Bumble Bees and the AGC

[Art3]

Might have been carpenter bees. They tend to get aggressive and buzz people, but rarely sting (and only the female has a stinger). You can tell them apart also, as the males wear tool pouches, and drink light beer.
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Carpenter bees seem more common. Living in a wooden house, I hate them. The way I remember how to tell the difference is that helpful bumble bees have a fuzzy butt, like me :p

 

[mpollan1]

Carpenter bees seem more abundant this year.

Carpenter Bees were thick at the Zoo on Monday and we had a lot out at the farm today. More than usual this year.

Mild winters are not a good thing and we have had several in a row. Made this note in a thread I started regarding bullseyes.

 

[wilcam47]

Mild winters are not a good thing and we have had several in a row. Made this note in a thread I started regarding bullseyes.

Maybe see a cicada and carpenter bee fight

 

[Muleskinner]

Might have been carpenter bees. They tend to get aggressive and buzz people, but rarely sting (and only the female has a stinger). You can tell them apart also, as the males wear tool pouches, and drink light beer.
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If the shooting benches and the structures are made of wood chances are they probably work carpenter bees. We always get several that try to bore into our deck every spring. I keep a tennis racket near the door for that very reason.

 

[mpollan1]

Maybe see a cicada and carpenter bee fight

My money is on the carpenter bee. The cicada is merely a shell of its former self.

 

[willtill]

I would like to know why the recoil on a K31 was a bit crippling for you.

Total softness.

Almost Air Force-like softness.

Ha!

Was bench shooting it yesterday; I did several shots where the steel buttplate was not adequately planted in my shoulder pocket. Bone bruising and all is what made it seemingly crippling. By the time I was working through my 4th box of GPM11, I was starting to wince with each shot.

Bonehead, stubborn me decided to NOT use my Past shoulder pad for it yesterday.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

Ha!

Was bench shooting it yesterday; I did several shots where the steel buttplate was not adequately planted in my shoulder pocket. Bone bruising and all is what made it seemingly crippling. By the time I was working through my 4th box of GPM11, I was starting to wince with each shot.

Bonehead, stubborn me decided to NOT use my Past shoulder pad for it yesterday.

Therin lies the rub. Use a shoulder pad when shooting from a rest.

 

[possumman]

Are the bees up near the trap and 5 stand range too? Probably a skeet choke and #9shot will take care of them.

 

[remrug]

Carpenter bees are out around here, not far from AGC. They are looking to attack unprotected wood by boring. Look for sawdust on the ground and you'll find the hole. A tennis racket comes in handy.

Take some string and put a small ball of tape and on one end attach to a porch overhand. Standby with a tennis racket. The carpenter bees will come in to run off their rival. boink....there goes another

 

[outrider58]

Are the bees up near the trap and 5 stand range too? Probably a skeet choke and #9shot will take care of them.

My brother and I used to shoot them with our Sears and Roebuck BB guns. Great fun!

 

[Slowhand]

Carpenter bees are out around here, not far from AGC. They are looking to attack unprotected wood by boring. Look for sawdust on the ground and you'll find the hole. A tennis racket comes in handy.

I heartily agree about the raquet. I did sprain an ankle leaping for one about 15yrs ago. Badmitton racket works even better as the light weight makes it a quicker swing. A backhand stroke is even faster. I used to occasionally pick them out of the air with a BB gun.

 

[dist1646]

I heartily agree about the raquet. I did sprain an ankle leaping for one about 15yrs ago. Badmitton racket works even better as the light weight makes it a quicker swing. A backhand stroke is even faster. I used to occasionally pick them out of the air with a BB gun.

I used up a lot of bb's when I was young, practicing my anti aircraft skills with my Crossman.

 

[RFBfromDE]

Honestly.

These are bumble bees folks.

Not wasps.

Not Mexican Killer Bees!

 

[calicojack]

Recoil is a funny thing. I can shoot 4-6 rounds of trap and hardly even notice it - the main place I feel it is my cheek. Recoil has also never bothered me with a handgun.

However, if I'm on a bench with a rifle that has some heavier recoil - two that immediately come to mind are two sporters I have - a 1903A3 in 35 Whelen and a K98 in 8mm Mauser that kicked surprisingly harder than I thought it would - I don't seem to have the same tolerance for it. It's possible that the angles are different and therefore it hits me a bit differently than if I'm standing, but I'm only good for about 6 shots with that 35 Whelen before I've had enough.

I think shooting off the bench makes recoil feel worse. Better to shoot prone in that case.