Thanks - I have been doing a bit of research on air rifles - I will check this one out.
yeah the nitro piston replaced the old spring and suppose to shoot just as good in cold or hot weather and last in most cases years.
Never understood that sentiment, but then again I suppose most people likely never learned what happens when an animal population exceeds the habitat's carrying capacity (and a crop should not be considered part of that habitat).Whoops.......a squirrel hugger.
Not just you, had / have a wild hog over population as with many States, it's so bad I HAD a corn patch 100'x160' in a few hours them out took it down to stubble that was the first sign on my property. Eased out the next night full moon walked right up On four corn stalk in their mouth them four died from lead poison right there, they come back for the stubble. Then they started going after my pears on the tree trying to cut it down with their tusk, they dead. Hog will eat anything turtle eggs, snakes, dig up rabbit holes eat the babies etc., Too many of any animal will cause great destruction in one form or another food ,property, equipment, and self. Three years I took / shot around twelve wild hog on my property for now they moved on but guess what, during the time the hogs eat everything from other animals now the others animals are eating everything they can find. Before them hogs I never had an issue with deer eating potato plant tops, okra tops, tomato tops, on and on. We have a duty to thin out over population of some animals or many will starve both animal and human.Never understood that sentiment, but then again I suppose most people likely never learned what happens when an animal population exceeds the habitat's carrying capacity (and a crop should not be considered part of that habitat).
Personally I'm of the mind that a high speed piece of lead is far more humane of an ending than starvation ...but perhaps that's just me.
For years we sort of ignored the problem - tried wrapping trees with tin, totally fenced blueberry bushes with chicken wire (sides and top and bottom) 8 feet high, and on and on. We had almond trees where we did not get a single almond (not kidding) and the pecans were a constant battle. Wife unhappy because they dug up her flower beds- for the bulbs apparently - she tied chicken wire around those with limited success. We did not want to use poison. Finally it got so crazy we decided about 18 month ago to get serious and start shooting them - and trying traps. Still learning how to maximize trapping effectiveness, but we are thinning them out by shooting them. Sort of like the Johnny Horton song. . .with a few changes: We fired our guns but the squirrels kepta commin, but there weren't nare as many as there was a while ago, we fired once more and they began a hiddin. . . etc.Never understood that sentiment, but then again I suppose most people likely never learned what happens when an animal population exceeds the habitat's carrying capacity (and a crop should not be considered part of that habitat).
Personally I'm of the mind that a high speed piece of lead is far more humane of an ending than starvation ...but perhaps that's just me.
Whatever the type of trap you use be sure to check it frequently - not just for the humaneness, but to ensure they don't escape.
...granted they can be about as smart and cause about as much damage as real rats too (have to respect them for that).