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Originally Posted by Mark Parela
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Fun read. An old gentleman who lived near us when I was a kid used to take bets on shooting sparrows on the wing with a .22 He would let the competition shoot and miss and finally tell them to watch how it is done. Using the same rifle, he would pop a few sparrows on the wing. I used to mow his grass when I got a little older. One day he was talking about the sparrow ruse. He admitted he had a pocket full of .22 shot shells (lead dust for shooting annoying birds in a barn). So, the young rancher in the story may have had an unknown advantage with him or he was a damn good shot.
Cheers,
Jack