Show me yours and I'll show you mine,... BAIT STATION ! (Pic heavy)

[OleTomCat]

Thanks Al. I believe it is stock and all original. Built in '71, it still holds air just fine and shoots hard. I have not even taken the action out of the stock since I bought it. Only had it a couple weeks. So far it has taken this rat and a possum.

I like this one so much I bought another. It should be delivered tomorrow or Tuesday. If it shoots good, it will probably go to Mac1 for the full steroid treatment plus a Gen II Brake.

Best $140.00 I ever spent was getting my Dan redone by Timmy, I should have opted for the Brake too but I didn't and I regret it...

[cwlongshot]

Thanks Al. I believe it is stock and all original. Built in '71, it still holds air just fine and shoots hard. I have not even taken the action out of the stock since I bought it. Only had it a couple weeks. So far it has taken this rat and a possum.

I like this one so much I bought another. It should be delivered tomorrow or Tuesday. If it shoots good, it will probably go to Mac1 for the full steroid treatment plus a Gen II Brake.

Best $140.00 I ever spent was getting my Dan redone by Timmy, I should have opted for the Brake too but I didn't and I regret it...

I was just saying that same thing...  I have another that's probably going to visit uncle Timmy.   THAT ONE WILL GET A BRAKE!!!!!!!!!!!

CW

[Gertrude]

It was a pretty Dang Good I.F.A.R.T. Therapy Day for Benjihunter and Tri-5-ron,...
 ... not so good of a day for the "Furry and Feathered Fiends,...

[BenjiHunter]

Yep, it was really fun.
Enjoyed every second.
Thanks, Ron!!!!

[Bwalton]

Man you guys are having all the fun! lol what a great day!

[cwlongshot]

It was a pretty Dang Good I.F.A.R.T. Therapy Day for Benjihunter and Tri-5-ron,...
 ... not so good of a day for the "Furry and Feathered Fiends,...

GOOD JOB GUYS!  LOOKS LIKE A LOAD OF FUN.

CW

[Railbuggy]

Good read. I started on page one this morning.

[454ho]

Ready to give this another try. My 'battlefield' is a property I am renovating in Houston, about 150 miles from my home. Will be heading out tomorrow after lunch. Plan to get camp set up first, and then put out some fresh bait. Gonna use the same Cherioes and peanut butter mixture as before, and supplement with some sliced up hotdog wieners. mmmmmmmm

[Gertrude]

Good read. I started on page one this morning.

Mike , did you read this entire thread ? There's some pretty funny stuff.

Ready to give this another try. My 'battlefield' is a property I am renovating in Houston, about 150 miles from my home. Will be heading out tomorrow after lunch. Plan to get camp set up first, and then put out some fresh bait. Gonna use the same Cherioes and peanut butter mixture as before, and supplement with some sliced up hotdog wieners. mmmmmmmm

Greg,
 Good luck with your second battle.
May you Perforate many Pests  I was thinking it might be a good idea to turn those cinderblocks so that the holes are also facing your shooting position. That way the Little Lead Catchers cant hide in there if they get spooked.


This Sunday, I will be returning to the Goat Farm, and taking my daughter.
 She wants to try her hand at Bustin' some Brain boxes, with the "Black Widow".
 (that's what she named her modified Mrod)
 We won't be getting there until around 1:30 in the afternoon, so hopefully the GS's will not all be napping.
Wish us luck !

[454ho]

Greg,
 Good luck with your second battle.
May you Perforate many Pests  I was thinking it might be a good idea to turn those cinderblocks so that the holes are also facing your shooting position. That way the Little Lead Catchers cant hide in there if they get spooked.

This Sunday, I will be returning to the Goat Farm, and taking my daughter.
 She wants to try her hand at Bustin' some Brain boxes, with the "Black Widow".
 (that's what she named her modified Mrod)
 We won't be getting there until around 1:30 in the afternoon, so hopefully the GS's will not all be napping.
Wish us luck !

Hey Ron, I thought about that too, but then I thought maybe I should slip another board through the blocks to sit on top of the divider. That would be like a second stage for the rats to play on.

BTW, your post reminded me I need to stop by HF tomorrow morning and pick up another ding-donger for perimeter control.

Oh, and good luck with your 'hunt' this weekend. Hope you daughter bags some big ones!!

[454ho]

Heard a few ding dongs Friday night. First performance started at about 1:30am, then the encore at 3:45am. Each time I got up to look, the performer darted off stage. Severe case of stage fright I guess. After that I turned the donger switch off.

Yesterday decided to simplify the stage a bit. I removed the cinder blocks completely and just nailed the donger board to the lower fence rail. Also took away the backboard as it provide too easy of an escape route. Then I rotated the whole stage 180 degrees to put the bait cup closer to the fence pickets. I also adjusted the lighting so that it was directly in front of the window I peep out of.

Got set for a repeat performance last night. Sure enough the show started right about the same time as the night before. This time however, I was ready. And here is the star of the show -





Curtain closed, lights out and all was quiet for the rest of the night. 

Still using the Blue Streak at 4 pumps, but I switched to a JSB Diabolo 13.73gr to see how they perform... deadly!!

[BenjiHunter]

Great shooting!!!
More of that!

[deliminator]

Heard a few ding dongs Friday night. First performance started at about 1:30am, then the encore at 3:45am. Each time I got up to look, the performer darted off stage. Severe case of stage fright I guess. After that I turned the donger switch off.

Yesterday decided to simplify the stage a bit. I removed the cinder blocks completely and just nailed the donger board to the lower fence rail. Also took away the backboard as it provide too easy of an escape route. Then I rotated the whole stage 180 degrees to put the bait cup closer to the fence pickets. I also adjusted the lighting so that it was directly in front of the window I peep out of.

