Pest Bird Smackdowns!

[Danman]

Gday all I figure we need this post on this rainy Sunday afternoon! Took my 4th Starling this year, at 62 Yards with my .22 ghost between the off and on rain. Off my Deck rail....This is long range bird takedown #3 with it, last two long shots were 75 and 98 Yards! Stats: shooting 25.39 Mrds, zeroed for 50Y, Doing 975fps. Anyways not really a hunting post, more of a pesting post so put em up! Have a great week all.

 

[Pesty3782]

Nicely done! The wife puts out a bird block and we have quail, starlings, cardinals etc all around it, but they are all off limits Now of course the cardinals are, but tasty quail and 'y starlings.....What the heck dear?


Tony p.

 

[Danman]

Yeah its neat I have an acre of grass on the side of my property and all kinds of birds land and eat worms and bugs. They all get a free pass....except the starlings! They are actually a very small target once u factor in they are ducked down, constantly moving and bottom half is buried in the grass. The deck is hard to see from my picture! It's behind the Firebush attached to front of house.

 

[FL22]

No pesting birds at my house. Happy wife happy life.

 

[Danman]

OK crazy story for you guys! Got starling # 5 and 6 today with "one shot" technically . Today was a shop day for me and I drank my coffee before going in with my Ghost on the back deck. I took aim at 2 house sparrows making nests 20Y away and missed. (Worst gun for close work ever) Then a bunch of Starlings landed in my lawn, and I sighted in for 40ish yards. I smashed one and watched him through my scope for a few seconds to make sure he was planted. He was a goner and the rest flew off. Well a few seconds later I see 'him' flopping towards my spruce tree line unable to fly. I was surprised but quickly reloaded, leaned against a tree and shot him just before he ducked under its canopy. 100% dead this time.First 2 pics are him. End of the day shows up and I go to weedeat my far tree line annnddd stumble on the first one I ACTUALLY shot lying where I hit him!! So second one I chased was actually wounded from the pass through on this guy. Crazy and a first for me.

 

[FL22]

OK crazy story for you guys! Got starling # 5 and 6 today with "one shot" technically . Today was a shop day for me and I drank my coffee before going in with my Ghost on the back deck. I took aim at 2 house sparrows making nests 20Y away and missed. (Worst gun for close work ever) Then a bunch of Starlings landed in my lawn, and I sighted in for 40ish yards. I smashed one and watched him through my scope for a few seconds to make sure he was planted. He was a goner and the rest flew off. Well a few seconds later I see 'him' flopping towards my spruce tree line unable to fly. I was surprised but quickly reloaded, leaned against a tree and shot him just before he ducked under its canopy. 100% dead this time.First 2 pics are him. End of the day shows up and I go to weedeat my far tree line annnddd stumble on the first one I ACTUALLY shot lying where I hit him!! So second one I chased was actually wounded from the pass through on this guy. Crazy and a first for me.

If you would’ve got the 2nd one at the same time, it would’ve been like the 98 yard shot again, we’d never hear the end of it.

lol just kidding around

 

[Luis Leon]

How about a picture of the “Ghost” who done the deed?

 

[Danman]

How about a picture of the “Ghost” who done the deed?

He's super camera shy without a bipod Waiting for restock on an Atlas at AGS. They do have a Scandinavian arms but it's a bench model not really for hunting so I'll wait, and there's no real reviews on it yet. Took this picture 2 weeks back I think. Might try some low mounts on it to get scope closer yet to the barrel. Other than that I am loving the !

 

[Dogowski]

He's super camera shy without a bipod Waiting for restock on an Atlas at AGS. They do have a Scandinavian arms but it's a bench model not really for hunting so I'll wait, and there's no real reviews on it yet. Took this picture 2 weeks back I think. Might try some low mounts on it to get scope closer yet to the barrel. Other than that I am loving the !

What a great pic of your rifle! Nice pesting pic as well man.

 

[Danman]

OK move over Mr Ghost. Just got a squirrel (while he was digging up the lawn) with the S510 and these 2 house sparrows bail from my eaves as I round the corner. I always take the gun with when I retrieve the pests and the female stuck around just long enough to be vaporized. Literally. Head wings and feathers are all that remain. Probably coulda dropped the speed down as a 16gr @ 25 feet away is still clipping @ 900fps plus. Now to remove the nest...

 

[Mike Brown]

Just got back from the cabin in Montana that's had a recurring problem with flickers and starlings. Saw where there was a fresh hole in the siding and when approached, a starling went flying out. Patched the hole with a piece of sheet metal and starlings and flickers coming back fairly soon. Getting a shot at the offending avians has been difficult. Finally got to sneak out and take a roundabout approach that got me within 20 yards without spooking the flicker that was pecking on the wall again. Using the Notos with 14.3 cphp's, managed to put one through the side of it's head. Assaults on the wall pretty much ceased....hope it stays that way. Sorry....didn't have my phone handy so no pictures.

 

[Danman]

Just got back from the cabin in Montana that's had a recurring problem with flickers and starlings. Saw where there was a fresh hole in the siding and when approached, a starling went flying out. Patched the hole with a piece of sheet metal and starlings and flickers coming back fairly soon. Getting a shot at the offending avians has been difficult. Finally got to sneak out and take a roundabout approach that got me within 20 yards without spooking the flicker that was pecking on the wall again. Using the Notos with 14.3 cphp's, managed to put one through the side of it's head. Assaults on the wall pretty much ceased....hope it stays that way. Sorry....didn't have my phone handy so no pictures.

Every summer I get a (male) Robin that beats himself to death pecking at a basement window under my bedroom. It would wake me up every Saturday... By the time I chase him away he's foaming at the mouth, slobbering all over the glass and scratching it up. Sure hates his own reflection ... its gonna get him in trouble if he shows up this year again.

 

[Danman]

I'm not keeping score or anything but....here's Starling #21 for the year 48Yards with the Ghost.... DRT. Almost looks like fall here as its so dry this summer, alot of my trees are dropping leaves. Was out to shoot a squirrel digging up the lawn but he bailed to the neighbors property, so I got this guy instead....wings went straight up.