The morning is starting off the way it should. One shot, on instant kill. I was up getting ready to make breakfast for the family when I noticed the starlings making runs at the feeders. I usually use one the Power Lines for yard sniping, but the way the Summit has been shooting Gamo Red Fire pellets lately I’ve been use that gun. I watched this bird for awhile before I even attempted the shot. For good reason, he was really skittish and would stay on one feeder very long. He finally found one the held his interest for a few minutes so I got the gun and readied myself for the shot. He must have head the door open because when I got the barrel clear of the screen door he had moved off the feeder and looked like he was about to take off. I mentally told myself to take it slow, breath and squeeze sort thing. I found him in the scope, flipped the safety off and slowly put pressure on the trigger until it broke. I wasn’t able to hear the pellet smack because I was just inside the door way, but when I looked over the scope and saw him hanging upside down I figured that was a pretty good indication I hit him.
I watched a few minutes just to make sure he wasn’t one of these super tuff birds that was going to get his second wind and take off. After I felt like he was really dead I put the gun down and grabbed the camera to head out take some pictures. I was really surprised to find him still hanging up side down.
