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    Quote Originally Posted by Russian 22. View Post
    At around the 6:45 mark it had ridiculously good camouflage. I didn't see it until you shot it
    They are AMAZINGLY well camouflagued. On a stalk (which I managed to capture on film) I approach a group of 4 birds feeding/ resting and shot one at perhaps 90 meters.
    4 birds jumped up, but didn't fly so figured I underestimated the wind, held stronger and shot another two misses.
    As this was going on, a sleeping bird put it's head up 6-7 meters in front of me (they sleep under the snow) and I shot that one (hugely thanks to reticle design).

    After collecting this bird, I reviewed the film to try and see if I could spot bullet strike and figure out if ot was poor windcall or bad shooting. My position was a bit weak on collapsing snow so I was unable to fully call my shot as I would on a firm surface.
    Turns out I made a perfect shot and the bird was lying there, only there were 5 birds feeding not 4. Even at 90 meters I was unable to see the dead bird (lying in plain sight on broken snow) through my 10x Leica binoculars, but the high zoom of the camera showed me the bird.
    I almost skied away not bringing that bird.

    So yeah, these birds CAN be very demanding to see if the light is wrong. Aging eyes doesn't help either.
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