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SHOT SOUNDS ON BIRDS NOT HEARD Shooting men have lately been discussing the question whether when a bird is hit the sound of the shot striking it is audible Some men state that they hear it distinctly and one of them has added that this has been the case that he had heard the shot rattle on the plumage of birds even when they have afterward carried on apparently un ¬ touched though in at any rate several cases these birds he is speaking of partridges have been gathered behind the line An authority however who has shot far more frequently than nearly any ¬ body else and includes all kinds of game in his experiences has never heard a shot strike a bird though he has found it exceptional not to hear a bullet strike big game He is of opinion that few people can hear the impact of the shot on a bird because the sound is destroyed by the noise of the report
