Dirt bike in the rain. Apparently on the internet on a dirt bike in the rain. Guess we know why your nuts are fuzzy.
Dry 'em off so they don't get so mouldy.
Shooting a Magpie
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Dirt bike in the rain. Apparently on the internet on a dirt bike in the rain. Guess we know why your nuts are fuzzy.
Dry 'em off so they don't get so mouldy.
Judging by the time of your post... I'd say your friend is not coming back... got some pop corn?
Man that sounds like a thread in itself.... Good Luck!
Like I said, I'm glad you are here to tell everybody how to conduct their business. What would we ever do without you?
OP- maybe try this technique next time.
Considering your presentation might help future posts too. "I went varmint hunting a shot a magpie" reads much better than "I went grouse hunting and shot a magpie because I was bored".
Where in my original post did I say I was bored?
I'm noticing a trend here. The guys from Alberta and Sask who have experience varminting in the west pretty much think this is a non-issue and just one less Magpie.
The "sophisticated" eastern guys who have no experience varminting in the wild west and who would never consider shooting an animal except to eat and almost feel the need to apologize for it even then, seem to think some heinous crime has been committed.
I don't know the OP personally but we do spend a lot of time shooting gophers and magpies and practically anything else wandering around the fields of Southern Alberta. Anyone with any experience in these matters will have experienced less than instantly lethal hits. It happens all the time. Sometimes we shoot again, sometimes the varmint crawls back down its hole trailing its guts. Sometimes we step on its head to put it out of its misery. I have crushed more than a few skulls under my boot.
Anyone who thinks that less than instantly lethal hits are a result of poor marksmanship is invited to come out and show us just how good a shot they are. I guarantee you will get a lesson in marksmanship from just about anyone who has spent any time in a gopher field. There are some seriously skilled riflemen in the fields of Southern Alberta.
I had an experience not unlike this. We were out at a friend's farm and our Jack Russel Terriers were rooting around behind the hay stack when they dragged out a kitten. This cat was so young its eye's were not even open yet. By the time I got the kitten away from our dog it was in no kind of shape. Not quite dead yet, I did the right thing and put it out of its misery under the heal of my boot. Did I enjoy that? No of course not but there was no other option and as the farmer had spent the morning drowning kittens in a bucket of water there was no way they were going to suddenly rush to the vet and spend $3000 to save this kitten's life.
Pic of one of my dogs with a gopher. The really gross part is when the dog crushes the gophers skull in its teeth. They don't break the skin but you can hear the bones cracking.
The "sophisticated" eastern guys who have no experience varminting in the wild west and who would never consider shooting an animal except to eat and almost feel the need to apologize for it even then, seem to think some heinous crime has been committed.
I don't know the OP personally but we do spend a lot of time shooting gophers and magpies and practically anything else wandering around the fields of Southern Alberta. Anyone with any experience in these matters will have experienced less than instantly lethal hits. It happens all the time. Sometimes we shoot again, sometimes the varmint crawls back down its hole trailing its guts. Sometimes we step on its head to put it out of its misery. I have crushed more than a few skulls under my boot.
Anyone who thinks that less than instantly lethal hits are a result of poor marksmanship is invited to come out and show us just how good a shot they are. I guarantee you will get a lesson in marksmanship from just about anyone who has spent any time in a gopher field. There are some seriously skilled riflemen in the fields of Southern Alberta.
I had an experience not unlike this. We were out at a friend's farm and our Jack Russel Terriers were rooting around behind the hay stack when they dragged out a kitten. This cat was so young its eye's were not even open yet. By the time I got the kitten away from our dog it was in no kind of shape. Not quite dead yet, I did the right thing and put it out of its misery under the heal of my boot. Did I enjoy that? No of course not but there was no other option and as the farmer had spent the morning drowning kittens in a bucket of water there was no way they were going to suddenly rush to the vet and spend $3000 to save this kitten's life.
Pic of one of my dogs with a gopher. The really gross part is when the dog crushes the gophers skull in its teeth. They don't break the skin but you can hear the bones cracking.
He`s just a d*ck. He`s one of these ones you find at the shooting range known as `The Range Nazi`who take all the fun out of shooting.
I'm noticing a trend here. The guys from Alberta and Sask who have experience varminting in the west pretty much think this is a non-issue and just one less Magpie.
The "sophisticated" eastern guys who have no experience varminting in the wild west and who would never consider shooting an animal except to eat and almost feel the need to apologize for it even then, seem to think some heinous crime has been committed.
