Nobody was screaming or cowering in fear, so I decided not to run, but to ask him what he was doing. Turns out he's a magpie hunter. The dastardly magpies of Itaewon are nesting in the pylons and so must be shot.
The writing on his jacket is 유해 야생 동물 (까치) 기동 포획 반 (Which I think means "harmful wild animal (magpie) rapid capture group").
I saw him take one down, but when I ventured outside later on there were still plenty of magpies and no sign of the hunter. I wonder if I'll see him and his rifle in these parts again.
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5 comments:
That first photograph is wonderful. The gent looks perfectly comfortable, doesn't he?!
It's so weird to see a rifle in Korea!
He certainly seemed to be enjoying himself.
It was only a gas- powered rifle, but nobody in the area seemed bothered by it, curious bystanders.
You know they serve magpie as "chicken" in chicken cheese ramyon?
what a slum. That place looks 4th world.
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