First thing in the morning, I noticed a couple squirrels had found The Feeder Zone again. I drilled one of them right off the bat; that's the one you can see in the video.
The other one came back a few minutes later. I shot at him and missed just over his head. But he ran 5' up a tree bordering my property. After checking what was behind him, I decided to take the shot. It would up being perfect; in between the right eye and ear, and out at the corresponding spot on the other side.
Later in the day, I was testing pellets through the new Compatto. Every time I shot the 30 or 40 shots, I'd go in to pump it up again. When I came out, The Feeder Zone was full of birds. Mostly natives, with a house sparrow mixed in. Each time, I drilled the house sparrow, then went back about my business. I got two of them on video, below. On the first sparrow, I managed to go through both wing joints, and I think nicked a lung too. (she was coughing up blood) You can see she tried to fly off, but the wings were maimed, and it was a no-go. She hopped over to some weeds to hide. I found her bleeding and breathing heavily. Put one through her head at point blank, and splashed brains and blood on my Huggett. Yuck.
The final count for the day was 2 squirrels and 2 sparrows with the Compatto, and three more sparrows with the Marauder.
Constant vigilance is required to keep the homestead free of varmints.
Just before dusk, there was a point when 5 cardinals at once were feeding there. I wonder if I've taken away too much of their competition?
Full video:
Slo-mo Impacts only:
The other one came back a few minutes later. I shot at him and missed just over his head. But he ran 5' up a tree bordering my property. After checking what was behind him, I decided to take the shot. It would up being perfect; in between the right eye and ear, and out at the corresponding spot on the other side.
Later in the day, I was testing pellets through the new Compatto. Every time I shot the 30 or 40 shots, I'd go in to pump it up again. When I came out, The Feeder Zone was full of birds. Mostly natives, with a house sparrow mixed in. Each time, I drilled the house sparrow, then went back about my business. I got two of them on video, below. On the first sparrow, I managed to go through both wing joints, and I think nicked a lung too. (she was coughing up blood) You can see she tried to fly off, but the wings were maimed, and it was a no-go. She hopped over to some weeds to hide. I found her bleeding and breathing heavily. Put one through her head at point blank, and splashed brains and blood on my Huggett. Yuck.
The final count for the day was 2 squirrels and 2 sparrows with the Compatto, and three more sparrows with the Marauder.
Constant vigilance is required to keep the homestead free of varmints.
Just before dusk, there was a point when 5 cardinals at once were feeding there. I wonder if I've taken away too much of their competition?
Full video:
Slo-mo Impacts only:
