Yes... the bald faced hornets. If I could only find the nests! I got a few of them and thankfully it seems their numbers are decreasing.

 

My cure for those fellers was a 12 gauge shotgun, with birdshot, short barrel, and no choke. The spread at about 40 feet simply obliterates the nest. There is a fine rain of dust, and bee parts. That's it.

 

I'm sure that will work if there aren't any homes behind the nest. It lacks a certain elan though. One can always get inventive.

 

Anyone have luck making their own seals for the barn doors? I found replacements for the driver and passenger door, but nobody seems to make them for the others... tons of leakage

 

Great deal of soul satisfaction though. And I live out in the sticks, so, no danger of hitting anything else.

 

That's what the guys firing an AK-47 said when they were shooting in a creek bed a couple of years ago. A woman out in her horse barn over a mile away was hit in the hand by a ricochet bullet.

 

Major difference between a high powered rifle slug, and birdshot though....... after about 100 yards, the birdshot probably wouldn't even tickle.

 

Here's the old thermostat... stuck open or?

 

I was raised with firearms from an early age. I even thought about going for the Olympic Biathlon. I could put lead on target just fine. Even at long range over iron sights. That part was a natural. I've never been on skis in my life though so that sort of left me out. On the other hand, I never pull the trigger unless I'm pretty sure where the bullet is going. I once shot a dragonfly out of the air with a .22 at 30 feet on a dare. I felt a bit bad about that as it wasn't a threat to me and I wasn't going to eat it.

 

Definitely stuck open. The flat part with the spring against it ought to be up in the upper plate at room temperature.