Pest control and the results I want.

[Florida_Man]

I live in a suburban environment and this is what I expect every time. Small groups are critical for my pest rifles. I also shoot at a distance that doesn't challenge me. If I want to challenge myself with distance, I make sure the target it paper or steel. Just my philosophy for where I live. The animal goes quickly and dies on my property.

This is my optimum outcome. This was yesterday with my PP700SA. Crosman Premier Dome.

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[Danman]

Good post! On that note, that reminds me ...of a shot I took on a bird eating my black raspberries last month. The criminal...er bird landed on my chain link fence and started scarfing down berries. He landed on the ground while I shouldered the S510 and took quick aim. Smacked him hard but not perfect vital shot apparently!? He scooted away (no longer able to fly) to my neighbour's property. I set the gun against the fence and tracked him with my eyes....he got to their driveway, keeled over and died right there. Next day my 7yr old was playing at the neighbors and said Dad! There is a dead bird at the the neighbors did you do that!? Absolutely not, he must have had health issues hmm?! At the time I wanted the thief dead and the shot was definitely safe to make but the outcome could have been a bit different.

 

[Luis Leon]

Good post! On that note, that reminds me ...of a shot I took on a bird eating my black raspberries last month. The criminal...er bird landed on my chain link fence and started scarfing down berries. He landed on the ground while I shouldered the S510 and took quick aim. Smacked him hard but not perfect vital shot apparently!? He scooted away (no longer able to fly) to my neighbour's property. I set the gun against the fence and tracked him with my eyes....he got to their driveway, keeled over and died right there. Next day my 7yr old was playing at the neighbors and said Dad! There is a dead bird at the the neighbors did you do that!? Absolutely not, he must have had health issues hmm?! At the time I wanted the thief dead and the shot was definitely safe to make but the outcome could have been a bit different.

DRT, oftentimes doesn’t happen, its all part of the process… Just tell your 7 year old you don’t shoot birds… anymore. How would your neighbors react if they knew it was you who killed the bird that died on their property. Non-issue?

 

[kemgad]

Set reasonable expectations for the timeline and concentrate on a combination of prevention and treatment to achieve the desired affordable pest control paramount results. Removing food, water, and shelter is part of prevention; professional services or do-it-yourself techniques like barriers, traps, and targeted sprays are part of treatment. Keep in mind that while some effects happen right away, total elimination may take weeks, and continuous upkeep is essential for long-term effectiveness.
Prevention and long-term outcomes
Take away food, water, and shelter: Fix leaking plumbing, store trash in closed bins, seal food in airtight containers, and minimize clutter.
Points of entry: To keep bugs out, caulk gaps and crevices, use weather stripping, and cover holes with mesh.
Keep everything tidy: Don't leave pet food and water out overnight, and clean up spills and crumbs on a regular basis.
Recognize your pests: To select the best control strategies, find out what pests you have and how they behave.

 

[pan60]

@kemgad welcome to HAM

 

[Danman]

Set reasonable expectations for the timeline and concentrate on a combination of prevention and treatment to achieve the desired affordable pest control paramount results. Removing food, water, and shelter is part of prevention; professional services or do-it-yourself techniques like barriers, traps, and targeted sprays are part of treatment. Keep in mind that while some effects happen right away, total elimination may take weeks, and continuous upkeep is essential for long-term effectiveness.
Prevention and long-term outcomes
Take away food, water, and shelter: Fix leaking plumbing, store trash in closed bins, seal food in airtight containers, and minimize clutter.
Points of entry: To keep bugs out, caulk gaps and crevices, use weather stripping, and cover holes with mesh.
Keep everything tidy: Don't leave pet food and water out overnight, and clean up spills and crumbs on a regular basis.
Recognize your pests: To select the best control strategies, find out what pests you have and how they behave.

Good points for sure for some pests, but I don’t plan to fence/net my cherry trees, strawberry patch, and black berry bushes. Once a bird knows the food is there there's only 1 way to stop em.
I did net a small cherry tree once, it was a huge fail...some birds walked underneath and wiggled under it and once Inside feasted while others landed on the net and attacked the fruit through the net.....useless.
For my squirrel problem, I'd have to cut down all my neighbors spruce and walnut trees.....that may go badly lol....plus I love trees

 

[PestPlasteringPlinker]

I live in a suburban environment and this is what I expect every time. Small groups are critical for my pest rifles. I also shoot at a distance that doesn't challenge me. If I want to challenge myself with distance, I make sure the target it paper or steel. Just my philosophy for where I live. The animal goes quickly and dies on my property.

