il cacciatore Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1497162006 Spotted this artical in the paper today. This is too little, too late I'm afraid. What exactly are we supposed to do now; so late in the day? Is this just a wake up realisation now of the eventual extinction of our native red squirrel? What do you think of this? Should we just accept the grey squirrel as a native britsh species now after being in this country for over a century and the virtual (or eventual) extinction of the red squirrel? Found this artical of how vicous squirrels can be: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4489792.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poacher Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 kill every grey squirel for the destructive vermin they are ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 you guys want some red ones i can ship a load over, they are all loading up for winter here now,so getting a little dopey, usualy got 5 or 6 in the back yard eating their nuts you should see them go at the Magpies Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roe doe Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 on the estate where my dad is the keeper he is seeing as many reds as greys now but that with heavy trapping and shooting of the greys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Fox Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Nail the b**tards ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 I always shoot them when I see them on my shoot, even to the point of ignoring everything else if I'm following one. They are smart little ****, always hiding round the other side of the tree! If I had a shotgun, they wouldn't last. Wouldn't have to wait for them to stand still then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 on the estate where my dad is the keeper he is seeing as many reds as greys now but that with heavy trapping and shooting of the greys Shot on sight(then casseroled),remember to get out and poke those dreys in february followed by some pigeon flighting........................ ..........because they`re pests not sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 As Kenny Everet would say, round them up in a feild and bomb the basterds. :( No way accept them as natives. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 You'll be wanting to accept the Signal Crayfish next. Again very tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham M Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Hidden agenda methinks. Once they are classed as native mammals the anti’s will be screaming to stop them being shot. It will also allow them to release them back into the wild without fear of prosecution. G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Them antis should be rounded up too. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 how many times have we heard 'kill all the greys' poisen them..... blah blah blah wont work, too many, us shooters simply make a small dent in their population. Nothing too significant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topgunners Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 1 less last sunday and I will be out this week for his mate. Don't see hardly any on our shoots now. Shot a load a couple of years back. Dave K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 I got my first two tree rats last week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonrms Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Them antis should be rounded up too. Frank. **** I keep shooting them out of the acorn tree outside my house... and I get a fair few.... they just keep comming and comming.. like the energiser bunny... ahhhhhhh oh well. I never seen a red in this country.. and would love to.... but Id be so lucky I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 This was in the English Sunday papers a few months ago, perhaps things take a while to filter to Scotland. I have never seen a red squirrel in England and I wonder when they were last here in any numbers. According to the Forestry Commission website, the majority are in Cumbria. They eat the same as grey squirrels, live the same as grey squirrels, look the same as grey squirrels (except they are red), so why should we protect them from the grey squirrel ? Just because they are rare and English ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiiish1987 Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Shoot thie little swines on sight! I just wish I had permission to go up to my local grave yard to shoot them! tonnes of them there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 This was in the English Sunday papers a few months ago, perhaps things take a while to filter to Scotland. I have never seen a red squirrel in England and I wonder when they were last here in any numbers. According to the Forestry Commission website, the majority are in Cumbria. They eat the same as grey squirrels, live the same as grey squirrels, look the same as grey squirrels (except they are red), so why should we protect them from the grey squirrel ? Just because they are rare and English ? Cranfield, as far as I know (and that's not a lot) Grays do a lot more damage to saplings and other young plants than Reds do. Apart from the Lake District they can also be found at Formby Above Liverpool and of course on Brownsea Island in Dorset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Plenty reds here. :( As their is not hardly any greys. But, i have heard on the grape vine, they are spreading. Ill be ready for them. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 I voted yes purely on the fact that they are here to stay, you can say any different. However, if the vote had been should we be called to arms to radically reduce the numbers of the grey I would have voted yes. As a child we used to see the odd Red and there was also a good population of them at Kew gardens. But the last time I spied one must be some 20 years ago. The grey has all but wiped out our Red and does much damage to woodland etc. call to arms....absolutely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 how many times have we heard 'kill all the greys' poisen them..... blah blah blah wont work, too many, us shooters simply make a small dent in their population. Nothing too significant. But it's the thought that counts sweeteie We don't want to exterminate them just have a good time shooting them! (Where they are being a pest ofcourse ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 My log says I have shot 133 squirrels But I still voted 'I have no idea' as to be honest I dont. They are all just as destructive, the only differance is their colour. Sure it would be nice to have original reds back, but its a little too late, and when I hunt greys I dont think of removing them because they are grey and dont belong here.. if there were too many reds and no greys, im sure we would have to shoot them too.. if you see what I mean. Im not hunting greys in hate because they took over.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 We shoot greys on sight and the new 20 bore is proving to be a very efficent squirrel bashing weapon. Dad particularly enjoyed walking up behind me when I had the air rifle waiting for the squirrel walking along the fence with a walnut in it's gob to stand still, and blasting him with the 20 bore. Just like the one by the duck pen, and the one I recently shot 5m away with 1/2 choke and 28g of 6's. I could see him in the field 25m away and I crept up behind the thing we cut logs on when he started running in my direction with an walnut in its mouth and onto the fence. I didn't let him get any closer. Our trapping campain is very effective as well and accounts for many by our bird feeders. I currently have 2 young ones in the freezer for when I'm bold and hungry enough to try one. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham M Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 ANNNNNNNNNNND…… grey squirrels carry squirrel pox. G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 . They are all just as destructive, the only differance is their colour. I'm not sure but I belive the reds are not as destructive to trees and other wildlife. The grey is bigger and more agressive than the red that much I do know but I'm sure the reds are kinder to the enviroment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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