I dun been robbed!

Just testing my new slug liner in the field. The 1:16 .25 600 that UA said the ".25 superior heavy' has been updated to ... Actually works great. 28-34 slug hp, zan, and griffins shooting pellet sized groups for me. I've settled on 30gr Zan's, until I try some javelins but unless they group like 25.4 JSB out of a superior STX 1:24 sticking with the zans.. however. I just thwacked me a giant healthy looking grey through the noggin, and a sunnabitch coopers hawk stole him ..... Wtf? Anyone else have this happen before? Of course I've seen them take sparrows and other kills while pesting before retrieval but after sitting a while . This bastard took off before he landed. I'm willing to bet with the speed he yoinked mr.grey.

Anyway. I'm just blowing some steam. Crying like a unstable zoomer forced to manually calculate change at the register..
 
One of the properties where I shoot ground squirrels has several hawks that have learned to sit nearby and watch for squirrels getting shot. Those hawks fly in very quickly and snatch the dead squirrels. Sometimes they even squabble of who gets the meal.
Kenny
I've got a coyote that has learned sometimes pest chippies and sparrows magically appear and he and sometimes opossums get a free delicious meal. Little does he know as soon as I learn his habits, the main course is coming with a very fast lead dessert
 
Just testing my new slug liner in the field. The 1:16 .25 600 that UA said the ".25 superior heavy' has been updated to ... Actually works great. 28-34 slug hp, zan, and griffins shooting pellet sized groups for me. I've settled on 30gr Zan's, until I try some javelins but unless they group like 25.4 JSB out of a superior STX 1:24 sticking with the zans.. however. I just thwacked me a giant healthy looking grey through the noggin, and a sunnabitch coopers hawk stole him ..... Wtf? Anyone else have this happen before? Of course I've seen them take sparrows and other kills while pesting before retrieval but after sitting a while . This bastard took off before he landed. I'm willing to bet with the speed he yoinked mr.grey.

Anyway. I'm just blowing some steam. Crying like a unstable zoomer forced to manually calculate change at the register..
I had a red in scope and was milliseconds from pulling and I saw the hawk smash down on him in my scope. The Enemy of my enemy ,is my friend. He won that day. I commend him and walked away happy.
 
I've got a coyote that has learned sometimes pest chippies and sparrows magically appear and he and sometimes opossums get a free delicious meal. Little does he know as soon as I learn his habits, the main course is coming with a very fast lead dessert
i shoot squirrels from the bird feeder to feed the fox family ,
 
Just testing my new slug liner in the field. The 1:16 .25 600 that UA said the ".25 superior heavy' has been updated to ... Actually works great. 28-34 slug hp, zan, and griffins shooting pellet sized groups for me. I've settled on 30gr Zan's, until I try some javelins but unless they group like 25.4 JSB out of a superior STX 1:24 sticking with the zans.. however. I just thwacked me a giant healthy looking grey through the noggin, and a sunnabitch coopers hawk stole him ..... Wtf? Anyone else have this happen before? Of course I've seen them take sparrows and other kills while pesting before retrieval but after sitting a while . This bastard took off before he landed. I'm willing to bet with the speed he yoinked mr.grey.

Anyway. I'm just blowing some steam. Crying like a unstable zoomer forced to manually calculate change at the register..
Imagine forcing a zoomer to use a hand pump to fill a PCP, instead a compressor... Oooh that's right, they can't afford one :ROFLMAO:
 
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Imagine forcing a zoomer to use a hand pump to fill a PCP, instead a compressor... Oooh that's right, they can't afford one :ROFLMAO:
If they didn't explode the 200 bar max fill tank pumping to 350bar because "bruh, the numbers go up to 350 bruh, more be better bruh, no cap, on God fr fr 💯" then tweet and TikTok it acting like they've been done wrong by some oppressive outside force.

"Bruh no cap, got dis 🔥 ass hatsan on God, bout ta buss da air blixky, cost me Dem racks do'. Rate my fit ,*gay broccoli head kissy face*

I'm an early millennial but Jesus, never seen such a worthless group. Wrong change, they fall apart confronted with ANYthing other than soft tones and praise. Unemployable. Disrespectful, devoid of hope and purpose.
 
Whining aside the new FX Slug liner for .25 is pretty damned effective. I just shot it at my pellet tune. Turned up and down the PW for increase and decreases in velo. Was once told by a much better and more experienced air gunner, " if your barrel and gun like a projectile when they're not tuned for it, all the better. Shoot em wherever you're set and if they hold tight at sub optimal settings, you've got a winner, if they don't, write them off".. he was right.

