​My new hero!

Woman shoots drone: “It hovered for a second and I blasted it to smithereens.”

She apparently lives next to Robert Duvall.

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She apparently lives next to Robert Duvall.

"Youngman told Ars that she had just returned from church one Sunday morning and was cleaning her two shotguns—a .410 bore and a 20-gauge—on her porch. She had a clear view of the Blue Ridge Mountains and neighbor Robert Duvall’s property (yes, the same Robert Duvall from The Godfather). Youngman had seen two men set up a card table on what she described as a “turnaround place” on a country road adjacent to her house.

“I go on minding my business, working on my .410 shotgun and the next thing I know I hear ‘bzzzzz,’" she said. "This thing is going down through the field, and they’re buzzing like you would scaring the cows."

Youngman explained that she grew up hunting and fishing in Virginia, and she was well-practiced at skeet and deer shooting.

“This drone disappeared over the trees and I was cleaning away, there must have been a five- or six-minute lapse, and I heard the ‘bzzzzz,’" she said, noting that she specifically used 7.5 birdshot. “I loaded my [20-gauge] shotgun and took the safety off, and this thing came flying over my trees. I don’t know if they lost command or if they didn’t have good command, but the wind had picked up. It came over my airspace, 25 or 30 feet above my trees, and hovered for a second. I blasted it to smithereens.”

This is so perfect on so many levels! 1. Robert Duvall; 2. Youngman returned from church to clean a pair of shotguns, outside in the fresh air; 3. Not only was she cleaning the guns, but had shot shells nearby, just in case; 4. She selected 7.5 shot which has lots of pellets, perfect for dropping a delicate drone; 5. The 20 bore is a small shotgun, she is a good shot. 6. Plus, she said, "“The man is a national treasure and they should leave him the fuck alone . . . "

Booyah!

I love women who know their way around a shotgun! 

This reminds me of Maddogswif story: One time when at work she got a call from the neighbor, the alarm was sounding, and he was worried we had an intruder in the house. Maddogswif is not one to dither. She immediately drove over, opened the garage, hopped out of the car, scooped up the 12 bore I kept in the garage, and loaded it. The neighbor was an elderly man, and Maddogswif is tiny 105 lbs wet. He was all manly till she loaded up the 12 bore, then he became a bit trepid, demurred, and stayed in the garage. After clearing the house, she decided it was an alarm malfunction, unloaded the 12 bore, and went back to work. 

The neighbor used to come over and tell me that story once in a while, I am sure if anything happened at his house she would have been the first person on his call list, the police second, to assist with the body bagging of the deceased burglar.  

The Colt Peacemaker was a great equalizer, the 12 bore, arguably the greatest.