Shoot this one FIRST! (then shoot the rest)
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So I'm Mexican and the term "Mexican stand off" is not derogatory.
However the best Mexican stand, is the taco stand.
I agree, But why is called “mexican stand off”?
🤣
@@gunnar5489 ahhhhh satire!!!
I love this comment section!
@@alexcruzazul2010So this is my understanding, but I could be completely wrong.
In the wild west and south west in some localities you couldn't just pull out a gun and unalive someone if you had beef.
It had to be in self defence, implying someone had to be pointing a gun at you, so in a 1v1 you didn't want to be the first one to draw because of you could get charged with murd3r, but you definitely wanted to be the first one to sh00t because dying sucks.
Same for 2 or more opposing groups of about the same size.
Z-Link Corrupted so, if you’re Mexican then you were born in Mexico as a citizen there...do you still reside in Mexico?
Cow talking to another cow in the food line. “So I was just eating and this bird in front of me just exploded”
lol
Lmao literally laughed out loud
Had that been pigs, they would have gobbled that bird up
Winner comment of the day 🤣 I just scared my wife when I laughed!
_Hopefully we'll get the same quality footage when the National Guard starts culling these sub-human liberals from the herd._
Shooting the parents first is how you get "Starling Batman."
Batstarling
Jokersterlin
*RobinSterlin*
What did we learn today?
Ted needs a bigger sd card.
I'd pitch in :)
Ted go patreon! We will happily pay for more updates and a bigger SD card!
Peter Bachman me too 👍
@newagetojo You are right, they are not an invasive species. Instead, in flocks as they customarily fly in, they will destroy freshly planted farm lands and will indeed attack nesting birds and destroy their eggs and kill and consume any nestlings since they are omnivorous. The same applies to blue jays which are also omnivorous and will raid other birds' nests, steal eggs, young birds, and even the nests. Grackles and Blue Jays are a detriment to every nesting song bird in this country and I shoot them with the same intent on bird conservation as I do the house sparrows, starlings and now the cow birds............
@@rabidcougar6465 isn't shooting a blue jay illegal tho?
Ahh, the cry of baby starlings....Sounds like silverware in a blender.
Ted's HoldOver 😂
Few things are worse! I’d rather listen to a chainsaw running nonstop in my living room.
Im looking to get me a good pest control gun for birds, ground hogs, muskrats and small game like that, what should I get
What kind of gun did you use
:)
Starlings and grackles are my most hated birds
"Thank you for color coding my least favorite species."
Another gem from Ted that under no circumstances should be repeated out of context to my.....gentle friends.
No. It is too hot here for snowflakes. Plus they are not all that unique or special.
Art imitates life
Dunno why we call them snowflakes. We should call them rain drops. Lots of them, and they're low-key annoying
*A lot of animals were harmed in the making of this video.
If anyone hacks petas accounts again I know what I'm hoping to see.
No just killed
I know its sad but there invasive they harm other species
Yep. The European starling. I'm almost 56 years old. When I was a teenager I used to go out shooting starlings. We had absolutely millions of them. Now in the UK apparently starling numbers have dropped by 90%. And although I used to shoot them I didn't wipe all of them out. Lol I know you have way too many in your country and they are pests. But one thing I will say is that they do make a fantastic pet. A few years ago I rescued 4 and hand reared them. When I released them back to the wild one of them would not leave. It just keept coming back into my house. So I built it a lovely cage and kept it. It used to fly outside and come back in again. And it talked. I had it for around 5 years. Then it died. Apparently they have a short life expectancy. Thanks for sharing your video. Great shooting. 👍
Your always welcome to come to Australia and take the unwanted pests back to there home country
I too have taken thousand of these birds in the past. You still see them but not like we used to. They where a real menace back in the day.. easy pickings. All done with a bsa airsporter stutzen with open sights.
@@kevslife yeah to be honest I've shoot absolutely loads of them. When it was breeding season and the young left their nests that's about all you could hear. Thousands of them everywhere. My mum or dad would throw a chicken carcass out in the garden and it would be stripped to hardly anything in minutes. Lol. I had a BSA meteor 22 cal for many years. Not sure if I have spelled that right.
