Rat killing...

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7.62x39 or 30-30 32cal 80grSWC three grains of Bullseye. Lee soup cans are also fun.
 
Actually bought this Crossman 22.cal pellet rifle for $10.00. Put a steel breech on it and a Lothar Walter Barrel, Bug Buster Scope for seeing close down in the IVY. Also placed a TKO shroud which quite Literately makes the gun totally silent. The only thing you can hear is the trigger spring going off. Typically use Predator Pellets. I sit out in the back yard for hours in the Summer shooting them. They possess some great defensive skills. Very acute hearing. I have a small spot light under the Bird feeders.
This gun with the Lothar Barrel is extremely accurate and head shots at 15 yds are very easy. You do have to go with the scope into the IVY that lines my fence.

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lysanderxiii said:
A walk-the-plank type or a log-roll attachment for a garbage bin half full of water is a much more efficient means of rodent control. Bonus is you don't have to touch the little dead buggers.
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This^^^^^

I lived in an old house that had straw bales around the foundation. Mice would tunnel thru to eat the wheat and live in the bales. There were hundreds.

Anyway, I took a straight sided five gallon metal bucket 1/2 full of water. Punch a small hole in exact center of both ends of a pop or beer can (beer works better because you need to empty the can first). Run a tight wire thru the can and center across the bucket, lean boards so the rats can climb to the wire. Then put peanut butter around the middle of the can.

The vermin try to get to the peanut butter, the can rolls, and dumps them in the water. They can’t climb out.

Cheap. Can catch dozens at a time. If a dog or cat gets in they can get out. Environmentally friendly, non-toxic.
 
I had a recent issue with mice getting in through a hole in the house. Before finding the hole, I racked up about 16 dead mice. About 3/4 thanks to a Red Ryder BB gun, rest to mouse traps.
 
Yeah, my Border Jack takes a possum or two each week, just while he's out doing his 'business'.
I haven't seen a rat or a mouse on the property in the last year.
-Of course, I have noticed a couple of owls roosting in the eaves... .
 
sonora said:
What sort of fur bering critter are you holding in your left hand? I notice your Jack Russell pup has his eye on it.
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It’s an Eastern Woodrat. She had killed it while we were walking back from feeding horses that night and brought it to me, and during the photo was wanting it back.

After raising Jack’s, I believe that behavior is instinctive - they’re egotistical little terrors, so they’ll kill something, bring it to me to show it off, but then run away to try and eat it (in entirety) before I take it away to stop them (which usually then means they throw it up later somewhere in the house, since it’s simply too big). She was still young enough she was certain I was going to give it back to her after the photo op... no such luck...
 
Varminterror said:
It’s an Eastern Woodrat. She had killed it while we were walking back from feeding horses that night and brought it to me, and during the photo was wanting it back.

After raising Jack’s, I believe that behavior is instinctive - they’re egotistical little terrors, so they’ll kill something, bring it to me to show it off, but then run away to try and eat it (in entirety) before I take it away to stop them (which usually then means they throw it up later somewhere in the house, since it’s simply too big). She was still young enough she was certain I was going to give it back to her after the photo op... no such luck...
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LOL, our MinPins used to do that. They were raters, Now and then we got lucky and caught them bringing their prize in the house and could take it and trade for something. Now and then we would find the mess when they ate it and of course then threw it up, always on the damn bed :fire::rofl:
 
Varminterror said:
It’s an Eastern Woodrat. She had killed it while we were walking back from feeding horses that night and brought it to me, and during the photo was wanting it back.

After raising Jack’s, I believe that behavior is instinctive - they’re egotistical little terrors, so they’ll kill something, bring it to me to show it off, but then run away to try and eat it (in entirety) before I take it away to stop them (which usually then means they throw it up later somewhere in the house, since it’s simply too big). She was still young enough she was certain I was going to give it back to her after the photo op... no such luck...
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She looks so young. How old is she and what's her name? That's a big rat. We have problems with Pack Rats, much smaller, but smart and crafty.
 
sonora said:
She looks so young. How old is she and what's her name? That's a big rat. We have problems with Pack Rats, much smaller, but smart and crafty.
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She was only 10wks old there. Those photos are pretty old now, she’s been gone a few years, but that crew pictured above took out thousands of coons in their time.
 
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