Today was an extremely rare day.
We have blackbirds around, but the vast majority of the time they relegate themselves to neighbors' areas. But today...well, I had 5 blackbirds on the nearby trees. As I said, this is extremely rare.
The first pair showed up this morning, both on the same tree. My best guess is that the shot distance was around 55 yards.
I lined up on one, and got a good shot. However, I'm not sure the blackbird was injured, much less dead; more like spanked, I think, as it flew off. Still, it was a good shot, although I should've aimed for either the neck or the head.
Lesson learned.
The next three came in this evening: one about 85 yards away at my 9 o'clock up high in the highest, nearby tree (I had actually hit another blackbird in that same spot some weeks back, and I think that was a kill as I could hear it hitting branches on its way down...lol); the second was at a similar position but at my 11 o'clock, and the last one similarly high, but closer and at my 12 o'clock. That was the one I wanted.
The head was mostly hidden by a part of the tree, but the neck was not. I aimed on the neck, and got a hit. This bird, like the other one I got some weeks back, sorta had a controlled fall through the trees. Not long thereafter I found it...very dead.
And that was on about pellet 16 post-fill.
Man, I absolutely love this Flash QE with these JSB 18.13 Domed pellets. Oh, and I shouldn't forget the Leapers UTG 30mm SWAT 3-12x44 AO Rifle Scope.
In my humble opinion, anyone looking for a relatively inexpensive foray into PCP, especially for the hunting purpose I've experienced, this Flash QE, with this UTG scope and the JSB Diabolo 18.13 Domed pellets, should get the job done.
(Fwiw; ymmv.)
We have blackbirds around, but the vast majority of the time they relegate themselves to neighbors' areas. But today...well, I had 5 blackbirds on the nearby trees. As I said, this is extremely rare.
The first pair showed up this morning, both on the same tree. My best guess is that the shot distance was around 55 yards.
I lined up on one, and got a good shot. However, I'm not sure the blackbird was injured, much less dead; more like spanked, I think, as it flew off. Still, it was a good shot, although I should've aimed for either the neck or the head.
Lesson learned.
The next three came in this evening: one about 85 yards away at my 9 o'clock up high in the highest, nearby tree (I had actually hit another blackbird in that same spot some weeks back, and I think that was a kill as I could hear it hitting branches on its way down...lol); the second was at a similar position but at my 11 o'clock, and the last one similarly high, but closer and at my 12 o'clock. That was the one I wanted.
The head was mostly hidden by a part of the tree, but the neck was not. I aimed on the neck, and got a hit. This bird, like the other one I got some weeks back, sorta had a controlled fall through the trees. Not long thereafter I found it...very dead.
And that was on about pellet 16 post-fill.
Man, I absolutely love this Flash QE with these JSB 18.13 Domed pellets. Oh, and I shouldn't forget the Leapers UTG 30mm SWAT 3-12x44 AO Rifle Scope.
In my humble opinion, anyone looking for a relatively inexpensive foray into PCP, especially for the hunting purpose I've experienced, this Flash QE, with this UTG scope and the JSB Diabolo 18.13 Domed pellets, should get the job done.
(Fwiw; ymmv.)
