Set up a white piece of paper today with some beef blood on it and this guy was the first to come by. I'm actually having trouble attracting flies outside. I thought it'd be easier. I've tried all manner of concoctions and this is my second day with this and only one I could get to light on the paper. Benjamin Kratos by @Airgun-Revisions AA 16gr pellets and Athlon scope at roughly 22yds. One shot one kill. Wish more would come. What works better? They are trying to carry me off laying here. Maybe I should switch positions with the target lol.
Fly splatter
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I almost took out a fly at 123 M on Friday, that's 134 yards.
But all i did was make a .177 mark on the metal roofing plate right next to the fly, so the fly i am sure was killed by the splatter as it dropped strait down.
Still not a proper kill.
But for once i was happy the slug did not make a hole in the plate, CUZ this small slugs and that distance, even with a 30 X scope, well a hole are much more easy to see VS a impact you can hardly see on the light grey roofing plate.
The wind while fairly moderate, well at 123 M i got pushed around none the less, so zeroed for a little wind with no wind i was a inch or two to the left of my aim, and with a gust i was 1 - 2 inches to the right of my aim.
But i was very happy to see my Two was more or less just making a line of impacts / holes with very little fluctuation up and down.
Also got quite a few shots in where i read my 2 vind vanes just right and so my shot landed right where i was planning for it to land, that i have to admit is very gratifying.
But all i did was make a .177 mark on the metal roofing plate right next to the fly, so the fly i am sure was killed by the splatter as it dropped strait down.
Still not a proper kill.
But for once i was happy the slug did not make a hole in the plate, CUZ this small slugs and that distance, even with a 30 X scope, well a hole are much more easy to see VS a impact you can hardly see on the light grey roofing plate.
The wind while fairly moderate, well at 123 M i got pushed around none the less, so zeroed for a little wind with no wind i was a inch or two to the left of my aim, and with a gust i was 1 - 2 inches to the right of my aim.
But i was very happy to see my Two was more or less just making a line of impacts / holes with very little fluctuation up and down.
Also got quite a few shots in where i read my 2 vind vanes just right and so my shot landed right where i was planning for it to land, that i have to admit is very gratifying.
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Good stuff.
Tacking a piece of bologna on the target works well. A piece of cantelope or watermelon rind will bring in the yellow jackets.
Cheers,
J~
Tacking a piece of bologna on the target works well. A piece of cantelope or watermelon rind will bring in the yellow jackets.
Cheers,
J~
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I'm sure that would work and the thought crossed my mind but don't think I could handle that.
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I use a rag damp with milk. Works groovy.
They like carbon dioxide. Your breath draws them to you.
They like carbon dioxide. Your breath draws them to you.
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Honey
It is based on the fact that flies are attracted to honey, which has been used to bait fly-traps for centuries.
It also appeared in Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack, 1744:
Yeah I’m smart like that
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I tried milk on paper and that didn't work. Pancake syrup, sugar water, vinegar (why not), MTN dew, dr pepper, but I didn't try honey as I'm out.
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It needs moisture. A rag damp with milk it is great. Maybe the paper dries too fast.
They like holes. They walk right up to the pellet holes and check them out.
Put it in the sun but next to some shade. They are thicker under eaves, trees and such.
I trapped flies for a fly control experiment. We put black plastic balls under juniper trees. Hooked them up to Co2 bottles. The flies smell the Co2 and go up into the ball. We put the flies in Chinese takeout boxes and then onto pig poop fortified with nutrients. A few days later poured the whole mess on a screen and washed the poop through screening out the maggots. Irradiated the maggots with gamma radiation that sterilized them. Incubated the maggots. Loaded the new flies into Chinese takeout boxes. Took them up into an airplane and dumped them over the Gila wilderness.
If you play the shade they will come out for a milky rag. They have moods. When the temps and barometric pressure is right you will have lots of targets. You just have to hit that sweet spot. Try moving the target. They like overhead stuff like eaves or tree branches.
It's hunting man. You gotta learn their basic habits just like any other critter. Otherwise you just get the odd fly that happens by.
They like holes. They walk right up to the pellet holes and check them out.
Put it in the sun but next to some shade. They are thicker under eaves, trees and such.
I trapped flies for a fly control experiment. We put black plastic balls under juniper trees. Hooked them up to Co2 bottles. The flies smell the Co2 and go up into the ball. We put the flies in Chinese takeout boxes and then onto pig poop fortified with nutrients. A few days later poured the whole mess on a screen and washed the poop through screening out the maggots. Irradiated the maggots with gamma radiation that sterilized them. Incubated the maggots. Loaded the new flies into Chinese takeout boxes. Took them up into an airplane and dumped them over the Gila wilderness.
If you play the shade they will come out for a milky rag. They have moods. When the temps and barometric pressure is right you will have lots of targets. You just have to hit that sweet spot. Try moving the target. They like overhead stuff like eaves or tree branches.
It's hunting man. You gotta learn their basic habits just like any other critter. Otherwise you just get the odd fly that happens by.
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I moved my cardboard box from full sun at the creek to over next to my garage about 8ft away. When I moved it right next to the building I got more on paper. I agree I think the paper dries too fast and they like moist stuff instead of dry. When all was said and done I had 4 down out of about 10 shots. One I winged and had to go step on.
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I was on a fly killing spree last month. Killed two within two hours. Fly number two was feeding on fly number ones guts on my target so he, too, became one with the paper.
Two weeks go by I popped fly number three and basically cut him in half and half of him is still stuck below where he got hit. So all three were at a hundred.
Then a few weeks go by and I decided to pull my FX crown out that I hadn’t shot since the EBR last October. I wanted to see if it was still spot on as I use it for the 50 yard bench event. First shot told me it was still spot on with Fly number four at 50
I’m not the best of shooters, far from it. But what puts the smile on my mug is knowing my equipment and gun is spot on to be able to do that
Two weeks go by I popped fly number three and basically cut him in half and half of him is still stuck below where he got hit. So all three were at a hundred.
Then a few weeks go by and I decided to pull my FX crown out that I hadn’t shot since the EBR last October. I wanted to see if it was still spot on as I use it for the 50 yard bench event. First shot told me it was still spot on with Fly number four at 50
I’m not the best of shooters, far from it. But what puts the smile on my mug is knowing my equipment and gun is spot on to be able to do that
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Spring fly hatch. Four old guys shooting at hundreds of flies at 10Y. I was cheating by using a Steyr Prox semiauto 
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you guys need some frogsSpring fly hatch. Four old guys shooting at hundreds of flies at 10Y. I was cheating by using a Steyr Prox semiauto
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One shot one kill on a yeller jacket this morning that landed on milk soaked paper towel. Bonus. (Yes I said yeller). Low right of cross hairs at about 28yds.
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^ You're in NC, aren't you? (The accent gives it away.) My grandparents are from Burnsville. I'm named after the great grandad that had a farm there.
J~
J~
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