ratchers Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 Well I was down on the farm permission for the first time in ages due to various things. Saw the farmer and chewed the cud for a while before heading off, I could tell it hadn't been shot for a while as there was hoards of covids helping themselves,but back to that later. Off out in to the wood where I ambled slowly through until I got to the far end where there are few oaks and expected activity and sure enough saw a flash of grey, never saw where it went but could hear it barking and it made the mistake of moving after about five minutes, so I tracked through the branches until it offered a body shot, it took a while for it to drop so I thought it must have been winged but drop it did, stone dead, and with it dropping down it startled another grey to move, only 10 yards away and it to made the mistake of stopping, it dropped but needed a follow up shot, both this years kits which probably explained their inexperience, too late now. Back to the farm and got a couple of crows eating the cow feed. A lovely warm day out in the countryside and can't wait to go back although the forecast is rather damp from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 Nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 Sitting again by 07.30 first morning seeing breath coming from my mask. No food gone from feeders and plain silly tracking around as they do but further away from my target area? 1 paused from playing kiss chase at 30 yards in the trees. Fell like a stone into the brambles after an AA kiss. Others never paused in the open. Still more to he taken. At least no real rain. 1 hour ago, ratchers said: Well I was down on the farm permission for the first time in ages due to various things. Saw the farmer and chewed the cud for a while before heading off, I could tell it hadn't been shot for a while as there was hoards of covids helping themselves,but back to that later. Off out in to the wood where I ambled slowly through until I got to the far end where there are few oaks and expected activity and sure enough saw a flash of grey, never saw where it went but could hear it barking and it made the mistake of moving after about five minutes, so I tracked through the branches until it offered a body shot, it took a while for it to drop so I thought it must have been winged but drop it did, stone dead, and with it dropping down it startled another grey to move, only 10 yards away and it to made the mistake of stopping, it dropped but needed a follow up shot, both this years kits which probably explained their inexperience, too late now. Back to the farm and got a couple of crows eating the cow feed. A lovely warm day out in the countryside and can't wait to go back although the forecast is rather damp from now on. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted September 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 1 hour ago, ratchers said: A lovely warm day out in the countryside and can't wait to go back although the forecast is rather damp from now on. 23 minutes ago, old man said: At least no real rain. Well in Cumbria it rained all through the night and has stopped occasionally today. I popped out and filled a feeder this morning but the rifle stayed in the car, I was in and out with the heavy wet stuff starting again , I'm daft but not that daft, hopefully drier tomorrow, it couldn't be much wetter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 11 minutes ago, Mice! said: Well in Cumbria it rained all through the night and has stopped occasionally today. Oh dear, I went out this morning at 07.15 to top up all my feeders and to to see if any squirrels were feeding in the tree tops. This is where my targets are, in the tops of the trees. As you can see it's a clear sky with the moon out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted September 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 26 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said: Oh dear, I went out this morning at 07.15 to top up all my feeders and to to see if any squirrels were feeding in the tree tops. This is where my targets are, in the tops of the trees. As you can see it's a clear sky with the moon out. Cracking picture, you would have drowned up here today taking that 😀 And how satisfying is it when you drop a squirrel from the top of a pine, wait for it.... thud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 35 minutes ago, Mice! said: Cracking picture, you would have drowned up here today taking that 😀 And how satisfying is it when you drop a squirrel from the top of a pine, wait for it.... thud! Yes I was on a roll last week I had 3 one morning, Single shot each one and dropped from the top. This week nothing, zilch not a Burstin sausage. If it was easy it would be boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted September 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 29 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said: If it was easy it would be boring. If it was easy we would have sorted the greys and be resting on our laurels 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratchers Posted September 29, 2021 Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 Thought I better take advantage of todays good weather as the forecast implicates a deluge for the next fortnight so off I goes to the syndicates wood but not with much expectation as I've had a few greys off the feeder here recently,but the suns out and it rained yesterday so they might be hungry. I topped the feeder up last week and its half full so fingers crossed and quarter of an hour later,customer number one starts and then finishes his breakfast rather quickly. And....that was it, apart from the song birds helping themselves, did see the buzzard giving a fly past a few times, maybe with its eye on the dead squirrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted September 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 Monsoon this morning, I'm talking the kind of rain that makes people start building boats and pairing the animals up, we couldn't have a conversation in work it was so loud, but it's blue skies now so I think a walk and filling feeders is in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted September 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 I went out and topped up two feeders and was surprised to find them both just about empty, I haven't been to one since the 9th but the other has been largely untouched lately. But it also looks like it's going to hammer it down again in the morning 🤬🤬🤬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) Few hours out this morning 3 around the old feeder as I arrived bagged one the others fled gave it half an hour another appeared high in the tree hit him with a hard body shot he wanted to fall but clung