Hendrix's rifle Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Even Autumn watch this year was 10miles from a really good reserve where u are guarantteed to see reds yet had some stupid clip of a grey squirrel with a 'fake' horses head on (to be fair was quite funny, must of coated in side with peanut butter and suspended it) but had me screaming at the tv, just sums up the disneyfied version on countryside most folk believe in. .Does the centre parks near penrith not have a big red squirrel reserve and has a ranger who does a lot of trapping. Definately read about something in that area, not sure if to do with centre parks thou I was recently in dufton, 15 miles from Penrith. There are a lot of signs saying red squirrel conservation so I'm presuming so! As for air rifles not being up to the job a wood (18 acre) i used to shoot for the head keeper was covered in them. Shot a big male at approx 45 yards with an smk supergrade and h+n hollowpoints, right in the head. Down it dropped, didn't move again. Still had a nut in its mouth :L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 We used to cull thousands using Fenn traps, and we sold the tails to a company called Venniards in Croydon who used to advertise for them in the Shooting Times. Properly used Fenn traps will do the job perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyRich Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Done a bit of work with a local agri/countryside college with their breed & release red squirrel programme. Love them to bits they are such lovely little critters.If I had my way greys would have been delt with years ago. I always make a point of keeping my eye out and knocking off any greys I see. Although doesn't make much difference but as been said it's the principle, and if everyone did it and there was an incentive, legal or otherwise then we could at least make a dent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 As a lad i remember a bounty on greys of circa 2 bob - old man made a bit this way - abandoned in late 50's I beleive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisThePelvis Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 What would that equate to today do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 What would that equate to today do you think? as it was the cost of a couple of cartridges at the time probably about about 40p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) As a lad i remember a bounty on greys of circa 2 bob - old man made a bit this way - abandoned in late 50's I beleive as it was the cost of a couple of cartridges at the time probably about about 40p the first pints of my drinking career I bought at 15 in 1968 was just under 2 shillings, so in the fifties a pint was 1 shilling whats a pint average now £3-4 , even with my limited remaining brain cells that makes a bounty today worth £6+ well worth persuing bring it back and there would be few greys left Edited January 14, 2016 by islandgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisThePelvis Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 as it was the cost of a couple of cartridges at the time probably about about 40p I see... Not quite a career change if it is reinstated then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisThePelvis Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 the first pints of my drinking career I bought at 15 in 1968 was just under 2 shillings, so in the fifties a pint was 1 shilling whats a pint average now £3-4 , even with my limited remaining brain cells that makes a bounty today worth £6+ well worth persuing bring it back and there would few greys left 5-6 quid for a mainline pint ( not even 'craft' stuff with bits of beard floating in it) in Central London... Hyde Park here we come at a tenner per squirrel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 5-6 quid for a mainline pint ( not even 'craft' stuff with bits of beard floating in it) in Central London... Hyde Park here we come at a tenner per squirrel! two bob in the fifties does not equate to 40p now do you really pay £10 a pint #### me I would want a full beard for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamefarm Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Fenn traps will do the job perfectly. Which is why the EC have them on the ban list, presumably! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Which is why the EC have them on the ban list, presumably! To be fair for once not really the EC's fualt. Ec said any country selling furs to EC must have all its traps tested/approved, they all passed but the other countries want the EC to apply same standards to its own traps and the mk4 failed. Is there not some non native/invasive legislation going throu parliment/EU the now/shortly, sur eit was a list of species that u would be legally obliged to control. If squirrels were on a list like that and Defra had the power to go onto ur land and control them wether u wanted it or not (like in the old MAFF days) and bringing back a bounty would soon start to make inroads into them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisThePelvis Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 two bob in the fifties does not equate to 40p now do you really pay £10 a pint #### me I would want a full beard for that Pretty much six quid for mainline stuff, maybe 5 ish for Gravity, tenner for 'craft Beer' is not unusual... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) Which is why the EC have them on the ban list, presumably! Fenn traps are not banned, you just cannot sell fur obtained by using them. and thats not a law its a directive relating to the trade in fur. Game Conservancy still appear happy to use them for control. http://www.gwct.org.uk/game/research/predation-control/tunnel-traps European law is weird and I'm not sure if its even law Edited January 14, 2016 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Pretty much six quid for mainline stuff, maybe 5 ish for Gravity, tenner for 'craft Beer' is not unusual... Pretty much six quid for mainline stuff, maybe 5 ish for Gravity, tenner for 'craft Beer' is not unusual... I had a pint of Sam Smith Yorkshire Bitter for £1.99 here in London tonight. Lots of beers around £2-3 a pint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Grey squirrels do more economic damage than deer IMO, to walk through 20 -30 year old plantations and see every well established Beech tree killed off from their bark stripping makes me realise that the odd sapling killed off from a deer is negligible in comparison. But i will say that game shooting is partly to blame for this, abundant feed through the winter and often little or no squirrel control leads to high grey squirrel numbers which then decimate the trees during the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisThePelvis Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 I had a pint of Sam Smith Yorkshire Bitter for £1.99 here in London tonight. Lots of beers around £2-3 a pint Where? Someone's student night? I spend my working week between Canary Wharf, City and Mayfair and less than 5 is a bargain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Where? Someone's student night? I spend my working week between Canary Wharf, City and Mayfair and less than 5 is a bargain! Weatherspoons / Moons pubs the one I had was inside Victoria Station but I also use the one in Fulham Broadway and the one in Leicester Square. We go there mainly for food which is similarly priced. The Bag o' Nails in Buckingham Palace Rd has a good selection of ales starting around £3 and the food is good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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