suburban shooter

Got three

Used to shoot squirrels with .22 springer. Moved on to a PCP in .177 it was like I was cheating. 177 got stolen, replaced it with .22 PCP I want to go back to cheating !!!

Bruno that was by far the most well written account of a day's squirrel shooting that I have read in a good while. Keep up the good work and the good prose. ss

Oh mate sorry to hear . You need to recruit a protege or apprentice to help you out but good to hear that you are carrying on the good work. Have you worked out how far they are coming from ? Last conversation that we had you were surprised that they were making it as far as your wood. All the best, SS

52 weeks of the year. They disperse from breeding areas April May and August September so you get loads moving through your perms that don't stop for more than a day to feed. So kill them as you see them ; some people talk about leaving some for future sport but they are not like rabbits. They set up residence for the Winter in area that they have stashed food in to keep them going till this time of year. Autumn is when they collect food and gorge themselves to build up body fat so easiest time of year to shoot them in large numbers if you target the natural food trees eg hazel,oak,sweet chestnut,horse chestnut. Sycamore gets them foraging on the ground all Winter and this time of the yearon the buds. Hope this helps

When my son was a toddler Nana would take him to a local park with a small fishing lake in it so that he could watch the men fishing and feed the ducks. Sometimes there was a heron that would stand on the opposite bank to the people and do his own fishing. My son was fascinated with the heron. One day when he was five he walked around the lake/pond and got within 20ft of the heron and lay down to watch it. He then spent an hour crawling up to the bird with the fishermen and Nana all saying that the heron would soon fly off . My son got so close that he stretched his arm out and stroked the back of the heron and then crawled back in reverse. The bird just looked at him and then turned round back to his fishing. Not a shooting story but certainly one of appreciating wildlife and fieldcraft. As always a cracking shot you have taken GG thanks for sharing.

Ultrastu 1st time that I have heard you mention sectional density . I am struggling to find squirrels at the moment but got three magpies with .22 Powapels this afternoon, Walker 570 has interested me in Webley Mosquito Express as they are only.05 of a grain heavier than Accupel or Powapel

Simplicity is genius really good design. Nice one.

.22 or .177 best for shooting haggis ?

Got three at my mum's exactly one year to the day that I started hitting them here and so that makes 27 from here and 151 total for the year. 3 + 1777 = 1800

Scattering seed around the trap attracts the birds which lets the squirrels know that there is food there they also feel safe when birds are feeding.

BC and velocity and weight and sectional density are all important factors. if you leave one of these factors out you are always gong to argue.

Gosh they are small must be a late brood . You must be in high teens since you started getting them in your garden. I bet that you thought that there were only a few to go at as well !

Mice I'm following on from the previous page (2) I think