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Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 03:20 AM
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 05:55 AM
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Ratting is fun and useful. I enjoy ratting with my terrier.
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 10:29 AM
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 01:10 PM
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...as teen kids we used to go out to an old dump. We'd set out some bait and wait....every minute or two we'd turn on the car headlights and go to town with .22's Great memories.......
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 04:00 PM
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I've got a six-month old half cur, half redbone coonhound who loves to hunt rats and mice! He'll hunt just about anything, but he especially loves rats. I'm getting a rat terrier in a few weeks and look forward to hunting them together.
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 06:16 PM
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I like to do that myself. Cold beer and patience . . .
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 06:39 PM
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I've hunted them with a blowgun at our local jetty. It was a hoot!
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 07:58 PM
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Ah blowguns and ratting can be like a big game hunt!
I remember a particularly smart vegetation rat that got in my house one year. Couldn't shoot in the house so I tried everything else. That sucker managed to bypass every trap I set and laughed at the poison.
This went on for over a month until I couldn't stand it anymore. He went for the cat food bag every night so I laid up on the couch under a blanket and waited. I placed some cat food on the floor and put a piece of plywood behind it. I waited and waited and finally he showed up. He was very cautious and slowly approached the cat food. I was using a 4' blowgun with 5" wire darts with the hard plastic bead stuck on them. When he stood up on his hind legs for a second I pinned his butt to the plywood. I took him and the plywood outside and dispatched him.
Always wondered if anybody else had thought about taxidermy on a hard-fought prize like that?
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 08:04 PM
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Ah blowguns and ratting can be like a big game hunt!
I remember a particularly smart vegetation rat that got in my house one year. Couldn't shoot in the house so I tried everything else. That sucker managed to bypass every trap I set and laughed at the poison.
This went on for over a month until I couldn't stand it anymore. He went for the cat food bag every night so I laid up on the couch under a blanket and waited. I placed some cat food on the floor and put a piece of plywood behind it. I waited and waited and finally he showed up. He was very cautious and slowly approached the cat food. I was using a 4' blowgun with 5" wire darts with the hard plastic bead stuck on them. When he stood up on his hind legs for a second I pinned his butt to the plywood. I took him and the plywood outside and dispatched him.
Always wondered if anybody else had thought about taxidermy on a hard-fought prize like that? that's hilarious. I once used a kids play house for a rat blind I'll see if I can find a pic haha.
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 08:08 PM
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Got the green light for nighttime rat hunting
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 09:00 PM
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I like your sniper hide, go to town on em. This is about the worst year for rats and mice I have seen in better than 20 years. They are in every barn or feed shed I have. I have over a dozen barn cats and they are on the job 24/7 and we are still loosing the battle. My dog has an impressive rat kill ratio but could use some backup. Driving through any of my pastures there are so many rats running across roads and trails it's like the Pied Piper has got to be close. I just got through loading and hauling a bunch of brushpiles that I raked up from grubbing a CRP field and under every one of those brushpiles there was always at least one MAGNUM rat. My wife thought I had lost my mind when I chased one of them down in my Cat tracked skid steer and squished the little bugger. I was doing some serious di-dos in the skid steer to catch up with him.
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 09:38 PM
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I believe those could be classified as Boone and Crockett caliber rats!
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 10:07 PM
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I believe those could be classified as Boone and Crockett caliber rats! shoot these are small I've killed some huge rats. I think these are the females but I got a big one I've only seen 2 times at night that's on my hit list
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 11:01 PM
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there is a neighbor here that insists on leaving out bird seed and food for stray animals 24/7. unfortunately all it does is draw rats and varmints. my rat traps are the regular wood victor. i drill one corner and attach a length of mechanic's wire so they can't drag it away somewhere. also put 2 small wire nails up through the bottom for extra hold as teeth. peanut butter for bait. for the possums a #160 conibear is what i use with a 5 gallon plastic bucket with a hole cut for a cubby. i bait with old baloney. my record is 13 straight in 13 sets
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/07/16 11:10 PM
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I have about as much fun watching dogs hunt ears as I do other hunting. I just like watching dogs work.
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/08/16 12:38 AM
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Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
Where else would you post about them, they aren't big game, but lots of fun to shoot. Go get em.
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/08/16 03:45 AM
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Nice Sapper!!!
"Hey, hold my beer and watch this!!" (I wish I was there drinking a beer and killing rats with you!!)
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/08/16 03:54 AM
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When I was a kid, my dad used to take me and my brother down to the town dump for target practice. We would shoot rats with our .22's, and just before deer season, we'd bring our .30-30's. Dad used to say that a rat was about the same size as a deer's heart, so if we could hit a rat, we were ready to hunt deer. Every now and then, Dad would bring out his 8mm Mauser. I would pick out a rat at 100 yards away with his binoculars, and call the target. Dad would unleash that cannon of his, and a rat would become a large red splatter. Great fun!
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/08/16 03:58 AM
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Nice Sapper!!!
"Hey, hold my beer and watch this!!" (I wish I was there drinking a beer and killing rats with you!!) it really is fun just wish I had more targets haha
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/08/16 12:03 PM
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Got the green light for nighttime rat hunting THAT'S EPIC!!!! I have to admit that I have used my popup blinds for starling and EHS removal on my Purple Martin racks. Even built a pellet gun specially for the purpose....
Cheers, Vern1 Texans since The Old 300 in 1824 NRA Lifetime Member
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/09/16 10:38 PM
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I use to hunt rats with a BB gun in the feed barn. Some good times.
�A hunt based only on the trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be.� -Fred Bear
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/14/16 07:24 AM
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I spent more money on my PCP pellet rifle than a real rifle and probably killed more rats than any other animals with it.
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Re: Is hunting rats worthy of the varmint section
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11/14/16 07:55 PM
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I spent more money on my PCP pellet rifle than a real rifle and probably killed more rats than any other animals with it. I thought about upgrading from the Gamo but I'm getting 1/2 inch or smaller groups at 15-20 yds so really don't see a reason to upgrade at this point.
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11/14/16 07:57 PM
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fried rat, rat sausage, rat jerky...
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11/15/16 02:18 AM
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Got the green light for nighttime rat hunting Now you need to convince your son that the play house needs to be painted camo.
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