Nine shots, seven Kills

[Hkindiana]

Dug out my trusty H&R top break revolver yesterday to do some hunting. I fired all nine shots, and brought down seven wood boring bees. When you shoot them in mid air with .22 shot, they come tumbling down out of the sky like a shot-down fighter plane. I think the two I missed were too far away for the birdshot to be effective.

 

[buckstopshere]

Nice shooting

 

[76Too]

Crack shot! That seems like a lot of fun!

 

[cbhausen]

Sounds like a good plan for the murder hornets!

 

[Alpo]

There is a Grimm fairly tale about this.


...are you a tailor?

 

[yetti462]

I cheat and use a 20ga for the high flyers.

 

[snorko]

.22plinkster did a fun video on this. When I was a kid I accounted for dozens of kills via a badminton racket.

 

[Mgderf]

.22plinkster did a fun video on this. When I was a kid I accounted for dozens of kills via a badminton racket.

We used to pack soft wax in the barrel of a Crosman pellet gun and shoot at carpenter bees.
It's a challenge for sure.

 

[snorko]

There is a Grimm fairly tale about this...are you a tailor?

I know it as a French story, "Sept d'un Coup" (Seven with one Blow)

 

[patience0830]

12 gauge low brass #8s in the 870 home defense gun with rifle sights. Only way to go. When you shoot the close ones flying low from the porch it looks like someone forgot to replace their divots.

 

[bwframe]

Air soft pistols work pretty good if you can catch the bees hovering.

 

[johntheplinker]

Great fun. I use a old single shot Winchester .22. Barrel is almost a smooth bore so I get an actual pattern. Too bad the shotshells are outrageously expensive. I've even thought about loading some 38 specials with a super light charge and dust shot.

 

[t-squared]

Got 3 confirmed kills of marauders drilling holes in my mailbox post by using a nearby tree to break up my silhouette. Weapon of choice was NAPA brake cleaner. After a good hit, they make it about half way across the street before augering in.