shibumiseeker
Grandmaster
Last night while the girls and I were preparing for bed I heard a commotion from the chicken yard. Two nights ago I went out to the shop and startled a opossum, but by the time I ran back inside and grabbed a .22, he'd boogied. So I'd set the live trap and went about my business. In the morning, no prisoner.
Naked, I sprang out of bed, grabbed the AR and ran downstairs and barefoot and wearing nothing but my watch and gun, ran outside, turned on the Streamlight and there the little, err, <misunderstood youth>, was, chasing chickens around the yard. Our older hens know to roost in the elevated coop that has a PVC pipe set of rungs to get into, but the five younger girls haven't mastered that one yet and are still nesting inside the old coop or on the ground. I sighted in on him through the Eotech and shot from about a hundred feet as he was running after one bird. He started skedaddling, so, still fearing for the safety of the flock (that's my story and I'm sticking with it), I ran closer, barefoot through cold mud, aimed, shot again. Moving into the chicken yard I saw him tango down in the far end about 50' away with guts hanging out, so I swept the yard quickly for other unfriendlies and went back inside for some shoes. Coming back out I rapidly started taking count of the survivors. My heart sank when I saw a pile of feathers near the feeder. But to my surprise, all the 6 month olds were accounted for, though one girl had lost all of her tail plumage in the attack and she looks rather odd...
After ascertaining the civilians were safe, and tossing them all up into the roost, I went over the to the tango. Approaching cautiously, I saw him still breathing, so I took careful aim and put a bullet in his bony protuberance that purports to house a brain. After tossing his carcass over the fence I went back inside, washed my feet and hands, reloaded the AR, told the ladies what had transpired, and tried to calm down enough to get to sleep.
So moral of the story. Don't PO a naked man carrying a rifle.
Lesson learned, I have GOT to remember to stop to put on shoes. Bright lights attached to the gun are great. I need to get a floodlight installed for that side of the house. Next time, use sardines to bait the trap when I know the enemy is lurking.
Naked, I sprang out of bed, grabbed the AR and ran downstairs and barefoot and wearing nothing but my watch and gun, ran outside, turned on the Streamlight and there the little, err, <misunderstood youth>, was, chasing chickens around the yard. Our older hens know to roost in the elevated coop that has a PVC pipe set of rungs to get into, but the five younger girls haven't mastered that one yet and are still nesting inside the old coop or on the ground. I sighted in on him through the Eotech and shot from about a hundred feet as he was running after one bird. He started skedaddling, so, still fearing for the safety of the flock (that's my story and I'm sticking with it), I ran closer, barefoot through cold mud, aimed, shot again. Moving into the chicken yard I saw him tango down in the far end about 50' away with guts hanging out, so I swept the yard quickly for other unfriendlies and went back inside for some shoes. Coming back out I rapidly started taking count of the survivors. My heart sank when I saw a pile of feathers near the feeder. But to my surprise, all the 6 month olds were accounted for, though one girl had lost all of her tail plumage in the attack and she looks rather odd...
After ascertaining the civilians were safe, and tossing them all up into the roost, I went over the to the tango. Approaching cautiously, I saw him still breathing, so I took careful aim and put a bullet in his bony protuberance that purports to house a brain. After tossing his carcass over the fence I went back inside, washed my feet and hands, reloaded the AR, told the ladies what had transpired, and tried to calm down enough to get to sleep.
So moral of the story. Don't PO a naked man carrying a rifle.
Lesson learned, I have GOT to remember to stop to put on shoes. Bright lights attached to the gun are great. I need to get a floodlight installed for that side of the house. Next time, use sardines to bait the trap when I know the enemy is lurking.
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