The trick to pheasants - Page 2 (2024)

This is my rifle...it's a Mauser...it mauses.

This is my rifle...it's a Mauser...it mauses.

Okay so one thing, I've had it happen a few times whereby I've hit the bird well within optimum range which I find tends to be about 20-40m distance. I recently hit the tutorial bird at 35m and I'm pretty sure I had a good angle on 'em. I mean perfect surface area exposure here and somehow it didn't manage the game's pellet count requirement for kill. What is the shotgun grouping like with birdshot? I tried the paper targets at logger's point but the hits don't show up on it for me. Can't help but feel it's not just my aim. I know perfect tail on shots give trouble with angle cos not much surface area to hit. But 35m, right there in front of me.

Also on a separate note, I tried a new setup recently. Managed to get an old Dell 380 precision using a pentium D and a GTX960 and the frame rate was actually pretty good. But on some occasions, the pheasants still seemed to be causing the weird frame and sound glitch that happens on my laptop. Now it could just be some other issue as my disk usage had soared in bursts every now and then but it does seem to be most apparent when a flock of pheasants turn up. Is there still no solution to the weird sound problem that those birds often cause me? Almost always with a flock once spooked and in render range. Doesn't go till out of range or target killed. Since I'm on the subject of the new setup with what I got lying around I have to ask about COTW. I seem to have a combination issue. My laptop has a processor within supposed requirements...just not a video card. But my Dell 380 has the video card, just not the processor...in theory. 'can I run it' claims my laptop shouldn't run classic yet it does at max quality at reasonably good frame rate and I've seen the Pentium D being used on MW remastered at 25 fps. Anyone know if COTW has a cat in hell's chance of running? I don't wanna spend 20 quid on a game that won't run. I am looking for a modern machine but they are rather expensive and gaming is merely a hobby not a career for me. Hope this question isn't too unrelated for this post but I may as well ask since I'm talking about the new setup and it's effects on my pheasant prowess.

This is my rifle...it's a Mauser...it mauses.

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Modifly1 wrote: ↑May 24th, 2024, 6:59 pmOkay so one thing, I've had it happen a few times whereby I've hit the bird well within optimum range which I find tends to be about 20-40m distance. I recently hit the tutorial bird at 35m and I'm pretty sure I had a good angle on 'em. I mean perfect surface area exposure here and somehow it didn't manage the game's pellet count requirement for kill. What is the shotgun grouping like with birdshot? I tried the paper targets at logger's point but the hits don't show up on it for me. Can't help but feel it's not just my aim. I know perfect tail on shots give trouble with angle cos not much surface area to hit. But 35m, right there in front of me.

Also on a separate note, I tried a new setup recently. Managed to get an old Dell 380 precision using a pentium D and a GTX960 and the frame rate was actually pretty good. But on some occasions, the pheasants still seemed to be causing the weird frame and sound glitch that happens on my laptop. Now it could just be some other issue as my disk usage had soared in bursts every now and then but it does seem to be most apparent when a flock of pheasants turn up. Is there still no solution to the weird sound problem that those birds often cause me? Almost always with a flock once spooked and in render range. Doesn't go till out of range or target killed. Since I'm on the subject of the new setup with what I got lying around I have to ask about COTW. I seem to have a combination issue. My laptop has a processor within supposed requirements...just not a video card. But my Dell 380 has the video card, just not the processor...in theory. 'can I run it' claims my laptop shouldn't run classic yet it does at max quality at reasonably good frame rate and I've seen the Pentium D being used on MW remastered at 25 fps. Anyone know if COTW has a cat in hell's chance of running? I don't wanna spend 20 quid on a game that won't run. I am looking for a modern machine but they are rather expensive and gaming is merely a hobby not a career for me. Hope this question isn't too unrelated for this post but I may as well ask since I'm talking about the new setup and it's effects on my pheasant prowess.

A pentium D? If that is a dual core then it would probably stutter a lot in COTW. The gtx 960 is a decent GPU for these games but that CPU is weak... if you can, look for an optiplex with a i5-2500 or newer. Paired with a gtx 960 it should run cotw and classic on 1080p med-high. Check your local market for them you should be able to find some for 100 usd or lower. One thing to keep in mind is the space for GPU (mainly length).

This is my rifle...it's a Mauser...it mauses.

This is my rifle...it's a Mauser...it mauses.

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