Does anyone butt bang?

1pheas4 said:
Uncle Buck, what do you mean by "back"?



I don't know Crossing Shot. When I was a boy--my first year of hunting wild pheasants was nothing else than watching roosters fly off into the sunset. My nerves (pressure from my dad) was so great I literally didn't shot at the birds. I'd lock up. The following year, my dad was in some thick cover so I was basically alone. Pressure and over thinking wasn't a problem. I finally took a shot and dropped a nice rooster. I can remember to this day, NOT remembering the actual process of taking the shot. It was automatic--and I'll use the word "instinctive" because that seems to be what everyone is referring it too.

My cousin couldn't hit a thing. One of the worst shots I've seen. I told him to not think about the shot. Pull the gun and let his brain do the work. He tried it and it worked. Not much get's past him at this point.

Anyway, we're probably screwing you up over here aren't we? lol


Nick
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No. Not at all. I agree with you. It wasn't instinctive for me. Over twenty years of bad shooting for me. Number one reason was instincts told me to close one eye. Lucky to get some tail feathers to drop.

During a long spell of bad shooting, my brother-in-law and I made solemn oaths never to miss again. It took a while. Had to learn to shoot with both eyes. Had to learn to move my feet before the shot. Had to practice enough so I wouldn't think during the shot. mostly by focusing hard on the bird's head. The bane of my existence used to be the crossing shot. Now it is my favorite shot.

Twice I went thru a season with only one miss on roosters. Last year's miss was a long slightly quartering shot. It is possible the bird was out of range. I believe trap shooting should help with that shot.
 
carptom1 said:
For me shooting is instinctual. I killed my first bird when I was 11. Hunted a bunch of quail when I was a kid. I have missed a lot too. When I shoot to instinct I shoot well. When I think about it too much I miss.
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I'm the same way, if I think too hard about a shot I will usually miss. This technique works for me and many new hunters I have mentored but you must have a base of fundamentals in order to become an instinctual shooter. On the "butt banging" shot however, I really don't like shooting at pheasants when you can't see any part of their head. If the bird is a close shot and you shoot it in the butt you'll ruin the bird for eating. A slightly quartering rooster will almost always have a little bit if his head exposed if he flushes close. If they flush at the edge of my shooting range and don't present a good shot I simply let them fly away unharmed and hope to catch up to them later.
 
the more u are out there pounding away at wild birds seeing or experiencing different shots the better i could never hit clays but could kill birds i am much better instinct shooter if i see the birds coming from long ways off like waterfowling i miss 1st shot but hit the follow up? if a bird just flush out of blue or like in ruffed grouse woods i hit much more on 1st shot follow ups are hopes...

running a pointer helps because u are some what ready when bird flush... i get alot of strait away butt bang shot i just shoulder gun hit my cheek & focus on bird bang lots of birds get spine hit & never flap wings again just bank left or right hard & crash wings open still...

love shooting last or bating clean up things seem to move slower for me when im not the main shooter walking up the point...???

so i do butt bang as well i guess... lol
 
That going away shot even with a slight quarter is a tuff one for me. I think it's because I have a tendency to want to "aim" at that bird. I've tried to just cover it up but I can't do it. I always put the bird on top of the bead and shoot under it.
Maybe with a quick swing like your talking about your way is the way of doing it. I know I've made some long overhead shots on doves and waterfowl with what I always called the turbo swing. Were the lead stayed the same but I pulled past as fast and smoothly as possible.


Nick ,,,Buck shooting backup, we call that the gang b*ng:eek::D
 
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Frangler said:
I'm the same way, if I think too hard about a shot I will usually miss. This technique works for me and many new hunters I have mentored but you must have a base of fundamentals in order to become an instinctual shooter. On the "butt banging" shot however, I really don't like shooting at pheasants when you can't see any part of their head. If the bird is a close shot and you shoot it in the butt you'll ruin the bird for eating. A slightly quartering rooster will almost always have a little bit if his head exposed if he flushes close. If they flush at the edge of my shooting range and don't present a good shot I simply let them fly away unharmed and hope to catch up to them later.
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I do not intend to shoot it in the butt. Since my gun is traveling faster than the bird, by the time the pellets get there they should hit the bird in the head.

Not too many places to hunt. If I cannot get a forty yards or under shot, I too prefer to wait til next time.
 
Im pretty good at shooting the tail feathers off a pheasant! The really big tail feathers get me every time. :eek:
 
BrownDogsCan2 said:
I always put the bird on top of the bead and shoot under it.
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That's what I did on that bird last fall--same type shot as you described. I shot under the bird on the first two shots, caught/noted what I was doing wrong, then shot behind him on the third. The whole thing was a mess. lol

Nick
 
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