Stealth Stalker Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 I woke up yesterday to find 3 squirrels on the feeders at the bottom of the garden, I've been shooting these ******* now for about a year & the tally is up to 74 I'm seeing an increased population of the local songbirds in the area so hopefully I'm doing a good job So I gets the rifle & pop all 3 in the space of a few minutes at a range of 30 meters all cleanly headshot & caught on the video camera So when Pins got a few minutes he can hopefully get some footage on the videos section for ya The crow was shot last night at the same place What amazes me is the ability for them to keep on coming there's a small wood close by & this is where they live. There's me thinking I'm making some progress on the squirrel numbers round here & ****** me if there's not another 3 squiffers on me nuts again this morning This time I only got the 1 the other 2 made a clean get away But they'll be back No wonder the native red squirrel doesn't stand a chance against these outsiders SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonna Shoot a Wabbit Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Hi S.S Well done keeping on top of the old tree rats, nothing worse than uninvited attention on your nuts We used to have too many squirrels in our woods, once we started using fenn mk4's set in tunnels we soon made serious inroads into them. Traps work 24 , 7 for you. i dont know if this is an option for you but it really works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead-Eyed Duck Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Hi S.S Well done keeping on top of the old tree rats, nothing worse than uninvited attention on your nuts We used to have too many squirrels in our woods, once we started using fenn mk4's set in tunnels we soon made serious inroads into them. Traps work 24 , 7 for you. i dont know if this is an option for you but it really works. Once we started. All you were good for was trapping your fingers and howling til I showed you Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Well done. I'm looking forward to the footage of the shots. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Vicious little critters...which one was carrying the blade Fenns work great we use them all the time around the pens,with the added bonus of stoats and weasels too! well done ss GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonna Shoot a Wabbit Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 dear mr duck. Perhaps you are dyslexic my post does say WE! you limelight grabbing plonker. As anyone who has used fenn mk 4's knows you are not qualified until you have added yourself to the catch list YOWCH!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 dear mr duck. Perhaps you are dyslexic my post does say WE! you limelight grabbing plonker. As anyone who has used fenn mk 4's knows you are not qualified until you have added yourself to the catch list YOWCH!!!!! So true, So true , just make sure when you break a finger its not the trigger finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kip270 Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Nice shooting, but that Crow is a ROOK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth Stalker Posted May 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Hi S.S Well done keeping on top of the old tree rats, nothing worse than uninvited attention on your nuts :blink: We used to have too many squirrels in our woods, once we started using fenn mk4's set in tunnels we soon made serious inroads into them. Traps work 24 , 7 for you. i dont know if this is an option for you but it really works. Wouldn't really work out in the back garden, but I could deploy some round my syndicate shoot how do you go about it, is it a case of making up a wooden tunnel & setting the mk4 inside? do you bait them? how small do you make the entrance? I don't want to go catching me a load of phezzies. (Pin no sarky comments) Have you got any photos of your traps? Cheers SS Nice shooting, but that Crow is a ROOK :blink: Kip you are quite right well spotted Any big black bird in my mind is a crow, I will try harder in future SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 :blink: i read somewhere that theres a bounty on grey squirels tails, have you been saving them up? £1 a tail!!!!! Not sure who youd send them to. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth Stalker Posted May 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 i read somewhere that theres a bounty on grey squirels tails, have you been saving them up? £1 a tail!!!!! Not sure who youd send them to. Yeah I've got quite a collection going, thats what the knife in the pic was for (de-tailing the *******) Woke up this morning to find the 2 that got away on Saturday back on the feeders. Needless to say they're now taking a nap in my freezer SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul in North Lincs. Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 nice shooting buddy..they look like well fed them squirrels ..good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth Stalker Posted May 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 nice shooting buddy..they look like well fed them squirrels ..good job They are on my *****g nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonna Shoot a Wabbit Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Hi S.S. Yes the traps are placed in tunnels that are just big enough to allow the trap to open and function without hindrance any bigger and the rats / squirrels could possibly get past the trigger plate on the trap without springing it. we make our tunnels 3 feet long with a restriction at either end to stop non target species entering the tunnel. Regarding baiting the traps, personally if there are alot of squirrels or rats about i will use barley sprinkled underneath the trap as a bait. However squirrels and rats natural curiosity will get them into the tunnel. traps need to be set on the lightest setting you are brave enough to set also recessed into the ground so the trap is flush with the ground and not sitting on top of the ground. Nerves of steel are required for hair trigger settings as even with the safety on if the trap springs in your hands i assure you a botty twitch will occur ha ha!!. I will post some pics of our tunnels and traps as soon as time allows, as we all know a picture speaks a thousand words. hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth Stalker Posted May 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Look forward to the pic Cheers SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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