Pictures. We love photos. See and learn of the new set up

[454ho]

Pictures. We love photos. See and learn of the new set up

Sorry, did not take a pic after I changed things up. Maybe next weekend when I get back to Houston. In the meantime, here is a pic of the original configuration with the changes marked.



1 - Removed the red X's - cinder blocks, backboard, perch
2 - Relocated the upper board with 'donger' to the lower fence rail
3 - Flipped the base board 180 so that the yellow bait cup is in the back close to the fence

Prior to mods, wiley rat would either hide behind backboard, inside the cinder block, or just disappear into thin air. I really don't know how he got away so quickly. After mods, rat would run along fence, grab morsel, then run to the base of the nearest fence post to consume. See that little clump of green leaves to the left in the photo? Behind that is where I shot the little bugger. I could barely make him out, so shot placement was pretty much a SWAG.

For some reason I do not understand, this particular rat had like a sixth sense. They are not supposed to be able to see red, but he was obviously skittish of my red lighting and wanted to be behind cover. Also, eventhough I did not have any lights on inside the house, as soon as I approached the window to look out he would bolt. There is a streetlight in front of the house, so perhaps a little bit of light behind me created enough of a sillouette the he saw something and spooked.

Rat #1 that I killed two weeks ago was a cake-walk compared to this little guy.

[Bwalton]

Pictures. We love photos. See and learn of the new set up

Sorry, did not take a pic after I changed things up. Maybe next weekend when I get back to Houston. In the meantime, here is a pic of the original configuration with the changes marked.



1 - Removed the red X's - cinder blocks, backboard, perch
2 - Relocated the upper board with 'donger' to the lower fence rail
3 - Flipped the base board 180 so that the yellow bait cup is in the back close to the fence

Prior to mods, wiley rat would either hide behind backboard, inside the cinder block, or just disappear into thin air. I really don't know how he got away so quickly. After mods, rat would run along fence, grab morsel, then run to the base of the nearest fence post to consume. See that little clump of green leaves to the left in the photo? Behind that is where I shot the little bugger. I could barely make him out, so shot placement was pretty much a SWAG.

For some reason I do not understand, this particular rat had like a sixth sense. They are not supposed to be able to see red, but he was obviously skittish of my red lighting and wanted to be behind cover. Also, eventhough I did not have any lights on inside the house, as soon as I approached the window to look out he would bolt. There is a streetlight in front of the house, so perhaps a little bit of light behind me created enough of a sillouette the he saw something and spooked.

Rat #1 that I killed two weeks ago was a cake-walk compared to this little guy.

They cant see red that well but the red lights are inside the visible spectrum. Red did work for a while.. they are smart and will adapt quick, I had the same problem, and in this video it will show just how adaptable they really are! This one in particular learned to recognize the sound of the ding dong! I had to design a night vision set up to get him, so yes I had to adapt also
In the video you will see him come in to the right and pass across the ding donger, when he hears it from inside the house, cause I was standing inside the sliding glass door to the backyard, as he heard it , he made a quick retreat! So I waited to see if he would come back, but he went around the ding donger and was sitting there eating to the left! WITHOUT the ding donger going off!
Now that is incredible! The video is 7min long but you can forward to the action at 2:20 you will see him cross the ding donger, then at 6:01 you will see him to the left just eating away! without night vision I would have never known he was there!

[BRAAP]

CEO of IFART linked this thread in another thread, how'd I miss this?...  Great bait stations, hilarious beer induced ramblings, hoping to refine my station with help from you all. 


Application for membership with attached photo resume, some references are vintage, others recent.

Bait station;
In short my lovely wife of 25 years marriage wanted the Raccoons dispatched so I came up with the idea of using a HF Driveway alarm couple months back, works awesome, 3 raccoons before the end of Raccoon season here, and 4 opossums thus far, thought my idea was novel and cutting edge, little did I know it has been in use by many others for quite some time already. Hope you all don't mind if I implement some of your ideas into refining my bait station. Details of my bait station here;
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=67376.0

Here's the bait station in original form, has since been moved 4 yards out next to the tree.


Some of of the Opossums;








Starling count this year is over 120, (competition my father started sot see who can get the most starlings in year, my wife thinks the shot calender is sick).

Vintage experience is rats on the Rat Safari back in '06-'08. come out with 50+ rats per hunt.







Good story about my Icelandic hunting partner going one night in shorts, sneakers and booty socks, short version is he wounded a rat on the walk way, it ran back toward us, he stomped on it to kill, stomped on its @@@, it reached up and bit him on the ankle! Short hunting night that night, we never let him live it down, bought a Rat trap and attached to the bottom of FlipFlop for him wear hunting, the great Icelandic Rat Dancer,...
The rat that fought back;

[DougGuy]

Here's my first bait station, I designed it so I could point the open part of it where it was likely to have the critter facing the shooting station.  I wanted to slow them down and make them work at getting the bait and so far that part works great.  Ol' possum was trying to bite through the wire, he was pretty much all he could muster trying to tear the wire off. 

I can clean it out with the garden hose, and refill the can with a spoon through the holes in the wire.  So far, it's working good.  I am replacing a red dot with a decent Leaper's scope right now so I have suspended night hunts until I get new optics.

[BenjiHunter]

Great idea.
Nice bait station!!
Ron, he's worthy member of I.F.A.R.T, don't you think.

[Gertrude]

Great idea.
Nice bait station!!
Ron, he's worthy member of I.F.A.R.T, don't you think.

as soon as he posts pesky perforated pest pics !
 Now say that 3 times really fast !     

[Matt15]

?. What is I. F. A. R. T. ? How do you become a member?
Matt