motivation

I retired two and a half years ago. Bought two fly rods six months before I retired, still have yet to open the boxes. Too many days at the range or pesting at the maple syrup farms. I shoot pellet pistols in the basement and as long as it isn’t too nasty windy I go to my gun club to shoot outdoors, my preferred shooting place. A friend taps my shoulder occasionally to help him install stop signs and the like. He pays very well but I told him I don’t want to do that anymore even though it’s only two or three times a month. I told him I worked long enough and want to stop.

When I retired I was working 12 hrs/day five days a week and 5 or 6 hours on Saturday for my last ten years. Made a lot of money but had little time. 14 months before I retired my aorta split open in two places. Drove home with it, only symptom was some nausea. Got a 13 mile 6 minute $42k helicopter ride to Cleveland Clinic for some repairs. I dodged one hell of a bullet. I owe my remaining life to my retired RN wife who called the rescue squad rather than wait a half hour to see if I “felt better”. My blood pressure was about nothing and was gray as a corpse. She knew something was very wrong.
Friday I went to one of the maple syrup farms to scout around and keep an eye out for some shed antlers. I was lucky enough to find a set laying right where the deer bobbed his head or shook it and there they were. What a joy to find them.

gendoc said:

well guys, if you have many hundreds of them causing crop damage in the figures of 10K to 25K+$ a year,
what would you do ??
there is a place and time to let them live, but not in my space........

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In that case, I'd not only kill them, I'd enjoy doing it. I'm not in your shoes though and for me hunting crows means going out of my way to kill something that's not bothering me and that I don't really want to eat.

rcs9250 said:

I retired two and a half years ago. Bought two fly rods six months before I retired, still have yet to open the boxes. Too many days at the range or pesting at the maple syrup farms. I shoot pellet pistols in the basement and as long as it isn’t too nasty windy I go to my gun club to shoot outdoors, my preferred shooting place. A friend taps my shoulder occasionally to help him install stop signs and the like. He pays very well but I told him I don’t want to do that anymore even though it’s only two or three times a month. I told him I worked long enough and want to stop.

When I retired I was working 12 hrs/day five days a week and 5 or 6 hours on Saturday for my last ten years. Made a lot of money but had little time. 14 months before I retired my aorta split open in two places. Drove home with it, only symptom was some nausea. Got a 13 mile 6 minute $42k helicopter ride to Cleveland Clinic for some repairs. I dodged one hell of a bullet. I owe my remaining life to my retired RN wife who called the rescue squad rather than wait a half hour to see if I “felt better”. My blood pressure was about nothing and was gray as a corpse. She knew something was very wrong.
Friday I went to one of the maple syrup farms to scout around and keep an eye out for some shed antlers. I was lucky enough to find a set laying right where the deer bobbed his head or shook it and there they were. What a joy to find them.

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I've found a few skulls by walking the greenbelts along major roadways. They get hit by cars and they run off into the brush, usually on the downhill side.

beerthief said:

You are one of (i think)the few that have this air gun opportunity close by . on the other hand i have indoor shooting and outdoor range about 10 feet apart and about 6 feet from this wonderful AGN site . But i lack others to shoot with . , want to trade ?

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I will likely be relocating to a quiet part of Virginia this coming year and I suspect I'll lose both the locations to shoot and definitely the people to shoot with. So I'm enjoying it while I can. I'm already mentally preparing myself to start a field target club because I don't think there is anything like that near there.

@Sawney Bean good on your wife for catching that AAA.

.20calguy said:

I have been at this since my youth.
What I found here, by reason of the internet, are others who share the same interests, an almost zero occurrence in the general public.
With this forum via the internet, we're able to converse with folks all over the globe.
Salute!

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I’m like a megaphone and sharing Airgun stories and joy wherever I go as appropriate

Sawney Bean said:

In that case, I'd not only kill them, I'd enjoy doing it. I'm not in your shoes though and for me hunting crows means going out of my way to kill something that's not bothering me and that I don't really want to eat.

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Intelligent creatures. Crows and ravens.
everything in nature has its purpose!