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does anyone else out there share the same passion for bird hunting with high powered rifles as i do?....if so feel free to share some of your stories, i am interested to see if anyone else does the same stupid shit as me  | ||
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I can't see hunting them with a centerfire. That would tear up the meat. We hunt woodcock with .22s. Normally use shorts or cb caps. Don't have to worry about the bullet getting to civilization that way. The best results come from learning to shoot from the hip. Practice on penneys tossed by a buddy. Then go out and have some fun. You have to catch them close and on the rise. Once they get moving it's a shotgun game. You ever run a trotline for turkey?  ****************** "Policies making areas "gun free" provide a sense of safety to those who engage in magical thinking..." Glenn Harlan Reynolds | |||
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im talking about just shooting random birds that fly around the yard, not actual game birds, no i've never ran a trout line for turkey | |||
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gilk, I think he is pulling your leg on this. | |||
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I've shot a lot of crows/magpies with rifles (varmint and HP hunting), shot grouse and ptarmigan with HP rifles and cast bullet loads. Starlings are always fair game regardles of rifle or bullet. Also shot a lot of rock pigeons with various rifles. What kind of stories are you interested in? Larry Gibson | |||
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dont really care , i just wondered if anybody else enjoys shooting birds as much as me and what kind guns they use , maybe some crazy shot stories | |||
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One fellow I hunted with had flushed a grouse while deer hunting .Instinctively he whipped up his 30-06 and took the head off the grouse.He said he would never try that again , he couldn't be that lucky a second time !!  | |||
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When I was younger my cousins and I would shoot tons of sparrows and starlings and whatever else my grandfather wanted dead. A little while ago when we were sightin in a .308, we noticed a sparrow land on a fence about 25 yards away and since there was a safe backdrop, decided to open fire. .22 hollowpoints will do a number to a sparrow, but that bullet left a cloud of feathers in the air and nothing else. "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy." | |||
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.22-250 on crows is a sight. A Buckmark, sixpack and a pickup truck on gravel roads is considered grouse hunting in some parts. I have never done it, not sporting, but makes for a good story. I have a friend that can shoot clays from the 16 yard line with a .22rf. ------------------------------------ Originally posted by BART185 I've had another member on this board post an aireal photograph of my neighborhood,post my wifes name,dig up old ads on GunsAmerica,call me out on everything that I posted. Hell,obmuteR told me to FIST MYSELF. But you are the biggest jackass that I've seen yet, on this board! -------------------------------------- -Ratboy | |||
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I haven't run a trotline for turkey. That doesn't mean it hasn't happened. ****************** "Policies making areas "gun free" provide a sense of safety to those who engage in magical thinking..." Glenn Harlan Reynolds | |||
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I think it's good fun to shoot at pigeons and sparrows with an AR15 or AK-47 in an empty lot near an new housing development. I make sure I'm aiming toward the houses, though, so I have a good backstop. I only "bump-fire" when the birds fly near the school, because it's brick and makes a good backstop. Plus, children are small and move fast and there's a lesser chance of hitting one of them than say one of the old people at the nursing home on the other side of the lot. So, yeah, shooting at flying birds with a high powered rifle is a fun and rewarding hobby. Especially when "bump-firing" a semi-auto with a large capacity magazine. You hardly ever hit the birds, but the car chases afterwards are fun in and of themselves. | |||
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A good 6,5x55, .270W or .308W with FMJ and a decent scope is nice gun for black grouse and capercaille when they are feeding in the tops of the trees. But you have to be a good shooter: distances around 200 yards are not uncommon, and the effective target isn't large at all. This hunt is rather common in northern Scandinavia. Fritz The true and only Fritz Kraut | |||
