YES. I've seen it happen more than once. I shot chickens from 15 feet and they didn't flinch. Not even a little. And no I didn't miss. I shot a fox twice and nothing. It didn't seem to notice.

Birdshot is for birds. It can be effective at very short distances when th e shot combines to form one wound but personally I don't want to wait until an attacker is a few feet away. I want a weapon to be effective at distances inside my house which can be 25 feet or more. Birdshot at that distance is very ineffective.

Again birdshot is known to not penetrate nearly far enough when it spreads even a few inches.