air at the same time and that is a high mark for pheasants as their flush is usually staggered, therefore no double just two in a row. quail as most of the flock do flush at the same time, doubles are easier to come by, with my 28 ga, took 5 birds with 2 shots, the two doubles were seen and planned, the fifth bird i didn't know i hit but the dog brought it back and i had 5. some of this of course is just plain luck but fun none the less. one time, again in my youth with two shot i retrieved 7 ducks, thought that was a really big deal, now i think it was disgusting cause surely i wounded a bunch more, that was a big flock of mallards and i was wrong headed on that one. on chickens, i usually am lucky to even shoot one about every 3 years so doubles are safe with them. blue grouse about 4 years ago shot 3 with two shots, that has to be pretty rare if you have ever hunted them

cheers
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arkansas'nm dont count!:D

made maybe one double, a few two for threes, one three for five. Waterfowl a different story.;)
 
BrownDogsCan2 said:
arkansas'nm dont count!:D

made maybe one double, a few two for threes, one three for five. Waterfowl a different story.;)
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I have never tripled on anything. Shot many a double on pheasant. Many years ago in Iowa, 100 yards into the first field, shot a quick double and a single. Had a limit and was back in the truck in about fifteen minutes. Saw my son shoot 3 roosters on a staggered " jail break" flush in SD a couple of years ago. He never moved they just kept getting up. He should have had six or more.
 
I've shot multiples on waterfowl many times. But, that's all I really hunted my entire life aside from the occasional upland hunt up until last year. When the early chicken season first started I shot a double off of a point with my Elhew EP I had at the time. Only time I've shot a chicken(s) during the early season too...

I'd say the most memorable was a goose hunt about 15 yrs ago. It was a very cold day and a snow storm was coming in. We were hunting the afternoon/evening and the guy who went with me got cold and went to the truck. Hadn't seen any geese flying yet that day but we were in a good field. He no more got to the truck and it started snowing pretty good. Low and behold here comes three big honkers over the dekes at about 40 yards high. Right over the top of me. I dropped all three while my buddy watched from the truck.

Shooting the three was neat in itself but what made it better was my buddy watched it all unfold from the truck. He was madder than an old wet hen but said it was cool to watch. I picked up the geese and decoys and went home.
 
never have dbl on phez.Watch a young man several years ago shot 4 on pass shoots,within 10 seconds.
I have tripled on dove a couple of times,shot tons of doubles on quail(several years ago,when we had quail).
Saw a good friend shot 5 on the rise,5 shots.That guy could shoot
Another good friend killed 3 quail one shot.pure luck
One time was driving truck down to pick up the guys pushing some new crp,this one guy gets to the end,and stops,I tell him to kick out that small patch of grass,about a 5x5, in front of him,6 roosters come blowing up all around him,poor guy unloaded his 870,didn't drop a feather.
 
carptom1 said:
I have never tripled on anything. Shot many a double on pheasant. Many years ago in Iowa, 100 yards into the first field, shot a quick double and a single. Had a limit and was back in the truck in about fifteen minutes. Saw my son shoot 3 roosters on a staggered " jail break" flush in SD a couple of years ago. He never moved they just kept getting up. He should have had six or more.
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During the 2000's a few of my buddys and I hunted over water north of town, it wasnt uncommon for one of us to take a limit of geese out of a flock.
One morning I was late and the birds were early, as I was walking out the geese came in. My buddy was already In the blind, he dropped three. I sent my dog for one and ducked down as another flock was coming in. His second three, and I was done! :eek:
 
UplandLevi said:
I did it once, but it was at a game farm with kinda stupid pen raised birds. We walked up on about four of them, trapped them against a creek, and thought, "They have to fly now." Nope. Two of them swam through the water, which i did even know they could do until i saw the water was about three feet deep. And after they got to the other side they flushed, after which i shot two. But it was so easy, with them being pen raised birds and all, i really don't count it.
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Pheasants swimming? That's unbelievable. I wonder how they can do that without webbed feet.
 
I saw a huntin' buddy get two scotch doubles on quail in one day.
 
Wingmaster said:
Pheasants swimming? That's unbelievable. I wonder how they can do that without webbed feet.
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My dog once flushed a rooster out of a wooded slough who only had his head sticking out of the water and then had to chase him over 50yds as he tried to swim away after the shot.:eek: He will always be known to my brother and I as the "submarine rooster".
 
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