Sentence examples for bird shot from inspiring English sources
Although the "best" size is a hotly debated topic, smaller bird shot and skeet/clay target sized shot at close range can be very effective.
Here he unloads after then vice-president Dick Cheney accidentally shot hunting pal Harry Whittington with bird shot.
In one case a Bahraini called Ali was shot in the face with bird shot and was taken while unconscious to Salmaniya hospital in the capital Manama where he remained for five days.
On Friday afternoon, three protesters were killed in a brief volley of gunfire and bird shot.
But then I heard bird shot ripping through the leaves of a tree overhead, so I started running again.
After he hit what he called a "critical mass" of bird shots and had begun interviewing the birders (who included the novelist Jonathan Franzen), he decided the bird pictures weren't as good as he wanted.
There are a wide variety of ammunition options available for the shotgun, and bird shot--made of small pellets poured into a plastic wadding--is most commonly used for shooting clay pigeons on the target range, or small birds like doves.
If you're keen on the outdoors and love a good hike, you'll be more likely to head back country, climb, swim or whatever to get those rarer bird shots.
Hence, comparison between the birds shot and those killed by falcons should reveal any predator preferences.
The Bagger likes a good joke as much as the next failed stand-up comic, but ones about someone taking a face-full of bird-shot don't generally elicit a belly laugh, no matter who is doing the shooting.