@@davescopes249 ye that's right mate.. I used to feed them to my goshawk
@@kevslife 🤣👍
Your short scope cam clip was still better than the crap everyone else is putting out. They don't get quality over quantity.
"and knowing is half the battle"
the other half is extreme violence.
No... the other half is red lasers and blue lasers in varying proportions.
I'm a big fan of that second part
Glad to know the legend is back :D
I watched him when I was like 13 and he just vanished,much like my father early on in my life
What type of gun are you using?
Could you do a review on the Crosman optimus either the .177 Or the .22
Carson Huffman ok then
I unsubscribed, then this video pops up in my feed. Instantly re-subscribed lol
They all died from rapid onset lead poisoning.
I like to say acute lead poisoning combined with blunt force trauma caused by the lead traveling at a high velocity.
@@ericthorsell7515
Acute Plumbism
Looked like covid to me
@@TheOrangeRoad LOL good one
I’m a Mexican, and I just call it a stand off. It’s like Texas hold ‘em, in Texas they just call it hold ‘em. (I live in tx btw) (and no, I don’t find it derogatory)
I don't think worrying about offending honest people is necessary. The dishonest ones will _find_ something to be offended by.
And when they say their bull was gored it's time to check the livestock. Scams Incorporated. By the way they will *never* "leave you alone". Might as well fight back now.
When I was a kid dad would supply the 22. shells we spent the days shooting starlings out of the cherry trees they would strip a tree of fruit in couple of days .now I feed the woodpeckers an cardinals and shoot the starlings and cow birds they are brood parasites to lazy to build there own nest a good pellet gun is quite and effective 👍
QUITE EFFECTIVE (very effective) and QUIET AND EFFECTIVE ( effective yet not too noisy)
Don't shoot cowbirds - that's illegal. Yeah, they are parasitic, but so are wood ducks.
Today you can use an Air Rifle and either .177 or .222 sized pellets/ And you can do so SILENTLY (or almost) so nobody sends for the Police. Except that your Air Rifle looks like a Sniper Rifle to MORONS.
I have the same passion against House Sparrows and their impact to my Bluebirds.
Mra Mra same where I live they are competitive with the finches and cardinals
I been poppin' them like crazy the past cpl weeks. They pissed me off! They went in the English bluebird box and threw the 4 babies out onto the ground and made their nest on top of bluebirds nest. I opened the box and threw all their nest on the ground and burned it. Bluebirds came back, rebuilt and laid 4 more eggs rather quickly. The sparrows came back and built another nest practically overnite on top of the 4 eggs. Now i havent seen the male bluebird but I did see the female come back to the box once. I took all the sparrow nest out again and left the 4 eggs. I dont know if she is rejecting them because they might not be good anymore. Gonna have to open it and take the 4 eggs out. In the meantime tho, Im always at that window now looking for little brown birds. When I see 'em, 💥POW! The sparrows were in all the bluebird boxes at my cousins too so I put packing tape over the holes so they couldnt feed.
This!
b b works good with sparrows. daisy bb gun. daisy $10 pistol spring loaded no co2 to buy. but will it kill sparrows? spring loaded rifle will kill them definitely. no dangerous poisons plus the added advantage of knowing you personally took down the little bastards.
Bluebird nest box in my front yard was attacked by English sparrows and the BB's were evicted. Using my unsophisticated QB78 .177 I was able to knock off the sparrows. BB's moved back in and now there are 4 fledglings ready enter the world. The starlings and E sparrows aren't safe in my yard. Thanks for dropping a few.
@Ian Mangham Just advertise the fact you have no idea WTF you're talking about. English House Sparrows AKA HOSPs are a pest species in the continental United States and considered legal quarry in any area not deemed a bird sanctuary.
I too share your hatred for Starlings, Ted. Growing up on a farm in Upstate NY, June became one of my favorite parts of summer for the sole reason that after cutting hay, the Starlings would flock up in massive numbers and swarm around behind my home. I would let a 500-1000 bird flock drop into the yard or field, give them a minute, then let all of hell loose with two 12ga shotguns. Oh, the sweet carnage.
