gamer_jim
Podcaster
"He said he was going to kill me and I was in fear for my life."
Shot A Ground hog with 22 CB short
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"He said he was going to kill me and I was in fear for my life."
AKbythebay
Ultimate Member
I'm not really in a position to hit him with my .270 being that I have houses on either side of my yard. I need to keep things kind of quiet. I'm thinking of getting one of those high powered pellet guns I keep reading about.
mackie
Dumb Farmer
.22 shorts are normaly quite any way the firing pin is louder than the report. Keep your heads down and be aware of the flocks of kill clay pigons that are around this time of year.
KevinB
Active Member
You really should think about calling social services on them. Going the firearms route on a family just trying to survive in today's economic climate is a bit premature and extreme...
The space beneath my shed is like the high rise public houseing of woodland critters.
Fox pups, groundhog, raccoon-zilla, stray cat, and a chipmunk.
Fox pups, groundhog, raccoon-zilla, stray cat, and a chipmunk.
AKbythebay
Ultimate Member
So no one has answered my question yet, is it legal to shoot a groundhog in your backyard?
Do pellet guns fall under the same catergory as firearms?
Do pellet guns fall under the same catergory as firearms?
mackie
Dumb Farmer
Break out the 10/22 find some cover and blast him.
gamer_jim
Podcaster
As far as the state is concerned, no. But there are some local municipalities that have restrictions on air guns. Also, air guns are much more quiet so you are likely not to draw unwanted attention.
Unless the animal was threatening you with intent then you could kill it under the self defense clause. Dead groundhogs don't talk.
IcedC
Main Screen Turn On!
there was a thread here that showed a company that uses propane to blow up the groundhog tunnels and kill them... the vids were pretty cool lol
august1410
Marcas Registradas
So I guess 00 buck in my Mossberg 500 is too much for a field mouse problem? Additionally, I live in an apartment. My wife does not like glue traps or snap traps. 
Adams74Chevy
Hits broadsides of barns
I thought that was for deer?
Adams74Chevy
Hits broadsides of barns
So I guess 00 buck in my Mossberg 500 is too much for a field mouse problem? Additionally, I live in an apartment. My wife does not like glue traps or snap traps.
I would reccomend a #7 or 8
Let's just say the exterminator in his great wisdom put a glue trap under the kitchen sink and an unsuspecting mouse happend upon it, I would then take it out to the back yard and dispatch said glue trap trapee.
mackie
Dumb Farmer
Poison traps are good I think they have a 1 way door and they make new snap traps with a hood
Half-cocked
Senior Meatbag
- Mar 14, 2006
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Additionally, I live in an apartment. My wife does not like glue traps or snap traps.
I don't think they make "Hav-A-Hart" traps in mouse sizes.
I would NOT go with poison, it's just going to die somewhere inside a wall and permeate your apartment with the smell of death.
Cpl. Cornbeef
Active Member
I let my Yellow Lab kill them at the park by my house. Last year's body count was 8.
biermkr
Ultimate Member
I really like the CB longs. I use them in my Marlin 25. Quiet for sure.
redduck21502
Active Member
That is very interesting about the wearing of orange. Is it really hunting? I think it is more like exterminating or perhaps it is an "enhanced extermination technique" (like waterboarding). I often shoot from in my breezeway or out the kitchen door. I don't know if orange would help me in my case. Perhaps I am not supposed to shoot from within the house like that.
Perhaps a gamo air rifle would do the trick on these guys. They have rifles around 1200+fps. That should rip through the thick hide.
I just shot one with my AR15 using Hornaday VMax ammo. It ripped a nice hole out the other side and he dropped instantly. Of course I would have quickly finished him off with my .357 Sig P229 if he would have still been moving. The AK47 makes a better hole, though. Both are probably too loud in your areas. Move to the country and you can shoot more of them without the neighbors freaking out.
Perhaps a gamo air rifle would do the trick on these guys. They have rifles around 1200+fps. That should rip through the thick hide.
I just shot one with my AR15 using Hornaday VMax ammo. It ripped a nice hole out the other side and he dropped instantly. Of course I would have quickly finished him off with my .357 Sig P229 if he would have still been moving. The AK47 makes a better hole, though. Both are probably too loud in your areas. Move to the country and you can shoot more of them without the neighbors freaking out.
X-Factor
I don't say please
Anyone want to volunteer to zero the scope on my pellet gun? I know I have one shot kill capability but the goddamn scope is screwing up my shot placement. Squirrels are TAUNTING me!
Lostfantum
Ultimate Member
They will just laugh at you if you shoot them with a pellet gun. I have in the past shoot grounds hogs from my back porch for my neighbor (farmer) with a 22lr. Go for a headshot if at all possible.
sargesvs
Member
I was tols 22 short and 22 long pack the same punch. Just diferent size cases for different guns.
All I know, is that my 22 short is WAY more quiet than my Gamo air rifle. If you need to dispatch critters quietly, go with the 22 short/long. You will have a more effective varmit hunter than a pellet gun, that makes less noise.
All I know, is that my 22 short is WAY more quiet than my Gamo air rifle. If you need to dispatch critters quietly, go with the 22 short/long. You will have a more effective varmit hunter than a pellet gun, that makes less noise.
