How Not to Kill a Bat

A Minnesota man is in trouble after trying to use a .38 to kill a bat that got into his home. Apparently the bullets penetrated the walls of a nearby townhouse. If you insist on using a projectile weapon to kill a bat, I’d suggest an air gun. But really, bludgeons work fine on bats. When I had one in the house once, I just threw a trash can over it, scooped it up, and let it outside.

9 thoughts on “How Not to Kill a Bat”

  1. If you insist on using a projectile weapon to kill a bat, I’d suggest an air gun.

    Or at least shotshells. I know they make them in .38spl.

  2. Used a racket myself once. Some youg guys that worked where I do used to get in the attic of an old warehouse and play bat the bat, using 2x4s or whatever they could find.

  3. Maybe it was a vampire and he had silver .38 special bullets, to be, you know, environmentally friendly.

    Or, maybe he was just an idiot.

  4. We had a bat fly through an open sliding glass door in a hotel in the mountains one time during an intimate moment- a pillow swung like a bat killed the poor bat.

    Rule 4: Be sure of your target. Know what it is, what is in line with it and what is behind it. Never shoot at anything that you haven’t positively identified.

  5. He should have the home more thoroughly inspected – he may have bats in his belfry.

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