Any tricks for finding buckshot
02-03-2007, 06:27 AM
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Fork Horn
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Any tricks for finding buckshot
I ended up with a bunch of Canadian goose breasts from my first hunt. A couple of the shots ended up more in the body than in the head, so I have a few breasts that have some buckshot in them.
Is there any tricks to finding the buckshot (other than biting into it) that anyone uses?
-Rick C.
Is there any tricks to finding the buckshot (other than biting into it) that anyone uses?
-Rick C.
02-03-2007, 08:00 AM
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RE: Any tricks for finding buckshot
If you can see the entrance holes. Take a wooden shish-ka-bob skewer and slide it into the hole and along the channel. It will work if they didnt veer off course, which steel usually doesnt from what ive seen.
02-03-2007, 01:05 PM
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RE: Any tricks for finding buckshot
IfI have some that are shot up pretty good, I'll cook them in a fashion that requires thin slicing,(maybewrapped in bacon and grilled)and slice the breasts while looking/feeling for shot at the same time. Skewer idea is pretty good, also.
02-03-2007, 02:41 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Any tricks for finding buckshot
so I have a few breasts that have some buckshot in them
02-04-2007, 07:23 AM
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Fork Horn
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RE: Any tricks for finding buckshot
ORIGINAL: tschaef
I hope you mean birdshot, I'm not sure I'd want to hunt the same pond as you if your lobbing buckshot in air. Also, lead is illegal most places.
I hope you mean birdshot, I'm not sure I'd want to hunt the same pond as you if your lobbing buckshot in air. Also, lead is illegal most places.
02-04-2007, 08:42 PM
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RE: Any tricks for finding buckshot
I'm relieved to hear it's bird and not buck shot.
I've only used the techniques of carefully cleaning and investigating holes for imbedded shot, then carefully chewing.
But I wonder if anyone has ever tried using an electronic "stud finder" on duck, goose or upland game meat. I don't know why it wouldn't pick up metal either steel or other. I think the more sophisticated detectors measure the difference in density. Maybe I'll try it next fall for the heck of it.
I've only used the techniques of carefully cleaning and investigating holes for imbedded shot, then carefully chewing.
But I wonder if anyone has ever tried using an electronic "stud finder" on duck, goose or upland game meat. I don't know why it wouldn't pick up metal either steel or other. I think the more sophisticated detectors measure the difference in density. Maybe I'll try it next fall for the heck of it.
