Palidun: Your turtle reference reminds me of an instance some years ago in eastern Montana that befell me.
A kind of "cantankerous" wealthy ranch owner had allowed me to Hunt Prairie Dogs on his ranch for several years.
I show up at his place after driving right at 1,000 miles to get there and the rancher greets me with a "favor" he "needed" done!
Seems the turtles had moved in to his little lake and they were "eating" his fish making it hard for his grandsons to catch anything there.
He wanted me to shoot the turtles.
I tried to beg off.
He insisted!
He made it clear turtles first THEN I could shoot Prairie Dogs.
I conceded.
I sat up on a cliff overlooking his lake and sure enough there were turtles everywhere - do turtles even eat fish?
Anyway one of my "Prairie Dog" rifles was a Remington 40X in 243 Winchester shooting the exact bullets we are talking about here.
I take aim at a "layer" of turtles on a sandstone rock bank - I swear they were 3 deep on top of each other in places and shoulder to shoulder. I touch my first shot off and I am NOT exagerating, there were 10 turtles flying in various directions from that one shot.
I know I shot 100 turtles that day - and I felt bad about that.
But the rancher came by and saw me doing my duty and smiled and waved.
I seldom see reference to turtle shooting.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
