cracker shells for 12 ga

[bigdog454]

where can i purchase some cracker shells? I would like to get 10-20 of them. I found one place that had them for $3 each but their shipping and Hazmat fees were over $90. Hazmat fee was $70, which I thought was excessive. I am having a problem with critters getting into my crops.
thanks BD

[rancher1913]

unless you have an explosive permit, you cant. you can get what they call "bird bangers" but you need the special launcher, they wont work with a shotgun like the old cracker shells did. you can make your own and there is a thread on here explaining how to do it but unless you can get pyrotechnic powder they just dont have the same ummphh that the store bought crackers had.

[Texas by God]

Sutton Agricultural web site shows them to be available.

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[G W Wade]

They used to be available from Game & Fish up here but I don't know if they still have those programs. A call to your G&F might find a program that would provide them for free. GW

[rancher1913]

Sutton Agricultural web site shows them to be available.

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looks like they changed the law as of 2019 and you can get them again as long as you sign a statement and give all your personal info to them. might be worth it to have them again.

[Geezer in NH]

You will also need an explosives magazine logbook for when used and for the checks that the magazine requires. My son is a wildlife control operate [states designation] and figures not worth the hassle. Uses the small ones that do not require that bull. So does the States own CO's.

[bigdog454]

Thanks everyone for the info.
BD

[super6]

I have seem other people use those shells And all ways thought about what they were made of, A m80 packed Into a shot shell?