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SQUIRREL CONTROL
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:36 pm
by blueheckle
Hi I have been out a couple of days with the grandson for the squirrels, couple of private properties want rid as doing too much damage to flower beds and shrubs etc, he got 7 first day but only picked 4 with my AA S510 extra , and 2 the next was windy and for some reason they were not playing ball lol , but was great fun took me back to my school days with my old Relum tornado lol
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Re: SQUIRREL CONTROL
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:32 pm
by 143granville
not much beats squirrel shooting .
(other than rats )
Re: SQUIRREL CONTROL
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 5:30 pm
by poguemahone
143granville wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:32 pm
not much beats squirrel shooting .
(other than rats )
and magpies
Re: SQUIRREL CONTROL
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 5:46 pm
by Blackbaronfish
I have still got my Dads Relum Tornado with its twin spring setup.
There is something magical about shooting spring air rifles that never leaves even when moving onto pcp.
BBF
Re: SQUIRREL CONTROL
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 6:52 pm
by 143granville
poguemahone wrote: ↑Sat Jun 27, 2020 5:30 pm
143granville wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:32 pm
not much beats squirrel shooting .
(other than rats )
and magpies
your right there Steve .
Re: SQUIRREL CONTROL
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:17 pm
by krl510xl
Hello mate
Don’t forget them rabbits, my wife does her nut when they get in the garden but not for long as a pellet usually sorts it.
Keith
Re: SQUIRREL CONTROL
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 12:22 am
by PiL
krl510xl wrote: ↑Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:17 pm
Hello mate
Don’t forget them rabbits, my wife does her nut when they get in the garden but not for long as a pellet usually sorts it.
Keith
Had a call a couple of weeks back," rabbit in the garden" . An hour after arriving a couple of days later and one pellet to the noggin, everyone was happy apart from the rabbit obviously
Re: SQUIRREL CONTROL
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:05 pm
by blueheckle
We were back out the other day , grandson is becoming an excellent shot , he suffers badly from ADHD, and has had a hard life ,so its good to see him taking a real interest in this , he got 14 all in for the day some of which I used as fox bait as this in on a large private house with plenty of ground and they keep chickens so want the fox gone , so set up the trail camera and staked the squirrels 20 ft away hat will give me an idea what time it appears at then its a sit and wait
Re: SQUIRREL CONTROL
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 12:08 am
by poguemahone
blueheckle wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:05 pm
We were back out the other day , grandson is becoming an excellent shot , he suffers badly from ADHD, and has had a hard life ,so its good to see him taking a real interest in this , he got 14 all in for the day some of which I used as fox bait as this in on a large private house with plenty of ground and they keep chickens so want the fox gone , so set up the trail camera and staked the squirrels 20 ft away hat will give me an idea what time it appears at then its a sit and wait
get an old clock, take the back off, and tie some fishing line around the battery. tape the clock to summat solid, and tie t'other end of the fishing line to a squirrel, rabbit, pigeon etc. when the fox takes the bait he pulls the battery out and stops the clock. do this a couple of nights and you'll know what time he's liable to turn up.
shot a fair few foxes doing this, saves waiting up for hours on end
Re: SQUIRREL CONTROL
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:59 pm
by blueheckle
done that in the past but has to be an analog , so how do you know if 12 noon or 12 midnight
