Exterminating common or sewer rats with fire arms as
a leisure activity.
This is a new competitive sport that is a fusion of
hunting an animal, which has a chance of survival,
in a field, with the pertinent scoring provided by
judges, together with the reflexes and calm required
for competition target shooting, combined with
stress relieving exercise, without forgetting about
the health and environmental aspects.
The main idea is
to enjoy yourself in competition with others, without
neglecting the aspect of controlling harmful rodents with a
natural and effective method.
How to
Play
Individual or
hunting in teams.
In the day-time version, the hunts are monitored by judges
and they come to an end when all the rats have been
eliminated from the field of action, or when they have got
away through the holes made on the edge of the field for
that purpose. If they do escape through the holes, they get
into another area that is designed to catch and keep theme.
The judges count the animals shot and score the kills
depending on the area of the field where they are shot.
These zones are marked with the relevant scores before the
hunt starts.
Important: There are different modalities for competitions
between two teams, in a league, where there are sets of 5
hunts for each match. The winner is the team to win the best
of the 5.
For individual
tournaments, with everybody competing against everybody else,
the winner of each match is the one that wins the best of
three hunts and everybody carries their score forward until
the end, when the final classification is decided on the
number of hunts won and the number of animals killed.
The number of rats per hunt will depend on the organisation,
championship or tournament.
Championships
are played over a period of 6 months or more and tournaments
can be one-day or weekend tournaments.
There is also a night-time version practised with infra-red
goggles or under spot lights, using the same regulations as
the day-time version.
Who can play?
Anybody with a
firearms licence, or similar in the case of foreigners, may
play.
The sport can be played as an individual or a team sport,
depending on the rules governing each field.
For amateur or free hunters, both individuals and teams, the
sets will be determined by the management of the field. The
duration and price of the hunt will also vary, depending on
the number of rats released into the field. The ideal number
is 3 to 5 rats per player, all released at the same time.
I would like to call on everybody with a firearms licence,
whether they have a gun or not, who takes part in other
shooting sports or hunting to try this new exciting sport
that has open season all year round at a very reasonable
price.
The equipment you need
The kind
of gun of course, will depend on the legislation in
force and the house rules of the shooting club or
gallery, although several calibres can be used. The
ammunition will be supplied by the shooting ground.
Notice must be given of any special calibres.
Comfortable clothing is recommendable.
The Management of the shooting grounds will require
every participant or shooter to identify him/her
self.
Where it is
played
Held in an
authorised and licensed shooting grounds, players may bring
their own private guns, or they may hire a weapon from the
club’s armoury.
The hunting ground shall have a diameter of between 40 and
50 metres and marked with concentric rings worth different
scores, like a target.
Staff
We are mainly
interested in people with a communicative profile and team
spirit who like extreme nature activities.
When you first come into this activity, you will be given a
series of lectures/talks to ensure that the grounds operate
properly.
An essential part of the training is to study the
rat in depth to prevent any problems as this is team
work.
The Staff of the grounds will work full time, but
there may be free lance workers too, like the rat
suppliers (trappers).
“Trappers”: bearing in mind the large number of
specimens required, this could be a well paid and
interesting job for many people or companies.
Trappers will be given a short training course to
enable them to do their job.
