The great rat massacre of 2022

[kennedy759]

We have about 50 chickens so we have to deal with rats, but not like today. The lady next door decided to clean out her horse barn with a bobcat. we check out her work when the wife screams RATS, they were everywhere, dogs treed a bunch up some pine tress, and were piled up along the fence line. Any way ran to house, got my go to rat gun, High Standard 9 shot rev and a box of Federal .22 rat shot. Out of 44rds fired, got 40 rats. Had the HS since I was 18, still going strong 50 years later

 

[dak109]

Pics or it didn’t happen. Lol
Sweet gun

 

[walleyepw]

RATS! Sounds like fun.

 

[Lost Californian]

View attachment 185320 High Standard 9 shot rev

I like your rat gat.

Good shootin'. How close were you for the .22 shot to take out rats?

 

[Mgderf]

We have about 50 chickens so we have to deal with rats, but not like today. The lady next door decided to clean out her horse barn with a bobcat. we check out her work when the wife screams RATS, they were everywhere, dogs treed a bunch up some pine tress, and were piled up along the fence line. Any way ran to house, View attachment 185320 View attachment 185321 got my go to rat gun, High Standard 9 shot rev and a box of Federal .22 rat shot. Out of 44rds fired, got 40 rats. Had the HS since I was 18, still going strong 50 years later

Sounds like you have work left to do.
4 shots fired without hits.
Does that mean there are still 4 around somewhere?
Better be quick.
You know they breed like...

 

[kennedy759]

Most shot were at 5 ft some out to ten, I waited till they stood still, the missed shots was of the old mama on the run, may have nicked her. Shooting them out of the trees was easy, got 2 with one shot. lt was a blast, the wife would herd them towards me, laughing all the way

 

[blue2golf]

I have my grandfather's HS Double Nine "Longhorn". Very similar to yours, stag horn grips and all.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Most shot were at 5 ft some out to ten, I waited till they stood still, the missed shots was of the old mama on the run, may have nicked her. Shooting them out of the trees was easy, got 2 with one shot. lt was a blast, the wife would herd them towards me, laughing all the way

DoggyMama wouldn't have been anywhere near me if there were rats around. Mice, rats, chipmunks(!)... all terrify her.

 

[BJHay]

We have about 50 ducks/chickens and of course their coops support a population of rats.
Any suggestions on getting them to pose for a shot in daylight? Right now we rarely see them and I use traps.

 

[churchmouse]

Neighbors had chickens and one has an elevated kennel to breed dogs.
So yes we often had rats running the fence line as another neighbor (section 8 Ferrell humans) threw all their trash bags in a shed at the top of the drive way. To ****ing lazy to take it to the curb. So yes the rats had a field day.
Pellet rifle zeroed from my deck to the fence line. Put some Jiffy crunch on a paper plate where they run and it was EzPZ to pick them off.
Board of health finally grew some balls and made chicken man clean up his mess and the dog breeder pulled up the kennel. We shot at least 10 more and not seen a rat since.
I hate them.

 

[snapping turtle]

I have a min pin dog who loves to hunt rats.
Other breeds are better. You Tube used to have videos of true rat dogs doing what they were breed to do. Watching those is entertaining but I watch them years ago so some may have call for them to be removed.

 

[Lost Californian]

Most shot were at 5 ft some out to ten, I waited till they stood still, the missed shots was of the old mama on the run, may have nicked her. Shooting them out of the trees was easy, got 2 with one shot. lt was a blast, the wife would herd them towards me, laughing all the way

Good shooting for #12 shot out of a handgun! I do believe it was a blastin', hootin', yeehaw fun time.

I have and old, old garden gun, no rifling at all, and it can take chipmunks out to ~25yds. Never had to deal with rats, tho.

 

[printcraft]

Dang, I thought this was about DC...

 

[ghuns]

Chootin 'em is fun, but I used to employ a similar tactic to this with a pair of Jack Russells. I found it to be more entertaining...

 

[grillak]

my daughter used to have chow/rot mix that loved to hunt rats.

heck...she'd hunt anything that moved.

 

[kennedy759]

shot another one today, dog treed it, out of fed .22 shot shells, but have a box of cci 22mag shot shells for my colt new frontier

 

[kennedy759]

caught 2 more in a trap today

 

[wingrider1800]

Holy crap, hope they stay down your way and you keep chootin!!

 

[DadSmith]

We have four cats that take care of rats, mice, moles on occasion, and chipmunks. Unfortunately they like to kill birds so it's a delicate balance. They sleep on my parents pouch. At night they come up around my place driving my dog insane.
My dog takes care of the raccoon, opossum, fox, coyote threat. I help her when it comes to coyotes I don't allow her to be lured away for a coyote gang to kill and eat her. She can handle two coyotes by herself but 3+ is too much.