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Did you ever get that rabbit problem under control ?
Anyone doing a garden?
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Did you ever get that rabbit problem under control ?
Somewhat....I had one that started a hole in the front yard again this year so I filled it in and sprayed it with the hot Thai pepper spray I made. I saw a week later while out walking that they hit the neighbor's yard next to me. All spring I would spray where they usually dig and it seemed to keep them away. I think the cats and foxes running around help..but there was still a lot of baby rabbits this year again.
If you have any remnants of leaves on your cukes it is probably worms or very small critters. If everything is gone its probably bigger target practice. I have a game cam watching over my peppers. I see on the cam the cats are regularly "marking" the fence post around my plants so that may be helping too. I may have just jinxed myself!
I still want to find a good non CO2 pellet gun to zap these rabbits with to put the fear of humans back in them...they just dont care much that you are there when you walk outside. I dont want CO2 as it wouldnt get a lot of use and I think they leak down pretty fast.
After letting things sit for way too long yesterday I got my peppers in the raised bed. I had to pull out a tomato volunteers that'll be going in the compost. There's an even bigger one with fruits on it in the flower bed that will get pulled from there to go in a large pot. I have a couple more tomatoes (different varieties) in jars with water that have pretty good roots on them to transplant into pots as well. Strawberry production has slowed so maybe it's time for fertilizer? The showers from the last few days have filled the rain barrels so the update I had for them will have to wait. It's been so dry around here it pays to harvest all the water I can.
Gamo makes a few. I have the Whisper. Even BB's would discourage wabbits.
mfrench
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Somewhat....I had one that started a hole in the front yard again this year so I filled it in and sprayed it with the hot Thai pepper spray I made. I saw a week later while out walking that they hit the neighbor's yard next to me. All spring I would spray where they usually dig and it seemed to keep them away. I think the cats and foxes running around help..but there was still a lot of baby rabbits this year again.
If you have any remnants of leaves on your cukes it is probably worms or very small critters. If everything is gone its probably bigger target practice. I have a game cam watching over my peppers. I see on the cam the cats are regularly "marking" the fence post around my plants so that may be helping too. I may have just jinxed myself!
I still want to find a good non CO2 pellet gun to zap these rabbits with to put the fear of humans back in them...they just dont care much that you are there when you walk outside. I dont want CO2 as it wouldnt get a lot of use and I think they leak down pretty fast.
There is a group of air guns that fall into what is called Break Barrel class.
Essentially, you cock the gun by pulling the barrel down, or pulling a side lever backwards, which pulls an internal piston into a cocked position, which is operated under spring pressure. When you fire it, the trigger releases this piston, causing massive forward offset of air within the pressure chamber. That displaced air forces the pellet out. Next shot, rinse and repeat.
Yeah I would need something mechanical cocking than CO2. I dont want to use a cartridge for one or two shots every week or so. A pistol would be more discrete too since the neighbors could see a rifle better over a pistol.
My dad had one of these when I was growing up that was quite potent...but I have no idea what ever happened to it now and he's long gone.
But this is just an ongoing thought...I dont want to turn this thread into a gun discussion...my bad.
mfrench
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I think its a legit subject for a gardening thread. My neighbor across the road built herself a beautiful garden. Then, an invasion of Ground Squirrels (Sage Rats) totally killed her efforts. She asked me for help, and I was all to willing to oblige.
https://www.crosman.com/custom-shop -or- www.crosman.com for their basic catalog.
go to this page, ^ custom shop link, and, choose the pistol the furthest to the right. That one is a 10 pump pneumatic, single shot.
The custom shop will build to your liking; longer barrels, higher quality barrels, custom breech, extended/removable skeletal stock to make it more like a rifle, as a shoulderable rifle.
I bought a version of this setup a couple of years ago, from Pyramid Air, which they called the BugOut kit. Ultimately, I bought a machined aluminum aftermarket breech for it, as the OE is cheap plastic, unless custom ordered, or bought aftermarket.
I use mine with a small inexpensive Winchester scope. A "Red Dot" sight would be fine, and low profile.
https://www.crosman.com/custom-shop -or- www.crosman.com for their basic catalog.
go to this page, ^ custom shop link, and, choose the pistol the furthest to the right. That one is a 10 pump pneumatic, single shot.
The custom shop will build to your liking; longer barrels, higher quality barrels, custom breech, extended/removable skeletal stock to make it more like a rifle, as a shoulderable rifle.
I bought a version of this setup a couple of years ago, from Pyramid Air, which they called the BugOut kit. Ultimately, I bought a machined aluminum aftermarket breech for it, as the OE is cheap plastic, unless custom ordered, or bought aftermarket.
