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Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

So I see a dove in the side yard today. About 12 yards out. He detects my presence, but I still got off a solid shot on him using my Hammerli Storm .22. I hit him and see a big feather blow out, but he flies up on top of the fence, then almost immediately flies over to a fruit tree branch in the backyard. I quickly reloaded another raptor and this time had to open my other window to get a shot at him.

As I took aim, I noticed he seemed smaller than the before. But I blasted him anyway killing him instantly. As I thought about it while walking outside to retrieve my kill, I was not surprised to find out that I had indeed shot two separate birds, which were now laying five feet from one another!

I'm still not sure how I lost track of the first one, but I think it flew over there, died, and then it's buddy was nearby and flew up on the limb to see what was the matter with it. And then I shot him too. I just never saw both of them together at the same time.

So a nice twofer on a friday afternoon. (Sorry, no pics today.)

Crosman140 · Senior Member

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

It's hit or miss, no pun intended, as far as when a fellow bird will abandon its comrade or just take off when it hears the shot. I think a lot of it has to do with mating pairs, which are more inclined to stay with their mate if one is downed. Sometimes I think they don't realize that that one of them is down, and they instinctively take off and don't look back. But I've seen them fly up on the fence after a shot, look at the dead or wounded bird below like "C'mon dude, we gotta' get the heck outa' here!" And then they fly off a few seconds later once they realize that something is very wrong.

Sorry about the lack of pics, but they seem to bring negative attention now and again, so I try to just post stories often times. But if it helps to paint you a mental picture, they looked like every other bird I've shot, only x2 this time.