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Shrapnelled (sp) more then one grouse over the years!  Learned young that trying to take a head off sometimes leaves the head and not much else when you use the deer rifle. Started shooting the ground in front of them and ta-da, grouse breast for dinner.Love to kick back and whack magpies from gutpiles. Sometimes deer rifles sometimes varmint (223/22-250) and vaporize em!   ______________________ Smedley  ______________________ From Audacity of Hope: 'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.' B.H.Obullshitter ------------------------------------ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery" Winston Churchill ------------------------------------ "..it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.." Samuel Adams ------------------------------------ Facts are immaterial to liberals. Twisted perceptions however are invaluable. ------------------------------------ We Americans were tired of being thought of as dumb, by the rest of the world. So we went to the polls in November 2008 and removed all doubt.....let's not do it again in 2012 please. | |||
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We have here a lot of hunters who hunt birds with rifles every yera ,a lot of americans came too just to hunt birds with rifles .Juan www.huntinginargentina.com.ar FULL PROFESSIONAL MEMBER OF IPHA INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL HUNTERS ASOCIATION . DSC PROFESSIONAL MEMBER DRSS--SCI NRA IDPA IPSC-FAT -argentine shooting federation cred number2- | |||
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I do quite a good bit of bird shooting with a .22-250 on catfish ponds. The FWS issues permits due to the birds (herons, egrets, and cormorants) eating fish and spreading disease. Shots average 300 yds with frequent 400+ opportunities. Varmint hunting Mississippi style...great fun, and quite challenging. | |||
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My Dad used to shoot quail with a .22, once he got two with one shot. Wish I could shoot like that. Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do. | |||
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As Fritz kraut said, we hunt quite a lot of capercaillie and black grouse with rifles from .22 Hornet to .30-06 here in Scandinavia. The secret to get as much as meat as possible is to use FMJs and avoid too fast loads. Even with a .308 you still need to have a good shot at their heart/lung area and spine, if possible, because shooting at guts will not bring them down immediately. Here is a simulator for shooting black grouse (under the picture link in the left corner of the page, moose and crosshair): http://www.metsastajaliitto.fi/ Quite a few geese are also shot with rifles here in Finland every year on fields and remote lakes also. | |||
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Come on down poletax, we've got plenty to go around... | |||
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In my state, every bird except English starlings and house sparrows are protected. Some protected birds have a game season associated with them but unless there is such a season, the bird may not be legally taken. | |||
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I've always wanted to take Seagulls at 200-300 yards with my 220 Swift.Just for chuckles and giggles. These seem to be 'nuisance' fowl. My Strength Is That I Can Laugh At Myself, My Weakness Is That I have No Choice. | |||
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We get a few gulls too. They have a very high 'poof' factor when hit with a Berger. | |||
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In the Navy the cooks use radar to harvest seagulls. It's the main ingredient in the Chicken A La King on mashed potatoes. Using the radar shortens the cooking time. ****************** "Policies making areas "gun free" provide a sense of safety to those who engage in magical thinking..." Glenn Harlan Reynolds | |||
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Here in Argentina we hunt parrots with 22s .Juan | |||
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my brothers and i hunt birds with 22 all the time i think im the only one that shoots birds with a centerfire rifle one time when i was setting my new ar15 i shot 4 little birds at 400yds | |||
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Come on up to Caswell county NC long about April when the farmers start drilling corn into their fields. Crows come from several nearby states just to line up in the rows and walk along pulling the sprouting corn. A Hornet or Fireball really makes 'em flop around. | |||
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Being a city dweller I only get weekends to go out to the country side to practise.However I have found another way to keep practising.I have a CZ 452 in .22 with a silencer(this was purchased legally in UK for 20 pounds)and I use it to shoot crows ,eagles and pigeons perched on nearby rooftops or trees.Its great fun and I am able to drop them from over 150 yards.The only problem is that when a crow drops in a neighbouring house I have to lay low. | |||
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Here in NZ a lot of birds are considered pests and legal to shoot with a rifle. Magpies, Crows, Mynahs, Starlings etc. Shooting them with varmint bullets is a bit like shooting small US varmints, instant feather bombs! We have locally made decoys and call tapes. Now game birds like pheasants, ducks, etc. Illegal except when you have a permit and in the correct season and only allowed to be shot on the wing with a shotgun. I "understand" that a varmint bullet from say .22-250 or .17 in the neck instantly kills them and leaves all the breast and leg meat undamaged AND you dont get to break your teeth on shotgun pellets. So I have been told! | |||
