Shotgun Mike Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 This happened to me at the weekend, Imagine you are out magpie shooting, you've got your decoying out feeding on a squirrel you've shot. You've been sitting stock still for about 10 mins when you notice a movement out of the corner of your eye, you slowly turn your head and notice its a squirrel sitting in typical pose. Suddenly it stops and notices the decoy feeding on the squirrel. It starts running towards the decoy and begins to attack it!! After that it learnt its lesson. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul hart Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 I ones had a rat trying to take a dead bird but in stead got some no 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy17 Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Shot a rabbit once at about 40yards unfortunatley missed judged the wind and hit it in the chest,anyways the rabbit decided to run in circles until it's mate came running out and attempted to sh*g the poor rabbit,weird or what? yis andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene molloy Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 I think Andy is on the right track; your second squirrel was after a quick Donald. In Scotland some seasons ago, I too shot a rabbit; it was stone dead, but fell down the rather steep bank it was on, only to be persued by another one which immediately proceeded to punch it's ticket! Regards Eug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Reasons I shoot rabbits: 1) They destroy crops 2) They taste darn good 3) They have necrophiliac tendanceys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 Bit like being married for 30 odd years, got to take every chance as is comes regards sutty?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowstopper Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 I was out at the weekend with a mate and we were sitting in a hide waiting for these rooks to come in, and then out of the blue between 60 and 80 yards a squirrel, came out of a tree and sat on a branch a way up, we watched it as we were after the rooks, and it went away, then after no rooks had come it we saw it again at the same distance, this time we went for it, my mate stuck his 10bor out the side of the hid and I stuck my 12bor with two 1’s in it (for lofty crows usually). We both shot at once and the bloody thing fell out of the tree at around 80 yards. Looked like it was dead, but when we got over there it was very much alive, we must has startled it or something, we mannered to get it (you must never let a squirrel get away) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 Make sure they are as dead as a nit before you touch it, them teeth are ******* sharp, and you can get lots of nastys off them, like tetinas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 Suprised there was any squirrel left with those loads... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 hehe 10bor and 12 bor are they shtguns ? all the best yis yp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowstopper Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 it was a small 1 and all lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmokinbarells Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 Shot a rabbit once at about 40yards unfortunatley missed judged the wind and hit it in the chest,anyways the rabbit decided to run in circles until it's mate came running out and attempted to sh*g the poor rabbit,weird or what?yis andy I was out with my dad and his mate pigeon shooting and a pigeon came straight into the decoys i shot it and it went down> I thought it was stone dead to my suprise it got up and started walking away so i gave it another shot it had to be dead now> But then about 2 mins later i noticed it walking off again so i left the hide and then made sure it was dead. the pigeons that day were wearing body armour i think . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammergun Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 Reasons I shoot rabbits: 1) They destroy crops 2) They taste darn good 3) They have necrophiliac tendanceys and......4) they eat ****! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesspencer_2001 Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Dont mess with squirrels!!! There Mental!!! I shot one about 5 times with my .22 air rifle (2 in the head) Still wasnt dead so i hit it with the butt. That did the trick. I did have a pellet all the way through its head but cant have found the brain. Rats with fluffy tails Kill them all!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowstopper Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 I hate them u know if we use plastic feeders for the pheasant feeders they will eat through solid plastic to get at the grain . Then they get stuck in there and die and go rotten cause a horrible mess when u clean the feeder out if you at the end of the year :thumbs: . Ruddy things crowstopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcherreed Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 i had a simarlar experiance with a "bullet proof" squirell. he was sat there so i moved to get a head shot but then he started runnin. so i took the shot and he dropped like a rock and run off :S so me mate chased him n put the poor thing out its misery. greys suck reds own be a friend of the red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammergun Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 This farmer I know had problems with squirrels stealing walnuts from his trees last year and asked me to do something. I lent him two traps which he positioned on the walls, loaded with walnuts. Virtually every time he checked them, there was one squirrel in each trap. I shot a squirrel perched in the top of a walnut tree later that month. It came crashing to the ground, then got up and ran off. I shot it again and it carried on. Only after reloading and shooting it practically point blank did it finally stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowstopper Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 Think they have titanium armour on them , once shot a dray out 8 times and then one popped its head out, but that did not last long :blink: (especially when I had a 12g with 2 BB cartridges in it :thumbs: ). crowstopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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