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    Fried coon and dirty rice on sunday

    I fed our cat in the garage during the Rose Bowl game and left the garage door half open. When I checked on her (cat) during halftime there were two large coons at her bowls, one eating the food, the other washing up in the water bowl. They looked at me like, "Dude, don't interrupt our meal have...
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    Fried coon and dirty rice on sunday

    Plus they're the primary carriers of rabies in the US. Skunks are second. Raccoons are also loaded with parasites.
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    NEW!!! Gamo Swarm Fusion 10X GEN2 with open sights

    Watch this guy shoot with the stock Swarm scope. Is this real? https://youtu.be/g-PUqVZCPWg
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    NEW!!! Gamo Swarm Fusion 10X GEN2 with open sights

    Looks like a Swarm Magnum with a redesigned magazine gizmo and open sights for $10 less. I want one NOW.
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    NEW!!! Gamo Swarm Fusion 10X GEN2 with open sights

    Generation 2 Swarm Arrives as the Swarm Fusion 10x (INSERT IMAGE) ROGERS, AR - Gamo’s 10X Technology takes another step forward with the new horizontal magazine alignment on the Swarm Fusion 10X. Gamo’s 10X Technology first appeared in the industry changing Swarm Maxxim, the first breakbarrel...
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    Back to the drawing board

    Says Yarddog who can't decide which scope to use on his Swarm! The stock was junk, the Hammers wasn't good enough. How's the UTG? I shoot very well with open sights. That debunks your trigger technique theory and I'm not into starting a scope collection to find one that works. Just trying to...
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    I appreciate your logic and advice and I believe you. But conventional metal rat traps on a wooden board are too friggin' sensitive, anything sets them off. Only a few are large enough for a mature squirrel and a bird usually gets there first. Squirrels are more intelligent than people give them...
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    I'd like to see a double-door cage large enough for a squirrel for $12. The squirrel must go fully inside and clear the doors or the door drops on its back and squirrel easily backs out. I tried a large conventional snap trap with a dab of peanut butter and a walnut half. It went "wap!" before I...
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    I ruined a $400 Walther 1894 lever-action by leaving CO2 in it. Also ruined two inexpensive MSP rifles (Daisy 856 pellet and 880 BB/pellet) by either over pumping or leaving them charged. The ordeal and noise of pumping between shots makes them impractical for my needs anyway. The 856 was dead...
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    Fired eight shots at two squirrels (in trees) this morning. All easy shots, all misses. Scopes are worthless unless the target is too far for the naked eye. With a fixed sight and two pellets I'd be posting a pic of two dead squirrels. Those shots were cake. The scope ruined everything. 
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    Back to the drawing board

    I was thinking a bucket of grenades. No scopes, no pumps, no canisters, no pellets ...
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    I agree but the question is will they eat it? Rats (and raccoons) eat anything. Squirrels have a very picky sophisticated diet. That doesn't include inner city park squirrels spoiled by humans. Those guys eat any junk food they find. The poison approach is a slow death that doesn't confirm...
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    What's weird is the kaleidoscope effect only happens on the orange bullseye dot, everything else is clear. The Swarm was $149.99. A functional size Havahart for squirrels is $60+ each. I'd need two or maybe three. The other problem is squirrels get in my "new" tree by branch hopping through...
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    Funny, I looked at the girl's face hard and long and overlooked the ad
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    I'm near Los Angeles - not rural - so shotguns are out. Have you experienced the triplicated bullseye I described? Maybe the stock scope doesn't like flo orange or something. Without a fixed sight I need a trustworthy scope but wasn't planning on sinking a lot of money into eliminating a few...
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    Great post, thank you. So basically airgunners are playing air golf with pellets. Aiming off target to hit the target is an art form. Is that the concept?
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    Springers work for the first shot if the critter isn't gone by the time you pump it. Pumping again for the next shot usually scares off the animal. I got a squirrel once with a Daisy 880 bb right behind the ear first shot. It was a one shot situation. I also had a camo Daisy 856 pellet that was...
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    Interesting. There's a 20% off Tuesday code but free shipping is only on Fridays (over $149) and only one code is allowed per purchase. Didn't see a 25% off code.
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    Back to the drawing board

    I actually have a XBG. Got it to scare off raccoons. Left it charged for over a year. Haven't touched it in a long while. Will test it today. Also have a 40XP that I never touch. I want my shots to go precisely where I sight the crosshairs at any height, angle, or distance (within the gun's...
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    Back to the drawing board

    The scope rattled loose during initial setup. Today it was tight. Tomorrow I will redial in the scope. Really wish the Swarm had a fiber optic sight as a fallback. Will definitely look into PCP. Thank you!