Bumble Bees and the AGC

[willtill]

Bumble Bees were out in force at the AGC today. A little more difficult to attain and hold a good sight picture with them buzzing ‘round your head. Didn’t get stung by them; the steel buttplate of my K31 would beg to differ with that though. Took 60 rounds of GPM11 with me, came back with 20, ‘cause I called it quits after 40 rounds. Recoil was more crippling than usual today.

 

[Lafayette]

I was there on Monday; had a similar experience. Definitely forced me to work on my “target focus” and breathing!

 

[P-12 Norm]

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.

 

[Melnic]

They are everywhere!
I have some cherry trees that went full bloom a few weeks ago and this weekend, they all fell apart. Now the bees seem to be searching around for something else and I can't take the dogs out w/o them buzzing around my head and trying to get in the house. These were bumble bees cause they had the stripes on the back end.

 

[Squaregrouper]

The AGC springtime bees are Carpenter Bees, not Bumble Bees. I haven't yet renewed my membership this year.

 

[outrider58]

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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This. They will be out of sight in a couple weeks til next spring.

 

[willtill]

The AGC springtime bees are Carpenter Bees, not Bumble Bees. I haven't yet renewed my membership this year.

Well. I am not a bee expert but they were BMF‘s. Big, black and yellow M’er effers and were hovering and darting around like Marine Corp Ospreys.

 

[dist1646]

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.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

Bumble Bees were out in force at the AGC today. A little more difficult to attain and hold a good sight picture with them buzzing ‘round your head. Didn’t get stung by them; the steel buttplate of my K31 would beg to differ with that though. Took 60 rounds of GPM11 with me, came back with 20, ‘cause I called it quits after 40 rounds. Recoil was more crippling than usual today.

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

 

[wilcam47]

Carpenter bees seem more abundant this year.

 

[28Shooter]

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

 

[rseymorejr]

Have your club trustee bring up the bee problem at the next Trustees meeting. The situation will get resolved after about 6 months of arguing about it at the meetings and will cost about $5000.
LOL

 

[trickg]

Recoil was more crippling than usual today.

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

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.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

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.

Its not so much that the angles are different its your shoulder not having the ability to absorb the felt recoil like you would when standing although different angles do play a lesser role in felt recoil. I bet that 35 Whelen packs a punch.

 

[RFBfromDE]

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

Total softness.

Almost Air Force-like softness.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

Total softness.

Almost Air Force-like softness.

I didn't want to pick on him because he might be sick or something.

 

[RFBfromDE]

OK.

What kind of “sickness” causes an irrational fear of harmless bees?

Now, if it was an excuse to start day drinking I’m all in!

 

[Uncle Duke]

This. They will be out of sight in a couple weeks til next spring.

Yep! The bees renew their range badges in the spring every year. Then they're gone until the next year.

 

[Mr H]

We were at the state park up there today, and the banginess from AGC was pretty good.

I figured the trap field was just extra busy, but now I know it was silly people shooting down scary buzzy-bees

 

[Overboost44]

Destructive MF'ers. I have killed 26 of them this year with a tennis racket. They are tough too. I hung 4 traps on my house and probably have another 20 in them. Just about 100 more to go and I will be free until they return next spring.