Dave_4 102 Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) The squirrels have started on my parents plum tree, so armed with my AirArms s410 and a tin of diabolo field, I’ve started on the squirrels. The feeder was only up for a few hours and had a couple of customers. I’ll be back there in a couple of days, hopefully with a few more tree rats to share. Edited August 3, 2019 by Dave_4 9 Quote Link to post
stoggy 598 Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Keep at them. 1 Quote Link to post
Rimfireboy! 1,463 Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Good shooting Dave. I’ve got them on my fruit trees as well, and bleddy wasps. Just picked a bowl of plums today, but loads of them have been had. The pears look ok though, for now...... 1 Quote Link to post
BGA 117 Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 I'm very protective of my plums too. 1 Quote Link to post
Dave_4 102 Posted August 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2019 On 04/08/2019 at 19:19, Rimfireboy! said: Good shooting Dave. I’ve got them on my fruit trees as well, and bleddy wasps. Just picked a bowl of plums today, but loads of them have been had. The pears look ok though, for now...... Controlling the squirrels is slightly easier than bugs, I lost all my greengages last year to insects! had a couple more this morning before work. 3 Quote Link to post
j j m 6,540 Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 nice shooting dave 1 Quote Link to post
The one 8,482 Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 They need thinned out mate bold as brass humping your statue right in front of you 2 Quote Link to post
Dave_4 102 Posted August 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2019 My parents have returned from their holiday, so the feeder has come down. Not that they like having the tree rats eat the fruit, but my mums a bit squeamish three mornings landed six squirrels and a skanky magpie that looked like it had been fighting the local cats, rather than leave it limping around with a busted wing, I put it out. Now, I know that after a head shot nerves keep firing, the last squirrel I hit with a shot between eye and ear was still “breathing“, never wanting anything to suffer and at the time not knowing that it was a good head shot, I gave a follow up head shot, still breathing! Three head shots before it stopped! The last two and the magpie, feeder will go back up at home now. 4 Quote Link to post
Jonjon79 13,358 Posted August 10, 2019 Report Share Posted August 10, 2019 Nice work Dave You do occasionally seem to get the odd one that has a proper will to survive - I've had a rabbit do something similar. 1 Quote Link to post
stoggy 598 Posted August 10, 2019 Report Share Posted August 10, 2019 You did well thinning those out. 1 Quote Link to post
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