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nedjulian t1_itrdalf wrote

We lived in Mt Pleasant in the 80’s. My dad was a teacher here but grew up on a farm in NY, so him and our neighbors would get hammered drunk and go out into the alleys with their dogs and their rifles (mostly 22’s) and scare out the rats with the dogs and shoot them. This was something he’d done growing up on the farm but was “even easier in the alleys” as he described it.

It was pretty wild but no one seemed to care because half the houses around us were abandoned.

Also a dog never got hurt/shot. An adult almost definitely got hurt but probably from falling down drunk.

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kidphc t1_itsjtsg wrote

There are professional ratting teams. Shockingly, most have wait list for openings. They are used by exterminators. Commonly for high rat population areas like dumpsters at the mall or by groceries. Done at night, off business hours.

They use some very expensive pcp air rifles with very expensive scopes (often ir or thermal).

They are very picky about who they let on. Don't want a stray .22 pellet going through someone's house window or body.

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Neilpoleon t1_itssaf3 wrote

Forget axe throwing, rat hunting should be the next DC bar concept.

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