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 Re: Would you take this shot?
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06/19/17 03:35 PM
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Same thing when zeroing a 10/22. Bee landed on target. A buddy and his kid had just finished and were watching me finish through their scopes. I popped it for them and immediately felt remorse. Won't do it again.
Cast ![[Linked Image]](http://winsounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Longhorn-Logo.png) I have a short attention spa
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Re: Would you take this shot?
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06/19/17 11:45 PM
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No today.
Sadly, would have been yes as a kid/youngster. I murdered a lot of birds. We have a confession 
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Re: Would you take this shot?
[Re: Kevin1]
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06/20/17 12:21 AM
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I have seen many guys shoot meadowlarks and wrens during dove season. I warn them of the consequences and they quickly stop. I seems that most grew up with a BB gun and their first taste of hunting was popping sparrows. I know our cat loved us for it.
![[Linked Image]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54081282725_0a0191f2f4_t.jpg) "Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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Re: Would you take this shot?
[Re: Kevin1]
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06/20/17 01:44 PM
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its that mentality "I want to kill something"
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Would you take this shot?
[Re: Kevin1]
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06/20/17 03:00 PM
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When I was a very young kid every year I would visit my grandparents on the farm and BBguns were my favorite. We shot everything that flew. I was a dead on shot at 9-10 years old. I admit it.
GO TRUMP!
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Re: Would you take this shot?
[Re: Kevin1]
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06/20/17 03:02 PM
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When I was a very young kid every year I would visit my grandparents on the farm and BBguns were my favorite. We shot everything that flew. I was a dead on shot at 9-10 years old. I admit it.
GO TRUMP!
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Re: Would you take this shot?
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06/22/17 01:04 PM
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Wait a minute, I know a Bigfoot from Houston. How's T-Rex?
The Bigfoot I know would need at least 4 shots to score 1!
Last edited by HornSlayer; 06/22/17 01:05 PM.
They make ammo specifically for hunting for a reason! 
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Re: Would you take this shot?
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06/22/17 04:14 PM
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Same thing when zeroing a 10/22. Bee landed on target. A buddy and his kid had just finished and were watching me finish through their scopes. I popped it for them and immediately felt remorse. Won't do it again. are you being serious?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Would you take this shot?
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06/22/17 06:00 PM
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Same thing when zeroing a 10/22. Bee landed on target. A buddy and his kid had just finished and were watching me finish through their scopes. I popped it for them and immediately felt remorse. Won't do it again. are you being serious? Bees are important, without them the human race will perish.
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Re: Would you take this shot?
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06/22/17 06:57 PM
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I once shot a bird on a clothesline with a BB gun. Instead of it falling off it swung upside down, hanging by its feet. Before I could do something about it my mom came out with a load of laundry to hang. I was scolded, got the bird and took care of its broken wing until it could fly. I never did anything like that again to a wild bird.
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Re: Would you take this shot?
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06/22/17 07:20 PM
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I killed thousands of birds when I was a kid with a BB gun. I killed some every day. There were swarms of sparrows around our barn. I never thought anything about it then, and still don't.
No I wouldn't waste a centerfire rifle bullet to kill a bird, unless it was a hawk or roadrunner.
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Re: Would you take this shot?
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06/23/17 01:02 PM
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I generally don't shoot anything that I am not going to utilize in some form or another. I say generally because I will shoot hogs and let them lay and let the kids shoot gophers. I will say that during my childhood, I did not necessarily see it that way and shot alot of sparrows and other birds.
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