Another thread here got me to wondering, how many members here have experieced being "rained on" by lead shot while bird hunting?
I've had the experience many times. My Dad used to own a 2200 acre parcel of prime hunting land which was managed primarily for doves, ducks, and quail. We would have serveral large dove hunts annually (200-300 people,) and most of the fields were large enough that it could take as many as 25 to 35 people to cover them completely. It was not at all uncommon for someone at one end of a field to fire a shot with the result that the shot charge fell onto people at the other end.
This is not a dangerous situation, IMO, unless you're looking directly skyward w/o glasses. Several times I tried to catch shot in my hand when I would hear it begin to rain down around me, and was successful only once when a pellet (probably a 7 1/2) landed in my hand.
Anyone else experience this?
I've had the experience many times. My Dad used to own a 2200 acre parcel of prime hunting land which was managed primarily for doves, ducks, and quail. We would have serveral large dove hunts annually (200-300 people,) and most of the fields were large enough that it could take as many as 25 to 35 people to cover them completely. It was not at all uncommon for someone at one end of a field to fire a shot with the result that the shot charge fell onto people at the other end.
This is not a dangerous situation, IMO, unless you're looking directly skyward w/o glasses. Several times I tried to catch shot in my hand when I would hear it begin to rain down around me, and was successful only once when a pellet (probably a 7 1/2) landed in my hand.
Anyone else experience this?
