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Offline longislandhunter

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Short Pest Control Outing
« on: August 31, 2006, 10:45:14 AM »
Installed the GRT III trigger in my shadow .177 the other day and was dying to head out and do some pest control shooting, but the weather just wasn't cooperating.  Woke up early this morning, saw a beautiful bright blue sky, so grabbed the S1K and headed for the duck farm. When I got to the farm I took some time and did some target practice to see if the scope was still zero'd in after removing the stock for the trigger installation.  Found the rifle shooting right where it was supposed to be, only difference was the wonderful feel of that GRT III trigger.I was ready. I  found huge flocks of starlings attacking the grain feeders with abandon so got to the task at hand.  First shot resulted in a dead starling.  Same result for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th shot.  After that the entire flock flew down to the other end of the farm (a long walk for me) and started hitting the feeders down there.  I made the walk down, nailed a couple more birds, then the birds flew back to the original feeder back at the opposite end of the farm again.  Normally they will keep coming back to the feeders, even after I shoot, but I guess they're getting smarter.  I did this routine for about 2 hours, then got tired of walking back and forth across the farm.  In one of the feeding pens there were large black backed seagulls harassing the ducks.  The gulls actually peck pieces of meat out of the live ducks, sometimes killing them in the process.  The farm owners have a federal nuisance permit allowing them to shoot the gulls, so I decided to see if I could get a shot or two at the gulls.  Managed to sneak within 40 yards, took aim at a gull standing on top of one of the feeders, pulled the trigger, bam..........one dead gull.  In the next hour got 2 more gulls.  The gulls headed off for parts unknown so I called it a day.  Today was processing day at the farm, the day they kill, process and pack up  ducks for shipment, and before I left the  owners were nice enough to hand me a large bag containing about 5 pounds of boneless duck breasts from this mornings processing.  Was a good day all around.
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RE: Short Pest Control Outing
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2006, 11:55:33 AM »
You can't get any better than that... :) That S1K has do a great job for you. Was it a head shot that killed the Gulls?

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Re: Short Pest Control Outing
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2006, 12:01:47 PM »
sweet!..nice hunt..those gulls are quite big arent they??
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RE: Short Pest Control Outing
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2006, 12:05:56 PM »
Got all the gulls with body shots to the breast area.  Was using RWS Superdomes (thanks again for recommending them to me,,, I love those pellets,,,, amazing accuracy in my gun).  Only one of the gulls took a second shot to finish it, and to be honest the second shot really wasn't required.  The first shot dropped it clean, he fell right off the feeder and hit the ground, but since he was still twitching I put another pellet into it.  For a 40 yard shot, on such a large bird, I was very impressed with the effectiveness of the Superdomes.
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RE: Short Pest Control Outing
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2006, 12:20:17 PM »
Your my hero.
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RE: Short Pest Control Outing
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2006, 04:31:48 PM »
Good shooting M8 And free meat for your efforts :)
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Re: Short Pest Control Outing
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2006, 05:14:46 PM »
I certainly think we could do with a lot fewer seagulls (and they make a mess), but I think they're usually illegal to take.

I certainly don't care, but you might want to make sure no one around there is watching your kills.
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Re: Short Pest Control Outing
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2006, 06:00:18 PM »
Not a problem, entirely legal in this case.  The farm has a federal nuisance permit to shoot the gulls.  If it wasn't legal I wouldn't shoot them, especially since enforcement of such laws is my profession.
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Say wah???
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2006, 12:59:57 PM »
longislandhunter!!!

Say it ain't so!!

You da po po??
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RE: Say wah???
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2006, 01:22:02 PM »
Hey Black Mamba

Someone has to keep us straight...:)

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RE: Say wah???
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2006, 01:48:06 PM »
Only for a little while longer Black Mamba,,,, I'm gettin ready to pull the pin and retire. I'm lookin forward to being able to spend more time with the family and of course with my GAMO's :)
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RE: Say wah???
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2006, 01:55:24 PM »
Oh Boy!!

Here comes da honey doo's ....:) You will be a busy as a one armed paper hanger longislandhunter, and your Gamo's will get old and rusty.. h e he he

Gene

Congratulations is in order for you..
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RE: Short Pest Control Outing
« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2006, 07:40:07 AM »
sounds like a great hunt. I wish gulls were legal to shoot becouse they are pests. What part of long Island are located at. I have in-laws in stony brook
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RE: Short Pest Control Outing
« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2006, 10:31:16 AM »
I'm out on the east end of the Island.  I was just up in Stonybrook the other day,,, had to stop in to the Dept. of Environmental Conservation HQ to pick up a copy of a nuisance permit issued to a farm near me that I'll be checking from time to time for violations.  Yeah, it was a good hunt, but the starlings were just so nervous they wouldn't stay in one place.  The gulls were just a bonus, they usually don't let you get that close.
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