Couldn't Hit the Broad Side of a Barn!

[TBow]

This morning, my neighbor from across the road, came a knocking and woke me up at 11:00 a.m. I know! I know! Who in their right mind gets up before noon? Right?

Well anywho, he was having a problem with what he decribed as "crows" in his backyard. He indicated that they wouldn't leave his yard and were constantly squawking and dropping white bombs in his pool, meaning he had to continually keep vacuming it all out. He said that he'd put out an owl decoy to try and scare off the birds, but wasn't having any luck. Knowing that I hunted, he wondered if I had a pellet rifle and would mind coming over and trying to whack a couple of them. I'm always excited to have a reason to break out the artillery, and this seemed right up my alley.

So up to the man cave I went and cracked open the artillery safe. When I got to his backyard, I saw what he was calling crows was merely cackles, and I will agree they were pretty noisy. He said someone had told him that the owl decoy would keep the birds away. I just laughed and said that the owl decoy is what was probably making the birds so loud and was likely keeping them in his backyard. Owls are a natural enemy and adult crows, cackles and blackbirds will attack them with regularity to protect their nests and young until the owl departs the area. So as long as the decoy was there, they'd likely have to put up with annoying birds.

Well not to let a good opportunity get by me to smack a few nuisance pests with the airgun, I loaded her up, and sat on the patio with the neighbors and waited for a clear shot. Finally one bird landed in a location where I had a good back stop and I squeezed off a shot. MISSED!

Over the next hour I repeated three more misses, all at under 20 yards. Man I've got a 12X scope on this magnum airgun, and I couldn't touch a thing. So I asked the neighbor if he had a cardboard box that I could sight in on. I was about 5" low and 1" right. O.K. the next bird offered a 20 yard shot, so I aimed the approriate amount high and right, squeezed the trigger and VOILA......I missed again!

"O.K", I said. "Time to put the pop gun away and just sit here on the patio, drink beer in the heat of the day, and we'll just clap our hands when they come around again!"

Sounded like a plan to me. So this week coming, I'll be off to the the range to sight this bad boy in.....again, and I may even consider removing the 4X - 12X and go back to open sights.

Broad side of barns beware. I'll be back on the war path later this week....with luck......and a pair of glasses!

TBow

[Shaun_300]

LOL that's funny. Owl decoy to scare crows away.... :D:D Does the direct opposite! Get that thing sighted in and go have some more fun. I've shot lots of them, but with a 12ga not a pellet gun, makes life a bit easier. But I assume you're in a residential area.