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There’s a big female sparrowhawk on one of my permissions I’ve named Dash, as she’s often dashing off with a squirrel in her talons. She’s a strong one—I've seen her lift woodpigeons and even rabbit kits, something a male sparrowhawk couldn’t manage. I’ve grown quite fond of her.
I’ve also got a family of buzzards that follow me. They don’t take shot quarry but know they’ll get a snack before I leave. I’ve mixed feelings, though—I don’t want them relying on me, especially with shotgunners targeting raptors lately. I'd rather they see humans as a threat.

Those Zans seem to be a beautiful marriage.
 
SNIP-- I’ve mixed feelings, though—I don’t want them relying on me, especially with shotgunners targeting raptors lately. I'd rather they see humans as a threat.

Those Zans seem to be a beautiful marriage.
I thought shooting Raptors was Illegal on a Federal Level. Why on God's Green Earth would someone shot a Raptor? UGH.

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If they didn't explode the 200 bar max fill tank pumping to 350bar because "bruh, the numbers go up to 350 bruh, more be better bruh, no cap, on God fr fr 💯" then tweet and TikTok it acting like they've been done wrong by some oppressive outside force.

"Bruh no cap, got dis 🔥 ass hatsan on God, bout ta buss da air blixky, cost me Dem racks do'. Rate my fit ,*gay broccoli head kissy face*

I'm an early millennial but Jesus, never seen such a worthless group. Wrong change, they fall apart confronted with ANYthing other than soft tones and praise. Unemployable. Disrespectful, devoid of hope and purpose.
Man, I didn't know whether to put a "haha" reaction to your post, or a "sad face"... Because it's a tragi-comedy regarding the gen Z. Most, if not all you've said is true and the sad part is that it's not just the US, it's the whole western world youth that's like that. In my country we even got a new subculture, the Gassers and if any, they're probably going to be responsible for an air rifles ban in my country. A month ago, some idiot going to !note! elementary school, posted an image of him holding up an older HW, with a note/tag that read something along the lines of: "My classmate is cooked!", or maybe it was: she's going down something... And of course the media reacted and some folks in the news forums outright demanded a ban on air rifles, can you imagine?

...And about two years ago, another idiot shot at insane asylum patients from a tall building next to it, with... you've guessed it, an air rifle.

Crazy man.
 
I thought shooting Raptors was Illegal on a Federal Level. Why on God's Green Earth would someone shot a Raptor? UGH.

Smitty
I’m in the UK, and yep, that’s illegal—6 months in jail and a fine. Most raptor killings happen on gamebird shoot land, where they’re seen as threats. A dead raptor costs nothing, a dead pheasant’s worth 40 quid. Game bird shooting is very popular here and many farmers lease their land for it. Like most evils, it’s all about profit. Breaks my heart.
 
I’m in the UK, and yep, that’s illegal—6 months in jail and a fine. Most raptor killings happen on gamebird shoot land, where they’re seen as threats. A dead raptor costs nothing, a dead pheasant’s worth 40 quid. Game bird shooting is very popular here and many farmers lease their land for it. Like most evils, it’s all about profit. Breaks my heart.
I’m in the UK, and yep, that’s illegal—6 months in jail and a fine. Most raptor killings happen on gamebird shoot land, where they’re seen as threats. A dead raptor costs nothing, a dead pheasant’s worth 40 quid. Game bird shooting is very popular here and many farmers lease their land for it. Like most evils, it’s all about profit. Breaks my heart.
Somehow one threat in the UK and"ALL OF WHATEVER INVOLVED NEEDS TO BE BANNED, PROTECT THY NANNY STATE"

1000s of raped English girls, 1000s of jihadists openly describing their fantasy of subjugation and execution of the English "kuffars" IN THEIR OWN LAND.... Crickets. How dare you think former ISIS, FSA, SAA, Al-Nusra fighters are dangerous; it's only been a few mass stabbings, a suicide bombing of a teeny bopper concert, and the beheading of Lee Rigby, and you dare suggest this is more dangerous than one child threatening someone with a sub-12 air rifle?

Keir Starmer ..disgusting human. God save you all.

As an American it's so damn sad seeing what's happening in your country. The state has really completely erased knowledge considered most basic of the history of the island nation who dominated the globe for a long time.

I know I probably broke TOS but I cant ignore it. And I'm sure it leaves you nauseated.
 
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