Re: [Paddlewise] Mosquito's

From: <mcguire_at_cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:05:21 -0500
We've had some success in this area with surplus Phalanx close-in
weapons systems (a 20mm radar-controlled gatling doodad).  Although some
of the skeeters have been resistant to individual rounds, the impact
usually knocks them into someone else's back yard.

<Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com> wrote:
 >Similar to duck hunting, we'll take a few male mosquitoes down with
 >some buckshot and have the dogs retrieve them.  Once we get them home,
 >we'll tie some rope to their legs and hang them upside down from the
 >trees.  When the other mosquitoes see that carnage, they usually move
 >on.


Tommy McGuire
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