Shot Nine Rats today...

[L.Leon]

All from 5 to 42 yards, I was only able to retrieve six carcasses. As you can see from the photos some of the rats die right on top of their holes. I had two fall too deep into the manure catcher and could not reach them. Another squirmed right into its hole. Anyway, one kill for the pp700sa and the other eight fell to the Bantam Sniper HR.

 

[L.Leon]

Two more photos check out how into the hole this one is.

 

[Ranchibi]

Luis, awesome shooting on those porkers! They sure stay very close to their burrows! Nice photos!

 

[Ezana4CE]

Those are some pretty good size rats. Which ammo did you use in this outing?

 

[L.Leon]

@ranchibi, yes they stay tight to their holes and venture forth like they're in a no mans' land in a war zone. I get very excited to bag the really wary ones.

@ezana4ce, JSB Exact Jumbo 18s out of the Bantam, Crosman 14.3 Premiers out of the pp700sa.

 

[Guest]

Geeze Dude, you and that Bantam are a rodent's worst nightmare. I COMMEND you for keeping at this crazy hobby and whacking 'em down. You can hardly kill all of them so it's a perfect story for a guys like you, myself, Ranchibi and others that love whacking 'em, .

I have an ATN 4x Pro coming and WILL give it a go at my closest, and clean, dairy. They GOTTA have rats there with all the food, 500 cows, and a bajillion starling.

You have a mix of lighting conditions, day or night, it seems to me?

 

[Hal4son]

How are you liking the Bantam Sniper HR? I like the looks of that rifle. 



With the scope you're running on it, are you shooting under barn lights? It looks dark in some of those pictures.

 

[L.Leon]

@mikehunt, that clean dairy should definitely have rats and other pests. Good luck. The lighting conditions vary from just good silhouettes in the shadows or holes. To great clear shots on them. 


@hal4son, yes barn lights and lots of shadows. In the fall and winter I run a red light because of early darkness. Been using the Bantam three years now. It has been consistently accurate and reliable from day one. I'm still totally satisfied with it and its performance.

 

[Ranchibi]

Geeze Dude, you and that Bantam are a rodent's worst nightmare. I COMMEND you for keeping at this crazy hobby and whacking 'em down. You can hardly kill all of them so it's a perfect story for a guys like you, myself, Ranchibi and others that love whacking 'em, .

I have an ATN 4x Pro coming and WILL give it a go at my closest, and clean, dairy. They GOTTA have rats there with all the food, 500 cows, and a bajillion starling.

You have a mix of lighting conditions, day or night, it seems to me?

Oh YEAH! That ATN will be the perfect scope/tool for nite ratting! Can't wait for the vids Mike! Woo Hoo! Also, you'll probably whacking the huge norway rats as they're more communal than rattus rattus which are much more territorial!

 

[Blackpaw]

@l.leon are you doing any night ratting yet? Those rats look well fed from the dairy for sure.

 

[L.Leon]

@blackpaw, not yet, but soon. Late October, early November I'll be going back to another dairy for some night ratting. Working up the energy to go out at night is the biggest factor for me. I've been spoiled by the daytime rats.