Birdshot for Long-Range Defense?

(Image: Screenshot from video)

Everybody knows that birdhot is not effective at long range. Right? I mean… everybody knows that, yeah?

Hm, guess not. Paul Harrell got a question from a viewer asking about it, so he made a video to demonstrate just how effective one could expect birdshot to be on a human-type “meat target” at ranges of 50 and even 100 yards.

His results? You be the judge.

Just kidding. Bird shot sucks at long range, although it will most certainly knock the snot out of anyone hit with it at close range.

Doubt me? That’s cool, I don’t mind. Watch the video to see for yourself. Enjoy.

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.