big napper 3,572 Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 A mate just got a great rat permission on a chicken farm, running wick with rats, some of the biggest iv seen, 1st night he got 40 odd and 2nd night he took me and we got about the same between us, heres a few that we could get to 5 Quote Link to post
truegrit 43 Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 Good lord thy big old long tails fella 1 Quote Link to post
big napper 3,572 Posted November 14 Author Report Share Posted November 14 Haha, they are pal, cheers 1 Quote Link to post
The one 8,468 Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 Nice going mate well done 1 Quote Link to post
philpot 4,971 Posted November 21 Report Share Posted November 21 Sport of kings BN only wish I could get another productive ratty perm. Phil 1 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,781 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 Nice GOING John I spend to much time jumping around or looking to c where they are To shoot them And if one runs over my boots I'm off as quick as lightening 1 Quote Link to post
big napper 3,572 Posted November 23 Author Report Share Posted November 23 Haha, i know what you mean mac im a bit like that but just grin and bare it, Cheers pal Quote Link to post
big napper 3,572 Posted November 23 Author Report Share Posted November 23 On 21/11/2024 at 18:46, philpot said: Sport of kings BN only wish I could get another productive ratty perm. Phil Rat shooting is what i like best phil Prefere it to all other shooting, I had a great rat farm that i shot hundreds on but lost it for some reason a about 2 years ago, This perm is a pals and theres about 8 different areas to it that are crawling with rats, should be great shooting for him for a long while. Quote Link to post
philpot 4,971 Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 24 minutes ago, big napper said: Rat shooting is what i like best phil Prefere it to all other shooting, I had a great rat farm that i shot hundreds on but lost it for some reason a about 2 years ago, This perm is a pals and theres about 8 different areas to it that are crawling with rats, should be great shooting for him for a long while. I totally agree with you, we had a perm where we shot around 1100 rats per year, fantastic winter sport but then the dairy farm cleaned up its act fitting off the ground feeders, released some feral cats which bred so now there is about 25 cats and the rats have gone. We are just waiting for some feedback from the council as they have major issues with rats at their waste depot with rats chewing through power cables, huge numbers and now almost imune to the poisons so we are in with a chance again. Phil 1 Quote Link to post
big napper 3,572 Posted November 24 Author Report Share Posted November 24 Good luck with that then pal hope you get it, shootings the best way to get rid of them i think, shooting at night and terriers in the day if the place is safe enough for them to work. Good luck pal 1 Quote Link to post
jeemes 4,480 Posted Monday at 05:54 Report Share Posted Monday at 05:54 On 23/11/2024 at 09:04, philpot said: I totally agree with you, we had a perm where we shot around 1100 rats per year, fantastic winter sport but then the dairy farm cleaned up its act fitting off the ground feeders, released some feral cats which bred so now there is about 25 cats and the rats have gone. We are just waiting for some feedback from the council as they have major issues with rats at their waste depot with rats chewing through power cables, huge numbers and now almost imune to the poisons so we are in with a chance again. Phil I think cats are fairly useless as far as large numbers of rats are concerned. Ive watched them in the thermal doing nothing whilst rats are just everywhere. They might do a couple but are too layed back to do numbers. Air rifles or terriers are very effective alternative to expensive poisons. Quote Link to post
philpot 4,971 Posted Monday at 23:22 Report Share Posted Monday at 23:22 17 hours ago, jeemes said: I think cats are fairly useless as far as large numbers of rats are concerned. Ive watched them in the thermal doing nothing whilst rats are just everywhere. They might do a couple but are too layed back to do numbers. Air rifles or terriers are very effective alternative to expensive poisons. I do agree with you but the change of cattle feedes simply removed much of the food source so the rats moved away and the cats keep numbers down now as there is only a fraction of the population of rats there now. Phil 1 Quote Link to post
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