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I know it's not "big game" but this might give me something to do this summer.

http://bugasalt.com/

Anybody ever use one of these? I'm ordering one today
 
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1. If you're fast enough, you move your hand behind them and make a grab and catch them. Then you throw them hard into a hard object and then step on them. You can also put a little detergent into a toilet bowl and throw them in their.

2. If you prefer a little more gore, take a large rubber band and cut it so you have a long straight piece of rubber. Then use it to snap them.

3. An electric fly swatter works pretty well.
 
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rubber band gun in the house or just a good old fly swatter.

Out side on the target anyone of my varmint rifles. Kind of neat to wings around the bullet hole.
 
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I've got the flyswatters, rubber band guns and have caught them with my hands but that bug a salt gun looks fun and different.

Did y'all see the video where he tested the salt spray pattern against aluminum foil? I think I would start with flies and Mosquitos and then graduate to dangerous game like wasps and yellow jackets. I cannot imagine the adrenaline rush of standing there and facing the charge of a wasp. I think if I wing a wasp I could follow him up and provoke a charge and then could video the action and sell it! So many possibilities for naming the videos

Yellow and Black Death

Death by the Quarter Ounce

In the Face of Getting Stung

Stung

Death by Allergy

Anaphylactic Death

Wings of Death

Basically, these flying insects could choose the way they want to die
 
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Originally posted by drummondlindsey:
I know it's not "big game" but this might give me something to do this summer.

http://bugasalt.com/

Anybody ever use one of these? I'm ordering one today


I bought a dozen of these and gave them for Christmas presents. They were well received and are great fun. I'm looking forward to defending our picnics from all the dangerous flies this summer. (BTW, box elder bugs and lady bugs seem to be wearing armor and require more than one shot!) You can also use them to salt your mashed potatoes.

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Damn you Drummond! I've got to get one of those.


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Damn you Drummond! I've got to get one of those.


Dont buy yet! If we buy 2 we get a break. I'll order em and have them delivered to my place
 
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Damn you Drummond! I've got to get one of those.


Dont buy yet! If we buy 2 we get a break. I'll order em and have them delivered to my place


Sounds good! We can whack 'em and stack 'em when you come up for the pig roast!


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Man, that looks like fun!
 
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a spitball in an old daisy air pistol was my weapon of choice, that is until the wifes lampshades got in the way. chit - it had to go the way of the benelli, #4 buckshot, crat, and the weber grille
 
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I shot a lot of flys off the walls of
the milking shed with my BB gun.
After I'd run out of spiders and sparrows...
 
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That's awesome, just wait until some kid gets expelled for taking one to school. Smiler
 
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Did y'all see the video where he tested the salt spray pattern against aluminum foil? I think I would start with flies and Mosquitos and then graduate to dangerous game like wasps and yellow jackets. I cannot imagine the adrenaline rush of standing there and facing the charge of a wasp. I think if I wing a wasp I could follow him up and provoke a charge and then could video the action and sell it! So many possibilities for naming the videos



WARNING: I have some experience at this and I'm here to tell you that no matter how good of marksman you and your group are, and no matter how good of a skirmish line you maintain....some will get through!

Another member of this Forum (who I will not name as the Statute of Limitation on this issue isn't real clear) initiated me into their gang of bug shooters. These guys were hard core and went after dragonflies using smoothbore .22's and birdshot cartridges. When dragonflies action slows up we'd entertain ourselves with grasshoppers and then targets of opportunity (wasps).

Doesn't take much to piss wasps off and then you better have 'withdraw to cover' plan in place especially if their back-up starts arriving. (Bonus points if you can remember to evacuate the cooler with you when you withdraw).

I know you want to live on the edge but do not, under any circumstances, mess with hornets! If one of your pals gets a 12 gauge and points towards a hornet nest in the tree and says anything like 'Hey guys..watch THIS!' or 'Get ready!'...leave the area immediately and find the truck. Leave the cooler!
 
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Not sure about house flys, but I killed several cockroaches in my rental on my first day of occupancy in Flour Bluff, TX (just South of Corpus Christi) until my landlord agreed to have his "roach free" unit exterminated. He was on the phone while I was shooting (I did tell him to take his ear away from the phone)...

I had more of a temper back then ...

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The Bugasalt holds 50 shots. After July 1st. will it be illegal in Colorado?


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A Fly Swatter !!!!
 
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The Bugasalt holds 50 shots. After July 1st. will it be illegal in Colorado?



Probably not.It holds 50 shots.New York,New Jersey and California are screwed also. shame
 
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I catch them and then crush them...



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Drummond,
Have you placed your order yet? I will take 2!


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Drummond,
Have you placed your order yet? I will take 2!


I have not! Where are you located? I'll put you down for two and I'm sure I can find 2 more guys that want one so I'll order 6 this afternoon.
 
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I am in centennial, near the cherry creek reservoir. Leaving town for awhile, be back on the 16th.


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I am in centennial, near the cherry creek reservoir. Leaving town for awhile, be back on the 16th.


No shipping! Perfect! I ordered 6 today so I'll let you know when they come in so we can meet up
 
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My personal weapon of choice most commonly ends up as a rolled up towel. It's definitely more of a challenge!

Still, the most enjoyable means of dispatching them is watching my dog do it. She's relentless!


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