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HIGH PHEASANTS 
of the same size and weight, the one having a point a third 
smaller than the other, and drop them from the same height, 
so as to each fall side by side on a soft piece of wood, the 
one that has the smallest point will penetrate the deepest of 
the two. 
I will add that I certainly have seen some very high pheasants 
killed with i oz. of No. 4 shot and an extra charge of powder, 
but never with any certainty or regularity. These birds were 
no doubt hit only in vital places, and could have been brought 
down just as well, and more frequently, with No. 6 or No. 7. 