Again and again I would do this, only to see more appear around the farm as the summer went on. I may not have solved the problem, but it felt good to eradicate large numbers in each go. Kept me sharp for duck season, too, when later in the summer they where flying in smaller groups and flock shooting turning into passing shots out to 40 yards.
Good stuff! Thanks for the info! That head shot at 105 yds was sick.
I've been feeding them a steady diet of 28 grain EunJin through my .22 Condor.
I think I saw that bird pulling down statues this past week.
HOLY SH!T! What are you hitting them with? It's like killing hamsters with a golf club!
My friend is 1/1024th Mexican and he says he’s not offended in the least. Carry on sir!
And the whole reason starlings are here in the first place is because somebody was reading Shakespeare and decided that since Shakespeare referenced starlings, then starlings should be everywhere.
My heart stopped for a second during the cow line part. You really got me.
Me too! But I then I remembered he didn't shoot the roof so figured he wouldn't chance it with the cows either.
Ted, never apologize; I could watch birds (and other critters) exploding via lead all day without context. Love your videos sir!
i haven’t seen this dude in 7 months, nice to see you back again
Love watching your videos and your sense of humor. thanks for continuing upload
I really enjoy your videos! I got my first air gun 60 years ago at age 9. A Daisy BB gun. By age 10 I could take a Crane Fly off a Dandy Lion at 10yds, hit an empty 5 cent BB package tossed in the air, and my mom told me to leave longer stems on her Dahlias!. At age 13 I could hit a juice can at 30 yds with a Scottish pellet from a smoothbore Crosman pump, and at age fifteen I took my first grouse with my old Daisy after stretching the spring for more power!
I now have three Gamo break Barrell rifles dialed in at 50 yds.
A .177 Silent Cat Whisper, a .177 Gamo Magnum, and a .22 Gamo Magnum. The mags are fitted with Leapers mil dot scopes. I use all these for both target and pest control shooting. These guns can handle 500 rounds a day without problems, and I've done that for weeks. The only issue is lead buildup inside the barrels about an inch from the breach! I carry a rod and brush for that!
Anyway I like and look forward to your adventures, and hope you can keep them coming!
So because of your videos I shot my first sterling last spring. Interestingly I only shot 3 but that seemed to teach the others that my yard was not the place to be. Now I'm looking to upgrade my airgun...
Thanks for continuing to educate the public on the need to control invasive species. Great shots as always!
Shot my first grackle 3 months ago, took the one out in the ground, then shot the mate right out of the pine tree!!!! Thank you for your vids Ted!!!! I pray you keep safe.
If you are from the US, grackles are a native species and are protected federally.
Shot some starlings this week and thought "Ted would be proud."
I've been shooting the chipmunks.
I’ve been shooting the house sparrow
Probably would kill a dog if they said its " invasive "
The starlings will kick the young of other birds out of the nest and kill them. They will even do it to pigeons.
Major contributor to cases of Histoplasmosis. I survived this disease. Was misdiagnosed as having pneumonia, and chest xrays years later confirmed that scarring on my lungs were indicative of histo. Large flocks of the starlings would roost around my hometown in the trees in my neighborhood. Keep shooting.
Holy shit he used a troll face, this just got amazing. Major nostalgia
That GI Joe clip had me dying lmao. Oh juvenile Saturday mornings how I miss you.
Nice shots again Ted. Been missing your uploads.
2:39 you made him look like a piece of modern art in no time lol
underrated comment
What a good way to start a morning.
Now thats invigorating! Busting the sturnus vulgaris and using holdover. I will remember the adult then juvenile procedure. What fun.
Hey just wanted to say I been watching your videos for years now and it goes to say that it really helps with my hunting. There are no more birds in the morning and I can finally sleep soundly
Welcome back. More videos plz. Don't leave CZcams. Love watching your videos.
Thanks for sharing the fact about the male starlings building the nests. I started shooting all the nesting starlings and it stopped 90% of the birds from showing up at all.
About time you posted bro
Oi Ted it’s Billy from Fish Crew 2012. Got to talking air rifles with my roommate and found your channel.
Anyhoo. Thanks for being the best boss ever.
