In 1956, a famous movie, named "Trapeze" starring Burt Lancaster and Gina Lollobrigida, hit the silver screen. Burt was obsessed with completing three somersaults in mid air, and in TIME to catch the next trapeze that was swinging to him, without falling and busting his derriere. As fate would have it, at that time, I was too young to see the movie, and voluptuous Gina. But you can bet your ass I saw Gina later!
What has a movie got to do with crow shooting? (Its peculiar how things are interconnected).
Within what amount of TIME, do you have to kill 3 flying crows, with 3 shells, to consider this feat a "triple".
I'm sorry if images of Gina keep you guys awake all night!
"A triple" to me is three birds in rapid succession within (time wise) 2 1/2 to 3 seconds to have all of them dead in mid air. Much longer than that is more like 3 fast singles. Just my opinion.
Bob A.
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How bout this for a lagit triple,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Five screamers coming in, raise your gun up squeeze. First bird folds, squeeze again on second bird before hull hits ground second bird folds cause he was right next to first,swing on third bird with after burners on cause he has realized all hell is breaking loose and just as you squeeze...........A bright light flashes in your head, you fall off your stool and tear down the side of your hide. You sit back up on your stool, pick up your hat and wonder how you fell of your stool when you know you didn't loose your balance. You look down and a pilfered bandit is at your feet, one right in front of the hide and one 20 feet behind it.Blood all over the side of your hat, and you scratch your head and have a 1/4 inch gouge in your scalp. Further investigation reveals The first crow hit you square in the side of the head. The point of his beak must have hit a tiny vent hole in the mesh and cut your head. (Small area of mesh was spread apart on hat). You get home and your wife will not stop nagging at you cause she thinks you need a tetnas shot. A visit to your doc and $78 bucks later for a shot the wife quits griping, and you figure you could have almost bought a case and a half of shells with the cash you gave a quack for just making your wife shut up........Now that is a TRIPLE I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE!!!!!! p.s. She then complained for a week about the price of the tetnas shot
-- Edited by chip on Saturday 3rd of September 2011 02:33:30 PM
Few guys get hit like that but it sure does happen when you kill birds in the air at a 30 to 45 degree angle and have forward momentum. I got hit in the face a number of years ago while hunting with Jerry Byroade. I shot the first bird and as I was bearing down on the second bird I got smacked by bird number one!
When I used to carry my ammo in 5 gallon buckets (a five gallon bucket will hold 650 20 gauge hulls and 500 12 gauge hulls) I had several drop right into my shell bucket over past seasons.
Lots of very good memories from chasing those damn crows!
Bob A.
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p.s. She then complained for a week about the price of the tetnas shot
I think need a name change for Chip, lets call him "LUCKY"!