I finally understand varmint hunting.

There was a good bit of corn farming around Austin, Texas, when I was a kid. WW II era, for you newbies. We commonly saw very large flocks of crows. As more and more land went to cow pasture, the numbers declined. Rest assured that crows can do terrible things to Freddie Farmer's corn crop.
 
I have lots of crows and more ravens, but I don't farm or ranch, so I have no great desire to kill them. If I did, I guess I'd use an air rifle on the crows. The ravens are a lot bigger, so would a 1000fps pellet work on them?

Which war was that Art? :)
 
I've never heard that ravens are pestiferous critters. Actually, I rather enjoy having them around. They're said to mate for life, among other things. I have a pair who hang around the house, sometimes, eating corn from the hen scratch I toss out in the yard for the quail, or cleaning up leftover kitchen scraps.
 
Well, now, if you train your hens to lay their eggs in the nests inside the chickenhouse, you don't have an egg-stealing problem except for snakes. :)
 
That's why they're caller Vermin!

Vermin
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Vermin (in some dialect regions, Varmint[1] or Varmit) is a term applied to various animal species regarded as pests or nuisances and especially to those associated with the carrying of disease. Since the term is defined in relation to human activities, which species are included will vary from area to area and even person to person. The term itself derives from the Latin vermis, meaning worm, and originally had reference to the vermiform larvae of certain insects, many of which infest foodstuffs.[2] The term 'Varmint' dates as early as the first half of the sixteenth century (ca. 1530-1540s)[3].
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I love varmint hunting. Here, in the antipodes, we have big problems with rabbits. When I was a kid , i would go for a shot after dinner and shoot 20 rabbits, every day of the week. The record, on the neighbours place was 320- with a 10/22 and Winchester Ammo. Normally, on a weekends shooting trip, 6 of us will shoot around 700-1100 rabbits with shotguns and bolt action .223's etc. The Farmers love the guys i use- we shut gates, dont terrorise his stock, and drop off a bottle of gin every time we visit- and it saves him big coin in pest control.
 
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