Guy saves Bald Eagle with 150 shots from .22

[flogger]

This is interesting!

http://nbc4i.com/2016/07/03/army-vet...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.