Anyone keeping track of these pests this year? I've got 4 this week.
We've had some rodent problems in our walls, and I think these guys are getting in. Later in the fall last year I tried some catch and release traps (my wife is always one to catch and release). Well they turned out to be great feeders, not so great traps.
So over the last week I've stumbled on a main entrance to their den. It's just under our front porch. I also bought a cheap pellet gun from a LGS (I'm in city limits and would prefer the neighbors not know I'm hunting these pests).
Managed to smoke one from just above him on my porch. He was rustling in the leaves as I was heading out to run an errand. I ran back in the house to grab the pellet gun and he was still out there; he never saw it coming. About an hour later I saw another enter the burrow. I camped out in my front bushes until he poked his head out to see if the coast was clear. It wasn't. Head shot.
Today my wife told me she saw another pair going in to the porch hole. As luck would have it about 20 seconds after I got back in the bushes one poked out to see if the coast was clear. Another head shot. I waited another 10 min or so but never saw the 2nd. A few hours later my wife told me he was out on the porch again. So I snuck around the garage and took him out.
Pellet rifle is surprisingly accurate. The bush shots were from maybe 5 yards. The garage shot was about 10 yards. All four kills were clean and quick.
Little guys are pretty fun to hunt.
We've had some rodent problems in our walls, and I think these guys are getting in. Later in the fall last year I tried some catch and release traps (my wife is always one to catch and release). Well they turned out to be great feeders, not so great traps.
So over the last week I've stumbled on a main entrance to their den. It's just under our front porch. I also bought a cheap pellet gun from a LGS (I'm in city limits and would prefer the neighbors not know I'm hunting these pests).
Managed to smoke one from just above him on my porch. He was rustling in the leaves as I was heading out to run an errand. I ran back in the house to grab the pellet gun and he was still out there; he never saw it coming. About an hour later I saw another enter the burrow. I camped out in my front bushes until he poked his head out to see if the coast was clear. It wasn't. Head shot.
Today my wife told me she saw another pair going in to the porch hole. As luck would have it about 20 seconds after I got back in the bushes one poked out to see if the coast was clear. Another head shot. I waited another 10 min or so but never saw the 2nd. A few hours later my wife told me he was out on the porch again. So I snuck around the garage and took him out.
Pellet rifle is surprisingly accurate. The bush shots were from maybe 5 yards. The garage shot was about 10 yards. All four kills were clean and quick.
Little guys are pretty fun to hunt.