on and somehow pulled itself back upright and moved slowly back in to the tree not to be seen again 🤷♀️. Another appeared a bit later again another body shot it flipped out of the tree with a thud on the ground and somehow managed to wobble away into the stingers , so I went to new feeder 1 squirrel on it only offering a body shot so this time I made sure it wasn’t going anywhere a good heart shot that went through and out the other side no movement on him , 35 in total now Edited September 30, 2021 by sam triple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 2 hours ago, sam triple said: Few hours out this morning 3 around the old feeder as I arrived bagged one the others fled gave it half an hour another appeared high in the tree hit him with a hard body shot he wanted to fall but clung on and somehow pulled itself back upright and moved slowly back in to the tree not to be seen again 🤷♀️. Another appeared a bit later again another body shot it flipped out of the tree with a thud on the ground and somehow managed to wobble away into the stingers , so I went to new feeder 1 squirrel on it only offering a body shot so this time I made sure it wasn’t going anywhere a good heart shot that went through and out the other side no movement on him , 35 in total now Well done 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 Raining this morning so an 09.00 start, miserable and muddy. 09.30 one wandered through the zone nose down. One pop and the acorn thief flipped a last few times. One or two more passed by at a run, the sun came out, happy days till a 12.30 finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) As it was raining this morning and most of the day I didn't bother going out. It got to 2.45pm and wife said "it's going to brighten up now" so I set off. As soon as I got to the wood it started raining. Not to be put off I carried on and so did the rain. I thought that I couldn't get any wetter. Finally i saw a squirrel at the top of a pine tree which was waving side to side in the wind. I lifted the gun up to my shoulder keeping an eye where the squirrel was and guess what? It was like looking into a sauna or a mist because the scopes were soaked. I wiped them with a tissue but the squirrel was off down the tree on the other side not my side. Ah well it will be there for another day. I still enjoyed being out. Edited to say it was the top of the pine tree waving not the squirrel, just to clarify 🙄 Edited September 30, 2021 by harrycatcat1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted September 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 3 hours ago, harrycatcat1 said: Edited to say it was the top of the pine tree waving not the squirrel, just to clarify 🙄 I wasn't but now I'm picturing that squirrel waving at you 🤣🤣🤣 Worth having a look for the scope covers you can get, pretty much a bag that goes over the scope if you know your going to get a soaking. It's been a wash out for me this week, heavy or persistent rain all week 😪😪 I know the squirrels will still feed in the rain, but they never show up early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 Yes, you used to be able to buy neoprene covers which stretched over. Have not seen them for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 13 minutes ago, Mice! said: I wasn't but now I'm picturing that squirrel waving at you 🤣🤣🤣 Worth having a look for the scope covers you can get, pretty much a bag that goes over the scope if you know your going to get a soaking. It's been a wash out for me this week, heavy or persistent rain all week 😪😪 I know the squirrels will still feed in the rain, but they never show up early. I wasn't expecting rain as my Mrs convinced me it was going to dry up. 😐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted September 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Walker570 said: Yes, you used to be able to buy neoprene covers which stretched over. Have not seen them for a while. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264991347356?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item3db2b7129c:g:~3AAAOSw4ApedYDS&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAACkPYe5NmHp%2B2JMhMi7yxGiTJkPrKr5t53CooMSQt2orsStdebXPz4ZTXCT8FI9kPBhwGZC93It7JnooO2aNxNI056YnonYi9TQW2HRhovc7BfgDpBOGDqNr1hpb3BUOysC5kUJq3i2OdWnl8yUQvpmFDbL5HNKjyQ3WgGp1TR7AegIV7nQub%2BY2WJAga8nbLXgnZAle0QuW2iTJVEqWe3eBnx0pt56lv4yEXaGBzEjYiv2sUh5Dz8Zg0W7LP0Orbus8tMCtu6oYKfrbaEZwPJw%2Bn2IQFC6aGKexYto2UYHBPwj11Vs%2F6aD5dB1lGMfITen80gOImlCJ8a3qzYGrjMiTuTqh027r5phfHtOuh148kuErAwGRInBpfe3AENhyz32By%2FiNjhV%2FKa%2FKFFPGslrL98RFhXXntP2npIBQqLhupm0gs9j6hiTKPncizDKJqFi1VVjk4N%2BwbRZ%2Bs5ynwR30XHQwXciJxgH7cmddV9suhBV5gdDxCqCX0LWyFh1uEVY6gJeTduMVav0M5zAdBV9tAG8st5ZtSOpD3%2F5NFhGbVVN4v2J3nSg90OQvqR1sx7%2BdPWL3EWGDEAnUPJCb1YZozCRAhcJaR6t8ZJ30ql%2FAv%2FDV5ZiGa%2BhkXu4UYBDZoHE01LsbdA0wdoZQLKz%2Fhf%2BN5Hrk9fX7zq1LggYMJVV6vvPRCID2CCZ255T4p5jKbBzxeuDvQdRpvbYDrY8CTwpt%2BWO1%2BilMDT1woZClwISqF5%2F%2BsNrgZyfZF4BLq3QCpcDA393lXRoDkIf778%2B2wui9uGlbBZrebBF8TF%2FOdJgmm0rsflHbiQpnyLZrjNN%2FIm4kbLMPK0y5wlWtPmLa80y%2FL2o5qAQ4AY6LHsZ0QnJdIP|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2334524 First one that came up on ebay, I need to have a measure 1 hour ago, harrycatcat1 said: I wasn't expecting rain as my Mrs convinced me it was going to dry up. 😐 She wanted you out of the house for a bit 😄😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted October 1, 2021 Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 8 hours ago, Mice! said: She wanted you out of the house for a bit 😄😄 👍👍👍👍👍no doubt 🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Well I went out into the wood again looking for squirrels. I had three shots at squirrels at the top of pine trees and missed with all three. The wind in the tops of the trees was bad this morning. They are still not bothered about going on the feeders. The pine cones must be too tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted October 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said: The pine cones must be too tasty. 100%, the weather has been dire here again today, I'm hoping that puts them on the feeders in the morning, we shall see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mice! said: 100%, the weather has been dire here again today, I'm hoping that puts them on the feeders in the morning, we shall see. Good luck for the morning 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Yes, they are starting back on the feeders here as well which is good news. On the golf course in the morning so will see what turns up there. Had 30 off that flip top so far so cannot expect many more. Hopefully set a new spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 A few from a small wood this autumn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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