I use mine with a small inexpensive Winchester scope. A "Red Dot" sight would be fine, and low profile.
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I'll look into Crosman...thanks. I like the fact you can pump it just once or twice for a low powered shot or higher depending on distance. I dont want to kill them (yet) just burn their ass for awhile so they remember not to come back.
mfrench
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Yep, low pressure, and an alternate projectile could safely dissuade them.
This is an alternate projectile used for permanent dissuading, yesterday. It was done with a fuzzy-ended hamburger pick, and, a single pump pellet pistol. It is a tad graphic, but, I left it such that you have to open the image in order to the point.
Something like this, ^, but, with a blunted-point projectile at low velocity would just be more of annoyance than anything.
and, a bit more detail on where this wild-azz notion came from:
From a different posting link than above:
This is an alternate projectile used for permanent dissuading, yesterday. It was done with a fuzzy-ended hamburger pick, and, a single pump pellet pistol. It is a tad graphic, but, I left it such that you have to open the image in order to the point.
Air Guns
I have some nice German and British springers. They are pretty simplistic. Easy to work on IMO if you have a spring compressor. All that's there is a spring, piston, piston seal and breech seal. Grab and go. I have a PCP but won't be buying another. A decent one starts at $1K. I won't pay that...
www.audiokarma.org
Something like this, ^, but, with a blunted-point projectile at low velocity would just be more of annoyance than anything.
and, a bit more detail on where this wild-azz notion came from:
From a different posting link than above:
Air Guns
I have some nice German and British springers. They are pretty simplistic. Easy to work on IMO if you have a spring compressor. All that's there is a spring, piston, piston seal and breech seal. Grab and go. I have a PCP but won't be buying another. A decent one starts at $1K. I won't pay that...
www.audiokarma.org
rxonmymind
Super Member
Have a variety of tomatoes planted along with Ghost & Banana peppers. Oh and Japanese zucchini. Woot. Excited.
Tomatoes were not doing well. There's been an ongoing problem for the last few years with bottom leaves turning yellow and getting spots. This years seedlings started right away.
I found a product called Tomato-Tone. I removed all the bad lower leaves and gave an application, huge improvement. Somebody had suggested a calcium deficiency....could be.
I found a product called Tomato-Tone. I removed all the bad lower leaves and gave an application, huge improvement. Somebody had suggested a calcium deficiency....could be.
@mfrench ...I see it got the point. Maybe if I stick a rabbit with one the cats will think its an appetizer.
@BillyTheKid ...I tried Tomato-tone on my peppers last year and it dint seem to do too well. Its not tomatoes sure but the Miracle Grow for tomatoes worked well with them. I'm using Neptune Harvest fish fertilizer this year and they have exploded with peppers. Alaska brand at the HD or Lowes is a well revered brand also and its cheaper. I pre-water...add 2 ozs of fert to a gallon of water and spray the soil in the 17 pots...then water a little more. That helps the fert get to all the root.
@BillyTheKid ...I tried Tomato-tone on my peppers last year and it dint seem to do too well. Its not tomatoes sure but the Miracle Grow for tomatoes worked well with them. I'm using Neptune Harvest fish fertilizer this year and they have exploded with peppers. Alaska brand at the HD or Lowes is a well revered brand also and its cheaper. I pre-water...add 2 ozs of fert to a gallon of water and spray the soil in the 17 pots...then water a little more. That helps the fert get to all the root.
I've got some of that Alaska brand fish fertilizer and some of their Morbloom fertilizer too. I usually alternate the two. The theory behind bloom boosting fertilizer is tomatoes and peppers need blossoms to flower and turn into fruit. The same goes for strawberries. Last year my peppers struggled. The Morbloom helped the remaining Bell pepper and helped the tomatoes too. I mixed in some epsom salt to the watering of the peppers and it seemed to boost growth.
McLoving
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McLoving
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They were mulched yesterday which removes weeds. When digging the soil I usually remove weed roots.
Something stepped in the garden yesterday, a day filled with rain.
Very odd pattern, single step...2 close together...then single step. With no prints coming or going and a small fence around it.
Probably aliens, with cloven hoof.
Very odd pattern, single step...2 close together...then single step. With no prints coming or going and a small fence around it.
Probably aliens, with cloven hoof.
jimfet
Lunatic Member
4th of July food on the 3rd. Jerk Wings.
I made the spicy beanie weenies yesterday, so they could sit in the fridge overnight and be reheated today.
The wings were soaked overnight in my home made jerk sauce, that is about a year old. Got a little heat now. That's Pimento wood smoke coming out of the smoker tube.
Then the plate. You know they are done when the skin splits at the elbow.
Deer? Hopped in, hopped out?