The off season skill sharpener (WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES)

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Well as hunting season closes it can be hard to let go of the chase. It really becomes a mindset after awhile and I sometimes catch myself reacting to everyday situations in a way that some may not consider "civilized".

I was sitting on the couch just watching a show about the end of the world and all that BS and a flash of movement caught my eye out in the kitchen! I looked and saw that there was a field mouse right there in my kitchen hiding behind my moveable counter top. I knew that it was only a matter of time before he had to make a move. I went in the bedroom and grabbed my "Crossman C11" BB gun (my indoor range firearm, indoor as in within my house). I knew he would be patient, but I also knew he had to come out of the corner at some point.

Long story short, the mouse showed himself and from 20ft away a single BB was all it took. I hit him on the run, he made it another 5ft to the end of my kitchen table, but it was there that he succumbed to his wound and the rest ... well is history.

BTW I think I'm going to get a cat.

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Awesome! My wife would be ticked at me for that. I sometimes can't shake the addiction. Unfortunately I live in town and can't take it outside. I have to go to the range and take it out on paper-only targets(not as much fun.) I miss the country.
 
Our cat died last year, and within a month or so the little field mice started showing up in the house. Now we just feed the neighbors' cats with scraps and they hang around. Problem solved...I think it's pretty much a matter of the cat smell keeping the mice away.

You're lucky with this one...if I had shot ANYTHING in the house my wife'd be none too happy. I did, however, shoot a field mouse with a .45 a while back while mowing. (I live in the country).
 
the funniest part is that i have a 7 month old baby who was sleeping in the bedroom in her crib, my wife was sleeping in our bedroom my 4 year old daughter was sleeping in her room. NONE of them woke up, I couldn't believe it.

Kristin was just happy that I cleaned up the blood....
 
Nice Trophy... I think you should do a rodent style eurobean mount, with the copperhead ammunition poised between his front rodnet teeth, on a tiny plaque.

I was in the shop/barn beside the house last week, and heard scurrying coming from a couple different places...i went in and got the pellet rifle, stalked back and saw one little mouse run and stop for a second under the boat/trailer. I eased the pellet rifle safety off, took careful aim, and pulled the trigger, (in the enclosed barn.) the little mouse tumbled a bit, started kicking and rolling frantically. and i was glad to have hitten him. I also heard the .177 lead pellet ricochett across the concrete floor and bounce off a side wall. A few seconds later, he disappeared under some shelves, and i have not seen him sense. (Mouse 1 down). the next day, i saw another mouse run across the floor in the barn, and climb up leg of a pool table, and diasspear. I got the pellet rifle, eased over, looked in the right pocket, and there was a nest... I shot that mouse too (Mouse 2 down)... I loved the mini hunt, eradication target shooting, but wifey probably would not have approved had she known what i was doing, or walked in:neener:
Couple days later, i hear squeaks and chirps coming from all over the place, got kid's rifle handy a third time, and momma mouse appeared on a shelf at eye level, holding a tiny baby mouse in her mouth, carrying it. i shot them both with one shot, and realized the pellets were excellent ammo, but the force of the air coming out the end of the barrell was almost enough to kill them. <Mouse 3 & 4 down. was able to track the rest of the "baby mice from squeaks, and founf 5 more all hidden in different places.... I took the 5, still alive out to the chicken pen, threw them in and the baby mice disappeared in a hurry. Mice 5,6,7,8,9 down.
 
Had a Co2 BB gun pistol and there was a chipmunk at 20 yrds and he head was out of the hole and took one shot to kill him, and a second to be sure 1st a kill head shot. And there were to many so made sence to lower there population.
 
With the large game down, you can now practice on the smaller stuff...
I have a friend that routinely places a dead fish (and other attractants that i won't list here) at 50 yards at the base of a back-stop, and practicse shooting swarming flies with a .22 LR... they use high power scopes, and have a video camera set up on the target to confirm kills, on a monitor that sets on the bench... I'll have to see if i can't get a video of it...
 
That's cool! See if you can find a copy of Capstick's column "Backyard Safari." Good read.
 
Cobb,

Interesting that you gave the chickens the baby mice to dine on. How did the eggs taste the next couple of days with the rodenta al dente protein in them?:D
 
In Tn we have large wolf spiders 3-4 inches across. They also jump so hitting them with a swat is difficult. A BB will plant them.
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Reminds of of a time during my college years. One summer I lived with a friend, who had a cat. As cats do, he occasionally brought us "gifts" of dead critters. Well, one day, he brought a bird in that wasn't quite as dead as he thought it was.....as i discovered when I noticed it flying about the living room. I had an idea, but wondered if my roomate...the "offical" occupant on the lease, would agree. I woke him from his hungover slumber to report his cat's newest "toy" He mumbled "just shoot it!" which was my idea all along. One shot from the Daisy 880 solved the problem, dropping him off the curtain rod!
 
