Hedley lamarr 23
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I'm not sure..these bastards think they own my yard..it's been over a year since I've seen one...15 minutes later...he done! 
Freaking rats
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I'm not sure..these bastards think they own my yard..it's been over a year since I've seen one...15 minutes later...he done! Hedley lamarr 23
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Gamo hornet .177...crosman Premier destroyer 7.4 gr......winchester 3x7 scope...devastating to 65 ft...now you know 
Nice. I got rid of all the rats on my acre. Removed food sources and living areas. Put up a steel fence around the property. Now the desert mice have moved in unfortunately. I think getting some barn cats would be nice, just need my labs to approve.
I never see the rats at our place, but catch 2-6 per month in rat traps.
The desert mice are easy to kill with gopher poison.
The desert mice are easy to kill with gopher poison.
Hedley lamarr 23
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my back porch light when on..just gives me enough of an advantage to see through my scope at that distanceYNOTAZ said:
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We've been fortunate enough out here on the 1 acre ranchette to not have the rodents be a problem. We've got plenty of ground squirrels and desert mice running around, but keeping the indoors sealed up tight is the main and best preventative measure. My biggest pet peeve is that the burrowing ground squirrels are constantly making new burrows and making the driveway and other paths get suddenly littered with mounds of newly dug earth which I have to rake down and re-flatten, only to have them excavate new material and do it all over again.
I used to buy those agricultural bird bombs at the gun shows and fuse them like M-80 firecrackers and toss them in the holes. It would over-pressure the rascal's little residence and kill them in there. I could then fill in the hole and rake down the mound without them moving right back in. It kept the population down rather effectively. But since those are unavailable anymore, I've resorted to using 12ga. blanks. I use a beat up old Montgomery Wards single shot and place the muzzle in the hole and blast them, achieving the same result. For years this wasn't a problem, but now we have a neighbor directly next door on an adjacent acre, so I have to be sure I only do the hole blasting when I know they're at work. The blast is muffled by the hole enough that other residents in the area don't actually hear much. Luckily, our area is rural enough we hardly ever have people drive down our road unless they belong here. It might be disturbing to non-locals to see some potbellied balding crank without his shirt on walking around with a shotgun blowing up dirt in his yard.
I used to buy those agricultural bird bombs at the gun shows and fuse them like M-80 firecrackers and toss them in the holes. It would over-pressure the rascal's little residence and kill them in there. I could then fill in the hole and rake down the mound without them moving right back in. It kept the population down rather effectively. But since those are unavailable anymore, I've resorted to using 12ga. blanks. I use a beat up old Montgomery Wards single shot and place the muzzle in the hole and blast them, achieving the same result. For years this wasn't a problem, but now we have a neighbor directly next door on an adjacent acre, so I have to be sure I only do the hole blasting when I know they're at work. The blast is muffled by the hole enough that other residents in the area don't actually hear much. Luckily, our area is rural enough we hardly ever have people drive down our road unless they belong here. It might be disturbing to non-locals to see some potbellied balding crank without his shirt on walking around with a shotgun blowing up dirt in his yard.
Hedley lamarr 23
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Tuesday morning 4.35 am..I walk out my front door.. and there's a cat on top of my wall coming from my yard..coincidence???..lol!Lucafu1 said:
DannoXYZ said:
Maggots and/or ants.
Longhair1957
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Just turn a couple big gopher snakes loose. They’ll eat all the mice and you’ll rarely see them
Hedley lamarr 23
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Longhair1957 said:
Have had a couple of those residing here over the years, and we happily leave them alone to get the job done. Haven't seen one in a while. I think the reason is because we have had more people with horses move in to the hood, and hay attracts more rodents, and more rodents attracts the snakes. So our little patch is no longer the most bountiful feed trough on the street. My neighbor across the way complains all the time about finding rattlers all over his property. Since I have a free-roaming dog, I'd rather not deal with that.
Longhair1957
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Yeah, I’ll pass on the yard full of rattlers.
