Starlings?

roy reali · September 7, 2009, 07:00 AM

Are there any starling shooters here? If so, you'll enjoy this.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090906/...ost_hated_bird

I use them for preseason warm up!

How would you like to be near the top of that skyscraper with a shotgun?

12-34hom · September 7, 2009, 07:13 AM

They are great 22 fodder, they overwhelm my bird feeders. Hi- velocity h.p. really zap there little heads out of my Marlin 39a.....

They just keep coming back for more, stubborn, very aggressive birds.

12-34hom

Old Grump · September 7, 2009, 03:04 PM

Starlings taught me to shoot 50 some years ago. No matter how I tried I couldn't put a dent in their population but I dropped a lot of them.

roklok · September 7, 2009, 04:14 PM

I have killed thousands of them, no exageration. Back on the farm in PA it was a constant battle keeping ahead of them. I HATED them, but they were fun to shoot. I dont see any here in AK.

JWT · September 7, 2009, 04:21 PM

Dispatched many of them with my Red Ryder many years ago. Years later I used a Crossman pellet gun. Both were effective but didn't make a dent in the population. Miserable birds....

GojuBrian · September 8, 2009, 06:03 AM

I remember one weekend when I was a kid shooting over 500 of them with a friend of mine. We were morbid little turds.

Uncle Buck · September 8, 2009, 07:30 AM

I hate them birds. Can you believe there are actually groups out there that advocate NOT killing them? They want you to feed them special food containing a chemical that sterilizes them (The birds, not the bird advocates!).

We have shot them with everything from the daisy bb guns to shotguns and we never seem to be able to make a dent in the population.

My first scoped "Rifle" was a crossman pellet gun, bought just for shooting starlings off of Grammas' bird feeders.

Legionnaire · September 8, 2009, 08:14 AM

Used to shoot them by the hundreds with a Beeman R7 out at my in-laws' place in Lancaster County. My father-in-law preferred a CZ452 shooting CBs. Good shooting either way.

Scorch · September 8, 2009, 11:28 AM

They are great for target practice! 22LR out to 150 yds, and the targets never disappear. I read once that if every man, woman and child in the USA (roughly 300 million) would go out every day and kill 1 starling, it would take 10 years to eliminate them. Well, since only about 5-10% of the US population hunts, that means every hunter would have to go out and kill 20 per day to eliminate them within 10 years. Get busy!

FrontSight · September 9, 2009, 11:09 AM

I used to eat them until I found out what they like to eat. Ugh, worse than city pidgeons....

September 7, 2009, 07:00 AM	#1
roy reali Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2005 Posts: 3,248	Starlings? Are there any starling shooters here? If so, you'll enjoy this. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090906/...ost_hated_bird I use them for preseason warm up! How would you like to be near the top of that skyscraper with a shotgun?

September 7, 2009, 07:13 AM	#2
12-34hom Senior Member Join Date: June 8, 1999 Location: Iowa - northeastern Posts: 1,810	They are great 22 fodder, they overwhelm my bird feeders. Hi- velocity h.p. really zap there little heads out of my Marlin 39a..... They just keep coming back for more, stubborn, very aggressive birds. 12-34hom __________________ This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend, it is my life. I must master itas i master my life.Without me my rifle is useless, without my rifle i am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I Will. Before God i swear this creed. My rifle and myself are defenders of my country. We are masters of our enemy. We are saviours of my life. So be it until there is no enemy, but peace. Amen.

September 7, 2009, 03:04 PM	#3
Old Grump Member in memoriam Join Date: April 9, 2009 Location: Blue River Wisconsin, in Posts: 3,144	Starlings taught me to shoot 50 some years ago. No matter how I tried I couldn't put a dent in their population but I dropped a lot of them. __________________ Good intentions will always be pleaded for any assumption of power. The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern will, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters. --Daniel Webster--

September 8, 2009, 07:30 AM	#7
Uncle Buck Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2009 Location: West Central Missouri Posts: 2,592	I hate them birds. Can you believe there are actually groups out there that advocate NOT killing them? They want you to feed them special food containing a chemical that sterilizes them (The birds, not the bird advocates!). We have shot them with everything from the daisy bb guns to shotguns and we never seem to be able to make a dent in the population. My first scoped "Rifle" was a crossman pellet gun, bought just for shooting starlings off of Grammas' bird feeders. __________________ Inside Every Bright Idea Is The 50% Probability Of A Disaster Waiting To Happen.

September 8, 2009, 08:14 AM	#8
Legionnaire Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2000 Location: Central TX Posts: 1,503	Used to shoot them by the hundreds with a Beeman R7 out at my in-laws' place in Lancaster County. My father-in-law preferred a CZ452 shooting CBs. Good shooting either way. __________________ Cogito, ergo armatus sum.

September 7, 2009, 04:14 PM	#4
roklok Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2008 Location: Fort Yukon, Alaska Posts: 735	I have killed thousands of them, no exageration. Back on the farm in PA it was a constant battle keeping ahead of them. I HATED them, but they were fun to shoot. I dont see any here in AK.

September 7, 2009, 04:21 PM	#5
JWT Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2007 Location: Southern Arizona Posts: 3,888	Dispatched many of them with my Red Ryder many years ago. Years later I used a Crossman pellet gun. Both were effective but didn't make a dent in the population. Miserable birds....

September 8, 2009, 06:03 AM	#6
GojuBrian Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2009 Posts: 303	I remember one weekend when I was a kid shooting over 500 of them with a friend of mine. We were morbid little turds.

September 8, 2009, 11:28 AM	#9
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	They are great for target practice! 22LR out to 150 yds, and the targets never disappear. I read once that if every man, woman and child in the USA (roughly 300 million) would go out every day and kill 1 starling, it would take 10 years to eliminate them. Well, since only about 5-10% of the US population hunts, that means every hunter would have to go out and kill 20 per day to eliminate them within 10 years. Get busy! __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

September 9, 2009, 11:09 AM	#10
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	I used to eat them until I found out what they like to eat. Ugh, worse than city pidgeons.... __________________ To kill something as great as a duck just to smell the gunpowder is a crime against nature. - Alan Liere Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. - George Bernard Shaw

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