The Mighty Prawn Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Most watched item on the news page today, informed and sensible (also filmed by a friend of mine) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/magazine-40522135/people-call-me-racist-for-shooting-grey-squirrels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Can't quite believe it's on the BBC good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 Very good, not sure why she needs the camo tho when in the garden. Love if they showed it on summer or autumn watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bang bang birdy Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 Me and my boy have been filmed shooting greys for a Canadian tv show called Moose meat and marmalade It was great fun, we got to eat them afterwards as one of the chefs made a squirrel ragu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 Me and my boy have been filmed shooting greys for a Canadian tv show called Moose meat and marmalade It was great fun, we got to eat them afterwards as one of the chefs made a squirrel ragu Sounds good. Will you get to see the finished program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Bu Le Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Does this herald a change in the beeb's attitude, hope so but doubt it. Racist ! xenophobic ! the mind boggles. By definition does this mean if you only shoot old or one gender of squizzer you are also ageist and sexist. The list could go on but that would be as silly as the daft muppets who make these idiotic claims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bang bang birdy Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Yes I've seen it but it won't be aired in the U.K. He is a link to there website we are in episode 7 http://aptn.ca/moosemeatandmarmalade/episode-guide/season-2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 It is amazing how normal ordinary folk just do not understand why there is a need to get the grey squirrel population to zero .... may never happen in my lifetime but I hope through excellent films such as this and by we, country folk who understand explaining how the greys do so much damage not only to the reds, but to other wildlife. I only have a small piece of woodland, 10 acres I planted 20yrs ago but after greys ate the fronts out of most of the bird boxes I put up, I declared that it would become a grey squirrel free zone. Any which attempt to make it their home last on average 48hrs. In four years the small songbird population has exploded. I have nine live catch cages set around the wood with feeders in the corners which the birds can use without getting caught but any grey tree rat will. I am also making and putting up tree traps, basically 9 inch square steel boxes, with a shelf and access from the bottom for the squirrel. A Fenn trap is set on the shelf baited with peanut butter. You can buy these ready made, but they are very easy to make if you can find some metal sheeting, the panels from old fridges, cookers etc are ideal and you don't need a welder... use the small self drilling self tapping screws. The thing doesn't have to look pretty to work. It really does need a concerted effort by all of us shooters to get the numbers down. I don't eat the things but leave them belly up on a ride and the buzzard or fox will have them cleared away by next morning. Whilst they are feasting on 'ready meal' squirrel, they are not eating a pheasant or partridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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