Guest bunny_basher Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 My headkeeper asked me to shoot rats, around all the wheat sylos, and the barns where we do all the bagging up of wheat, and i have had a few good nights but usually a F*****G dissapointing night, I have tryed everything....red light, white light, sitting and staying in a certain place for hours. i tryed just sitting in te motor with the air gun on the wingmirror and just driving around all the different areas which is how i have had the most success, but considering how many rats there are, and there are litterally huindreds, im still not getting the success i would hope to.................any ideas?!? Quote Link to post
moley 115 Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 My headkeeper asked me to shoot rats, around all the wheat sylos, and the barns where we do all the bagging up of wheat, and i have had a few good nights but usually a F*****G dissapointing night, I have tryed everything....red light, white light, sitting and staying in a certain place for hours. i tryed just sitting in te motor with the air gun on the wingmirror and just driving around all the different areas which is how i have had the most success, but considering how many rats there are, and there are litterally huindreds, im still not getting the success i would hope to.................any ideas?!? as a keeper, should you not be considering trapping the little dears Quote Link to post
midnight 657 Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 have you tryed .410's and ferrets mate . ? also we have had "better nights" when its shitting it down with rain , as you say just cruising round slowly picking them off with rifles. all the best matt Quote Link to post
Guest bunny_basher Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 im not a keeper there i just do a bit of work for him, but yer we have trap EVERYWHERE and i mean EVERWHERE, and poison, but they will never stop all of them, and if i can go out and shoot 20 a night a few times a week then that should cut the population down big time. Quote Link to post
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 Pre bait a few areas with corn and then wait by them.We used to do a pigsty years ago and by laying out a run of corn down the passage ,on the way home from work,we used to sneak up to the door with the 12 bore and let them have 2 barrels of 9shot. Pigs soon got used to the noise.Most killed with 2 shots was 42 if I remember right. Quote Link to post
Guest bunny_basher Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 42 with two shots.....thats rediculous. yer the trouble is where they are is all around the grain sylos so they have no shortage of grub. but i may try putting some around the ditches where all the wholes are. thanks Quote Link to post
gnipper 6,543 Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 An expensive but effective route is night vision. My mate has it and we have had some good nights with it and it would work better with a good bait. Quote Link to post
Guest bunny_basher Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 haha.....yer an extremely expensive soloution, but yer i bet that is effective. once that lamp comes on they are f**k**g offskis! Quote Link to post
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 42 with two shots.....thats rediculous. yer the trouble is where they are is all around the grain sylos so they have no shortage of grub. but i may try putting some around the ditches where all the wholes are. thanks 42 I tell you ,unbeliever.Hope them rats get right out of hand and you loose the permission through incompitance.NONBELIEVER. Quote Link to post
bullsmilk 2 Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 i know a bloke who owns a garden center when they empy the bins they get loadsa rats running out n down this allie.the most he got was 26 with 2 shots so it dose happen Quote Link to post
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 i know a bloke who owns a garden center when they empy the bins they get loadsa rats running out n down this allie.the most he got was 26 with 2 shots so it dose happen Quote Link to post
rob reynolds uk 3 Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 iv done a lot of rat shooting in my day rats dont like high powed lamps in there faces well who does :whistle: put a dimmer on your lamp turn it down so you can just make them out 20ft away then bait up the ground best is on one of the mostly used runs or round were they are seen the most or were the most holes are they will find it ,bait about 7 places or more well apart from each other and walk round slowly with the lamp off then turn it on then up slowly so you can just make them out to shoot ,its better if you have some low powered scopes like the simmons 1.5x5x20 very good for ratting...make sure you scopes are set for the close range Quote Link to post
danny boi 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 have you considerd a smoker and some terriers its quite effectiove and f***in gd sport! or try using a snap light,stand it up in the ground an bait around it the ratsdnt bother with it too much and thers enough light to see the crosshairs, gd look Quote Link to post
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