I don't know the OP personally but we do spend a lot of time shooting gophers and magpies and practically anything else wandering around the fields of Southern Alberta. Anyone with any experience in these matters will have experienced less than instantly lethal hits. It happens all the time. Sometimes we shoot again, sometimes the varmint crawls back down its hole trailing its guts. Sometimes we step on its head to put it out of its misery. I have crushed more than a few skulls under my boot.
Anyone who thinks that less than instantly lethal hits are a result of poor marksmanship is invited to come out and show us just how good a shot they are. I guarantee you will get a lesson in marksmanship from just about anyone who has spent any time in a gopher field. There are some seriously skilled riflemen in the fields of Southern Alberta.
I had an experience not unlike this. We were out at a friend's farm and our Jack Russel Terriers were rooting around behind the hay stack when they dragged out a kitten. This cat was so young its eye's were not even open yet. By the time I got the kitten away from our dog it was in no kind of shape. Not quite dead yet, I did the right thing and put it out of its misery under the heal of my boot. Did I enjoy that? No of course not but there was no other option and as the farmer had spent the morning drowning kittens in a bucket of water there was no way they were going to suddenly rush to the vet and spend $3000 to save this kitten's life.
Pic of one of my dogs with a gopher. The really gross part is when the dog crushes the gophers skull in its teeth. They don't break the skin but you can hear the bones cracking.
Been there and done all that (shot the lower jaw off a few gophers that made it to the hole before the follow up -- they didn't go easy). But it was never the opening line of a thread of mine. Why did the OP start on this tack rather than talking about an unsucessful/successful grouse hunt instead? He coulda said, " I shot a magpie", but felt he needed to add the details, which weren't really needed unless your intent was to stir the pot (see my sig.).
This goes beyond a simple killing a of a ####bird. It has become theater.
This is a troll thread. If it didn't start that way, the OP is taking it in that direction now.
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Has nothing to do with his story, just the fact that he said he was capable of reporting the other member for being a threat and have his firearms taken away. That right there is BS.
Some don't like what he had done or just the fact that he had posted what he had done with a magpie. And I couldn't care less about that (f**k the magpie) but threatening to report someone to the police or what ever is a pussy thing to do (unless you feel true harm may come to you by such a person) If its just cause he got under you skin bug off and read something else.
Stop putting words into my mouth. I make one statement and you and others jump to paranoid comments and conclusions about cops and $hit. It is interesting on how you plant a small seed how it grows out of control with what people think it implies. Like I said, it makes me think what some people have to hide.
What some people have to hide? If you looked at the news, it takes one retarded comment with absolute ZERO evidence for someone to get all his #### confiscated if you haven't noticed, your "seed" is frowned upon around here. This is a firearm community after all.
twistedbrilliance
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Pic of one of my dogs with a gopher. The really gross part is when the dog crushes the gophers skull in its teeth. They don't break the skin but you can hear the bones cracking.
Dogs seem to make it more fun, my westie hasnt nailed too many on his own, but loves toting my kills around for a while, and when motivated, can be a pretty effective excavator.
Now, how many of the critics here hunt migratory birds? How many of you have crippled a goose and left it beacause another flight of birds was inbound? How many of you administer another load of shot to dispatch the bird, rather than walking out, or having your dog go out and bring it back so you can wring its neck? If so, you are no better than the OP, unbunch your panties and find something that is really worth #####ing about.
I'm still a relatively low post count on here, and would love a copy of the official list also, lest I stray from it and suffer the wrath.
Agreed. Can we also get an official list on the "approved method" for dispatching wounded game? I'd hate wing a goose and have my dog bring it back, only to have to hit it with a 12 guage 3" BB again from 2 feet away because wringing it's neck is not on the approved list...
If all the bleeding hearts in this thread are so in love with magpies, their going to cry their heads off when I tell my tale of killing every magpie, who your almost certain will be all family at one time. My Browning was fully loaded and I dispatched every single bird in that roost. I even had one come right at me, shot it from tha air. I was on a hill shooting into the valley so no, their not going to take my rifle for unsafe practices.
Or I could tell the tale of a less then spectacular hit on a running gopher. It blew his guts out the far side, but it was the last shot in my rifle. (Damn unethical killer I am, hunting with only one shot) By the time I had another round in the chamber he dragged himself into a texas gate. I was now on the other side of the gate when he dragged himself out the other side, still trailing his guts behind him. I'm a bad, bad man.
Or I could tell the tale of a less then spectacular hit on a running gopher. It blew his guts out the far side, but it was the last shot in my rifle. (Damn unethical killer I am, hunting with only one shot) By the time I had another round in the chamber he dragged himself into a texas gate. I was now on the other side of the gate when he dragged himself out the other side, still trailing his guts behind him. I'm a bad, bad man.
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