dead-eye-dick Posted June 26, 2002 Report Share Posted June 26, 2002 It's nearly time for the starlings to be cleared from the cherry orchards.......... Easy targets and a steady stream right through the day..... .....Do you shoot starlings in your area.... how do you rate it ?? :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveman Posted September 6, 2002 Report Share Posted September 6, 2002 How did you get on with the starlings mate? Have shot starlings off a roof- but that was donkeys years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
columbus Posted September 6, 2002 Report Share Posted September 6, 2002 What do you shoot the starlings with, and what do you do with the starlings after you have shot them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdowns hunter Posted September 6, 2002 Report Share Posted September 6, 2002 I once shot into a flock of starlings with my 12 and managed to drop 35 with one barrel I will never do it again as the wounded birds took some catching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveman Posted September 6, 2002 Report Share Posted September 6, 2002 I shot some off a roof with an airgun when I was a youngster-many moons ago. They just rolled into the gutter I think. Highdowns- dropping 35 like that is incredible mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveman Posted September 9, 2002 Report Share Posted September 9, 2002 Highdowns- I keep thinking about your starling post as I find downing 35 totally incredible (but I'm not doubting you at all mate). Can you post any more details of how it happened? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdowns hunter Posted September 9, 2002 Report Share Posted September 9, 2002 Daveman, I am not exagerating when i say 35, It was many years ago and the starlings were feeding on a field near my home, there must have been at least 1000 birds in the flock and I fired my gun just as the birds lifted from the field, As I said in my previous post quite a lot of them were only wounded and I would not recommendanyone else doing the same thing. It was like I say a long time ago and I cant remember what sort of distance the birds were away from me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 10, 2002 Report Share Posted September 10, 2002 Excellent sport starlings! Nothing like whacking a few dozen off the shed roof with the air rifle (keeps the eye in). :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveman Posted September 10, 2002 Report Share Posted September 10, 2002 Highdowns- thanks for your response. Wounded birds aside (and we never ike to wound birds) doing 35 like that is, to me anyway, ust staggering mate. I only wish I could have seen it! But at least I can think about it. Steve- yep I totally agree with you about popping starlings off roofs (see my earlier post). Fantastic fun. Although I've never had "a few dozen" mate. Do you know what your record is in a day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 10, 2002 Report Share Posted September 10, 2002 Once sat in the pig shed and shot over 100 off the telephone wire leading into the house :( . Silly ******* just take off, fly round the field, then come back and land again! Got a bit boring actually, but good rifle practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveman Posted September 10, 2002 Report Share Posted September 10, 2002 Steve- thanks for that mate. I doubt I'd get bored popping starlings like that. Sounds like total bliss to me. Can I help next time you're having a go?- only trouble is you're in Northern Ireland. Re birds circling round. Took a pop at a pigeon on a barn roof once with an airgun and missed (so you see what sort ot shot I am). The silly ****** flew off circircled round and landed back in exactly the same spot at which point I blew its head off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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