Having recently found both my old blowgun and my old wrist-rocket, I thought the time might be right to start practicing with one or the other for the sake of taking along on hunts in case a squirrel should decide to make my presence known. This blowgun is of the shorter variety of cheapos. I know that with practice it can be pretty accurate, but I have no idea how it would handle a big squirrel. I know you can buy 'stun' darts - would those be more effective? I don't need the sound of a dying squirrel (although the thought of attracting a coyote doesn't seem so unattractive). So - does anyone have any experience with this? Which of these 'toys' would be the better item to bring along? Follow-up question, I have some old shot ammo for the wrist rocket but they're all rusty. What can I soak them in to clean them up? Anyone else have any tactics they use to deal with noisy squirrels (outside of just arrowing them ?
well i bought a blow gun for fun and my buddies and i have killed a squirrel with one. but i never thought of taking it to the woods.
does shooting squirrels and amadilloes and other pesky critters ruin a hunt or do ya'll shoot whatever as long as you keep a couple of arrows.
I carry a fold up wrist-rocket and pocket of white marbles you can get from wall-e for under $5 before a squirrel get to the barking stage i send him a soft warning shot to send him away before he gives my location away. works well
I a shot a squirrel at my birdfeeder in the head and he dropped right there... but i was using the needle type darts that came with it! Good Luck man!
I have a high powered airgun that im bringing with me this year. Drops um hard. The sound is just like a twig snapping.. deer wont be able to associate it with anything but another deer entering the field.
I had a woodpecker wrecking my Mountain Ash tree years ago so I shot him with a blow gun dart that had a little plastic broadhead on it. I got full penetration but the dart stopped at the cone that was mounted on the back end that gave it good compression in the tube. The pecker flew off and I saw him flying around the back yard a few times a day for the rest of the summer. Yellow cone sticking out one side and little black broadhead sticking out of the other. Didn't seem to bother him a bit. I think it bothered me more than it did him.
I'd be worried that shooting squirrels would create too much commotion to stand any chance of having a nice buck come in range.
^x2. I brought a pistol air gun one year mnay years ago and right after I shot a tree rat I was bust from behind by a deer. So just try not to move around to much.
