Merry Christmas everybody.


Shot +4 tonight.

Body count 281

Merry Christmas everybody.


Shot +4 tonight.

Body count 281

Merry Christmas!

Where do the living bury their dead? 

I have an electronic one. They work well but will only hold one dead rat. A 5 gallon bucket with water and a device like the one in this video looks effective. 

The can on a rod trap sucks.  That was one of my very early attempts at catching them.  The magnet one works much better but rats are smart.  They see their friend drop they learn.

+1 tonight

12/28 ~9pm. +3

285 total

The can on a rod trap sucks.  That was one of my very early attempts at catching them.  The magnet one works much better but rats are smart.  They see their friend drop they learn.

+1 tonight

12/28 ~9pm. +3

285 total

Put enough water in the bottom of that bucket and the only way they will get out is when YOU remove the bodies. 

Pretty good hunt tonight - got 4.  There seems to be a new herd of rats moving in as I've seen/heard more than usual lately.

Here is critter #4 from tonight.  He was about 7 yards away on same side of stream as me. I saw him sticking his head out of a hole in the wall. Took the shot and it did a tumble forward flip into the water and didn't even spasm. I believe that white area by its ear is where I hit.  It's under about a foot of water:

289 total

Put enough water in the bottom of that bucket and the only way they will get out is when YOU remove the bodies. 

The problem is they seldom fell in even though the peanut butter got eaten. It did catch some but it fed more.

1/6/16 6:50pm +1
290 total.
Coming up on 300!
1/7 +3 (all within 45 seconds). 293
1/8 +6!!  Quiet pellet gun + night vision is awesome!

299!  Just 1 more to go!

Got two within seconds of each other tonight propelling me over the
300 mark!

+2

301

Got two within seconds of each other tonight propelling me over the
300 mark!

+2

301

W00t!!!!!

Rat masta 

Wow, 6 more tonight.  1 loner across the stream but there was a whole family reunion in this bushy tree thing. I got 5 of them in 11-15 seconds or so before the rest ran away.

Wow, 6 more tonight.  1 loner across the stream but there was a whole family reunion in this bushy tree thing. I got 5 of them in 11-15 seconds or so before the rest ran away.

is that a crab trap?
 

  The neighbors are from a foreign culture.

is that a crab trap?
 

I walked my dog past the trash pile at the neighbors and noticed an old couch was placed by the trash. 

From some distance I turned on my small but very bright spotlight and shined it under the couch.  All I could see was a mass of moving brown fur and beady eyes. There was a serious rat convention going on under there.

Turned around, went home, lucky wife already asleep,put my gear in my wagon and went back.

Even before I got to the trash. I saw what looked liked a softball size pile of rice on the ground by the fence - right where I set up to shoot at the trash area. Chowing down on the rice must've been 7-9 or so rats. I didn't break out my little tripod, but shot from about 15 yards. I got two before they scattered but then a couple brave but dumb ones came back pretty quickly together.  Get one and the other takes off. A minute passes and they aren't returning.

Go setup and check out the situation under the couch.  Before I start shooting I start counting. Wasn't easy since they moved a little but I counted 19.  Yes, I did get that part on video. Just gotta find time to upload it.

Anyway I had two full magazines of 8 and the one loaded still had 5.  I quickly shot those 5 pellets,  loaded another mag and emptied it before they had all scattered. However I did end up shooting another 2 rats on the opposite bank before I left. 

I lost count of how many I hit. However, I did hit nearly every shot and I fired 21 pellets. I got most on video.

I'll be conservative and say +14

Body count 320

1/16/16   +1      321

1/17/16. +2.       323

1/18/16 7:25pm +3.  326

I didn't get to shoot anything last night but I did see a few while walking my dog.

Forgive the crazy camera angles - I was filming almost straight down and it messed with the camera orientation (plus struggling with a German Shepherd hell bent on getting those rats)

Rat masta 

You sir, are.......The Rat Masta 

You sir, are.......The Rat Masta 

Nobody told the rats


Good hunt from my patio tonight. Got 5 in about 15-20 minutes around 7:30 pm and 1 more a few minutes ago (sat morning 1:35am.


+6.    Sleeping wit da tilapia 332

I just started reading this thread tonight... Its addicting, like watching Netflix episode after episode.  Good stuff,  happy hunting!

I just started reading this thread tonight... Its addicting, like watching Netflix episode after episode.  Good stuff,  happy hunting!

IT can take awhile to get through the whole thing.

+1 last night /  333

1/26/16 1:20am +1. 334

Bought a bb pistol today.   It's a semi-auto co2 cartridge with 19 bb magazine. 400 fps. A bit on the low power side but it seems *kinda* accurate at 5 yards which is further than I bought it for (near point blank). In came with a fake silencer. Imagine a silencer canister without any internal holes or baffles. So one tube within another with end caps to keep inner tube centered. It gives me ideas.

In reviews people said they've killed rats with it.

+1 late last night this morning. 335 total

2/3 6;45 pm +1 336.  First time got to hunt in last few days.