Airgun Technologies Weihrauch fly trap

crowski · Sep 29, 2023

My wife put a half water melon at my 20 yd mark. It’s been there almost a week. Does it ever attract Horse flies, House flies and wasps. Before lunch I nailed 35 flies and 7 wasps. A new record for me.

Some only got wounded, missing antenna, close shave, missing a few legs, what a blast, revenge.

Must have been good water melon, helped him digest it.
‘The machine that did all the damage….HW50 black .177. Put a Vortek spring in this puppy. JSB 8.44 grain. Deadly combo.

I actually got the idea from a member on this forum to shoot bugs. Love it. There is so much satisfaction. Flies land on the rocks around the melon, big mistake.
The melon is always working. When ever I see it getting busy, walking or drive by, blackie is near by. Doesn’t take long to clear them out. Crow
Any of you have any inventive ideas to attract these pests?

dgeesaman · Sep 29, 2023

looks great. I smeared pie on a target one day last month to try and attract flies but they just weren’t into it. Watermelon seems pretty good for that. Wasps and flies are nice but killing horseflies would get me up earlier every morning.

.20calguy · Sep 29, 2023

crowski said:
My wife put a half water melon at my 20 yd mark. It’s been there almost a week. Does it ever attract Horse flies, House flies and wasps. Before lunch I nailed 35 flies and 7 wasps. A new record for me. View attachment 392783Some only got wounded, missing antenna, close shave, missing a few legs, what a blast, revenge.View attachment 392787Must have been good water melon, helped him digest it.
‘The machine that did all the damage….HW50 black .177. Put a Vortek spring in this puppy. JSB 8.44 grain. Deadly combo.View attachment 392789 View attachment 392795 I actually got the idea from a member on this forum to shoot bugs. Love it. There is so much satisfaction. Flies land on the rocks around the melon, big mistake.
The melon is always working. When ever I see it getting busy, walking or drive by, blackie is near by. Doesn’t take long to clear them out. Crow
Any of you have any inventive ideas to attract these pests?

I do bugs quite a bit.
Yellow jackets with fish carcasses.
Wasp in the pool with Red Ryders
Flying Capenter bees with the Red Ryders.
Wasp where ever they land with a clear background with what ever I have in my hand.
Next I'll try water melon.

Zut · Sep 29, 2023

crowski said:
My wife put a half water melon at my 20 yd mark. It’s been there almost a week. Does it ever attract Horse flies, House flies and wasps. Before lunch I nailed 35 flies and 7 wasps. A new record for me. View attachment 392783Some only got wounded, missing antenna, close shave, missing a few legs, what a blast, revenge.View attachment 392787Must have been good water melon, helped him digest it.
‘The machine that did all the damage….HW50 black .177. Put a Vortek spring in this puppy. JSB 8.44 grain. Deadly combo.View attachment 392789 View attachment 392795 I actually got the idea from a member on this forum to shoot bugs. Love it. There is so much satisfaction. Flies land on the rocks around the melon, big mistake.
The melon is always working. When ever I see it getting busy, walking or drive by, blackie is near by. Doesn’t take long to clear them out. Crow
Any of you have any inventive ideas to attract these pests?

Try a can of cat food! Hornets love that stuff. Of course it's be a shame if a neighbor's Muffy got in your way. LOL

crowski · Sep 29, 2023

I’ll have to remember to get a tin of meow mix. I had the melon in same spot for almost a week. It’s crazy how busy it is. I just nailed 37 more flies and 5 wasps in no time.

This guy I shot twice. First shot smoked a few legs and stunned him. When he limped in range again, vaporized. Crow

Windmill01 · Sep 29, 2023

Crow the back of that melon must have some serious ventilation going on. Watch out for ricochets.
Gary

Mycapt65 · Sep 29, 2023

Yeah you might die from a bb gun ricochet.

cjtamu · Sep 29, 2023

Windmill01 said:
Crow the back of that melon must have some serious ventilation going on. Watch out for ricochets.
Gary

“You’ll put your eye out kid”! Ha ha ha ha ha.

r1lover · Sep 29, 2023

Sounds fun. Watermelon on our next camping trip for sure, maybe even in our back yard. No cat food! Let's not entice a pet to get stung.

Deerstalker · Sep 29, 2023

I was climbing up into my tree stand one 0-dark-30 early am and I put my hand down on a bunch of sleeping hornets. We all got to tussling and I dropped my small flashlight before I could call a draw to the fight. Needless to say it was a very painful morning sit as I was stung several times. I also lost my coffee Thermos which fell out of my pack and I didn't want to climb back down and retrieve it or the flashlight. All I saw that morning was a few tree rats BUT it was still a memorable hunt. This is the stand.

crowski · Sep 30, 2023

Windmill01 said:
Crow the back of that melon must have some serious ventilation going on. Watch out for ricochets.
Gary

Thanks. I took your advice and threw some plywood up. Crow

The Mellon is turning into a pan cake.

