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Re: What do you consider a double?
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12/07/18 03:37 PM
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Jiggamitch
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Dropped 2 pintail drakes with one shot an hour ago. My first double!
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Re: What do you consider a double?
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12/07/18 05:01 PM
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two birds down with 1,2, or 3 shots = double this.
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Re: What do you consider a double?
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12/07/18 05:13 PM
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Ok, with all the different ideas about a double, there is a generation gap. I started waterfowl hunting in the 1960's on my family's peanut fields with my grandpa and his buddies he invited to hunt with us. Most of them either shot side by sides or over unders. A Browning superposed was considered the superior shotgun of the time. Several of the old timers, my grandpa included, shot Winchester model 21 "Duck" guns, because they were more affordable and pretty much bullet proof. Nobody had heard of camo and we wore brown or tan waxed canvas. The vernacular I learned and still go by: Double-on a decoying flight of birds, two birds are cleanly taken. One with the first barrel and another with the second barrel. The fellow who can consistently, cleanly double, was universally respected for his prowess. Scotch Double-two birds with one shot. Great fun but $hit house luck. Usually some appropriate prodding about flock shooting from the group. Does not garner the respect of a true double.
Thanks for the post. It took me back in time to memories I had all but forgotten. I like this story. Going forward, I've been corrected. Two birds, one shot, Scotch double.
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Re: What do you consider a double?
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12/07/18 08:58 PM
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two birds down with 1,2, or 3 shots = double this. I agree.
I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning.
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Re: What do you consider a double?
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12/08/18 12:26 AM
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fgdn
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2 birds fall = Double
1,2 or 3 shots...
J.J. double, is and always has been, as stated above 2 down, 2 shots, one right behind the other 2 with one shot, is nothing but an accident, and one of those is probably going to either walk and or fly away had both more than once.
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting.......holy kaka.....What a Ride!
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Re: What do you consider a double?
[Re: Smokey Bear]
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12/08/18 12:59 AM
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Scotch Double-two birds with one shot. Great fun but $hit house luck.. Its luck probably most of the time, especially on teal where you are reacting, but big ducks, I have had a few slow motion shots following the the bird in missile lock just waiting to pull trigger (I do this a lot hunting with others), I see another bird fall in line behind it, I pull trigger knowing I'm gonna drop 2.
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Re: What do you consider a double?
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12/08/18 01:26 AM
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To me a double would be taking 2 out of a group and a triple would be taking 3. Separate shots though...I don't consider 2 birds with one shot a double but more "luck". And that kind of "luck" could put you over your limit.
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Re: What do you consider a double?
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12/08/18 01:32 AM
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I have done the same with ducks as well as geese and realized it was going to happen. It was still $hit house luck. They lined up for me, but it is not something I had any influence on happening with any regularity. A very skilled shotgunner with a double barrel can double on three consecutive flights with no luck involved. Just his prowess with his shotgun, calls, and how he sets his blocks.
Last edited by Smokey Bear; 12/08/18 01:34 AM.
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Re: What do you consider a double?
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12/08/18 04:30 AM
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I have tripled once with ducks and dove. It's a good feeling. Both were in inclement weather. 20 degrees, 25 mph wind and blowing snow on the ducks and thunderstorm on the dove. Nice to get in the truck sooner both times.
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Re: What do you consider a double?
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12/09/18 03:27 AM
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If 2 birds fall on 1 or 2 shots I would call that a double.
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