On 31-Aug-16 12:13 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 31/08/16 11:47, Nightjar wrote:
On 31-Aug-16 10:50 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 31/08/16 10:10, Nightjar wrote:
In any case, all you are likely to do with an air rifle is to injure
them.

Not shot many birds with an air rifle then?

More to the point, the OP hasn't. Killing a large bird with an air rifle
needs rather more skill than he is likely to have.


Depends how long you expect it to live after you have

In general the first shot will disable it and then you walk up and do a
head shot for the kill shot...

I would expect herring gulls to present similar problems to geese, which
need a heavier hit to kill them than game birds. However, if the OP is
as good as he says, he would probably drop them with a head shot every
time :-)




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Colin Bignell