Walker570 Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 Would you say this was taking the...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted March 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 31 minutes ago, old man said: Strange thought, Aflatoxin from peanuts? Shock from empty feeder? Not sure i bought it home, but now you've said that I'll have a look in its throat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted March 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 22 minutes ago, Walker570 said: Would you say this was taking the...... Could have been waggling his nuts at you 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 Put some chopped carrots and maize out to try and pull the munties out but thanks to the camera found that the squirrels had found it and were not coming to the flip top 50yrds away. Will be there at dawn tomorrow with finely tuned 17HMR as I have a high seat 50yrds away. At least two showing all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 got a grey squirrel around us keeps trying to get into nesting box where blue tits are nesting with houses around me I cant use a shotgun so what air rifle do people recommend haven't got £100s to spend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 If it's within 15yrds or so, any break barrel air rifle .22 or .177 will do the job. Just have a few shots on target to get the rifle spot on and then headshot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary pierce Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 hi sam ive just got a 177 gamo spot on for head shots verry pleased with it does the job also gamekeeper verry happy hopefully more song birds will benefit regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, gary pierce said: hi sam ive just got a 177 gamo spot on for head shots verry pleased with it does the job also gamekeeper verry happy hopefully more song birds will benefit regards. 👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted March 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 7 hours ago, sam triple said: got a grey squirrel around us keeps trying to get into nesting box where blue tits are nesting with houses around me I cant use a shotgun so what air rifle do people recommend haven't got £100s to spend Cage trap might be an idea?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 Got some and they won’t go near them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted March 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 1 hour ago, sam triple said: Got some and they won’t go near them Seems strange if there about, what sort of baits have you tried? Fat balls and peanut butter normally brings them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 All the usual stuff that they feed on from bird table seeds nuts , caught a few rats in them from around chicken coupe before mr fox bit off all their heads and left them ,had to kill rats in cages which maybe why they won’t go near them ,I don’t know ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted March 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 7 hours ago, sam triple said: All the usual stuff that they feed on from bird table seeds nuts , caught a few rats in them from around chicken coupe before mr fox bit off all their heads and left them ,had to kill rats in cages which maybe why they won’t go near them ,I don’t know ! Won't be the rats I've done the same having caught squirrels and rats. I have my trap set on a board so it doesn't move about when the squirrel goes in, others have said cover the trap in black plastic as this puts birds off from going in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 I have 9 cages out and have made bird peanut feeders at the far end , the small birds can come and go and act as decoys I believe. Have caught many many tree rats in them. I use peanuts as a bait/feed for birds. My small 10 acre wood is now virtually squirrel free but cost me a fortune feeding the songbirds but I don't mind that. If a squirrel shows up it is normally dispatched within 48hrs as it gets caged or attracted to the food and dies of lead poisoning. Get some peanut feeder wire mesh and make a full width box about 1 1/2 inches wide and top to bottom of the cage. Put the peanuts in this and the activity of the birds will draw the squirrel no problem. All of my cages are mounted on posts about 3ft high with a piece of ply as a table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olly321 Posted March 31, 2019 Report Share Posted March 31, 2019 nice pics there bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 (edited) I have been to look at a new pheasant shoot today and got speaking with the keeper, he pointed to this little array ...50 I believe, shot on his pheasant feeders. Reticent to actually book on the the forum himself wishing to remain annon. Would I be cheating if I added his for him ? I counted 48. Edited April 18, 2019 by Walker570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon Shredder. Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Nope, wacked , racked and counted, add them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciurus Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Very impressive, a sign of a very good keeper.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted April 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Very good, but its going to stink around there shortly, and there will be flies everywhere 4 hours ago, Walker570 said: I have been to look at a new pheasant shoot today and got speaking with the keeper, he pointed to this little array ...50 I believe, shot on his pheasant feeders. Reticent to actually book on the the forum himself wishing to remain annon. Would I be cheating if I added his for him ? I counted 48. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted April 19, 2019 Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 I'm not for the old gibbets but he is an old fashioned keeper, hand feeds twice a day, can't fault him. I did suggest if he wanted me to sit in my pop up any time guarding the feeders ... have rifle will travel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted June 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 Been a while since I've shot any squirrels, either been nothing about when I'm out or i haven't been out, finally got out this morning and it was raining again 😭😭 but it was only light thankfully. Got in the hide for about 6am and had a squirrel turn up about 6:40ish, first time I've seen one on a feeder and not on camera in ages, probably because they've been getting topped up regularly @Fisheruk @Mick C well done fellas, dropped it off the feeder and gave it twenty minutes but nothing else came so got up to retrieve it...... Gone?? had a wander around the other feeders, all been emptied since the weekend, took another squirrel out of a conifer, it was very obliging just sat sat there probably thinking if i keep still he won't see me, wrong, whack!! Anyone figured out how to quieten the impact noise of pellet meeting head? sun came out about half 7 and i thought great, been reading on other sites with people saying the squirrels are in the pines eating green cones, but nothing moving just birds everywhere, tits , families of robins, tree creepers , wrens, blackbirds, pigeons, every tree seemed to be alive with bird life, makes trying to spot squirrels fun 😁 Keep at them fellas👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted July 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 Didn't think we'd had many squirrels on our patch this year, but had a look back and we're on 31 now, we took around 50 last year, so there obviously moving in from other areas. Went out this morning and I think the only thing i didn't see was a squirrel, the tawny owl and sparrow hawk did a fly bye, with the hawk landing maybe twenty metres away and paying me no attention, had the usual small birds all over the place. I was driven out of the hide by the mozzes trying to eat me, not easy sitting still when their dive bombing your eye balls. On the Brightside because i moved and sat elsewhere i saw a roe doe walk past with her youngster in tow, again probably only twenty metres away, didn't even look my way 😃 So up at the COD and saw no squirrels, then while the manager is making me a brew "there's two on the bird table, get your gun" 9am 😯 i could have got up at a reasonable hour, but other than the mozzes it was a great morning to be out. then two of us did some work on one of the hides. can you see it? How is everyone else getting on numbers wise compared to last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted October 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 I was going to shoot a couple of mags off before going out in the morning, but after three shots decided i was happy. First shot hit the staple bang on, I just hope the squirrels are as obliging in the morning. 3 shots, not enough pellets left to blaze away having fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Is that a short tailed tree rat I see two photos back. I had one yestered. What appeared to be a non injured tail about two inches long. Can only asume lost when in the nest because it looked perfect in every way apart from the length. Knowing how they use their tails to balance that must have been a disadvantage. Still it doesn't have that problem anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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