I was zeroing my Krag at fifty yards on the 100 yard range at MSSA. There were several other gentlemen on the firing line with me. Well, this is a sporter krag with lyman peep sights. I was shooting at 50 yards to see if it was hitting the paper.
So I'm looking at my sight picture, and notice a black streak going down the right side of the target. I close my eyes for a sec and look again. black streak still there. I close my eyes again and rub a little and look again. Still there.
Only now do I sit up and look directly at the target and see a very large hawk sitting comfortably on my target stand.
hock.gifNow I realize that this hawk wasn't so much stupid as it was ignorant, but it was breaking the rules just the same and ignorance is no excuse.
So I'm wondering whether to tell everyone to let the range go cold, when everyone sees the hawk and sort of stop shooting on their own. There was some uncomfortable silence and finally an older gentlemen to my right looked at me and said, "I guess he figures that's the safest spot on the range".
hisMea Culpa, Mea Culpa.