Discouraging hawks?

[Larryjk]

Skeet, You talked about a horned owl being feathers, skin and bone. When I was in college (1960) and finally got a 300 Weatherby, I had a plan to get the two horned owls who inhabitated the large cottonwoods in our back pasture on the farm. I had shot at them over a few years with the 06 and others but could never reach them. I got on the hilltop south of the trees and finally saw the birds, side by side on a large limb that I had a hole through the branches to see. I got prone and used my jacket for a forend rest and let fly on one of them. All I could see was feathers floating down and the other owl just swiveling its head to see what was going on. After I quit laughing, I lined up on the other one and sent it to its friend. I kicked myself in the butt a lot for ruining all of the fun I had over a few years trying to get them and then doing it all in two shots. I shot a lot of coyotes with that 300 Weatherby. 150 grain Silvertips so they wouldn't beat up in the magazine. Wish I still had the old gun, a FN Supreme action, rifle made in South Gate, SN: 4064. Who could forget that number!