trashcan
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Or, what not to do while your wife is away...
Well, we have been invaded by cowbirds and starlings recently. I hate them. They congregate in my back yard, front yard, and crap on my truck...a lot. I have had enough.
So, I built a backstop around a stump in my back yard that was exactly 42 yds. from my dinner table. On the table I set up a snipers hide with pillows etc... I found that if I opened the back french doors about 10 inches I had a perfect shot on the stump without having the neighbors have a fit about shooting noise in the neighborhood. The Savage FVSR was up to the task and more deadly than the plague on these little bas#$rds.
Here is the 42 yd. stump without the backstop...She made me take it down.
Now, mind you, I have been at this for the past couple weeks and have tallied up kills bordering on Carlos Hathcock type numbers, especially since my wife has been in California for the last week.
Well, all good things must come to an end.
Yesterday a nice plump starling was hanging out in front of my stump and backstop. I readied myself to eradicate his vile presence and for some reason he started to move rapidly from left to right. I decided to take the shot...BOOM!..bird flies off??? What the??......then I saw it....
AAARRRGHHHHH!!!!!!!
I am officially in the doghouse. The boss has put out cease and desist on shooting from any type of hide/blind inside the house.
Apparently she has also made a connection between the little .22 inch diameter holes in her window screens with my other sniper missions.
I am on seriously thin ice...
I've moved my current AO to the shop but the lack of air conditioning and icy cold beverages is really cramping my style...
Trashcan
Death Card Calls
Well, we have been invaded by cowbirds and starlings recently. I hate them. They congregate in my back yard, front yard, and crap on my truck...a lot. I have had enough.
So, I built a backstop around a stump in my back yard that was exactly 42 yds. from my dinner table. On the table I set up a snipers hide with pillows etc... I found that if I opened the back french doors about 10 inches I had a perfect shot on the stump without having the neighbors have a fit about shooting noise in the neighborhood. The Savage FVSR was up to the task and more deadly than the plague on these little bas#$rds.
Here is the 42 yd. stump without the backstop...She made me take it down.
Now, mind you, I have been at this for the past couple weeks and have tallied up kills bordering on Carlos Hathcock type numbers, especially since my wife has been in California for the last week.
Well, all good things must come to an end.
Yesterday a nice plump starling was hanging out in front of my stump and backstop. I readied myself to eradicate his vile presence and for some reason he started to move rapidly from left to right. I decided to take the shot...BOOM!..bird flies off??? What the??......then I saw it....
AAARRRGHHHHH!!!!!!!
I am officially in the doghouse. The boss has put out cease and desist on shooting from any type of hide/blind inside the house.
Apparently she has also made a connection between the little .22 inch diameter holes in her window screens with my other sniper missions.
I am on seriously thin ice...
I've moved my current AO to the shop but the lack of air conditioning and icy cold beverages is really cramping my style...
Trashcan
Death Card Calls
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