Rat Hit List 2020

They eat well at the dairy. I shot 20 rats tonight, too cold, dark and mucky to take photos. My truck smells like the dairy and my dog goes nuts sniffing my stuff when I get home.



@Glem, I will get better images with the tape measure going forward.

Nice work, been so cold here I have eased off. Will have to get on some.

Keep the pressure on those ferals buddy!

These are from our Summer Solstice Rat Slaughter on Friday night. 

Nose to Nutsack end was about 10.5 inches. Check out the girth of the tail base on the rat to the left...looks almost 3/4" round. 

Just a few of the ones I could find today.

Good job.

Holy moly guys! Those Norway rats are huge! I shoot their cousin rattus rattus and they are no way near the size these Norways get! Keep the pics coming .

Shot these 2 last night 



And this one a few minutes ago

They were feeling comfy in my pump shed

A fattie for sure. Looks like it ate a whole jar of Skippy.

Ok guys I shot this one tonight , but is the second time I hit a rat and and five minutes later I go check it and it's still breathing, is this something just like a bad or different shot placement? Some of this has happened to someone else?

By the way she was not moving at all any more

That was an epic night! We found out how many rats it takes to fill a 4 gallon bucket

Nick's (socaloldman) post got me thinking. What if I dress my neighbor's chihuahua in a rat costume (HATE that loud little ankle nipper & I'm a SERIOUS dog lover) & put one through his brain pan. 2 problems solved, win the "largest rat" & rid the neighborhood of that mean spirited cur. THEN I remembered ETHICAL shooting & competition. Glad I've learned NOT to give in to my impulsive thoughts. The rats I've seen in California are wimpy compared to the ones in So. Chicago where I grew up (or never "grew up" depending on who's asked) 

Only one tonight and it's been awhile. I've pretty much thinned out the herd within the last 2 years. For the past month, I've only seen about 1 or 2 rats around my house and it happens when I don't have my gun with me. By the time I retrieve my gun, they're gone.

This one's about 7 inches long without the tail. Shot it with my R5M in .25cal using Predators and a red filter for my light.