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When I was about 12 I signed up for a mail order taxidermy course from the Northwestern School of Taxidermy. I didn't get far with the course but I've always remembered their suggested method of finishing off a bird. Any bird. Place the bird on it's breast and put your foot on the back with enough force to prevent breathing. The 'dying flutter' signifies the job is done. Doesn't muss up the feathers at all!...Geo
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I just use the Ozzy Osborne method. LOL!!
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I was wondering Lloyd, what barrel do you keep in your 870 "truck gun"? Do you keep a slug barrel in case you run across a "nasty" bear and use it for birds? Or a barrel that is more for bird hunting? Thanks.
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The barrel it came with Jimmy. Set up with a mod choke. 28-inch vent rib.
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I only knew there were two methods: wringing the neck and biting the skull. I've always just wrung the neck-- works fine for everything from woodcock to geese in my experience. I thought biting the skull was just something to get a rise out of the hunting partners. Suffocating a bird sounds brutal to me, even compared to crushing the skull.
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Thoracic compression is a little bit more than just suffocating the animal. Properly done, it should also stop the heart by gripping it and compressing it directly.
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I only knew there were two methods: wringing the neck and biting the skull. I've always just wrung the neck-- works fine for everything from woodcock to geese in my experience. I thought biting the skull was just something to get a rise out of the hunting partners. Suffocating a bird sounds brutal to me, even compared to crushing the skull. Thoracic compression is a little bit more than just suffocating the animal. Properly done, it should also stop the heart by gripping it and compressing it directly. Lloyd was looking for a humane method of finishing off a bird. The method recommended by the Nutty Professor essentially results in death by anoxia, or lack of oxygen to the brain. In a human, permanent brain damage from anoxia can result in 4 to 5 minutes, with death soon after. I don't know how long this process takes to kill a bird, but I'm quite sure it isn't nearly as fast as a quick snap of the neck. Personally, I'm not fond of the idea of biting a live birds head or skull, although it would be nearly instantaneous. But others might enjoy a mouthful of feathers.
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If I need to be put down, please don't stand on my chest until I'm dead. I would also rather you not bite my head, now that I think of it.
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If I need to be put down, please don't stand on my chest until I'm dead. I would also rather you not bite my head, now that I think of it. Nope. You are a bit too large for that. But I am sure you figured that out.
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