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To: michael97123 who wrote (181722)	2/14/2006 11:36:15 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You can usually pick it out while eating the bird. Only a few pellets kills a Quail.

To: michael97123 who wrote (181722)	2/14/2006 11:41:33 AM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Michael, it appears you're correct. It's not the first time but at least one person enjoyed it. Me. g. I have a hunting fiend friend who's cooks up birds for friends sometimes. It's not unusual to find a piece of birdshot in the meat but it's not riddled with birdshot. The birds usually aren't hit full on with bird shot and some of it must pass through the bird. It would be interesting to know the spread of birdshot on the guy that Cheney shot. If you knew that and the type of shell that he used you could get a pretty good estimate of the distance of the shot. Every news report I've seen talks about how the guy should have warned Cheney when he approached. It seems to me that if you have the gun in your hand and there are only three guys in your party, you don't shoot at ground level unless you know where all three guys are. Especially when you're pulling a half circle and shooting behind yourself. All the talk about how it's not unusual to get peppered with birdshot while bird hunting fails to recognize the difference between having spent birdshot rain down on you from a distant shot and getting "knocked silly" by the force of a close in shot. The news media repeats the spin like trained monkeys. Ed

To: michael97123 who wrote (181722)	2/14/2006 12:27:57 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<<Quail hunters typically eat the bird. If so they would be eating a hell of a lot of bird shot, no?>> As a rule the bird is only hit by one or two BBs. They can be dug out either before cooking or after. The biggest worry is chipping a tooth on one. I have eaten probably 500 critters shot with a shotgun and did swallow 3 BBs, found them in the toilet after flushing a day or two later.