Well, my first post I talked about shooting hornets, flies, and ants at 25 yds with my Beeman S9 break barrel in .20 cal and it was a cheap varmint hunt. What I came to discover was the S9 wasn't accurate enough for me. It is not so cheap anymore because I have come addicted and needed a air rifle that was accurate and easier to shoot than the S9 break barrel. Also, I was wearing out my left 79 yr old arm. A local was out of the business of air rifle competition so I offered to purchase his gear after a short "try it out" session. I could not believe the accuracy of his two PCP air rifles, a Walter 300 and a Feinwerkbau P-70. I purchased them both along with the air bottle to recharge them which has upped the cost per hornet shot. But unlike powder, bullets and primers, pellets and air are avaiIable. It is still cheaper than shooting prairie dogs and gophers and anybody can do this in their own back yard.
Attractors: I have tried hamburger on a tgt but the hornets weren't attracted to it that much. I have tried different jams like huckleberry, strawberry, peach, and others without a lot of success. I read where sugar water and vinegar mixed together would work. Apple juice was added. That mixture worked but not real good. I found refills to hornet traps worked really well and mixed that in with the sugar water, vinegar. and apple juice. I spray the tgt with that mixture over the huckleberry jam and here the hornets come. I try to spend at least a couple of hours a day on the days I can shoot and in those hours I get about a shot a minute average. I am up to over 600 hornets, ants and flies equal to a two day prairie dog shoot, again in my own back yard. I love it. But like all good things, hornet season is coming to an end.
Dave
Attractors: I have tried hamburger on a tgt but the hornets weren't attracted to it that much. I have tried different jams like huckleberry, strawberry, peach, and others without a lot of success. I read where sugar water and vinegar mixed together would work. Apple juice was added. That mixture worked but not real good. I found refills to hornet traps worked really well and mixed that in with the sugar water, vinegar. and apple juice. I spray the tgt with that mixture over the huckleberry jam and here the hornets come. I try to spend at least a couple of hours a day on the days I can shoot and in those hours I get about a shot a minute average. I am up to over 600 hornets, ants and flies equal to a two day prairie dog shoot, again in my own back yard. I love it. But like all good things, hornet season is coming to an end.
Dave
