king ratcatcher Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 after dougie (brother) seen the magpies and crows invading the birds nests this morning we desided to shoot a few today. dougie come down to my house with hes bsa ultra and went outside to see what landed, within 10 minutes a magpie come down onto my home made rat bait station and he shot him at 15 yards head shot. thought id put it out with its wings out to see if any more come down so i did, went and sat down and within 20 minutes down come another, going mad squarking at the dead one, so i took him out at 15 yards bang in to head too. heres a few pics .................... me...... dougie...... both magpies together...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 good shooting lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ratcatcher Posted April 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 cheers m8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 I had a pub debate with some friends last weekend on the issue of shooting Magpies. I was astonished at how little they knew - sticking up for them as big pretty birds to be invited into the garden. When growing up I used to spend a great deal of time at the grandparents (big house lots of land) and *every* year they had housemartins that would return to an outbuilding, nest and when their young hatched they would take to the washing line for flying lessons. One year magpies arrived and took the lot out. Nasty. The Magies took the eyes and then shredded the little that was left. Anyways, recently I saw this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml.../27/ixhome.html For my bit I immediately took out an annual subscription to Sporting Shooter. And shame on the RSPB for talking ********. Good shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 Well done , the less of them the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilbe2 Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 Good shooting lee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 (edited) I had a pub debate with some friends last weekend on the issue of shooting Magpies. I was astonished at how little they knew - sticking up for them as big pretty birds to be invited into the garden. When growing up I used to spend a great deal of time at the grandparents (big house lots of land) and *every* year they had housemartins that would return to an outbuilding, nest and when their young hatched they would take to the washing line for flying lessons. One year magpies arrived and took the lot out. Nasty. The Magies took the eyes and then shredded the little that was left. Anyways, recently I saw this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml.../27/ixhome.html For my bit I immediately took out an annual subscription to Sporting Shooter. And shame on the RSPB for talking ********. Good shooting. Hi, Good accurate shooting Lee. It was a balanced article so we shouldn't moan too much. However...I do wonder if these bounty scemes work. If people have a magpie problem they will control them but will not decide on a whim to control them if there is a prize for the largest amount. By the way where corvids are being pests the RSPB will control them on their reserves but I think they are against this competition because they view it as people going out and trying to kill them for the sake of winning a competition and not where they are being pests. Food for thought. FM Edited April 11, 2006 by Ferret Master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookie Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Excellent work! There are too many of the little **** around these days and anytjhing we can do to keep the numbers down is a good thing. Wookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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