I haven't done much hunting the last couple months as there haven't been many right by my house.  I heard some out there tonight though so I went out.

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The "mothership" aka the trash pile near the bus stop is as infested as ever.  However, I'm reluctant to go over there now since that guy moved.  Also they usually have some type of bulk trash and a car parked there now that would block my line of sight.

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Decided to shoot some video of the "mothership" by the bus stop tonight while walking the dog.

Holy crap.  Its worse than I've ever seen it.  My android phone does well in low light so I didnt have to shine a flashlight and scare them away.

Decided to shoot some video of the "mothership" by the bus stop tonight while walking the dog.

Holy crap.  Its worse than I've ever seen it.  My android phone does well in low light so I didnt have to shine a flashlight and scare them away.

Whoa.  That's insane!!!!

Decided to shoot some video of the "mothership" by the bus stop tonight while walking the dog.

Holy crap.  Its worse than I've ever seen it.  My android phone does well in low light so I didnt have to shine a flashlight and scare them away.

maybe you could email that video to the mayor/city
especially if that is by a bus stop
say the trash pile is unsafe
worth a try

maybe you could email that video to the mayor/city
especially if that is by a bus stop
say the trash pile is unsafe
worth a try

or to a news channel or to multiple news channel.


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need help? Disco standing by....

need help? Disco standing by....

So much trash and a car block the LOS.

Plus the guy who gave me permission to shoot there moved.

or to a news channel or to multiple news channel.


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I sent a link to KITV 4 and star advertiser on facebook.

I sent a link to KITV 4 and star advertiser on facebook.

Cool hopefully a link to just the video it self and not to this thread


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Cool hopefully a link to just the video it self and not to this thread


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Of course!  I wouldn't want to break the thread's view counter!
Lol

If you give me the location of the bust stop i can hit up some of my facebook friends (i have 4-5 that work for various news organisations)

nevermind i see it in the description,

Currently the video has 48 views @ 11am on Sunday. Lets see if we can get it to jump

nevermind i see it in the description,

Currently the video has 48 views @ 11am on Sunday. Lets see if we can get it to jump

LoL, that you posted it on SSH facebook  page? It's getting quite a few more hits now! (560 as of now)

Plus the guy who gave me permission to shoot there moved.

Ah shucks. You could really do some damage there.


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holy crap.. the video is up to 1482 views. 

That's getting close to one view per rat in the video lol.

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It looks like a genuine problem now. Do you want something to be done?
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I noticed a led kaapana clip on your channel.
You play a little slack key?

It looks like a genuine problem now. Do you want something to be done?
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I noticed a led kaapana clip on your channel.
You play a little slack key?

Even though I have had a bit of fun and I learned a lot about air rifles along the way, the job is Way Beyond me right now. ( well maybe not be if it were legal to shoot them there and I had full permission from the people living there but neither is the case). Even if the rats were poisoned they will never be gotten rid of completely without the people living in that apartment changing their habits. That also goes for the people who live in the house next to the apartments that put out trash without trash cans with lids. That's something I can't do anything about myself either.

Those rats are also creating a specific problem that most people seem unaware of.  They are voracios burrowers. There must be hundreds of tunnels they are digging both under the parking lot and along the walls lining the stream. The parking lot has already been repaired once due to collapsing into the rat tunnels. I'm sure they are undermining (literally) the stability of the stream retaining walls. Several portions of the wall had to be reinforced about a year ago due to falling over.  Who knows how much the city had to pay for that.

I have lots of rat hunting videos on my channel but they are set to private - you can't see them without knowing the link, most of which are posted throughout this thread.

On a lighter note - i love listening to slack key but i don't play at all.  I took that ledward video several years ago at a slack key festival i'd love to goto again.

I have lots of rat hunting videos on my channel but they are set to private - you can't see them without knowing the link, most of which are posted throughout this thread.

I did check that before sharing the link, dident want to cause you no problems, Did any of the news media reach out to you ?