need a powerful Airsoft gun

[StygShore]

My inlaws are having problems with deer eating thier flowers on their property and wanted me to get them a cheap paintball gun that they could shoot the deer with to get them to leave ( darned tree huggers - mmmm Venison )


I was thinking airsoft might be a better option, the rounds are cheaper, they keep longer, the guns are cheaper, blah blah blah

Could anyone recommend a airsoft gun that has great range and doesnt cost a fortune?

I would prefer a battery powered one if they shoot far enough over the green gas ones.

I know very little about airsoft guns, and figure someone here mght be able to help, or have one sittign around they dont use anymore.

Thanks

Styg

[CKY_Alliance]

My inlaws are having problems with deer eating thier flowers on their property and wanted me to get them a cheap paintball gun that they could shoot the deer with to get them to leave ( darned tree huggers - mmmm Venison )


I was thinking airsoft might be a better option, the rounds are cheaper, they keep longer, the guns are cheaper, blah blah blah

Could anyone recommend a airsoft gun that has great range and doesnt cost a fortune?

I would prefer a battery powered one if they shoot far enough over the green gas ones.

I know very little about airsoft guns, and figure someone here mght be able to help, or have one sittign around they dont use anymore.

Thanks

Styg

I would just get a pump-up BB gun, when fully pumped they can shoot with the power of a 22. (or one of those bigger guns..Idk guns)

[DevilMan]

I would do a google search for AirSoft forums and go there as you'll get better info from those that use em....

I'd also suggest airsoft but I'm not sure the little balls will be felt by the deer that much... they are quite resilient to those things...

One thing you can do is get hair clippings.... When ya get a hair cut... and put it in a small basket or in some "leederhosen" and hang it out around the area.... The scent usually keeps em away.... just a few options...

If ya shoot em they may just get used to it then you'll have to upgrade to somethin more threatening....

Let me know when ya do... I'll help ya skin em...



DM

[Spider-TW]

Maybe a spyder and some reballs?

[frischtr]

I would just get a pump-up BB gun, when fully pumped they can shoot with the power of a 22. (or one of those bigger guns..Idk guns)

Agreed... A decent pump BB gun with some nice, fat wadcutter pellets will do better than an airsoft gun, and it may be cheaper anyway.

[txaggie08]

A JG or echo1 AEG will do it for around 100$.


Contact rick at Kastwayairsoft.com, great guy. I have a JG m16......the thing will spray 200 .20 gram BB's at about 17rps @350fps on the stock mag/guts.

[Muzikman]

Do not be shooting deer with high powered BB/Pellet guns or even paintball or air soft.

Shoot them dead or leave them a lone.

Find out if the township has an antlerless bow season (though most likely over by now).

[StygShore]

shoot em up...

Do not be shooting deer with high powered BB/Pellet guns or even paintball or air soft.

Shoot them dead or leave them a lone.

Find out if the township has an antlerless bow season (though most likely over by now).

The reason they want to shoot them with a paintball gun ( NOT PELLET ) is to scare them off the property - My Mother-in-law has huge gardens set up throughout the property and the deer have come off the hillsides and onto their property to eat from the gardens - their property is fenced, but its not hard for a deer to clear a 6 foot fence.

As far as hunting season.... it's in rural South Dakota, they could walk out and blast them with a high powered rifle pretty much year round if they really wanted too. They are not big meat eaters, and dont want to kill the deer, just keep them out of the gardens.

Styg

[rawbutter]

I would just get a pump-up BB gun, when fully pumped they can shoot with the power of a 22. (or one of those bigger guns..Idk guns)

What he said. You can get a cheap air rifle from Walmart for $40. It will do the trick.

When I was a kid (and I'm ashamed to admit this) I regulary shot at my neighbor's horses (because she was NOT a nice neighbor). To my knowledge, the horses were never seriously hurt, but man did they run, even from a cheap 300 fps BB gun.

[Muzikman]

Paintball gun is not going to keep a deer away.

There are quite a few different deer repelants out there. I would try one of them.

Another thing to do is change what they grow. Seer will only eat things they like.

A third thing, get a salt lick. Place it way out in the corner of the property. Deer will flock to it instead of the garden (as long as there is other things in the area to actually eat).

[warbeak2099]

Yea listen to Muzik. Shooting deer with a pb or bb gun is just cruel. It's not going to keep them away either.

[Spider-TW]

Yea listen to Muzik. Shooting deer with a pb or bb gun is just cruel. It's not going to keep them away either.

It's definitely true that if you want to keep them away by using some sort of projectile, you have to be around almost 24 hrs a day to apply force. Feeding them might work for a while, but if you keep providing a garden and feed blocks, your deer problem will get worse.

Stinky stuff like egg sprays, hair, coyote scent, etc. works for a while too. It's all a form of pressure on their habits. If you push long enough, they will stay at the neighbor's house . There's plenty of suburban areas overrun by whitetails. High fences and dogs (that dig gardens) are about the only thing to keep them away with any results. DO NOT get a fence with decorative iron spikes on top.

Are we talking mere gratification in chasing them off or remediation?

-edit-

Styg, what's the weight of the varmints we're talking about here? Are these the 100-150 lb or 200-300+ variety?

[StygShore]

nope, simply remidiation - trying to give my mother in-law a way to chase the deer off so they

A: aren't eating her gardens
B: aren't eating the horses food
c: aren't drawing coyotes onto the property

Coyote problem started about 5 days after the deer problem. Coyotes get the real gun - We were wonderring if the new property owner behind them has been putting bait piles out on some shared property to draw them in to hunt, and they found her gardens in the process.

I'm not looking for a lesson in morality and don't wanna hear "you'll shoot your eye out kid" - I'm simply looking for a decent airsoft gun to scare them away - they wil not be shooting metal pelets, or the plastic BB's, they will be using the biodegradeable rounds or paint pellets.

If I had my choice, we would shoot them and have backstraps for dinner....


Styg

Edit: They are the small variety - SD has weird small scraggily deer and giant jackrabbits.

[Spider-TW]

Are airsoft pellets commonly biodegradable? I haven't seen that many laying around mixed use fields, now that I think about it, but I didn't think it was because they were biodegradable.

[StygShore]

Are airsoft pellets commonly biodegradable? I haven't seen that many laying around mixed use fields, now that I think about it, but I didn't think it was because they were biodegradable.

yup

http://www.airsplat.com/Items/B2-2000-BIO-Bot.htm