Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Stringman on March 29, 2010, 11:35:51 am
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Sittin outside the garage with a buddy the other day, he was shooting sparrows off the bird house, I was peckin on rocks. The first one I blew the ear off of so had to reshape it. The second was my take on a pine tree. It started as a really thin flake and I couldn't believe I was able to run flakes across the face of it. Most of the time, I make gravel out of that stuff. These turned out alright and super sharp!
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Nice points, but got to wonder why ya would shoot sparrows ??? They taste good :-\
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I was wondering the samething Dana.....must have missed something.....Sparrows must have been attacking....or something to be so threatened by them....
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Tastes like chicken!
No seriously, the sparrows have become pretty invasive and don't leave a lot of room for the "more desirable birds" (purple martins, blue bird, swallows.) I consider the sparrows fair game, much the same as a mouse diggin thru the walls of my house, or a mole in the yard. Just part of the way i was raised I guess. How do you all feel about that? Am I out of line?
By the way, the pics loaded backwards, The first one is my pine tree attempt.
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I'm a poor one to ask....because I was raised...if you shoot....you must eat it....plain and simple....animals are for harvesting to put food on the table...all others get paint balled........jmo
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Nice points not sure about the rest ofthe gig... :-\
Venom
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I'd say those turned out better than allright - nice points man! My take on the sparrow thing - down here they are in the same class as the black cow birds, crows, ferrel rock doves and others. Open season on em, but I don't bother unless their being a neusance.
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great chippins
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Nice job stringman!
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hey if their invasive and damaging then open season, their not a problem up here so I was curious :)
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Nice points,I don't shoot them myself but Miss Joanie will fire them up with her 22 if they get to roosting on her car mirrors,and some will try her almost every year. ;) :) :)
Pappy
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nice loooking points. scars look cool on those
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Great looking points! And he's probably talikng about English/house sparrows. They're a non-native, extremely invasive species that take habitat, food, and nesting space from native birds, as well as actually commonly killing both adult and young native birds. English sparrows and starlings are blamed by many ornithologists as being a major factor in the decline of many native birds, such as bluebirds and other cavity-nesting songbirds. They also can carry several diseases. In most places, they are unprotected and classed as invasive vermin. People get rid of them for the same reason that you kill mice and rats in your house.
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Nice looking points!
Tracy
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Nice points! I shoot them every chance I get especially crows.....I collect their feet.. ;D
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Nice points! I shoot them every chance I get especially crows.....I collect their feet.. ;D
dont know about the sparrows,but if you just shot crows around here you would get a fine from the dnr.
we have a season,then you can hunt them but they do have a daily limit.
i love calling crows.i live in a pretty good size town,67k people or so.i sit in my back yard with my crow call
let out a few distress calls and in about 5 mins there are so many crows its spooky.
like the hichccok movie "THE BIRDS".scares the heck out of the neighbors when i do it >:D
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Great looking points.
Nice points, but got to wonder why ya would shoot sparrows ??? They taste good :-\
Actually they taste a lot like most dark meat birds. I used to hunt them and eat them when I was a kid. Now I just shoot them to kill them. No I'm not talking about an invasive species either. Any bird that works over my cherry tree, grape vines, or peach trees is going to die if I get half a chance.