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Old 09-20-2019, 05:26 PM
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Default Who's busted a tooth on a shotgun pellet?

Eating a goose stir-fry for supper and danged if I didn't bust bust a molar in pieces with a BB from a piece of goose.

Any other fellers out their break a tooth on a shotgun pellet?

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Old 09-20-2019, 05:33 PM
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Your not alone

Cracked a tooth #2 shot and now I am very careful
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Old 09-20-2019, 05:38 PM
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November. Liquored. Goose Jerky. Crunch. Broken molar. She happens.
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Old 09-20-2019, 05:40 PM
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My mother in law has done it twice.
Both times on jerky!
And she’s still buying lottery tickets..........
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Old 09-20-2019, 05:55 PM
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Never on shot, but I have on something hard in trailmix once, it's certainly an unexpected surprise. ouch!
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Old 09-20-2019, 06:18 PM
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I have a mini detector that works awesome for pellets. Cheap to buy and has found a pile while making sausage and jerky.
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Old 09-20-2019, 07:06 PM
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Default wife needed $1500 crown

After trying my goose jerky. first small piece was soooo good she took a bigger piece. That was the expensive piece!!
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Old 09-20-2019, 08:15 PM
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Not on a pellet, but I had a 1500 dollars popcorn kernel.
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Old 09-20-2019, 09:09 PM
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Default OUCH, feel your pain

Yup,
i was at a Fish and Game wild game night a few years back and wouldn't you know it I like the Pheasant Goulash and about the third mouthful i feel a crunch in teeth. Cost me 2 teeth and a trip to the dentist.
Now I don't take the upland or migratory bird without dissecting each fork or spoon full.
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Old 09-20-2019, 09:31 PM
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Yuuup!

Last year.... steel shot on pheasant.

Chipped the edges of 2 molars...... super sharp edges...

It sucked man.
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Old 09-20-2019, 10:35 PM
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No busted teeth. I have one of these:

http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/pag...=1,240&p=45125
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Old 09-21-2019, 06:02 AM
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No busted teeth. I have one of these:

http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/pag...=1,240&p=45125
Seems like cheap insurance in hindsight.
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Old 09-21-2019, 09:40 AM
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Seems like cheap insurance in hindsight.
Unfortunately it doesn't work on popcorn kernels
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Old 09-21-2019, 10:14 AM
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Default Smaller Bites.

Learned that lesson the hardway too (th)-it's largely a first world problem & a reminder to take smaller bites everyone.


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Old 09-21-2019, 03:23 PM
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No busted teeth. I have one of these:

http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/pag...=1,240&p=45125
Does it work on lead as it mentions every metal except lead. I'm thinking it does, but want to clarify that.
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Old 09-22-2019, 09:18 AM
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We always debone our birds and cut into thin strips and then follow wound channels looking for shot.

Large shot size (BBs and 1 for geese,,, 2 and 3 for ducks) with fast loads (over 1500 fps) and not taking fringe shots really helps cut down on the number of embedded pellets,,, but you still get a the odd one which makes dissection when processing worth your time!!!
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Old 09-23-2019, 08:14 AM
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I have, total cost was around $2500 for the filling and eventual route canal. Still paying for it as the tooth occasionally needs to be ground because the bite keeps changing.

I purchased a small Garret hand held metal detector that now goes over every bird I shoot. I would guess I have found 20 or so pellets that I might have missed without it.
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