Ernest Hemingway wrote in "True At First Light" about killing eagles, using his dead horse "Kite" for bait-and with a .22 Winchester (M61?)-and then running down a wounded eagle, picking him up by his legs, and bashing his head against a rock until the eagle screamed like the 101st AB-and then gave up. I have nothing against killing eagles, or geese that fubar jet aircraft and cause airplane crashes- but not like old Don Ernesto did.

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..