Guy saves Bald Eagle with 150 shots from .22

[flogger]

This is interesting!

http://nbc4i.com/2016/07/03/army-veteran-saves-trapped-eagle/

[Grant H.]

Either a better .22 or a better shooter is needed.

Cool story, but seriously? 150 shots?

[Bailey Guns]

I don't know...hard to say it's his fault. What he did worked and the eagle was saved. Hard to argue with that. Cool story.

[Great-Kazoo]

Either a better .22 or a better shooter is needed.

Cool story, but seriously? 150 shots?

Iron sights and a protected species.

With that said. You do realize he was shooting any branches surrounding the bird before going at the rope.

[spyder]

I wonder where the bullets that missed came down at?

[Aloha_Shooter]

It's hard to separate rope with a bullet shot, especially if it doesn't have a lot of tension on it and you're using a small caliber, probably with a rounded nose. Both MythBusters and the History Channel tried this trick. MythBusters couldn't do it but the trick shooter on History Channel did after he swapped to wadcutter rounds -- and he had a heavy weight at the end to provide tension.

[ray1970]

Should have had one of my nephews take the shot.

They could hit the chains I was using to hold a steel plate at 200 yards. In fact, I'm fairly certain one of them did it on the first shot.

[funkymonkey1111]

Either a better .22 or a better shooter is needed.

Cool story, but seriously? 150 shots?

Are you naturally an ass, or do you have to work at it?

That guy saved an eagle. What did you do other than make a snotty comment about it?

[Gman]

A good example that a firearm is a tool. The intent of the operator is what matters, not the way it looks or the size of the magazine.

[StagLefty]

Just watched this on the news. The guy said he shot the branch until it broke not the rope.

[Zundfolge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5_f5NGpMq4

[cstone]

A nice story for Independence Day. Nice to see a positive story about a citizen using a firearm to help a living creature in need.

[sniper7]

Glad all is well!

[GilpinGuy]

A good example that a firearm is a tool. The intent of the operator is what matters, not the way it looks or the size of the magazine.

Best answer.

[crashdown]

150 rounds of .22?
Story didn't mention he was a lottery winner too.

[Rucker61]

If this had been California he would have been cited for polluting the environment with 600 grains of lead.

[blacklabel]

150 rounds of .22?
Story didn't mention he was a lottery winner too.
I hope the 15 minutes of fame was worth it.

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[Ah Pook]

Where did he find .22 ammo?! [Coffee]

Kewl story.

[ClangClang]

For all the naysayers: If he was shooting at a thin piece of cord (say 1/8" wide) at approximately 70 feet away, that would be something like 0.2 or 0.3 MOA... at a moving target. With America's symbol of freedom only 4" away. Hit that bird and get crucified - right on Independence day.

Certainly a more difficult shot than 99% of the board members here would ever take in their lives. Although it is fair to ask where the other 149 rounds went?

[davsel]

For all the naysayers: If he was shooting at a thin piece of cord (say 1/8" wide) at approximately 70 feet away, that would be something like 0.2 or 0.3 MOA... at a moving target. With America's symbol of freedom only 4" away. Hit that bird and get crucified - right on Independence day.

Certainly a more difficult shot than 99% of the board members here would ever take in their lives. Although it is fair to ask where the other 149 rounds went?

As noted earlier, he shot the branch.

[Hummer]

That's sure one for the books. I do wildlife rescue for the state wildlife agency and I'm not sure how I would have approached that rescue. Maybe climb the tree, tie off the branch and then cut the branch to let the bird fall into the tree trunk where I could catch it. But shooting with a .22? I don't know....

I've captured and rescued dozens of raptors including Bald and Golden Eagles, but none in a situation like that. (I wonder how it got tangled in the rope?) Good show, glad it turned out well!

[Gman]

A quick review-

-a number of the shots were to clear branches to expose the area to be cut through to free the bird.
-if you've seen the relative position of where the bird was entangled, you aren't climbing up to it.

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[spyder]

I do like the idea that he got the bird out, but what happened to the rounds that missed? I was taught to never shoot a firearm into the air... Now, a 22 will only go about a mile and a half at most, but I wonder if he thought about what was behind the bird at the 1.5 mark? If I ever came across that situation, luckily I have kids that would have loved to have been hoisted up there with a machete to cut the rope (everything in my truck). This guy had to use what he had. Still though, what was behind the bird at 1.5?

[Irving]

That bird was high enough that he could have been shooting nearly straight up.

[DireWolf]

That bird was high enough that he could have been shooting nearly straight up.
That would make things a bit uncomfortable for anyone standing around there watching, I would think....

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[Gman]

I thought this report was a bit more complete; http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/07/01/veteran-rescues-bald-eagle/

[waxthis]

Damn semi autos should be banned.

[StagLefty]

That bird was high enough that he could have been shooting nearly straight up.

That's why gun toting birds and pot don't mix [Sarcasm2]