Carpenter Bee Load

[kopperl]

Think I'll try salt in my air rifle.

[StrawHat]

Here is some additional information!

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/arch...p/t-30536.html

[labradigger1]

He he, i'm glad i am not the only one who does this. POW!
lab

[David2011]

My load for rattlesnakes is very similar. The differences are that I use .45 Colt and don't seal the top wad but roll crimp it. The bottom wad is teh black foam from a grocery store meat tray. The top wad is a .45 caliber gas check. It's deadly on snakes to 15 feet.

David

[Screwbolts]

Instead of lead shot you can use the very fine pasta that is used for salads. Acini di-pepe

[Lee]

Been doing the same thing for years. A Lee scoop of 3-4 grains of mixed up mystery powder, (floor sweepings, leftovers, etc) in a .45 Long Colt case, primer hole enlarged so the primers don't back out. A styrofoam wad on top of the powder, then corn meal, corn cob, or ground walnut hulls, then a larger styrofoam wad on top to hold it all in place. Shootin' in a replica Peacemaker, it's deadly on them buggers out to about 6'. Hit dead center they disappear in a yellow mist. Great fun. (Color the bases to keep 'em seperate from your normal loads. Oh, and not as easy as you think. Sobers ya up real quick to your shooting/aiming/reaction time skills!!!!
Deadly on carpenter bees, don't hurt windows, house, siding.(Unless you do point blank!, never tried it!)
Side benefit is that anyone driving past sees this nut out there waving a gun around and shooting it off.
I haven't been bothered by Jehovah Witnesses since I started doing this.................. Heh Heh

[cr2]

Glad to see so many have already thought of this. I really like the idea of using something other than lead shot. I've got some walnut shell, and am gonna try rice and pasta. This will give me something to do when I follow my wife into the grocery store. Also gonna try reducing the powder way down to 1 or 2 gr.

[GP100man]

I use grits over 2gr. of clays , has enuff to reseat the primer .

I think I`m gonna try drilling a few cases & try a shotgun primer by itself .

PS: with grits, at 12" from a painted facia board it did`nt ruffel the paint ! Don`t ask how I know ! LOL

GP

[leftiye]

Try something like cornmeal. I've wiped out whole paper wasp nests with some bullseye and cornmeal, wax over mouth of case. Course I let 'em have all six as I didn't want any escaping to sting me. Maybe plastic pellets (small balls)?

[jonp]

this board and site sucks. Everytime I make plans for the weekend along comes a thread like this with tons of interesting things guys have done and my weekend is shot again.

Walnut media and wax? Seed tapioca? Uncooked rice? Cornmeal? Grits?

[Texantothecore]

Daisy lever action bb gun works well on red hornets. They blow up real good. Lol.

Lots of fun on a slow Saturday afternoon.

[N4AUD]

We used to catch them when I was a kid by knocking them down with a broom. The other day I was at the reconstructed fort at Wilderness Road State Park, and there were white faced carpenter bees everywhere. One of the female interpreters (re-enactor) was clearly alarmed by them but I showed her they can't sting. She thought they were bumble bees, but I told her to look for the white face, and that bumble bees had a black face and can sting. I have some around my outbuildings but I've never tried killing them.

[Mumblypeg]

We used to catch them when I was a kid by knocking them down with a broom. The other day I was at the reconstructed fort at Wilderness Road State Park, and there were white faced carpenter bees everywhere. One of the female interpreters (re-enactor) was clearly alarmed by them but I showed her they can't sting. She thought they were bumble bees, but I told her to look for the white face, and that bumble bees had a black face and can sting. I have some around my outbuildings but I've never tried killing them.

Hummm..... I had one sting me.... maybe he was an infiltrator.....

[gwpercle]

No wonder the bee population is in decline. What with no daily limit, and no season you guys are wipeing them out.
I prefer to let them pollinate my garden and fruit trees.
Gary

[cr2]

The honey bee population is in crisis....not the carpenter bees.

[tiwimon]

This is very cool, going to have to put my Mr Miyagi chopsticks down and load up some 38 or 357 for one of my Wiley Clapp GP100's

[Pb2au]

No wonder the bee population is in decline. What with no daily limit, and no season you guys are wipeing them out.
I prefer to let them pollinate my garden and fruit trees.
Gary

I will have to check the ODNR regs to see what the legal season on them is, plus bag limit.
My dog seems to enjoy them. He is also not the brightest bulb in the pack......

[Pb2au]

Wait, shouldn't this thread be in the Hunting with CB's section?

[Blammer]

Well a great reminder for me! I had a few "shot" loads all ready to go!

First I took the kids BB gun out and killed two after about 20 shots. It was fun, but then I wanted to get proficient.

Out came the 357mag and pop pop pop, thinned it out quick!

[mac60]

We used to catch them when I was a kid by knocking them down with a broom. The other day I was at the reconstructed fort at Wilderness Road State Park, and there were white faced carpenter bees everywhere. One of the female interpreters (re-enactor) was clearly alarmed by them but I showed her they can't sting. She thought they were bumble bees, but I told her to look for the white face, and that bumble bees had a black face and can sting. I have some around my outbuildings but I've never tried killing them.

I believe the males can't sting, but the females can.