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  2. Choke (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A choke is designed to alter or shape the distribution of the shot as it leaves the firearm. For shooting most game birds and clay pigeons, a desirable pattern is one that is as large as possible while being dense enough to ensure multiple hits on the target, at a particular range. The choke should be tailored to the range and size of the targets.

  3. Upland hunting - Wikipedia

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    Upland hunters use all types of shotguns from break-action single-shots to semi-automatics, calibered from .410 bore through to 12-gauge.The quintessential shotgun for upland hunting is a double-barrel shotgun in a smaller gauge such as a 16-, 20-or 28-gauge, using small round pellets known as birdshots, which are also commonly used in duck hunting.

  4. Double-barreled shotgun - Wikipedia

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    Having two barrels lets the shooter use a more open choke for near targets, and a tighter choke for distant targets, [6] providing the optimal shot pattern for each distance. The disadvantage lies in the fact that the barrels of a double-barreled shotgun, whether over-and-under or side-by-side, are not parallel, but slightly angled, [ citation ...

  5. Pheasant shooting - Wikipedia

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    The common pheasant was first introduced to Great Britain many centuries ago, but was rediscovered as a game bird in the 1830s. [citation needed] It is reared extensively in captivity, and around 47 million pheasants are released each year on shooting estates, [1] mainly in England, although most released birds survive less than a year in the wild.

  6. Hunting weapon - Wikipedia

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    This method is still used mainly for hunting small game, and, occasionally, for hunting deer with buckshot, but modern shotguns can also be used for bigger game (deer, bear, etc.) when loaded with slugs. Hunting shotguns are shoulder-fired weapons, and are generally smoothbores, but guns designed to fire slugs may have rifled barrels.

  7. Zombie deer video: Police body cam captures 'zombie deer ...

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    When they arrived, the deer was just standing there, staring off into the distance, they said. Colerain Township police were called for the report of a deer on the side of the road. When they ...

  8. Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Hunting was formerly a royal sport, and to an extent shooting still is, with many kings and queens being involved in hunting and shooting, including King Edward VII, King George V (who could shoot over a thousand pheasants on a single day), [7] King George VI and Prince Philip, although Queen Elizabeth II did not shoot. Shooting on the large ...

  9. Internet hunting - Wikipedia

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    The first internet hunting website, Live-Shot.com, was created in 2005 by John Lockwood, who saw it as a way to provide an authentic hunting experience for disabled persons. [1] According to the Humane Society, the operation consisted of "a fenced pen stocked with animals [where Lockwood] set up a tripod with a camera and a firearm". [2]