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Shooting making things worse ??
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Stuck wrote:Thanks for all the opinions :goodjob:

I have been advised that shooting them COULD make matters worse sign92

So I've asked a proffesional pest control officer (council) to have a look next week, if he thinks shooting would be beneficial I think I'll be purchasing a 9mm garden gun.

Cheers all,

Mick.

FWIW - I have a 9mm shotgun, and really, an air rifle would be far better. An air rifle can be silent and deadly, a 9mm shotty far less so.

If they hide under the shed, forget the garden gun and get a RARDEN gun...

Shooting makes things worse for the rat......

a .177 air rifle works fine for me, its nice and flat shooting, so very close is not a problem

Last rat I shot was with a 16g at about 5 yds and the S/G has full choke, there wasn't much of Mr Rat around. From your comments an airgun will probably best, this guy on YouTube has good success: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFVygSsTOHc

Is there any advantage of a garden gun over a 410?

I wouldn't bother with an air rifle as they're obviously nesting under the hut and you won't get them all.

First, get a deep bucket ideally about knee height. Fill the bottom 4 inches with any type of oil (veg, mineral,etc). Next get a rod which stretches across the bucket and another hollow rod which goes over the first but is only long enough to cover the centre third - only the very middle of the bucket.

Burry the bucket till the lip is a few inches above ground level, grease inside the large hollow rod and mount on the smaller rod. Mount both so that the large rod is on the centre of the barrel, freely rotates and doesn't touch the side of the bucket. Smear the centre of the rod with peanut butter and leave. The rats will stretch across the rods to eat the butter, slip and fall in. The oil will stop them from climbing out and they'll drown.

A week or so should kill all the adults off and then either poison or use terriers on the nest.

I think you should use an air rifle for the job. Most pest controller also uses .22 air rifle to deal with rats, pigeon, rabbit. So I think air rifle is the way to go.

Rats under the shed?

Solution!

Print off a few of these, place them around shed.

Rats no more. :lol:

Scotsgun wrote:I wouldn't bother with an air rifle as they're obviously nesting under the hut and you won't get them all.

First, get a deep bucket ideally about knee height. Fill the bottom 4 inches with any type of oil (veg, mineral,etc). Next get a rod which stretches across the bucket and another hollow rod which goes over the first but is only long enough to cover the centre third - only the very middle of the bucket.

Burry the bucket till the lip is a few inches above ground level, grease inside the large hollow rod and mount on the smaller rod. Mount both so that the large rod is on the centre of the barrel, freely rotates and doesn't touch the side of the bucket. Smear the centre of the rod with peanut butter and leave. The rats will stretch across the rods to eat the butter, slip and fall in. The oil will stop them from climbing out and they'll drown.

A week or so should kill all the adults off and then either poison or use terriers on the nest.

That sounds like a well thought out plan. I guess you know it works from plenty of experience?