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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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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.
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Are you using the shot shells that are like a little brass shotgun shell, with the case opening to let the shot out?
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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.
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Killed 4 today with my Bug A-Salt gun.
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Never try to teach a pig to sing... ...it wastes your time and annoys the pig!
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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.
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I just got 7 more in 7 minutes. Sunset slaughter of carpenter bees.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Broom handle is more sporting.
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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. 😁
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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.
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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
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Google “carpenter bee trap”
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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.
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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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