# Shooting Mice with a Crossbow
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-mice-with-a-crossbow/464862
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 23, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-mice-with-a-crossbow/464862 "2008-09-23T17:00:07Z")
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-mice-with-a-crossbow/464862/1 "2008-09-23T17:00:07Z")
Not what you’re thinking!
This year I took Pepper Mill and MilliCal to the Salem Pirate Fair ( [Salem Pirate Faire (Tips, Local Guide)](http://www.bostoncentral.com/events/fair/p5480.php) ). Pepper had never been before, although I’ve brought MilliCal to several of these. Lots of anachronistic fun, shoved into a small space on Winter Island.
One of the things on sale was a tiny wooden crossbow, meant for shooting tiny marshmallows or Nerf Darts. We bought two – one for MilliCal and one for our immature friend for Christmas.
I was playing around with MilliCal’s last night. Not having any marshmallows or Nerf Darts, I was looking for something non-lethal to shoot. Since we have cats, our floors are littered with cat toys. Especially tiny cloth mice. I stuck one of these in, cocked the string, and fired. Hestia, our Teen Punk cat, was galvanized – the Mouse was Running! I gathered up the remaining mice and fired them off, one by one, to her immense delight.
I don’t think she’ll chase the marshmallows.
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### Author:  [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-mice-with-a-crossbow/464862/2 "2008-09-23T19:16:34Z")
Strangely enough, my first thought when I saw the title was pretty close in theme - at our Renaissance Faire, we’ve got a game called “Shoot the Pi-Rats” or something like that.