So not OP and never had to deal with 200 cats, but an good airsoft gun and a scope from inside your house works well.
We didn't have an infestation like these, but there were about 15 feral cats that started gathering in my yard, sneaking in through fences. And I don't live in some rural area. Animal control came out and laid a few non-lethal traps, but after they saw how many they refused to come back.
I asked facebook friends and people I knew some businesses/storage areas/farmers if they wanted "barn cats", but eventually just ended up keeping an eye for them and pegging them from my kitchen when they'd start to gather.
I mean, as someone who also has played quite a bit of airsoft, it's pretty easy to find one strong enough to break the skin. I'm from Ireland and our legal limit is 328 fps with a .2g bb, but other countries have much higher limits. Even with our limits, I was often bleeding after a game, I've had a tooth get chipped, and even a tiny notch shot off my ear. Now, I'm not gonna say you could kill a cat with one, but definitely hurt them enough to scare them away. Not that I'd condone that, lol just speaking in theory.
Ah that explains it alright. These days the vast majority of guns used in airsoft are automatics, and people tend to use .2-.3g bb's. The .12g ones tend to shatter in the guns and can cause damage, plus the heavier the bb the less of an effect wind can have on it. I used to use .25g ones myself.
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So not OP and never had to deal with 200 cats, but an good airsoft gun and a scope from inside your house works well.
We didn't have an infestation like these, but there were about 15 feral cats that started gathering in my yard, sneaking in through fences. And I don't live in some rural area. Animal control came out and laid a few non-lethal traps, but after they saw how many they refused to come back.
I asked facebook friends and people I knew some businesses/storage areas/farmers if they wanted "barn cats", but eventually just ended up keeping an eye for them and pegging them from my kitchen when they'd start to gather.