Tree Rats vs Black Widow & Therabands
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Well done get as many greys as you can, we hardly see any rare native reds today. I had three last week, i just field dress them then throw the meat into a couple of freezer bags
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Nice shooting they are fast, if done right they taste as nice as rabbit, jeff
Thats sweet!Got this little sucker yesterday with an 8mm Hex Nut from about 30 yards. He was climbing up a tree as I hit him. Going to cook it up later today![]()
There you go! This man proves what I have said many times, hexnuts have an easy 30 yard accuracy capability.
Well done and nice shot!
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well done.. he's a good size..
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Where i live there is no season or bag limits on grey squirrells. I think they encourage population control. I have yet to get one.
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Are urban grays safe to eat?
Unfortunately, for me it may be moot as it's likely illegal to shoot from a 1st storey or higher window here. You can imagine why. I live in a forest and the trees are so close, we have to trim the branches to stop them coming in the windows. We have squirrels that love to tease.
Unfortunately, for me it may be moot as it's likely illegal to shoot from a 1st storey or higher window here. You can imagine why. I live in a forest and the trees are so close, we have to trim the branches to stop them coming in the windows. We have squirrels that love to tease.
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Urban grays are tasty and good, they tend to eat from single trees or bird feeders; it's actually very good meat, I find. If you want some from your trees, there's a couple of types of trap you can use, or you can go the bush-crafting route and set snares in the branches ...
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How close is to close to take a shot. I often get them 1 meter or less when siting on the patio.
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Although I've never cooked one, I'm well acquainted with squirrels, which were omnipresent at all of my prior residences (Northern Grays here, with an occasional Red). If they're coming within 1m, that means someone somewhere nearby has been feeding them from close range (which is something I enjoyed doing as a kid). The only proper place to feed squirrels is in a park, away from houses, so that they don't associate food and warmth with your home. If they develop that unwelcome association, they'll soon chew their way into your attic to nest. Speaking from experience, attic squirrels are BAD because they can chew wires (fire hazzard), and the opening lets in other pests and rain, resulting in wetrot and worse. These days, I keep all branches that are of equal or greater height than my lowest roof's gutters trimmed to at least 6' distance (too far to jump).
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Although I've never cooked one, I'm well acquainted with squirrels, which were omnipresent at all of my prior residences (Northern Grays here, with an occasional Red). If they're coming within 1m, that means someone somewhere nearby has been feeding them from close range (which is something I enjoyed doing as a kid). The only proper place to feed squirrels is in a park, away from houses, so that they don't associate food and warmth with your home. If they develop that unwelcome association, they'll soon chew their way into your attic to nest. Speaking from experience, attic squirrels are BAD because they can chew wires (fire hazzard), and the opening lets in other pests and rain, resulting in wetrot and worse. These days, I keep all branches that are of equal or greater height than my lowest roof's gutters trimmed to at least 6' distance (too far to jump).
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I wish I could get that close, they are about 15 yards and running here, ha ha
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Nice kill Aero!..... please continue to rid the world of these pests who reproduce like crazy.
ZDP:
Those gray squizzers are tough little fellas but we need more of them gone, it seems they harass, ruin, chew, invade, and out-compete everything!
I registered a squirrel kill this afternoon with a locking nut ( I'll post later).....but you have provided further proof of there effectiveness at basically any sensible slingshot hunting range.
Cheers - John
ZDP:
I have little doubt that it was, especially with doubled wide theragold and a hex nut. A head shot with a nut and its edges is devastating.
Those gray squizzers are tough little fellas but we need more of them gone, it seems they harass, ruin, chew, invade, and out-compete everything!
I registered a squirrel kill this afternoon with a locking nut ( I'll post later).....but you have provided further proof of there effectiveness at basically any sensible slingshot hunting range.
Cheers - John
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I have seen black phase grays on my property in the last couple years, can't bring myself to shoot one though, cool to watch. Enough grays to keep the freezer full.
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