Went back to the dairy last night 1-11-19 and shot 100 starlings, it was really cold 27 degrees and I only stayed an hour and half. The shooting itself is monotonous because there is no challenge, no shots further than 15 yards, the bulk at 10 yards. A few double and triples depending on how I line up the shots. So far over 340 starlings in 3 visits, I went back today at dusk to see if the starling murmuration looked smaller and it seemed so though I couldn’t tell for sure. I asked one of the workers there if he notice a difference, he said he did, but I’m not sure. I shot over 60 more tonight 1-12-19, the best shots (only 7), were off the ridge line of a roof at 30 yards. I was head shooting them with Crosman HP from Walmart. After dark I went to work on the roosting starlings. At some point I stopped counting as it really is an elimination, misses are rare and every shot drops a starling. So I’m at over 400 starlings for 4 visits and am going to speak to the owner to see if I’m really doing them a service. I’m feeling a little conflicted, I’ve killed more pest birds in 4 nights than in my entire life of pesting. I’ve attached a few photos of the building I’m shooting under and a photo of the entire property from goggle maps. The circled building is where I’m doing the bulk of the shooting, the arrow points to a lower building where I’ve been taking them off the peak of the roof when they land. At some point I will have to employ my Beeman P1 in that lower building. Once I get to know the owners well, I intend to asked if they would allow other, responsible air gun shooters to join in the mix as they have more rats and pests than I could ever handle.