Starlings ruined the bluebirds that finally nested in my birdhouse. Every morning I would see starlings harassing them . I wonder what them bluebirds thought when the starling in front of them,,falls over dead? My break barrel .177 does a fine job at 35 yards. I shot 4 starlings standing inches from a bluebird on the same platform. But it wasnt enough. Eventually I did not see the bluebirds anymore.
The flocks of starlings around here will block out the sun at times.
Yep I've noticed a big improvement of the local birds hanging out in my area ever since I started getting rid of starlings and cow birds.
The internet has missed you.
Yep. Starlings are a pain in the rear. I've noticed that where I am at least, the local robins seem pretty good at manhandling starlings away from the food sources so other birds can eat. Just yesterday had a mourning dove getting harried by a starling. Robin swooped in like a hawk and tackled it, then took off after the fleeing starling. The local robins seem to really hate the starlings. They don't like the blue jays either, but in spring and early-mid summer they seem to tolerate the jays better than the starlings.
I've also seen the finches decide to mob starlings that are being particularly annoying.
I don't personally actively deter/remove starlings, but I have nothing but support for those that do, so long as they are careful and not bothering the non-pest species while they are at it. Starlings are a destructive invasive species that tends to be nothing but an annoyance. They are also numerous enough that I doubt anything short of nationwide active destruction will drop the numbers enough to really worry about their continuance as a species.
It's really amazing how discriminatory they are as well. The robins, swallows, gold finches and house finches are totally comfortable when I'm out in the yard, and fly all over the place. The starlings and house sparrows are *not*, they haul immediately when I come out, I have to find a good covered spot and wait a while for them to show up again. And I can blow a house sparrow off the line not five feet from a bunch of house finches or something, and quite often they don't even fly. It's amazing!
That 105 headshot was amazing
i love how u say it " always always shoot the adult first " there's satisfaction in it
Thanks for the info Ted. My new wildcat is ready for them!!
Great to see you out filming shots again Ted! Wicked to see how those pellets hit
Fantastic shooting!!!
"....color coding"..... I like that!
I’ll swap you all the European starlings you have over there for all the American grey squirrels we have over here
Your sense of humor is half the viewing experience.
Where's the second video on the Air Venturi avenger PLEASE.
My favorite 'flyin' targets' good to see them being dispatched. Damned starlings destroy everything that's nice!
Keep up the good work ted love the videos I'm now the proud owner of an fx crown thanks all the way from South West England
I have a hard time shooting these bc they seem to always hear me coming or see me first
You must be vewwy vewwy quiet, huhuhuhuhu.
Sorry. I had to do it.
They'll rapidly go after an evicted nests too. I had to shoot 7 adults once to clear out a single nest.
Yo Ted.....you the man.. seriously,because of you , there is not a English sparrow or Starling brave enough to come in my yard.
To all who asked about shooting the Grackles and cowbirds. Recent federal law allows Crows, blackbirds, Grackles, cowbirds to be eliminated if they interfere with any agricultural operation including your home garden.
I recently discovered this gem of a law and made good on reducing the grackle population hitting my girlfriend's garden using a combination of .22 JSB Ultra Shocks and my Leshiy. At 18 feet. Was it overkill? Nope.
10-4. Mission accepted. Man I hate them so,etching fierce. I really had gained a passion of shooting them after your video where you shot one adult then left it there and another starling came along and stabbed it multiple times. Keep the amazing videos coming Ted!
CZcams said you posted this vid. I literally did “sweet ted has a new video!! Must watch now!!”
Bell and subscription didnt warn me tho
Any day a Ted video comes out is a good day! Hope you're well, Ted! Keep the videos coming as your schedule allows. :)
LADIES AND GERMS!! The kid is back!!
Dang head head shot at 105👍👍👍. Now that's some shooting, great shot Ted.
