I haven't seen one since I got the pistol .
Current count is 76traps/73shot/ 149 total. 

The word is getting out!

The word is getting out!

I know!  At this rate I'll have to start feeding them if i want any for my night vision.    Or I just may need to zero in at 50 yards and start shooting the ones much further down the stream.   The IR light that I'm getting is good to 100+ yards. My aim however is unlikely to be good enough for that distance. The rats are big but not THAT big.

Aim small!!

So this ad is showing up.

Maybe I should into the exterminating business. My method uses no chemicals.
The ad takes you to http://bloompestcontrol.com/rats/

After nearly a week of not seeing any rats from my yard I nailed two of them last night.

My pistol really like the crossman premiers round nose pellets for accuracy but they don't have good kill power. One of the rats took three pellets and was still moving around in the water/weeds.  They weren't headshots (it was moving) but the other pellets would've caused massive bleed out.   These seemed to punch through with minimal damage.

Been playing around with tuning the power. Under 500 fps it it very quiet.  500-550 pretty quiet, 600+ too loud for late night.  450 fps is about 6 FPE - low end of rat killing power.

Today I got tired of the brush hiding the rats so I put on the river waders I ordered from amazon a couple weeks ago, dropped the ladder over the wall, grabbed some heavy duty pruners, grabbed my big empty yard trash can, and entered the stinky stream.  The mud and silt were about a foot deep and sucked at my shoes with each step.  Stay in one place too long and you might sink up to near your knee. I cleared some of brush and weeds to expose the trail they use and a couple rat nest holes that had been buried.

It was hard very hot work. oh yea, those river waders? Think wearing a 3mil coverall neoprene dive suit.  My clothes were soaked when I finished but it wasn't stream water.  It was sweat.

I think I may have gotten close to heat stroke.  Had a hell of a time hauling the now full trashcan up the ladder (which was about 3' too short ). Finally did after huffin and puffin and balancing..  I rinsed every thing off real well, threw away the old tennis shoes I wore over the suit, took a shower, and now chilling in the man cave with the AC on high.

Current Count:
traps 75
shot 76
total 151

Today I got tired of the brush hiding the rats so I put on the river waders I ordered from amazon a couple weeks ago, put the` ladder over the wall, grab some head`y duty pruners, grabbed my big empty yard trash can, and entered the stinky stream.  the mud and silt were about a foot deep and sucked at my shoes with each step.  Stay in one place too long and you might sink up to near your knee. I cleared some of brush and weeds to expose the trail they use and a couple rat nest holes that had been buried.

It was hard very hot work. oh yea, those river waders? Think wearing a 3mil coverall neoprene dive suit.  My clothes were soaked when I finished but it wasn't stream water.  It was sweat.

I think I may have gotten close to heat stroke.  Hell of a time hauling the now full trashcan up the ladder (which was about 3' too short ). Finally did.  rinsed every thing off real well, threw away the old tennis shoes I wore over the suit, took a shower, and now chilling in the man cave with the AC on high.

Current Count:
traps 75
shot 76
total 151

Yeah, man!  Modify that environment to make a better killing zone!  Go, Fighting Seabees!

*woot*. The guy building my night system emailed and said its done and will ship tomorrow!

In another note though - yesterday I got a tiny shallow cut on my finger while clearing the stream (like a small paper cut). Today it's puffy and itchy.  Hope I don't get flesh eating disease.

Today I got tired of the brush hiding the rats so I put on the river waders I ordered from amazon a couple weeks ago, dropped the ladder over the wall, grabbed some heavy duty pruners, grabbed my big empty yard trash can, and entered the stinky stream.  The mud and silt were about a foot deep and sucked at my shoes with each step. 

Just saw an article on KHNL or something news site about the clogged up drainage streams.

Glad you washed up and de-toxed, could be some nasty shit in that water you do not want on your skin or lungs.  Who knows what  fudgepackers or needle users were upstream?

The stream is pretty nasty to walk in even with the waders.  As your foot sinks a foot deep into the mud/silt these nasty smelling bubbles would come up.
As far as the small inflamed cut -  I taped a gauze on it. The I kept the gauze wet with peroxide for a couple hours.  It's been fine since then.


Got a small rat tonight as it went along the now revealed path.  I almost didn't want to shoot him.  He might have gone told his friends about the new  awesome place.  My night vision is due to arrive on Monday.

Got my night vision system today. One of the forum members delivered it to me.

Imagine that, it was quite trippy when my mailman asked me, "are you the rat Hunter?"

I was a little bit freaked out at first. How did my mailman know I was hunting rats?  Were the neighbors talking about it that much?

Nope,  it turns out he is one of the forum members on here and I left enough clues that he figured out which house it was.  I will leave it up to him if he wants to out himself. I'm sure he will see this post.

The night vision system works extremely well. I can see rat size creatures out to about 60 yards.  Unfortunately I've already killed off most of the rats so I haven't seen one tonight. I am going to have to go and check a little bit down the street maybe later tonight.  I really wish that one guy had not told me to leave from down by the bus stop because that is where most of the rats are.

It was very easy to sight in and I am able to add lines similar to Mil dots.  I can pick any range and add a line. Perfect for me!
Main cross hair is about 9 yards. So far I have made lines for about 6 yards, one about three yards, and one further out to about 15 yards.

Got my night vision system today. One of the forum members delivered it to me.

Imagine that, it was quite trippy when my mailman asked me, "are you the rat Hunter?"

I was a little bit freaked out at first. How did my mailman know I was hunting rats?  Where the neighbors talking about it that much?

Nope,  it turns out he is one of the forum members on here and I left enough clues that he figured out which house it was.  I will leave it up to him if he wants to out himself. I'm sure he will see this post.

The night vision system works extremely well. I can see rat size creatures out to about 60 yards.  Unfortunately I've already killed off most of the rats so I haven't seen one tonight. I am going to have to go and check a little bit down the street maybe later tonight.  I really wish that one guy had not told me to leave from down by the bus stop because that is where most of the rats are.

It was very easy to sight in and I am able to add lines similar to Mil dots.  I can pick any range and add a line. Perfect for me!
Main cross hair is about 9 yards. So far I have made lines for about 6 yards, one about three yards, and one further out to about 15 yards.

hmm
the only forum member that i know for sure works for usps had the day off today
and was at my office with his kids
 

hmm
the only forum member that i know for sure works for usps had the day off today
and was at my office with his kids
 

Yup wasn't me. Glad to know I'm not the only one going postal.

Yup wasn't me. Glad to know I'm not the only one going postal.

i know there's at least one lurker here
so i am not the only one going dental
 

Great to hear you are running out of targets near your house.  Smoked the rat infestation!  You'll have to mercenary out now.  Maybe get paid, by neighbors, to cull their infestations! (as long as your neighbors aren't anti-gun or crazy liberals or something like that)

Just approach your neighbors and offer to kill rats if they'll let you hang out in their backyard at night!

How's about a bait station. Works for bears and deer why not rats. Some peanut butter should work fine.

Yes, I met robble1 yesterday , nice guy, most shooters and pro 2A people usually give hints like leaving target stands in the garage. There's a few more Postal lurkers on here .

Hasn't gotten any mammals on film but did use my iPhone to take video of a bunch of Talapia at the surface of the stream tonight. I just pointed the iPhone at the 5" LCD screen I see stuff on