My son was actually able to separate himself from his girlfriend long enough to spend a little father son time together this morning. We took a quick drive down to the dairy so see if we could get a few yellow beaks. His weapon of choice was the Discovery and I choose to take a 350 pro compact.
When we got down there the operator was busy feeding cows and moving equipment around so the starlings were all in the surrounds fields and trees. We then decided to head down the road a little further before heading back home. A little past the dairy we saw 4 or 5 birds sitting on old electric fence wire and pulled over near them to attempt a shot. The old man was up first so my son ranged them at 26 yards and said I better hurry because they were getting spooky. By the time I was ready there was only one left and he was about to go too. I quickly found him in the scope, centered the cross hairs low on his chest and sent the CPHP on its way. Instantly the sound of lead on feathers filled the air and I watched as the bird just rotated about the wire and hung there with both feet for a few seconds. He finally relaxed enough to fall to the ground.
We were just about to go get my trophy and head for home when another flock came in and landed on some fencing across a gravel parking lot. My son grabbed the range finder and said they were 72 yards away. I told him to get ready and we’d try to pull up a little and close the distance but he was hell bent on shooting from where we were. While he was getting set up I checked the range to a big cement block just behind the birds and it came back at 75 yards. He called a lone bird sitting on a wooden fence post and I watched in pure amazement as the bird dropped like a rock when the gun went off. He started hooping and hollering and was all smiles from ear to ear. Now I think I’ve raised a pretty honest kid but if he would have come home and told me of that shot I’m afraid I would have called BS on it. When we walked over to pick his up I couldn’t believe he put the .22 Crowmag right through his bean pan at that range. Enjoy the pictures.