I hate those stupid starlings they always try to make a nest in my eaves troughs and plug them up prior to a rain. I can see a hole in wall or tree but a eaves trough?? just dumb... watching a projectile enter their brain pans is something i could watch over and over. Ty sir these vids just make me feel better. 😊
Ted blowing up bird brains on CZcams since 2010.
damn i have missed the king. I have 4 fx guns thanks to you ted. FxVerminator mk2 cal22 FxRoyale 500 cal25. FxImpact mk2 cal25 With the Powerplenum and FxCutlas cal22. You got me hooked to this and I love it
Mexican stand off is ok you got the approval from a Mexican 👍🏽
As a kid growing up on a farm in North Central Illinois. I would ride my bike from farm to farm with my old Crossman 760, shooting pigeons for a dollar a bird and starlings for 50 cents a bird. Made enough to buy my next year's school clothes and keep me in BBs.
Well I think they are a beautiful little bird,great mimics and fantastic plumage,hardly any left in the UK compared to days gone bye.
Starlings are annoying as heck. One time they made a nest in my airplane, and I could not get them out. They recognized the plane too, cause everytime I came back, they would fly back into the plane. When the finally mechanic opened up the hull of the aircraft, there were large piles of sticks and dirt inside it. Scary to think how much unbalanced weight 2 Starlings were adding to the plane.
I love animals, but I don't pity this bird. It's from England and it belongs there.
I am Mexican and Cuban heritage and "Mexican standoff" is not derogatory. If someone gets offended you can always say a Bandido standoff.
Oh man, I want to play Fortnite Duos with this guy.
Yes you did scare me. The sensible shooter in me screamed ‘what about the backdrop?’ So yeah you got me .
4:50 looked like a JV wrestling match
excellent Kentucky windage, my man.
In my area, we have a large population of Blue Jays and Cardinals who simply don't put up with Starlings' shit. My opportunities to shoot them are becoming more and more rare. It's bittersweet really.
Imagine being the cow just trying to chill and eat food when all of a sudden a bird just explodes in front of your face. That seems nice
That pellet sure makes a mess of a bird.
Thank you Ted. Sorry you still get grief from the haters that think ALL animals deserve love and a chance to live, ON THEIR HOME CONTINENT! I also used to wonder why these guys were so terrible but I enjoyed you long range shooting skills with the air rifles that I kept watching. Of course you did that really wonderful video of the full explanation of whys and hows of European Starlings and English House Sparrows in North America. Honestly I am really surprised and impressed you didn't pull your biologist card out since that is your profession. Yes I know your thing is technically not birds but I think it does add to your credibility regarding your pest control adventures. So even though I am okay with hunting in principal I just don't have the stomach to do it myself however I now, like you, hate these pest birds so much I have indeed taken it upon myself to rid my local property and businesses of these destructive critters. Keep up the awesome work and good luck at next Extreme Benchrest.
Where you been, Ted?! I’ve missed your sharp shooting and your even sharper wit! Fair dinkum!
Please... Big SD card and more longer videos please .... the legend 💪😎
I note how the cows are not even phased by the birds getting picked off right in front of them. True domestics, and I love them.
All the birds getting sniped every time there should be a voice saying K.O
Came across your channel from your comment in Shawn Woo's video. Ok, now THIS is the quality content I'm looking for! Subbed!
It's good to see you knocking off those starlings. They are every bit as horrible as you describe. However, there was no need to shoot the purple grackles at the farm, which are native and actually quite beneficial. As to the starlings, they are here because long ago, some dimwit with the power to make it happen thought it would be good if Central Park in NYC had all the birds that ever had been mentioned in Shakespeare's plays. To think how close we came to never having to put up with them!
You know its gonna be a good day when you get a new video of Ted popping birds
Your lawn looks great.
That last bird at the farm feather took off like a rocket when it got hit
My dad is from Mexico and he used that term. I would venture to say he approved it's usage.
Great work. Thanks.
Glad to see ya again, Ted!!
"It's a beautiful day outside. birds are singing, flowers are blooming... on days like these, European Starlings ...
Should be burning in hell ."
The true genocide run.
Super excited to see a new vid from you brother.. Blessings/Prayers/Good Vibes to you and your family.. Hang in there, we'll all get through this.
Ted,you are the BEST!!!Absolutely the most entertaining,and right up my alley with the starlings and sparrows. My day is not complete if I haven't whacked at least one of each. Our starlings sound like finger nails on a black board.Bring us more.