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Carpenter Bees #14759992 04/08/20
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,296 Likes: 5 Marshall NC S simonkenton7 OP Campfire Outfitter
OP simonkenton7 Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,296 Likes: 5 Marshall NC	They want to eat my log cabin. I went to WalMart today and bought two badminton racquets. You can get better racquet speed with the badminton than with the tennis racquet. I got 9 of 'em today, can't recover all the corpses. May get a few more before sunset.

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Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760007 04/08/20
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 7,632 Likes: 3 Alabama M mirage243 Campfire Outfitter
mirage243 Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 7,632 Likes: 3 Alabama	My new hobby has become sitting on the porch in the evenings with a cold Bud Light in one hand, and a Ruger Single Six loaded with rat shot in the other. I have shot up a lot of it in the last 3 weeks, missed quite a few, but the little fuggers better not do much hovering. It is actually fun as sheit.

Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760010 04/08/20
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OP simonkenton7 Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,296 Likes: 5 Marshall NC	Are you using the shot shells that are like a little brass shotgun shell, with the case opening to let the shot out?

Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760018 04/08/20
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 7,632 Likes: 3 Alabama M mirage243 Campfire Outfitter
mirage243 Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 7,632 Likes: 3 Alabama	Originally Posted by simonkenton7 Are you using the shot shells that are like a little brass shotgun shell, with the case opening to let the shot out? Sitting here right now as a matter of fact.

Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760021 04/08/20
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hunter4623 Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,771 Gen X	Killed 4 today with my Bug A-Salt gun.

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Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760024 04/08/20
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 7,632 Likes: 3 Alabama M mirage243 Campfire Outfitter
mirage243 Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 7,632 Likes: 3 Alabama	upload an image

Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760040 04/08/20
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,396 Canton Ga U uncle joe Campfire Regular
uncle joe Campfire Regular U Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,396 Canton Ga	bee skeet Never try to teach a pig to sing... ...it wastes your time and annoys the pig!

Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760042 04/08/20
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 15,553 MI -Blue Water Mac84 Campfire Ranger
Mac84 Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 15,553 MI -Blue Water	Hate them bastids. They burrowed their way through an exterior wall of my house and set up residence. It took a few days To clear them out but i got them noisy buggers. "I Birn Quhil I Se" MacLeod of Lewis I Burn While I See Hold Fast MacLeod of Harris

Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760120 04/08/20
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OP simonkenton7 Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,296 Likes: 5 Marshall NC	I just got 7 more in 7 minutes. Sunset slaughter of carpenter bees.

Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760128 04/08/20
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 8,884 Likes: 27 Fulton County PA, U.S.A. 7mmbuster Campfire Outfitter
7mmbuster Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 8,884 Likes: 27 Fulton County PA, U.S.A.	We have a log house too. They’re all over the place come summer. Wifey saw on Facebook or somewhere about hanging a paper bag up, shaping it like a hornets nest. Yeah, right, I thought. But after we’d done that I saw very few!? Give it a shot. I was surprised. 7mm "Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden

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Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760139 04/08/20
Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 3,286 Columbia, South Carolina S Sasha_and_Abby Campfire Tracker
Sasha_and_Abby Campfire Tracker S Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 3,286 Columbia, South Carolina	Bug A-Salt gun This is the most fun you can have. Been wearing them out on my deck for a couple of weeks now. "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went" Will Rogers

Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760140 04/08/20
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 9,682 Likes: 5 Kentuck G gunzo Campfire Outfitter
gunzo Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 9,682 Likes: 5 Kentuck	One of my farmer buddies says please don't kill them, we need them to pollinate. I told him that if he'd furnish me with a a dozen 10' 2x6's & a box of nails I'd hold off . He didn't come thru. A pole barn I have will eventually need serious repair if I don't keep them down. The badminton raquet is probably the cheapest. I've shot several dollars worth of 22 shotshells trying to slow them down. Kill one of the suckers & 10 will come to it's funeral.

Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760142 04/08/20
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turkish Campfire Regular T Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 743	Broom handle is more sporting.

Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760200 04/08/20
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Raferman Campfire Tracker R Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 4,813 NC	Half inch PVC pipe.

Re: Carpenter Bees gunzo #14760210 04/08/20
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 7,632 Likes: 3 Alabama M mirage243 Campfire Outfitter
mirage243 Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 7,632 Likes: 3 Alabama	Originally Posted by gunzo The badminton raquet is probably the cheapest. I've shot several dollars worth of 22 shotshells trying to slow them down. It's the sport of it. 😁

Re: Carpenter Bees mirage243 #14760233 04/08/20
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jaguartx Campfire Oracle J Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 96,016 Likes: 19	Originally Posted by mirage243 upload an image Hahaha. Unreal. Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left. A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind. "The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan". I Dindo Nuffin

Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760245 04/08/20
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Hotrod_Lincoln Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Jun 2019 Posts: 10,050 Likes: 10	I load my own .45 Colt shot shells. 2-3 grains of Bullseye, a card wad over the powder, fill the case to the top with #9 shot and top with a .45 caliber gas check, then give it a pretty good roll crimp. My 6" Ruger Blackhawk loves 'em! Jerry Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever!

Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760256 04/08/20
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Cheesy Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 11,407 Likes: 1 SW Missouri	Google “carpenter bee trap”

Re: Carpenter Bees Hotrod_Lincoln #14760275 04/08/20
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 7,632 Likes: 3 Alabama M mirage243 Campfire Outfitter
mirage243 Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 7,632 Likes: 3 Alabama	Originally Posted by Hotrod_Lincoln I load my own .45 Colt shot shells. 2-3 grains of Bullseye, a card wad over the powder, fill the case to the top with #9 shot and top with a .45 caliber gas check, then give it a pretty good roll crimp. My 6" Ruger Blackhawk loves 'em! Jerry Thanks for the recipe, I'm gonna try that.

Re: Carpenter Bees simonkenton7 #14760316 04/08/20
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OP simonkenton7 Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,296 Likes: 5 Marshall NC	I see there are many different models of Bug a Salt guns. I see him shooting flies. What model do y'all use on carpenter bees? What kind of salt do you use?

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