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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Hunting Gate => : N_Strike April 08, 2010, 08:55:55 AM
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Today finally,after weeks of wind,rain and cold, the first day with a warm sunshine appeared,I fast decided to go out with one of my daughters to lether enjoy this great day,then I thought,why dad can't enjoy it too? long story short,while I was waiting for some yellow beaks to comewithin range,this magpie flew on a tree 38 yards away(I measured it :p ) I felt enough confident with my HW40 .177 to dare the shot and let the JSB exact fly on it's way and...SPOFF!!Down it fell like a sand bag.Hereit is for the ritual pics,enjoy.
Emi.
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Magpie?!
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Super shot and great pic's bro 8) Ed
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Nice shooting! Which one did you get? Heckle or Jeckle? ;-)
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great shooting!
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I think I got Heckle,but lost the hat in the dive, Jeckle was still cawing on the top of another tree.
I'll try to get it today...
...with the cap on! 8)
Emi.
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Great long distance shot with your HW 40 at that Magpie....and up a tree also. Nice colourful bird....don`t think there`s any Magpies in Canada.
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Nice shot N Strike 38 yds:) Those Maggies can really hurt you and will draw blood! When riding bike to school in australia I used get attacked by them when they are nesting. Do the ones where you live attack during nesting? I do miss the cool sound they make when they all grouped together:)
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No Magnum here they're not attacking at all(crows do it often while nesting,even in the city) they're just curious.In summer when I take the family to the river I use to bring with me my crow call and try to call them in,just to show them to my daughters(they go crazy...)
Emi.
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nice shooting
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Nice! Magpies are very wary birds and usually fly as soon as you even look their way.
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Nice shooting. I have found that if you have some old meat to put out you can shoot a lot of these birds.
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I know even a carcass woud attract them but here more than magpie we have seagulls,they come in numbers and destroy everything,sometimes they drag an whole flying rat if left for a while in the field!
Emi.
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I bet a big red splatter on there white side would show up nice.