Grackle Whacker Is Back
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Grackle Whacker Is Back
Insurgent birds have re-infiltrated my neighborhood, killing local songbirds and generally trying to reassert their authority in my province.
The tacticool, 1956 Crosman .22 pellet rifle with high tech optics is wreaking a terrible wrath on their heads. Notice the stock extension designed to absorb the punishing recoil.
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Get er done
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Keep whacking them. Dang things are horrible on my trucks paint.
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You're about 2998 under the daily bag limitdoc540 wrote:Insurgent birds have re-infiltrated my neighborhood, killing local songbirds and generally trying to reassert their authority in my province.
The tacticool, 1956 Crosman .22 pellet rifle with high tech optics is wreaking a terrible wrath on their heads. Notice the stock extension designed to absorb the punishing recoil.
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Does declairing that one harvested a protected animal in a legal manner protect one from legal action? Just curious, never understood how the grackle thing worked. If I shot some for sport, was pulled over by a GW, and I told him they were eating my apple crop, would I be good to go? I know the burden of proof lies on the accuser.... this is a wierd law.
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I didn't actually shoot those.Carry-a-Kimber wrote:Does declairing that one harvested a protected animal in a legal manner protect one from legal action? Just curious, never understood how the grackle thing worked. If I shot some for sport, was pulled over by a GW, and I told him they were eating my apple crop, would I be good to go? I know the burden of proof lies on the accuser.... this is a wierd law.
They expired near my backyard, and I gave them a proper burial after posing for the picture.
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Good on ya!! But it is still a wacky law. Who ever decided to protect a flying rat?
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It would be a bit awkward at the Huntsville dinner table explaining to the boys what you were in for.
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Wait? Those cretins are _protected_?!Carry-a-Kimber wrote:Does declairing that one harvested a protected animal in a legal manner protect one from legal action? Just curious, never understood how the grackle thing worked. If I shot some for sport, was pulled over by a GW, and I told him they were eating my apple crop, would I be good to go? I know the burden of proof lies on the accuser.... this is a wierd law.
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You bet!lkd wrote:Wait? Those cretins are _protected_?!Carry-a-Kimber wrote:Does declairing that one harvested a protected animal in a legal manner protect one from legal action? Just curious, never understood how the grackle thing worked. If I shot some for sport, was pulled over by a GW, and I told him they were eating my apple crop, would I be good to go? I know the burden of proof lies on the accuser.... this is a wierd law.
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This is from the Texas Parks and Wildlife website.
•Unprotected Birds:
◦The only birds not protected by any state or federal law are European starlings, English sparrows, feral rock doves (common pigeon - Columba livia) and Eurasian collared-doves; these species may be killed at any time, their nests or eggs destroyed, and their feathers may be possessed.
◦Yellow-headed, red-winged, rusty, or Brewer's blackbirds and all grackles, cowbirds (does not include cattle egret), crows, or magpies may be controlled without a federal or state depredation permit when found committing or about to commit depredations on ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock, or wildlife, or when concentrated in numbers and in a manner that constitutes a health hazard or other nuisance.
•Unprotected Birds:
◦The only birds not protected by any state or federal law are European starlings, English sparrows, feral rock doves (common pigeon - Columba livia) and Eurasian collared-doves; these species may be killed at any time, their nests or eggs destroyed, and their feathers may be possessed.
◦Yellow-headed, red-winged, rusty, or Brewer's blackbirds and all grackles, cowbirds (does not include cattle egret), crows, or magpies may be controlled without a federal or state depredation permit when found committing or about to commit depredations on ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock, or wildlife, or when concentrated in numbers and in a manner that constitutes a health hazard or other nuisance.
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Round 'em up and deliver them to the home of whoever came up with that INSANE idea.pbwalker wrote:You bet!lkd wrote:Wait? Those cretins are _protected_?!Carry-a-Kimber wrote:Does declairing that one harvested a protected animal in a legal manner protect one from legal action? Just curious, never understood how the grackle thing worked. If I shot some for sport, was pulled over by a GW, and I told him they were eating my apple crop, would I be good to go? I know the burden of proof lies on the accuser.... this is a wierd law.
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Oh, well, that pretty much means "Anytime you see a Grackle" thenSidro wrote:...or when concentrated in numbers and in a manner that constitutes a health hazard or other nuisance.
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This.lkd wrote:Oh, well, that pretty much means "Anytime you see a Grackle" thenSidro wrote:...or when concentrated in numbers and in a manner that constitutes a health hazard or other nuisance.
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Their squaks, even just one, is a nuisance.
As the son of a farmer, every single one shold be eradicated.
And quick, before some PETA hacko finds out and declares them an endangered species.
As the son of a farmer, every single one shold be eradicated.
And quick, before some PETA hacko finds out and declares them an endangered species.
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