mons meg
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Traditional Southern wisdom dictates thou shalt not kill a mud-dauber wasp, as they do not defend a nest like the paper wasps and are good at controlling other insect populations. Paper wasps, however, get NBC treatment.
What caliber for wasps?
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I once emptied my pump shotgun into a big 'ol tree where wasps had made a huge nest.
HINT: if you see a couple hundred wasps on the OUTSIDE of the tree, there's about a MILLION more inside.
HINT #2: they WILL be angry when you blow the crap outa their nest w/ birdshot.
HINT #3: If you run fast enough, you'll only get stung 30 or 40 times!
HINT: if you see a couple hundred wasps on the OUTSIDE of the tree, there's about a MILLION more inside.
HINT #2: they WILL be angry when you blow the crap outa their nest w/ birdshot.
HINT #3: If you run fast enough, you'll only get stung 30 or 40 times!
shooting time
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I just leave paper wasps alone and have no problems. I've only been stung once or twice when inadvertently disturbing a nest--my careless fault. Plus, it's interesting to watch paper wasps hunt caterpillars--quite a vivid and gory sight. (And many of the latter can become serious pests of plants if their numbers are left unchecked.)
Working Man
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What caliber for wasps? 
Be a shame to shoot her.
Be a shame to shoot her.
Novus Collectus
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Zoogster, first of all one could use .50 AE blanks or ratshot, second of all I never said to fire in the air and finally I suggested it reductio ab absurdum any way. If anyone could not tell it was a joke to the point to go out and by a $1,200 pistol and try it, then I seriously doubt they are intelligent enough to own a gun anyway and my mention is the least of their problems.
I understand you want to promote safe gun handling, but I wish you read my post with more care first howeever. I never suggested any of the items you describe and not only was what I posted obviously a joke and an incredible stretch to suggest it was promoting irresponsible gun use, if you will notice if you read it again that at the least you should have seen it was a hypothetical if not seen as the harmless humour it was.
Belgiboy
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7.62X54R muzzleblast from a mosin nagant m38 or m44 will burn them from about 25 ft away
packingdressagerider
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Re: Wasps
What caliber for the Wasps that come out of nowhere? I had one nail me twice this summer.
It seemed like it was stalking me. It seemed like it was every where I went. Much later, I discovered one had built a sizeable nest on the driver's side car door latch. After the bee incident, I started going out to the car wearing a bee suit! Just recently, I noticed when I checked under the hood, that there were two more nests started. But I had on my bee suit, so I knocked them both down with my cane.
What caliber for the Wasps that come out of nowhere? I had one nail me twice this summer.
It seemed like it was stalking me. It seemed like it was every where I went. Much later, I discovered one had built a sizeable nest on the driver's side car door latch. After the bee incident, I started going out to the car wearing a bee suit! Just recently, I noticed when I checked under the hood, that there were two more nests started. But I had on my bee suit, so I knocked them both down with my cane. MD_Willington
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On Saturday I had the unfortunate experience of not only being stung but also bit within 3 inches of my "man-bits" by a dopey yellow jacket whilst I was doing 50 MPH down a back road... Hilarity did not ensue, I did have my PT111 on me at the time, but I used my size 10 shoe instead to stomp the bugger while it lay on its back on my trucks floor board.
CypherNinja
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What caliber for wasps?
RoadkingLarry
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I was gonna suggest Tactical Nuclear Device but now I wont becasue there might be some one try to take me seriously.....
Joe Demko
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Pyrethrum is THE magic bullet when it comes to insects. A single tiny droplet, so tiny it is barely visible to the naked eye, is fatal should it land anywhere on an insect. I saw this with a carpenter bee. The droplet landed on one of the bee's antenae. It took it about 15-20 minutes to completely stop twitching, but it did kill the bee. Larger amounts work more quickly. Hose a nest of hornets with pyrethrum and they drop straight to the ground and never get back up. A couple other good things about pyrethrum is it doesn't linger in the ecosystem and it isn't particularly toxic to kids or pets.
trueblue1776
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Pyrethrum is a mum extract if I remember correctly, I believe it is only effective against mites, aphids, scale, (leaf feeding pests) etc.
Joe Demko
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Pyrethrum is extracted from flowers, but it is effective against a wide variety of insects. When combined with related compounds called pyrethroids (synthetic and not nearly as "green") there is a synergistic effect that really hammers insects. For use around the house, I favor a straight pyrethrum extract. It's safe for kids, pets, etc. and breaks down very quickly.
Spectracide Wasp and Hornet killer (27 foot jet spray). Worked well for me but the can don't last long. Fogger sprays are sometimes better, but shorter ranged.
I could live with paper wasps, but not on my house. I have to mow and I can't be sure they won't get mad when I push the mower by.
At my gun range, there was a small nest in the cover of the light switch on one of the pistol ranges. Only a couple wasps there, but it still made me jump when I tried to turn on the red light to get targets set up. Since I volunteered to kill wasps, I had to take care of it later on.
I could live with paper wasps, but not on my house. I have to mow and I can't be sure they won't get mad when I push the mower by.
At my gun range, there was a small nest in the cover of the light switch on one of the pistol ranges. Only a couple wasps there, but it still made me jump when I tried to turn on the red light to get targets set up. Since I volunteered to kill wasps, I had to take care of it later on.
waterhouse
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If you take some old jelly (new jelly works, but it seems more wasteful) and put it on some foil out on your deck you can practice picking them off one at a time them with an air gun. Fun for hours.
Ditchtiger
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Maybe use a Beehive round from a 155mm.
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Last time I was at the range, a wasp started buzzing around the muzzle of my 1911 when I brought it up on target.
Being the sadistic individual that I can sometimes be, I waited until he landed on the end of the barrel and touched of a round.
The muzzle blast from 230gr Blazer Brass had good effect if I do say so myself. Nothing left but some scorched paper like material floating in the air.
Hutch
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I flippin' HATE stinging insects of any persuasion. Don't tell me about the benefits of this variant or that sort. They all salute the same flag. I realize it's a pho-bee-uh, but so what?
"Nuke 'em from orbit, it's the only way to be sure"
BTW, google up yellowjacket traps. Good ju-ju there.
"Nuke 'em from orbit, it's the only way to be sure"
BTW, google up yellowjacket traps. Good ju-ju there.
Harley Quinn
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This has always worked for me
http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fop_w_h_k.asp
They are a real problem around horses. Need them gone. I don't mess with honey bees. They are your friend.
http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fop_w_h_k.asp
They are a real problem around horses. Need them gone. I don't mess with honey bees. They are your friend.
Kimber1911_06238
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For insects, use raid.....on white anglo-saxon protestants.... i think .45 acp should do the trick
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