This is my optimum outcome. This was yesterday with my PP700SA. Crosman Premier Dome.

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Yeeeeeep. If it doesnt look like this, I don't want it brother.

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[mrage]

Good post! On that note, that reminds me ...of a shot I took on a bird eating my black raspberries last month. The criminal...er bird landed on my chain link fence and started scarfing down berries. He landed on the ground while I shouldered the S510 and took quick aim. Smacked him hard but not perfect vital shot apparently!? He scooted away (no longer able to fly) to my neighbour's property. I set the gun against the fence and tracked him with my eyes....he got to their driveway, keeled over and died right there. Next day my 7yr old was playing at the neighbors and said Dad! There is a dead bird at the the neighbors did you do that!? Absolutely not, he must have had health issues hmm?! At the time I wanted the thief dead and the shot was definitely safe to make but the outcome could have been a bit different.

Been there ,done that with a crow attempting to raid my Bluebird nest box. The hit was good with a Hades ,but it took flight & crashed & burned in the neighbor's as my friend was doing yardwork for her. She had boxes also & knew me well. She asked my friend if the crow was shot , he said it was probably the Avian Flu as it was hitting the crows ( truthfully ) in the area. He gathered it up and trashed it.

 

[Jaabaa]

Welcome to Ham.
Valid points that my daughter needs to learn around her farm.

Meanwhile I'm in St Louis
Never Come Here

 

[PestPlasteringPlinker]

Been there ,done that with a crow attempting to raid my Bluebird nest box. The hit was good with a Hades ,but it took flight & crashed & burned in the neighbor's as my friend was doing yardwork for her. She had boxes also & knew me well. She asked my friend if the crow was shot , he said it was probably the Avian Flu as it was hitting the crows ( truthfully ) in the area. He gathered it up and trashed it.

Slugs are the salt of my earth now, but here's a pop shot with hades.

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[Danman]

Slugs are the salt of my earth now, but here's a pop shot with hades.

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15.89gr Hades absolutely crush. How far away was that shot? I think I saw the pellet bounce off a rock in the slo-mo. They are my pesting pellet of choice on my property going 900fps give or take.

 

[PestPlasteringPlinker]

That's a .250 cal hades. 30 yards. 912 fps, on that tune. H&n crow magnum pellets are super devastating too, but over(in my experience) 870, and they fold back and o.p every time. 30 and under with that tune, they frag out. instant k.o.

I prefer chucking 28 grain hp slugs around 960 at anything on the ground/low to it.

Up shots, always, always a pellet.

Once I wrap up my sl30, im going to tune this bad boy just for pellets, and full energy transfer.

 

[Dogowski]

15.89gr Hades absolutely crush. How far away was that shot? I think I saw the pellet bounce off a rock in the slo-mo. They are my pesting pellet of choice on my property going 900fps give or take.

The groundhogs around here do not like the Hades 25 caliber pellets! Most of my shots are under 35 yards or less. Great knockdown power with expansion.

 

[PestPlasteringPlinker]

The groundhogs around here do not like the Hades 25 caliber pellets! Most of my shots are under 35 yards or less. Great knockdown power with expansion.

Dude, absolutely. I swear, im torn so hard between rafter shots between the Crow mags, at 820,850, just because tuned in is simply whisper whisper quiet around the feeding stalls, and the hades at 912, maybe 916. Still quiet for sure.

What keeps me stocked on 1k+ of them is i can go from rafter shots, to a bunny dirt nap, to a show stopped squirrel(and yeah, im going to try em on a trash panda sooner or later given a good shot opportunity.)!

The love for my slugs is just so dang strong because once you sight in at 100y, you have no thoughts on 'can I kill that without pass through?' Walking the farms. That is to me, where my z absolutely shines.

Ill put the time in on the sl to get equally as comfortable, for sure, but I've just got to wrap up this with a plenum and tune first.

 

[PestPlasteringPlinker]

That's a .250 cal hades. 30 yards. 912 fps, on that tune. H&n crow magnum pellets are super devastating too, but over(in my experience) 870, and they fold back and o.p every time. 30 and under with that tune, they frag out. instant k.o.

