tree rat tips please!!!

[gurtwurz 793]

alright fellas, i've got a bit of ground with squirrel issues and though i've been rabbiting fairly successfully for the last couple of years(used to shoot loads on me grandads farmland when i was a kid n teenager but took 15 years off due to beer and birds!) i've never really been tree ratting so anyone got any tips for me? thanks fellas, all the best

wurz

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

hi mate.

i find the best and easiest tactic for shooting squizzers is to stalk round a wood stopping every few steps to look around. if a squirrels is in a tree and spots you they usually freeze for a few seconds. this is your best chance of shooting one. or you can sit down at the base of a tree or behind a log or something in an area where squirrels are seen often. only go for headshots as squirrels are tough and body shots will just wound them. if you do the 'sit and wait' tactic wear some kind of face cover like a scrim scarf or headnet as your face will stand out and give you away. edit: noticed you have a dog. if you have dreys in your area (squirrel 'nests') then your terrier can mark which ones are dormant and which ones have squirrels in them. squirrels are attracted to noise and if you make a sharp squeaking noise or anythin noise they will come out to investigate. i know this sounds rubbish but it works trust me.

Edited April 17, 2010 by aaronpigeonplucker

[venomviper 129]

hi ya wurz

nice to see you posting matey

i agree with aaron matey and baiting the trees around with a bit of peanut butter as your walking around matey then sit and watch for them to come and have alot look just rub a bit on the trees at the bottom then settle in and see i do it all the time as the squizzers love peanut butter buddy

 

shay

[gurtwurz 793]

cheers fellas, i'll get the sun pat out later then n see what happens!!

shay, thanks for the heads up re this site, much appreciated mate

all the best, wurz

[venomviper 129]

hi ya buddy

no worries matey you will like it here matey we all have fun and everyone on here will help to there best if you get stuck matey check out zini as well has he does hunting dvd's as well matey which are really good as my lad is 9 and been watching them and his shooting has really come on well matey

 

shay

[zini 1,939]

Cheers Shay and welcome to the section Wurz,

 

Si

[venomviper 129]

hi ya si buddy

well matey your dvds are good and look at brenden shooting now 30mtrs at 9 years old and taking squizzers at 20mtrs is a good thing for such a young lad matey and your dvds did help him alot matey

 

shay

[stealthy1 3,964]

The best way to find grey squirrels is to look on the floor under firs and pine trees for cones that have been chewed to get the seeds out, then just sit under the tree until bits of cone rain down on you from above, then perforate the little gits

[venomviper 129]

so true stealthy buddy

shay