I will also add this
have you ever heard of shell crackers?
there basically a 12 ga round that will shoot a M-80 like fire cracker about a 100 yrds or so, and then it goes off, NOT quit as loud as an M 80, but they work great to be able to get something closer to ?? without them seeing you, so they tend to learn the area is BAD< over its YOU that are scaring them off
can be shot out of any 12 shotgun that can have a Cylinder bore choke in it, or open choke
(won't work in tight choked barrels, they will get hung up or??)
but there about 40-50 bucks a box, and might be cheaper than a Pellet gun?
but I know you said noise was a issue, but once ina while?? and again NO projectile to worry about passing thru or ??
here is a link to them, there actually made for scaring wild life
there also a lot of fun, I sold thousands of them over the yrs LOL
http://margosupplies.com/public/canadian1/scare/12_gauge_carts.htm
and a video to show you how they work!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9447hStwLdg
have you ever heard of shell crackers?
there basically a 12 ga round that will shoot a M-80 like fire cracker about a 100 yrds or so, and then it goes off, NOT quit as loud as an M 80, but they work great to be able to get something closer to ?? without them seeing you, so they tend to learn the area is BAD< over its YOU that are scaring them off
can be shot out of any 12 shotgun that can have a Cylinder bore choke in it, or open choke
(won't work in tight choked barrels, they will get hung up or??)
but there about 40-50 bucks a box, and might be cheaper than a Pellet gun?
but I know you said noise was a issue, but once ina while?? and again NO projectile to worry about passing thru or ??
here is a link to them, there actually made for scaring wild life
there also a lot of fun, I sold thousands of them over the yrs LOL
http://margosupplies.com/public/canadian1/scare/12_gauge_carts.htm
and a video to show you how they work!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9447hStwLdg