The WAD Stays IN....

[gold40]

Over the weekend, I was pheasant hunting with a friend, when my dog went on point. As we moved in, I could see the rooster, and his head was pointing toward my friend, on the other side of some brush. We thought the rooster woud go toward him, and I stepped back.

He released his dog to flush, which it did, but the rooster did a 180 on the rise, and came back over me. I shot quickly, and too close, at about 8 yards. Bird went right down, with a puff of feathers. Dog retreived, and I put the dead pheasant in my vest.

When I cleaned it later in the day, I was very surprised to find the wad lodged inside the breast of the rooster, and a lot of meat damage. I n many years of hunting, that is the first time I ever had a wad penetrate, and stay in a bird.