I prefer chucking 28 grain hp slugs around 960 at anything on the ground/low to it.

Up shots, always, always a pellet.

Once I wrap up my sl30, im going to tune this bad boy just for pellets, and full energy transfer.

I lied. I just ordered some heavy boats from Griffin. this might be my 'for shots and giggles' .25

Although 44 grain slugs at 850 might just energy dump.

 

[Danman]

Over a week of trying to get this rabbit and my wife (without telling me a thing) puts a pail of fresh compost out 40Y from our back deck to get him out in the open and stopped long enough for a shot. Well she calls me over when she sees him feasting and I scramble, grab the ghost and load the empty mag...wait, why is it empty!?!? I loaded 3 mrds and run outside in -10 without my coat I take aim through my oddly blurry scope while holding my flashlight up and fire off a shot. Complete miss and he bails.... I look down at my parralax and its set to 10Y
I have not shot the other than a few shots into my pellet trap @10Y to verify the work I did on the trigger so I wasn't too surprised i guess.
I ran back inside, set the scope up for 40Y, and chambered a round so I'd be ready this time. Half hr later he's back! I sneak onto the back deck, line up annddd he's completely blocked behind my Linden tree!
After about a minute (I wore my coat this time ) he pops his head out from behind the tree and I popped him! Not a brain shot though and he left quit a trail of blood in the snow, maybe 20Y and dropped. One blackberry bush mowed to the ground last week, and tonight I saw he was munching on my Juneberry shrubs too

 

[FL22]

Over a week of trying to get this rabbit and my wife (without telling me a thing) puts a pail of fresh compost out 40Y from our back deck to get him out in the open and stopped long enough for a shot. Well she calls me over when she sees him feasting and I scramble, grab the ghost and load the empty mag...wait, why is it empty!?!? I loaded 3 mrds and run outside in -10 without my coat I take aim through my oddly blurry scope while holding my flashlight up and fire off a shot. Complete miss and he bails.... I look down at my parralax and its set to 10Y
I have not shot the other than a few shots into my pellet trap @10Y to verify the work I did on the trigger so I wasn't too surprised i guess.
I ran back inside, set the scope up for 40Y, and chambered a round so I'd be ready this time. Half hr later he's back! I sneak onto the back deck, line up annddd he's completely blocked behind my Linden tree!
After about a minute (I wore my coat this time ) he pops his head out from behind the tree and I popped him! Not a brain shot though and he left quit a trail of blood in the snow, maybe 20Y and dropped. One blackberry bush mowed to the ground last week, and tonight I saw he was munching on my Juneberry shrubs too

It munched on your plants and now it’s dinner, the circle of life continues . Glad you were able to get em .

 

[PestPlasteringPlinker]

Over a week of trying to get this rabbit and my wife (without telling me a thing) puts a pail of fresh compost out 40Y from our back deck to get him out in the open and stopped long enough for a shot. Well she calls me over when she sees him feasting and I scramble, grab the ghost and load the empty mag...wait, why is it empty!?!? I loaded 3 mrds and run outside in -10 without my coat I take aim through my oddly blurry scope while holding my flashlight up and fire off a shot. Complete miss and he bails.... I look down at my parralax and its set to 10Y
I have not shot the other than a few shots into my pellet trap @10Y to verify the work I did on the trigger so I wasn't too surprised i guess.
I ran back inside, set the scope up for 40Y, and chambered a round so I'd be ready this time. Half hr later he's back! I sneak onto the back deck, line up annddd he's completely blocked behind my Linden tree!
After about a minute (I wore my coat this time ) he pops his head out from behind the tree and I popped him! Not a brain shot though and he left quit a trail of blood in the snow, maybe 20Y and dropped. One blackberry bush mowed to the ground last week, and tonight I saw he was munching on my Juneberry shrubs too

Yeeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhh buddy!!!!! Awesome work! That was smart of your wife to bait him out with some edibles!

 

[Florida_Man]

I’ve seen my targets knocked over and some damage to my feeder, so I knew something big has been stopping by. I put my camera back up last night and around 1am I was alerted to a visitor

Leshiy 1 350mm 25 cal Hades

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[PestPlasteringPlinker]

I’ve seen my targets knocked over and some damage to my feeder, so I knew something big has been stopping by. I put my camera back up last night and around 1am I was alerted to a visitor

Leshiy 1 350mm 25 cal Hades

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Such a baller snuff stage!