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LOL looks like they are advertising the Super Colibri for shooting hummingbirds. I have a few boxes and didn't notice the bird. I wonder what is the season for hummers?
hummers are always in season.
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LOL looks like they are advertising the Super Colibri for shooting hummingbirds. I have a few boxes and didn't notice the bird. I wonder what is the season for hummers?
Very cool."Colibri" is the word for "hummingbird" in Romance languages and "Kolibri" is the German word for hummingbird. The word for hummingbird has been associated with quiet and small ammo (subsonics) for quite some time:
2mm Kolibri - Wikipedia
Kolibri was also the operation name for the Night of the Long Knives. Unrelated, but interesting.
ETA turned out blow guns are illegal in Massachusetts
Squirrels have eaten through my cable/ internet lines 4 times, chewed their way into my attic twice, and gnawed through 3 brand new plastic trash can lids.This. I never understood people's hatred of squirrels on a bird feeder. My wife has bird feeders. The squirrels get on em....so what? When the squirrel is on it he's knocking seeds on the ground and the birds are there eating right there under him. Squirrel leaves.....birds fly up to the feeder. What's the problem?
Let em eat.
I chopped down all the trees around my house and exterminated the squirrels that destroyed my roof/gutters/ soffix boards to many times.Squirrels have eaten through my cable/ internet lines 4 times, chewed their way into my attic twice, and gnawed through 3 brand new plastic trash can lids.
I eliminate the tree rats on sight with a Gamo Whisper 1300ft per second air rifle. Good medicine for the little rat f***ers.
ETA turned out blow guns are illegal in Massachusetts
That's like saying,I general conversation at the club with a few old retured cops and lawyers
MA law says a firearm is anything that discharges a shot through a rifled barrel.
Roger that.Squirrels have eaten through my cable/ internet lines 4 times, chewed their way into my attic twice, and gnawed through 3 brand new plastic trash can lids.
I eliminate the tree rats on sight with a Gamo Whisper 1300ft per second air rifle. Good medicine for the little rat f***ers.
I also have a Whisper (a .22.) As a matter of fact, I didn’t just terminate a fuzzy with it this morning. They are pretty accurate as well. The back edge of my property is 40 yards from my garage door, it will hit a tennis ball sized target at that range with every shot, and carries enough energy at that range to still be effective (hypothetically of course).Squirrels have eaten through my cable/ internet lines 4 times, chewed their way into my attic twice, and gnawed through 3 brand new plastic trash can lids.
I eliminate the tree rats on sight with a Gamo Whisper 1300ft per second air rifle. Good medicine for the little rat f***ers.
Especially when they gnaw on the tube itselfI don't have a problem with squirrels or chipmunks eating what falls on the ground. I have a problem with squirrels which defeat the baffles and try to consume an entire tube of bird seed. ...
if i recall, squirrels will travel up to five miles away to find a reliable food source, i.e. your bird feeder.Roger that.
My point is if you have squirrel problems don't feed em.......take down the bird feeders. If you put piles of seeds out your going to have squirrels. I just find it odd that people that feed birds bitch about squirrels eating the food.....just doesn't make sense.
I general conversation at the club with a few old retured cops and lawyers
MA law says a firearm is anything that discharges a shot through a rifled barrel.
Or something to that effect.
It differs from federal law ?
And C. 269 S. 10 is what they will prosecute you for and it defines firearm differently . . . even a straw with a spit-ball qualifies under that definition.Mass. General Laws c.140 § 121
Firearms sales; definitions; antique firearms; application of law; exceptionswww.mass.gov
“Firearm”, a stun gun or a pistol, revolver or other weapon of any description, loaded or unloaded, from which a shot or bullet can be discharged and of which the length of the barrel or barrels is less than 16 inches or 18 inches in the case of a shotgun as originally manufactured; provided, however, that the term firearm shall not include any weapon that is:
(i) constructed in a shape that does not resemble a handgun, short-barreled rifle or short-barreled shotgun including, but not limited to, covert weapons that resemble key-chains, pens, cigarette-lighters or cigarette-packages;
or (ii) not detectable as a weapon or potential weapon by x-ray machines commonly used at airports or walk- through metal detectors.
the laws are made to be that much fun on purpose. otherwise, who would need lawyers?And C. 269 S. 10 is what they will prosecute you for and it defines firearm differently . . . even a straw with a spit-ball qualifies under that definition.
Stop covering your cable/internet lines in peanut butter.Squirrels have eaten through my cable/ internet lines 4 times, chewed their way into my attic twice, and gnawed through 3 brand new plastic trash can lids.
I eliminate the tree rats on sight with a Gamo Whisper 1300ft per second air rifle. Good medicine for the little rat f***ers.
I think this is what they where talking about?And C. 269 S. 10 is what they will prosecute you for and it defines firearm differently . . . even a straw with a spit-ball qualifies under that definition.
My neighbors know and don't care what I do. Talk to them.Neighbor needs to take a hikr
Couldn't you just say that you thought the blue jay was a ground hog, who also can be hunted year round?!My biggest worry would be a “poaching” charge if it were, say a squirrel shot out of season. Chipmunks on the other hand are good to “hunt” year round.
1st rule of pellet gun club…Just as stated above,
Can I legally shoot at A nuisance(s) around my bird feeders within 500 ft Of a dwelling and public street without SWAT showing up with a Air powered pellet rifle? Neighbor taking pics I can tell where this is going
I feel like the supersonic 'crack' carries further and sounds a lot more like a gunshot. This is even more noticeable with aSo I'm looking at a Gamo Whisper for pest control, chipmunks & flying squirrels. I know that .177 is more than adequate for my needs but have read that the .22 version is subsonic vs/ .177 which is not. Does it make enough of a difference sound wise to go w/ the .22 vs. .177? I'm pretty well shielded from my neighbor who would probably have a problem with it, but no sense attracting unwanted attention. My preference would be .177, all things being equal.
Super sonic is almost as loud as a 22lrSo I'm looking at a Gamo Whisper for pest control, chipmunks & flying squirrels. I know that .177 is more than adequate for my needs but have read that the .22 version is subsonic vs/ .177 which is not. Does it make enough of a difference sound wise to go w/ the .22 vs. .177? I'm pretty well shielded from my neighbor who would probably have a problem with it, but no sense attracting unwanted attention. My preference would be .177, all things being equal.
I have this one, that I have affectionately named Slayer. I keep it by the back door with a tin of hunting pellets near by. It is sublimely accurate and has a sweeeet trigger. It has dispatched more tree rats than I can count. But where it really excelled was the elimination of Grackle.So I'm looking at a Gamo Whisper for pest control, chipmunks & flying squirrels. I know that .177 is more than adequate for my needs but have read that the .22 version is subsonic vs/ .177 which is not. Does it make enough of a difference sound wise to go w/ the .22 vs. .177? I'm pretty well shielded from my neighbor who would probably have a problem with it, but no sense attracting unwanted attention. My preference would be .177, all things being equal.