Posted on 02/24/2015 8:32:17 AM PST by w1n1
For many of us, our first experiences with shooting included BB guns and pellet guns. These air pellet rifles are like nothing we’ve used before!
Check out the video on this pellet rifle hitting its target from 90 plus yards. Spoiler if you're a "Birdman" fan you may not like this. :)
I hate to admit this, but when I was a kid my favorite pet was an English Sparrow. I found it as a nestling and it just sort of bonded to me and would ride on the handlebars of my bicycle. They are quite smart and affectionate - more so that many other animals.
There, I said it - there go my ferocious former Marine creds once and for all!
D Company 1/502d 101st Air Mobile 70-71 at FSB Bastogne.
Proud of you- that’s a good outfit.
Welcome home/Semper Fi
Y’all softened it up for us.
“...big as a piece of the sky”
Nice turn of phrase. I notice these things. :)
Not sure if it's true ... but the English Sparrow may have been brought here intentionally, essentially as a free-range pet (ie not to be kept in a cage). In small numbers, they're amusing to watch, and their chirping can be quite cheerful. In large numbers, and particularly around grain or feed storage, they can be a big problem.
my ferocious former Marine
If a big, bad MARINE isn't big enough to protect the small and weak, then he missed the point somewhere along the line.
In the same vein, some folks keep mice, rats, gerbils, etc. as pets. And that's OK.
I still set mousetraps.
I suppose the difference between a pet and a pest, in some cases, is location and numbers.
They make great pets!
Mosquito Hunters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZvT3MHpffk
I so want one of these but I’m afraid PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Ants) might be knocking down my door.
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