That's incredible!

[N_Strike]

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.

[TCups]

Magpie?!

[shadow]

Super shot and great pic's bro Ed

[dk1677]

Nice shooting! Which one did you get? Heckle or Jeckle? ;-)

[jake]

great shooting!

[N_Strike]

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!

Emi.

[gamo2hammerli]

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.

[Magnum]

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:)

[N_Strike]

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.

[1377x]

nice shooting

[DougT]

Nice!  Magpies are very wary birds and usually fly as soon as you even look their way.  

[Wade.S]

Nice shooting. I have found that if you have some old meat to put out you can shoot a lot of these birds.

[N_Strike]

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.

[Wade.S]

I bet a big red splatter on there white side would show up nice.