Airgun pest control

[Alderman]

Chipmunk at 50 yards.

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[Stomper]

I hate starlings...... little bastiges will raid the dog bowls with food in them, and then bath in the water bowls and crap in it afterwards.....

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Starlings were the only birds I could "hunt" when I was kid and didn't have to eat.
Andy

 

[Stomper]

Starlings were the only birds I could "hunt" when I was kid and didn't have to eat.
Andy

Nice to hear that your parents didn't make you eat junk-food!

 

[Alexx1401]

There are a few air guns now days that if they had been available when I was a kid? We would have gotten in a LOT of trouble
Some of them are quite impressive for the cost. Last place I lived kept having a hell of a time with rats after the dogs got too old to kill them. Almost bought one by Gammo to get rid of them safely. Then found a way to attract the neighborhood cats and that solved the problem

 

[Alderman]

We stopped having BB gun wars when the kid down the street got a pump up Crosman pellet gun.

 

[K-22]

We stopped having BB gun wars when the kid down the street got a pump up Crosman pellet gun.

My Mom would not let me have a BB gun.But my Dad got me a Whamo slingshot and about a pint of 25 cal. ball bearings.
That was the week the kids with BB guns quit taking pot shots at the chubby kid that did not have a BB gun. I only had to sting one kid, one time, and the war was over.
Best,
Gary

 

[Capn Jack]

My Mom would not let me have a BB gun.But my Dad got me a Whamo slingshot and about a pint of 25 cal. ball bearings.
That was the week the kids with BB guns quit taking pot shots at the chubby kid that did not have a BB gun. I only had to sting one kid, one time, and the war was over.
Best,
Gary

You must have shot low. I've killed several, "Critters" with a ball bearing out of my Whamo.

 

[K-22]

You must have shot low. I've killed several, "Critters" with a ball bearing out of my Whamo.

When the miscreant with the BB gun saw the Whamo, he turned to run,
I took him between the shoulder blades.

 

[osprey]

The site I am doing pest control at was target rich at first providing 15 or more opportunities a visit. Now that I have trimmed the starlings and pigeons back a fair bit, the opportunities are way less and the shots are way further than before. I have had to up my game a bit with equipment and technique to keep the flying rats falling. My longest confirmed kill so far has been 103 yds on a starling. Great trigger time in lean times for firearm food and I get the health benefits of some cardio hand pumping those pcp's.

 

[Mikeyg]

Just a heads up to the OP. Chipmunks are protected mammals in Oregon and most other western states.

 

[CRBMoA]

Just a heads up to the OP. Chipmunks are protected mammals in Oregon and most other western states.

Serious question. What about stray cats?

I AM REALLY ASKING FOR A FRIEND!

 

[Mikeyg]

Serious question. What about stray cats?

I AM REALLY ASKING FOR A FRIEND!

I don't have a problem with you or the OP shooting either. I don't think it would be worth ODFW's time to hassle the OP but posting the video on line may not be the best idea.

 

[CRBMoA]

If I was going to dispose of pests, I would not make a highlight reel. TBH, I never have understood animal snuff vids.

But my question remains. I understand it is detestable to many to consider euthanizing a feline. But I know a few fellas that have no problem with the idea.

Hence my question.

 

[Mikeyg]

Protected mammals and birds
Game mammals Game birds Furbearers Threatened or Endangered species Fisher Ringtail Fringed myoti Townsend's big-eared bat Pallid bat	Silver-haired bat Western small-footed myotis Long-eared myotis Long-legged myotis Yuma myotis Pika (cony) Pygmy rabbit White-tailed jackrabbit White-tailed antelope squirrel	Washington ground squirrel Northern flying squirrel Chickaree (pine squirrel) Golden-mantled ground squirrel Chipmunks White-footed vole All marine mammals All nongame birds except Eurasian collared-dove, European starling, house sparrow, and rock pigeon

 

[Mikeyg]

Feral cats are fair game

 

[Bon Sauvage]

BB gun wars? My dad would have killed me if I had pointed my BB gun at another kid.

 

[CRBMoA]

Feral cats are fair game

Thank You, Good Sir!

 

[Darren Summers]

Yes we had BB gun wars as a kid but my brother could hit you with a rock before you could get a shot off also he could throw further then any BB gun would shoot.
He pitched in the little league World Series against Japan...that says it all!!

 

[mrblond]

We stopped having BB gun wars when the kid down the street got a pump up Crosman pellet gun.

or a kid brings a .22 with rat shot....