I gotta tell my story now....
We had moved into an old farmhouse that had been vacant for a year. The mice had literally taken over. While eating our supper one evening, I noticed a mouse on the 'harvest theme' wreath that the Mrs. had hanging on the wall above the stove. I told our young son the get the BB gun. Sure enough soon the mouse was back again. I took aim and fired a shot the struck the liitle booger in the head. He did an aerial loop-d-loop and landed INSIDE the toaster. The Mrs. had a fit and said we were getting a new toaster...I said I could clean it up 'good as new'. So anyway, we got a new toaster, and finally got our mouse problem under control.
 
Cobb,

Interesting that you gave the chickens the baby mice to dine on.
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Those eggs went into an incubator... I thought the extra protein might increase the hatching success ratio a bit, and now they are already chicks... I figured those mice were eating chicken feed, so they might as well become chicken feed... sort of a revengeful biological conversion:evil:

I have not seen another mouse to date...

One shot from the Daisy 880 solved the problem, dropping him off the curtain rod!
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Another fantastic shot that is unbelievable: A guy that i used to work with ( Commercial Electrical Company) showed me that if you take a Red, Round Wire nut, and place it into a section of 1/2 inch metal electrical conduit, you can make a "blow gun" that has amazing accuracy, and once it hits you, has an awful sting to it, will leave a bruise... Anyway, shortly after becoming a target, and learning the method, a small bird became entrapped in the large building we we constructing... I used the blowgun method to take a shot at him, while standing on a 12' ladder. I inserted red wire-nut into the end of conduit, took aim, and blew a hefty breath.. hit the bird squarely, and his wings outstretched, and he fell to the ground twirling like a helicopter, hitting the ground dead. I could not believe it.
 
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I've shot rats in the garage with my Benjamin pump pellet pistol. Settled for trapping any rodents that got in the house.

Good shot.
 
I was sitting on the couch at my freind's house and he has a bad mouse problem so I was sittin there with a little pump pistol in .177. I looked to my right and a mouse was sittin on the edge of the couch. I pumped the pistol ten times and waited for hime to pop his little rodent head out then when he finally di I shot him in the face from about 1 yard.
 
I have an attached garage/barn combination in an old 1850's farmhouse I completely renovated. Occasionally a red squirrel will make it under the barn door and into where I store all kinds of building supplies, tools, etc.

When that happens, out comes my .22 Ruger Mark II Target Pistol with birdshot. Within eight feet or so, one shot drops them every time!

Those loads are not powerful enough to cycle the semi-auto action, so I need to hand-load them into the chamber one at a time, which is probably good as those darned things are EXPENSIVE! :uhoh:

Once, a couple of years ago, one of our two indoor-only cats was chasing something around, it was a mouse! I have no idea how the thing came in as my house is so tight with an entirely new foundation and basement under it! It may have scurried in when my wife or I were coming and going!

I got the Indoor Central Vacuum hose, plugged it into one of the vacuum receptacles and vacuumed that mouse up when he showed himself for the last time. I figure with all the elbows and bends that mouse was going about 100 miles per hour through and into the half-full bag of dust, dirt, lint, etc, there was no way it could have survived that journey, then being in all that stuff would have suffocated him had he lived the pipe-route!
 
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I was sitting on the couch at my freind's house and he has a bad mouse problem so I was sittin there with a little pump pistol in .177. I looked to my right and a mouse was sittin on the edge of the couch. I pumped the pistol ten times and waited for hime to pop his little rodent head out then when he finally di I shot him in the face from about 1 yard.
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Man, that would go through the thing lengthwise!
 
I got the Indoor Central Vacuum hose, plugged it into one of the vacuum receptacles and vacuumed that mouse up...figure with all the elbows and bends that mouse was going about 100 miles per hour through and into the half-full bag of dust, dirt, lint, etc, there was no way it could have survived that journey...!
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In the same barn that i do my mini-safari's in as posted above, I once turned on my shop vac (5 gallon drum type), and it did not seem to work properly...

I opened it up and went to cleanout the bottom,& when i grabbed a bunch of "loose trash", i felt it moving and squirming, realized i was holding something ALIVE.... i admit i screamed a bit, which scared my nearby wife.
I inspected closer and found a mouse's nest, with over 1/2 dozen little mice in it. they were not old enough to get out of the deep container, though the mother mouse was using the long corrugated hose as an entrance in and out. i still have no idea how she got thru the filter system. (i grabbed a broom, used the handle upside down, and started playing "jack-hammer", to rid the pests from future infestations.
 
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