Ant8681 Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Phoned up the head gardener of my main permission last night to ask if it was ok to have a mooch in the morning, he was happy for me to go but asked me to try and get a squirrel that was in the main part of the garden, I said ok but thought that there was not much chance of shooting a particular tree rat. I set off at 5am and had a walk around the boundaries and baited up my stations, I had two shots at unsuspecting pigeons but it seems at that time of the morning I cannot shoot straight or my ranging of distances in trees ( any tips would be appreciated!) needs some work coz I missed them both completely!A bit peeved I headed on into the main garden and took my position under a tree next to the gate where the squirrel had been seen. Half an hour passed and I hadnt seen much movement then I heard a noise like an asthmatic making prank phone calls, I slowly turned to look down the path to see a HUGE badger running right at me, I tucked in behind the tree and he steamed past me no more the 2 foot away, amazing! I settled back down and five minutes later I could hear the tell tale noises of a squirrel hopping through the bushes, I caught sight of him about 50 yards away comming towards me, I readied the hw100, when he got to the gate 30 yards away, he paused for a second too long and he tumbled to the ground with a crossman in his noggin! Chuffed that I had achieved what the gardener had asked of me and my stomach shouting at me for breakfast I headed home, on the way I bumped into the gamekeeper and got talking and now I have a load more weekday beating for myself and my dog when the season starts, double result!! http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r559/Ant8681/DSC00231.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiDriver Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 How many asthmatics do you know who make prank phone calls :unsure: :blink: Did you leave the squizzer for the head gardener chappy ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant8681 Posted June 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 How many asthmatics do you know who make prank phone calls :unsure: :blink: Did you leave the squizzer for the head gardener chappy ? My dad! I take the squirrels to sell but leave the gardener the tails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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