Originally Posted by Doug1943

A small footnote here, to help in the propaganda war against the anti's: nature has a fixed carrying capacity. It cannot
maximize everything.
ut a bird feeder, and even label it "Birds Only", but rats and squirrels either can't read, or just ignore it.
sounds like you are too impatient to wait til the rat is still. put out food or water . when they stop to eat or drink take your head shot . drt for sure. iv killed many rats with my $20 chinese [pawn shop] under lever .have to fish them out of the bird water thats on the ground.






i hav a bird water on the ground
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So you can have lots of birds and few or none of rats and squirrels, or few or none of birds, and lots of rats and squirrels.

If you want the former, you have to shoot the latter. So if someone asks what you use your air-rifle for, say you're
increasing the number of birds.