double? or 2 in a row?

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Hey guys I have a question not trying to start a pissing match...

What do you consider a true double on upland birds??? Lots of times I hear guys say I got a double or even tripple on birds etc. Had a buddy claiming he shot a tripple on pheasant he told the story & he shot 3 roosters 1 after another from same spot as each 1 flushed I gave him s*** & said a baseball player can't hit 3 singles & call it a tripple lol
He shot 3 in a row...

I always thought a double or triple was all birds in the air at same time & u drop them out of air 1 2 3 etc. Waterfowlering is wear this mentality came about I guess??? I agree ...

What your feelings or thoughts... Or story's of a true in air tripple or 2-3 in a row... I have a few I could tell...
 
I think a double is when two birds flush at the same time and you bag both. If they fly one after another and you bag 'em, good shooting but not a double.
 
Crossing shot said:
I'd say a double occurs when you do not bring the gun down between shots.
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Lol. Never herd that 1... I have a bad habit of taking my head off stock & droop n gun after I shoot too used to pumps I guess...

I shot a true in air triple on sharptails in MT 20+ bird flush in my face with a pump maybe I shot 3 in a row I dropped my gun off shoulder to pump each shot my little short arms are no help. .

Now I use auto mostly still drop the gun bad habits die hard
 
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I'd say the birds are in the air at the same time. Bang, Bang, Bang, triple.

Your friend shot 3 singles....in my opinion.

I shoot a number of doubles on quail covey rises in a year(also have a number of covey rises where i'm left scratching my head :) ). I got a legit triple a couple weeks ago...with 2 barrels. Killed 1 with 1st barrel on front of passing covey and saw 2 tight near the passing rear of covey, bang, both down. I was seeing birds well that day and my shooting throughout the day was a rarity. basically was lucky day. I called it a scotch triple but not sure if that is even a thing.
 
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A5 Sweet 16 said:
Depends who's doing the shooting. I give myself more leeway than my buddies.
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An honest man. :D

It doesn't matter for me. I swear the only times I've had two roosters flush together is when I already have 2 birds in my vest.

I would say that a true double should have the second bird in the air before the first shot. Otherwise its a double on report. Either way I'd brag it up.

Tim
 
I'll go back to my days of competitive shooting, in skeet they throw double and singles. If one clay target is broken on the double you have to shoot them over , they call it fair pair in the air. To me A true double or triple is when all birds flush at a same time and you bring them down in my book in either 2 or three shots. Otherwise I would call them a report pairs or triples meaning when you fire another bird flushes. I have a buddy whose name is Bill "almost double" as he shot a report pair.....made a hat for him with his nickname embroider on it.

I had the crazy opportunity if shooting 5 quail in a row, they were hiding in a burrow and they could only flush one at a time and I went 5 for 5, but I didn't call it a quintuple. There were a total of 9 birds in the hole.....I thought my dog was crazy till I looked at the hole and could see the quail in there.
 
BritChaser said:
I think a double is when two birds flush at the same time and you bag both. If they fly one after another and you bag 'em, good shooting but not a double.
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Agreed. A triple would be really tough! Happens with ducks , they are flying towards you. Pheasants are going away.
 
I believe a true double is when 2 birds flush at the same time and both are taken. If it was simply not lower the gun you could theoretically just carrying the gun up in shooting position and shoot an sextuplet haha.
 
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Agreed. A triple would be really tough! Happens with ducks , they are flying towards you. Pheasants are going away.
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It ain't as tough as you'd think once you get used to a lot of birds flushing at one time.

I've killed triples of pheasants,sharptails and Huns with pumps and I'm no special gun slinger,I just spent a lot of time in good bird country and get used to the flush.
 
Doubles, regardless of definition, are cool until you realize your hunt is nearly over. A triple even more so.

I won't pass the opportunity up (like I can actually hit two in a row), but I don't like to end a hunt too fast. I'd rather get three separate points and flushes unless I'm nearing the end of my day and haven't had much luck.
 
The boys and I specify an 'aerial double' as two birds in the air at once. But we still call it a 'double' when we shoot one and another flushes and we shoot it too (if this happens immediately and of course without reloading). In Nova Scotia, a triple has only one name... 'Poaching' LOL
Dave
 
btomlin said:
I'd say the birds are in the air at the same time. Bang, Bang, Bang, triple.

Your friend shot 3 singles....in my opinion.

I shoot a number of doubles on quail covey rises in a year(also have a number of covey rises where i'm left scratching my head :) ). I got a legit triple a couple weeks ago...with 2 barrels. Killed 1 with 1st barrel on front of passing covey and saw 2 tight near the passing rear of covey, bang, both down. I was seeing birds well that day and my shooting throughout the day was a rarity. basically was lucky day. I called it a scotch triple but not sure if that is even a thing.
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I agree with all your post... I should have doubles on most quail coveys I've ever flushed I'm lucky to bring down 1 quail at a time... Pheasant usually flush in different directions or 1 flush behinde me etc. By the time I watch 1st bird fall to iffy to shoot I lost 1 bird out of my 1st 2-3 doubles I shot so I stopped banging at more then 1 rooster nowadays....

Ruffed grouse is 1 bird I want a double of... Way hard
 
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I think a grouse and woodcock double are the most difficult to achieve!
 
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