Mycapt65 said:
Yeah you might die from a bb gun ricochet.

Our worse break a window. Crow

r1lover said:
Sounds fun. Watermelon on our next camping trip for sure, maybe even in our back yard. No cat food! Let's not entice a pet to get stung.

The more rotten the fruit the better. Any fruit will work. I just went and took this picture. Easily 20 on it when there. Non stop shooting. Crow This is easily my favorite target.

I smeared juices on the boards behind. Crow

Deerstalker said:
I was climbing up into my tree stand one 0-dark-30 early am and I put my hand down on a bunch of sleeping hornets. We all got to tussling and I dropped my small flashlight before I could call a draw to the fight. Needless to say it was a very painful morning sit as I was stung several times. I also lost my coffee Thermos which fell out of my pack and I didn't want to climb back down and retrieve it or the flashlight. All I saw that morning was a few tree rats BUT it was still a memorable hunt. This is the stand.

Thanks for sharing. I had something similar back in the 80’s. Crow

dgeesaman · Sep 30, 2023

And sometimes they’re just a dumb fly who lands in a dumb place. I was doing tuner adjustments on my 22LR benchrest rifle this morning when a big fly landed exactly where they shot was going to land. I made sure to not miss the opportunity. (Then I sent the next four through the same hole)

crowski · Oct 1, 2023

I was zeroing my HW 30 .20 at 20 yds. for tomorrow. Big trouble. Threw in one last lead in because it’s getting dark. A huge wasp lands on the melon. Nailed him shot his abdominal and thorax off.

This is 5 min. later and he’s walking away. Now that’s tough. He looks pissed. Crow

Deerstalker · Oct 1, 2023

Deerstalker said:
I was climbing up into my tree stand one 0-dark-30 early am and I put my hand down on a bunch of sleeping hornets. We all got to tussling and I dropped my small flashlight before I could call a draw to the fight. Needless to say it was a very painful morning sit as I was stung several times. I also lost my coffee Thermos which fell out of my pack and I didn't want to climb back down and retrieve it or the flashlight. All I saw that morning was a few tree rats BUT it was still a memorable hunt. This is the stand.

In front of tree stand about 15 yards.

Frogy · Oct 1, 2023

Deerstalker said:
I was climbing up into my tree stand one 0-dark-30 early am and I put my hand down on a bunch of sleeping hornets. We all got to tussling and I dropped my small flashlight before I could call a draw to the fight. Needless to say it was a very painful morning sit as I was stung several times. I also lost my coffee Thermos which fell out of my pack and I didn't want to climb back down and retrieve it or the flashlight. All I saw that morning was a few tree rats BUT it was still a memorable hunt. This is the stand.

I’ve had 1 too many in counters with ground hornets. they always win the first battle. but hardly ever survive my revenge

fishing43 · Oct 2, 2023

crowski said:
Thanks. I took your advice and threw some plywood up. Crow
View attachment 393089The Mellon is turning into a pan cake.

Our worse break a window. Crow

The more rotten the fruit the better. Any fruit will work. I just went and took this picture. Easily 20 on it when there. Non stop shooting. Crow This is easily my favorite target. View attachment 393095
I smeared juices on the boards behind. Crow

Thanks for sharing. I had something similar back in the 80’s.

fishing43 · Oct 2, 2023

Nice hornets nest at 25 yards from patio, I’m thinking about putting a Crow special attract in place. Thanks for the idea Crow!

beerthief · Oct 2, 2023

hmm i have a piece of watermelon , been in the fridge since b4 Fla trip .

crowski · Oct 2, 2023

fishing43 said:
View attachment 393654
Nice hornets nest at 25 yards from patio, I’m thinking about putting a Crow special attract in place. Thanks for the idea Crow!

. Put some plywood behind and smear with melon or syrup. Bring lots of ammo. Good luck
All together I shot 130+ flies and 15 wasps. Wicked
Went out end of day to rip some lip. Crow

beerthief said:
hmm i have a piece of watermelon , been in the fridge since b4 Fla trip .

Last three days were insane, covered in bugs. Must be an expiry, because today nothing. So don’t let it sit too long, Crow

beerthief · Oct 3, 2023

I am having the deck re-done , and i shoot under the screen porch ,under the deck ,then out to 48 yards . But since their are workers doing the deck i can't shoot normal , so ill slide the water mellon down the slope and shoot what ever lands ! Thank your wife for the idea. Stan in KY

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