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I have heard that one too!  ______________________ Smedley ______________________ From Audacity of Hope: 'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.' B.H.Obullshitter ------------------------------------ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery" Winston Churchill ------------------------------------ "..it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.." Samuel Adams ------------------------------------ Facts are immaterial to liberals. Twisted perceptions however are invaluable. ------------------------------------ We Americans were tired of being thought of as dumb, by the rest of the world. So we went to the polls in November 2008 and removed all doubt.....let's not do it again in 2012 please. | |||
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Here we shoot doves,pidgeons,parrots ,ostrichis,and another birds with rifles its a very common practice.Juan www.huntinginargentina.com.ar FULL PROFESSIONAL MEMBER OF IPHA INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL HUNTERS ASOCIATION . DSC PROFESSIONAL MEMBER DRSS--SCI NRA IDPA IPSC-FAT -argentine shooting federation cred number2- | |||
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Lots of folks shoot them with rimfires in Alaska. Reloader | |||
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Makes sense! Here Turkeys are free to shoot anytime and I take a nice plump turkey for Christmas dinner most years by this method. .17 Ackley Hornet through the neck. It often decapitates them! Quick kill also means they arent tough. Some rules are stupid and made to be broken! | |||
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well, what is a bird and what is high-power rifle. for goose hunting my first choice is my Mauser Kar98K in .30-06 with 180grs FMJ. but i have hunted a bird called "rype"(mountain bird, weighs ca 1-1,25 lbs) with my former single shot in 9.3x74R. a .30cal fmj bullet doesn`t tear up a goose more than my .222Rem | |||
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Here in Argentina we use rifles a lot to hunt parrots considered a pest,ostrichis or nandues,and another big birds ,i have several rifle shooter who came everyyear to hunt with rifles in very cheap safaris.Juan www.huntinginargentina.com.ar FULL PROFESSIONAL MEMBER OF IPHA INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL HUNTERS ASOCIATION . DSC PROFESSIONAL MEMBER DRSS--SCI NRA IDPA IPSC-FAT -argentine shooting federation cred number2- | |||
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i have had alot of fun with my .243. after harvest when a mate of mine starts ploughing the stubble in you get lots of rooks and seagulls coming in to pick up worms etc, last autumn i set up on the far side of a valley, bipod and rear bag set up on the bonnet of the landrover and plincked away all afternoon, when i got the measure of the cross wind, gulls and rooks were going off like split pillows, the best shots that day were between 440 and 482 yards. | |||
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Hi Guys, Well yep I do a fair bit of this, just yesterday I went mowing turkeys with my 7-08 great fun!!! Heres some pics from a trip last year, and there is no such thing as "TOO MUCH GUN!!!!"  A NICE DOUBLE   Goog target practice for Africa!!! I have heaps more pics of "Puff Birds" Let me know, and I'll post some more. War is inevitable, if idiots are in charge of countries | |||
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We kill big caranchos-eagles- that steal our chiken,partriges,heres,and even small russian boars,with a cz308,amauser custom douglas barrel 243 and a brno fox 223 .We shoot them a long distance because they are pretty smart and they are very hard to put down.Juan www.huntinginargentina.com.ar FULL PROFESSIONAL MEMBER OF IPHA INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL HUNTERS ASOCIATION . DSC PROFESSIONAL MEMBER DRSS--SCI NRA IDPA IPSC-FAT -argentine shooting federation cred number2- | |||
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Runas, I'm glad you guys have turkeys to shoot at in New Zealand. In my part of the wild (where they belong) they're so few and far between that they're more of an oddity. A .303 Brit does a bang-up job on sparrows. Nothing but feathers falling for five minutes! Jason "Chance favors the prepared mind." | |||
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Here in PA rifles are legal for Fall turkey (Hens may also be taken) and I've shot a few with my 223 Varmint rifle. Head shots... A turkey hit in the head with a 40gr Barnes VLC doesn't go very far and no meat is lost And while some would say their heads move around too much, that is true for feeding hens, so you shoot the bird who is on "look out"  AD If I provoke you into thinking then I've done my good deed for the day! Those who manage to provoke themselves into other activities have only themselves to blame. *We Band of 45-70er's* 35 year Life Member of the NRA NRA Life Member since 1984 | |||
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