Night time barn raid - 66 feral pigeons down!

[Bob_O]

Working on the video right now. Not sure if I can get it done tonight. I really should just go to sleep but I have to be up in 3 hours anyway so I may as well pull an all-nighter!

I think I'll just make it quick and dirty, it's all through the X-Sight anyway, not a fancy production.

ADDED:



https://youtu.be/A_7Q7xRcyZ4

 

[JimNM]

Wow, lots of good work.

 

[Bob_O]

Thank you Jim.

I hope I get to go back during the day maybe this weekend and take care of any stragglers. If nothing else, maybe the work I did here will lead to some other permissions in the area by referral. That's how I got this one.

The video is finalizing right now. I'll upload it before I head to work. It's a long one....40 minutes....definitely one to watch with some popcorn!!

 

[Bob_O]

The video will take a bit to finish uploading and processing.

Going to be a long day at work! Enjoy everyone!

 

https://youtu.be/A_7Q7xRcyZ4

 

[jking]

Bob, I know he's really going to appreciate that. I learned from a past experience years ago after wiping out the majority of a flock that they don't come back for a long time. Hopefully the same will happen with this farmers barn. We have a compression facility that is over run with pigeons and in some places the poop is 3" deep but the company is afraid to let me take care of the problem. I wouldn't doubt there's not 500 birds in the whole facility. Maybe one of these days they'll change their minds.

Good job Bob

JK

 

[Bob_O]

That's a lot of pigeons JK.....what's a compression facility?

 

[Bruce54]

Good job! I like the power adjustment on the Streamline, it really seems to work well inside the barn. Was there any other light source in the barn?

 

[Bob_O]

Nope, pitch black. There were light fixtures on the ground floor but the farmer turned them all off for this detail.

 

[flynviking]

That’s one heck of a nights work. I don’t know when you find time to sleep in between pesting and your job. However, you’re sleep sacrifice makes for some fun to watch videos.

Thanks for the videos Bob.

 

[Smitty911]

Bob,

It sure was a lot quieter at the end of your video than when you started.

Nice shooting.

Smitty

 

[Bob_O]

Oh man you could almost feel the silence....the noise those starlings made was maddening at times!

Had it not been for work today, I'd have stayed and shot all those Starlings.

 

[socaloldman]

Great Video. What a nights work. Get some sleep.

 

[NoLandBeyond]

Bob, are you sure you weren’t playing a video game? Because that was what it looked like! Nintendo’s Duck Hunt comes to mind. In all seriousness, that looked like a lot of fun! Good shooting!

This makes me lust for a Streamline due to its multiple power settings, but I have no use for it here where I live. Bravo overall. 

So what scope base did you end up using to mount the ATN to the dovetail rail on the Streamline?

 

[Bob_O]

For now I'm still using the ATN rings on the UTG adapters. But I have the BKL adapters on hand, I just haven't gotten around to making the swap. Mainly because I need some quick release rings that will swap the X-Sight between my 6.5 Creedmoor and the Streamline. Until I get those, it will just stay on the SL with the UTG snap-in adapters.

 

[Hajimoto]

HOLY SHIZA!! Thats some serious bird elimination!
Freaking awesomeness!

 

[WickedPlinka]

Good job Bob

The xs4k makes a very decent vid

 

[Droptine26]

Bob, that was some awesome work. I’m sure the farmer really appreciated the work you put in. And we appreciate the great videos!

 

[blackdiesel]

This reminds me of one of those ratting videos where the targets are just everywhere. Great shooting man. Do you just like head shots or do you think it's necessary on pigeons? I would think a 30 fpe pcp would be more than enough for body shots on a birds.

 

[markT]

BOB, What a fun time and fantastic video.. 

Were you just showing off by choosing head shots? 

Lucky man you are to have a theater like that to hunt / shoot pigeons.. those starlings need a whacking like those pigeons,,, 

Please, please, keep up the great work and videos.. all the best, Mark 

 

[jking]

That's a lot of pigeons JK.....what's a compression facility?



Bob, I work in the Oil and Gas Industry and its a facility that gathers gas that we produce from the field and then re-compresses it from 300psi to 1600psi which we then we re-inject back into the ground to repeat the process. All for the sole effort to produce oil . These compressors are housed under a large medal cover/pavilion. We have five of these large compressors and all the other associated equipment which are powered by 2500hp electric motors. This whole facility has many places that the pigeons now call home. A big mess for sure..