Carpenter bees and Red Ryder

[thanker92]

I had a bad problem with carpenter bees attacking my deck. I tried all sorts of sprays etc. but I found a better solution..... target practice with my old BB gun..... So far I've gotten 22 of them (5 on the fly) and I've really put a dent in their population. If anyone is looking for a cheap and entertaining way to pass some time....this is worth a try.
( The ones that buzz you are the males (yellow face) and they're harmless...no stinger..the females (black face) have a stinger but I can find no record of anyone ever being stung by one.)
I have a fear that this will become popular and the government will step in and start regulating it.

[son of the revolution]

I had a bad problem with carpenter bees attacking my deck. I tried all sorts of sprays etc. but I found a better solution..... target practice with my old BB gun..... So far I've gotten 22 of them (5 on the fly) and I've really put a dent in their population. If anyone is looking for a cheap and entertaining way to pass some time....this is worth a try.
( The ones that buzz you are the males (yellow face) and they're harmless...no stinger..the females (black face) have a stinger but I can find no record of anyone ever being stung by one.)
I have a fear that this will become popular and the government will step in and start regulating it.

Better not let PETA see this !! Thats cruelty to animals dont you know ? Your wholesale slaughter of poor defenseless and apparently homeless insects with your assault rifle is a sure indication of everything wrong in society .

[thanker92]

The bad part is that it takes so many to make a decent meal.

[ReconLdr]

Just make sure you do it during "Bee Season" and you are wearing your blaze orange vest.

Really sounds like a lot of fun though.

[dc dalton]

Wish it was that easy for us. Those damn things come back every year and eat holes in our eves (2 stories up), make nests and then shit (yes they shit) out the hole that stains the white paint up there. I have shoved steel wool in the holes and then filled them with caulk and the damn things still do it.

Anyone that has any great ways to stop these pricks PLEASE let me know, I will be forever in your debt.

[thanker92]

Plinking all day with an old Red Ryder mod- 1938 is what got me started in shooting almost 60 years ago and I found out it's still a blast!!! I thought about using my Droz blackbird but that seemed like overkill.

[Alchymist]

Tennis racquet .....makes a very satisfying thunk....

[thanker92]

Wish it was that easy for us. Those damn things come back every year and eat holes in our eves (2 stories up), make nests and then shit (yes they shit) out the hole that stains the white paint up there. I have shoved steel wool in the holes and then filled them with caulk and the damn things still do it.

Anyone that has any great ways to stop these pricks PLEASE let me know, I will be forever in your debt.

I searched online and the experts say to use a dust...it coats the females and the larvee as they leave and kills them.

[GoldWinger]

I found out the hard way that pressure treated wood doesn't bother them since they aren't eating it. Constant vigilance.

[Emptymag]

Wish it was that easy for us. Those damn things come back every year and eat holes in our eves (2 stories up), make nests and then shit (yes they shit) out the hole that stains the white paint up there. I have shoved steel wool in the holes and then filled them with caulk and the damn things still do it.

Anyone that has any great ways to stop these pricks PLEASE let me know, I will be forever in your debt.

What he said.

I hate the crunching noise and little piles of sawdust on my front porch.

They make me crazy. Very fast when they need to be.(no pun intended) Hard to hit with spray when flying and even when I spray stuff up into the hole it doesn't seem to matter.