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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Hunting Gate => : longislandhunter February 16, 2010, 08:52:54 AM
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When I woke up this morning the first thing I did was look out the bedroom window towards the suet feeders for any starling sign. All I could see was a swarming mass of black birds, each one with a yellow beak :) It was the biggest flock I've had at my suet feeders in a long time, had to be close to 75 birds. I ran down to the basement shop, grabbed the .177 Disco and loaded her with a CPHP. Gently opened the bilco doors and was delighted to see that the birds were still there and oblivious to my presence. Took aim at a bird on the ground that gave me a clear breast shot and fired. At the shot the yellow beak tipped over, fell onto his side and never moved again. :) I let him lay there as a decoy for the rest of the day but the birds that flew off never returned and for the rest of the day not one yellow beak ever showed up again. It was snowing out when I took the pic so the Disco isn't in the pics and I don't want to get snow on her, but the yellow beak layin in the snow says it all :)
Jeff
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Nice shooting! But darn you missed the tree rat! ;-)
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Nice shot Jeff! Always nice to see a Starling belly up :)
10 million? I think probably 100+ million left to go! hehe
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thanks guys....... Dave,,,, that's my nutter decoy :emoticon:
Jeff
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it is a good feeling i'am lucky to get a solo everynow and then have to make it count nice shooting
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Now I want a nutter decoy! You guys have so many more cool toyz than the rest of us!
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nice shooting
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Fine shooting and pic's bro and that's how we like to see em, bottoms up with X's for eyes. :) Ed
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Good shot Jeff. Too bad the others didn't come back.
Their catching on here too. The large flock that was in the area is smaller now and staying across the road, or nowhere to be seen. Haven't had any Starlings in the yard for many days now.
Paul.
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Well, that yellow beak ain`t dancing to the Disco`s beat anymore!!!!!
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good shooting jeff!