Mr.Jingle Balls

Mrs.Shotgunner11

Mrs.Shotgunner11

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He's gonna die!

We have a possum that keeps getting in our yard! So the mr. went out and bought a pellet gun and now...........jingle balls is going down!

Night #1.........Chloe waiting for Mr.Jingle Balls

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Mr. Shotty waiting for Mr. Jingle Balls.

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Night #2

We were out practicing shooting tonight. I hope he shows up before then have Jingle Ball babies......

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Mrs.Shotgunner11 said:
He's gonna die!


Night #2

We were out practicing shooting tonight. I hope he shows up before then have Jingle Ball babies......


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Might want to get that shoulder behind the buttstock. I'll give you more of a consistant sight picture and control your recoil.
 
I have a "Have a Heart Trap" and I use tuna fish and peanut butter as lures which work so well. Try tuna & PB to lure the varmint in & take care of 'em then.
 
milani74 said:
Might want to get that shoulder behind the buttstock. I'll give you more of a consistant sight picture and control your recoil.
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I tried my friend, the Mrs. is of EXTREMELY small stature. This pellet rifle is just way too big for her.

I have a cricket .22 that just about fits her......just about.:D
 
We had one get in our office at work a couple years back. At first the possum just ran around a lot causing the ladies to climb up on top of their desk (pretty cool), but when we finally got it cornered the little bastard got mean as hell. The only way we managed to get him out was to turn a garbage can upside down and put it on him and sliding it on the floor until we got it outside. Be careful!
 
milani74 said:
Might want to get that shoulder behind the buttstock. I'll give you more of a consistant sight picture and control your recoil.
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honey........the rail on the fence behind me is the top rail of a 6 ft fence!:o

onado2000 said:
I have a "Have a Heart Trap" and I use tuna fish and peanut butter as lures which work so well. Try tuna & PB to lure the varmint in & take care of 'em then.
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sounds like an interesting combo...........i have no heart for him anymore....bastard!

GregFL said:
At first the possum just ran around a lot causing the ladies to climb up on top of their desk (pretty cool),
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and you looked up their skirts while you escorted it out right? lol
 
I generally try to leave possums alone, they don't cause me any trouble even if they are the ugliest creatures around. But if he has to go, he has to go. Those pellet rifles don't pack a whole ton of power, so make sure you get a good hit. What model is it? .177 or .22?
 
jsdvnc said:
I generally try to leave possums alone, they don't cause me any trouble even if they are the ugliest creatures around. But if he has to go, he has to go. Those pellet rifles don't pack a whole ton of power, so make sure you get a good hit. What model is it? .177 or .22?
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mr says it's a GAMO bigcat 1200 .177. he says he's taken a few possums w/ a pellet gun.

it should be entertaining!:D don't worry i'm going to hold the flashlight AND the camera!:D i'm a bit nervous about his plan though......i might stand on the patio table...................
 
I have taken over a dozen rabbits in the yard with the exact gun, a head shot should drop a possum with no problem, good hunting, and MRS. someone needs to get you out of the "chicken wing" habit. It will only improve your shooting. Might need something to rest the rifle on if it's too long.
 
I'm going to offer a different opinion here...I too used to be a possum hater and had no problem with letting my dogs have at 'em. After all, they're just big nasty rats right?

Well last summer I had my attitude changed when we actually rescued two tiny orphans (my Am Bulldog actually found one and brought it over to me like a good field spaniel!) and in the process learned a bit. They are actually very beneficial to have around and will control rodent populations as well as eat all kinds of other little nasties. Now, I'm much more careful about letting the dogs out in the yard after dark and if they manage to get one (they don't put up much of a fight before playing dead) I just make them "leave it" and hustle them in. Usually, the possum "wakes up" a little later, unhurt and ambles off. I have definitely noticed that when I don't see possums around, the rats will move in and when the possums are present, no rats.

So, with that said, do what you will, but keep in mind they are actually kind of good to have around if you can get past their ugly mugs. These days, I'm much more inclined to shoot a feral cat than a possum.

Anyway, here's some pics of my daughter and her friend with the two orphans. The other pic is one of them all cuddled up with a stuffed animal. We were able to get them stabilized (they were pretty much on death's doorstep when we found them) and then got them to a wildlife rehabber.
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you know........honestly........i'm more of a hand gun kind of gal but i couldn't go shootin that in the back yard to blow off steam... guess i should find more things to smash w/ the fubar.
 
Chloe's a good dog......she earns her keep.

BTW, Jingle Balls was a no show last night. I think he knows he's on the list!
 
Our cats when I was a kid weren't all that big, but they would catch possums much bigger than themselves and tear them apart (on the doormat of course). Savage little buggers.
 
MustardMan said:
Did you just suggest that it was important to control the recoil of a pellet gun? ;) :D :D :D
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Shooting as you know is every bit repetition. Learn a bad habit shooting a pellet gun will net you a bad habit when you pick up a 30-30. And even the muzzle of a pellet gun will "move" on you. The more stable you can get that gun, (any gun) the more accurate you will shoot.
 
Spenceds said:
and MRS. someone needs to get you out of the "chicken wing" habit. It will only improve your shooting. Might need something to rest the rifle on if it's too long.
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This is very much a full sized pellet gun. It's stock is half an inch longer than my .30-06 bolt action. The Mrs. has pretty fair form with my Marlin .30-30 and 10-22, this thing is just a bit too big for her.

Billy516 said:
I'm going to offer a different opinion here...I too used to be a possum hater and had no problem with letting my dogs have at 'em. After all, they're just big nasty rats right?

SNIP......
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I'm very much a live and let live kind of guy for the most part. These possums are proving themselves to be quite the PITA.

They've ripped up my trash as well as that of my neighbors, they eat all my cats food as well as sneak into the garage to scavenge the cat food and lastly, we have a little min-pin thats about half the size of the male possum. Were he to tangle assholes with them, I'm pretty sure he'd come out worse for the wear.

I enjoyed their antics for a little while, assuming that they wouldn't find enough food in my yard to keep them coming back but that just hasn't been the case. Now that there's a breeding population living on my property, action must be taken.

The pellet gun is a good investment around here due to the armadillo infestation as well. Those little buggers are nothing but trouble, eating all my plants, digging up all the bulbs and digging holes under the fence big enough for evil midgets to use to envade, or my dogs to get out.
 
I here ya bro. Didn't realize they were causing that much of a problem. I'd do the same if I were in your shoes. Had to do in a big gator a few years ago in our neighborhood who ate one of the neighbor's little dogs. Dang thing shot up out of the canal and snatched the dog from her feet! A few nights later, I was able to hit it with a head shot from a .22 LR. Thing exploded up out of the water and then disappeared. We never did recover the body, so not sure if I actually killed or not, but I know I hit it.

Destructive pest animals need to be dealt with severely.
 
Those gators and crocs have extremely heavy bone structure including their skulls, it would have to be a hell of a well placed shot with a .22 to penetrate.

Not saying you couldn't do it.

Hopefully, if you didn't kill it, you let it know it wasn't welcome.
 
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