Ron Weasley 83 Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 One of the downsides (aside from the incredibly bad pay ) of being a pest controller is that you have to do things like be on call on Easter sunday! I had a call come in yesterday afternoon from a Homebase store saying that there was a pigeon flying around the shop. Obviously, not much I could do about it on saturday afternoon, so I made arrangements to take care of it first thing this morning. I arrived, expecting a feral pigen or collared dove, but was pleasantly surprised to see a woodie sitting atop a kitchen display! To be honest, I nearly managed to get hold of it with my hands, but just before I could grab it, it flew up into the rafters. R10 cocked, shot fired, pigeon dead before it hit the floor. Customer happy. Called into a bit of permission I have on the way home, where I've been shooting plenty of rabbits lately. It's just a paddock really- the owner is a friend of mine, and I do the pest control in his house and round his outbuildings in return for permission to shoot and ferret in his paddock. When I arrived, there were plenty of rabbits around. Unfortunately, the paddock is surrounded on all side by public land- a hockey pitch at one end, football pitches on one side, and a loch and picnic are to the other. One chap seemed to be taking far too much interest in what I was doing, walking round all sides watching me. Well aware of one or two disputes that the owner has been having recently, and to avoid unnecessary confrontation, I decided that my best course of action was to just leave it, so I never got to fire a shot. Was just setting up to do a bit of paper punching in the back garden this afternoon (it's a new gun, the novelty hasn't worn off yet!) when a couple of woodies landed in my apple tree. Took one of them with a neat head shot. Here they are. Quote Link to post
borak 1 Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 nice shooting bud nice clean brace of woodies Quote Link to post
Guest Scuba1 Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 Nice going there , well done Quote Link to post
Ron Weasley 83 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 Thanks fellas! Quote Link to post
wuzzy 0 Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 very nice bit of shooting there sir! Quote Link to post
aaronpigeonplucker 32 Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 well done! I was at a barbeque at a freinds and whas so suprised at how close the woodies came! the person i was at the barbeque with was veggie and even though her husband has a hw97k with an FAC ox spring in it she didnt let me shoot one of them for the BBQ! its a completly different story in my garden, you cant get within 30 yards of them before they fly away! Quote Link to post
davyt63 1,845 Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 hi ron nice shooting buddy happy hunting davy Quote Link to post
Freddy Watts 1 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Nice shooting mate. And love the gun, how long have you had it now? ATB Freddy Quote Link to post
Ron Weasley 83 Posted April 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Nice shooting mate. And love the gun, how long have you had it now? ATB Freddy Cheers Freddy. Only got it wednesday last week. Quote Link to post
Freddy Watts 1 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 No wonder the novelty hasn't worn off. Looks fantastic mate an they are a pretty new gun aswell. Be good to see a bit of a review or something about it if you ever have time. Quote Link to post
ferretville 69 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Tidy looking gun that mate like the look of it. Quote Link to post
Wolly 4 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 ive just took one out off my back fence , out the bedroom window , ill put a pic up soon , need mi mums phone Quote Link to post
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