Grey squirrel shooting tactics
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- Paul Childerley is after squirrels. They are chewing up the water pipes in his pheasant pens, and this is the time of year they greys tuck into songbird nests, eating eggs and chicks. He is out with fellow gamekeeper Scott, to deal with the animals and their dreys in woodland on his shoot. It's the latest in his Modern Gamekeeper series
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Why shoot grey squirrels?
Grey squirrels are invasive pests, not native to the UK. They impact on our native wildlife, raiding nests to prey on eggs and fledglings, and they are responsible for the decline in native red squirrel numbers, likely because they carry but are immune to the parapox virus, which is fatal to red squirrels . The Wildlife Trusts estimate there are only around 140,000 native red squirrels left in the UK, compared to 2.5 million grey squirrels.
Grey squirrels cause damage to trees such as beech, oak, sycamore and chestnut. They strip bark at the base of trees which causes them to weaken and eventually to die. The UK Forestry Commission estimates grey squirrels causes £6-10 million damage to British forestry per year.
Grey squirrels have been known to damage houses and buildings by chewing on woodwork, insulation and electrical wires. They can also contaminate cold water tanks with urine and droppings. It has been illegal to keep grey squirrels (without a licence) since 1937, and it is illegal to release them into the wild.
Grey squirrels’ predators include stoats, goshawks and foxes, leaving gamekeepers, foresters and airgunners to do the main job of eradicating them. A coalition of airgunners across Anglesey successfully removed grey squirrels from the island. Other groups in Cumbria and Cornwall aim to do the same, with support from the government and private enterprise.
Yes Squirrels do a lot of damage. Enjoyed it
so, I used my pellet gun, from my kitchen door....whilst in my pajamas. Two shots...two dead squirrels. No fancy gear needed at all. Didn't even leave the house...all while sipping my coffee.
ive shot them out the bedroom window off the bird feeder! If you splice the Airrifle pellet it becomes a hollowpoint and blood sprays everywere 😂😂😂
nice one
@5th dimension lmao
You sad pathetic bitch
5th dimension .... shut it, you uneducated mutant.
I live in Upstate NY and have never shot at a squirrel drey, but also couldn't find anything on the NYSDEC website or anywhere else on the internet, so I emailed the D.E.C. and asked, and believe it or not they didn't know the answer and emailed a wildlife biologist for the answer (for them as well as me) and I was told it is legal to shoot them out of there nests, the babies are born between March & April when hunting season for them is closed, but its an ethical thing! What if an owl or any other protected animal might be in it that isn't in season or protected...its no excuse that you couldn't see what it was in the nest.
not in Wisconsin...a state where REAL hunting...not just killing takes place
Where Im at its illegal to shoot squirrel nests like that.
Glock 17 that's because it's an indigenous species to you but to us, the Grey Squirrel is invasive. However I see your point an agree. Shooting blind like that may kill a roosting bird, Red Squirrel or even protected Dormice or other protected species. The point is the shooter cannot be sure just what is making use of that drey so must be regarded as bad practice. The only sure way is to target them individually on a feeder with a rifle.
@@Biffo1262 The U.S. has many different laws pertaining to shooting squirrels and/or their nests, it really depends on which state you live in and also the local ordinances.
Where I live, in Virginia, you can kill these bastards all year around IF you live outside of a city or town and IF you are shooting them on your own property.
I live in a rural area and I have had to clip over 2 dozen of these pests because they keep stealing my wife's birdseed. I can't stand these things. My single shot 20 Guage gets the job done most of the time. Cheers mate!
@@Biffo1262 I should mention that I only target grey squirrels. Red squirrels are rare in VA and we do have a black squirrel that periodically helps itself every once in awhile. I leave both of these alone if I see them.
Oh you live in commiefornia too ?
@@BayAreaWrecker Or Comrade California. VA is actually heading in that direction too. New gun restrictions, new mandates for public schools, higher taxes, just to name a few.
Even so, we still have a long way to go before we are a fully socialized, vida a la revolución state like karlmarxifornia, or your East coast competitor, Massa-che- setts.
My old huntsman .177, face veil and sit quietly and wait, always good results!
Shooting into dreys can end up killing early nesting Tawny Owls, they use dreys often where i am. Couple of mates & air rifles can end up with a good score & some of the best fun ive had slotting squirrels ever!
Agreed Drey shooting No Bueno. Just went hunting today with my Hatsan 125 Vortex Camo in .22. That things averaging 28FPE and is very accurate. I can hit a dime at 25yds 9/10 times and even the miss is marginal but it rather loud for an air rifle but using JSB Hades they are dead before they fall (quarter turned) at 11° elevation. That JSB Hades 15.89g round must expand and break the squirrels neck resulting in the cleanest kill I’ve seen ever and more than I’ve seen on most 22 powder burners. Used a JSB 18.13g at same distance and elevation and it took about 5sec after shot for no movement lights out. Went through clean but didn’t have that added expansion damage. Waiting on my Sig ASP20 Whiskey 3 combo .22 in synthetic.
7s or 7.5s is my favourite for squirrels and pigeons
A long pole is the old way of getting them out the drey or simply shake the tree if its not too chunky.
Thought I could allow em in the lower 1/2 acre here to the wash and just cull em from the yard proper. Well, the population exploded on the lower 1/2 and it was time tend that. Got em cleared for a few months. Today the 1st one came in. 1=50 if leave the issue unattended. I use a Crosman Custon Shop CO-2 RK2400. Can't burn powder because the neighbors are simply too close. The migration is starting to go down. Took one off the wood pile 20 yards away. Through the mouth and out the brain stem. I totally anticipate many more as the Autumn migration goes down. Once they get comfortable and start breeding about the yard getting rid of them is real PITA. I've taken them out to 40 yards with 3.5" of holdover on a scope sighted to 20 yards through the head with my most custom CO-2 carbine.
Estimated population in 1995 was over 2.5 million so probably a lot higher now.
I use a slingshot with 8mm steels or 9mm leads if there is light Bush in the way
seems like an air rifle would be less destructive to the surrounding tree than a shotgun ?
@S B I think that's the point at least we don't have school shootings every other day
😂😂 nothing left of them with a shotgun
@Severius Brandusa We shoot low key mate. I suggest you check up on airgun squirrel hunting on TH-cam. No mall mass shootings with AR15's and AK47's.
Zelix yeah I guess we have shootings, and I guess you have stabbings and bombings and acid attacks.
20 guage long barrel shotgun hardly damages the tree. Usually doesn't go all the way through the squirrel especially at 25+yards. Also depending on the air gun you get the air gun will do more damage to the tree if you miss. Just my personal opinion though 😉
Had a bunch of crows and 2 squirrels Saturday, going to set a hide up this weekend see how things go
How did it go?
Back again.I could watch this all day,24-7.Once I saw a pecan tree full of nuts.the tree rats ate those,oh yeah,but while still plenty nuts,I saw some seek out and murder[eating alive]a nest of cardnils.that entrenched my forever hatred of this vermin.they are as evil as cats.So I gave em evil back.Trap em alive,then get pruning shears,and sever front and back legs.Then turn em loose and enjoy the payback that the jays,crows and raptors gave em.Open buffet for our feathered friends this time! I even saw a bunch of crows[SMART birds!]going and picking in holes in the trees,snagging the wormy looking spawn of the rats,gulping them whole.Wish I had video of that...now I'm waiting for the bleeding heart tree hugger remarks.
I just bought a air rifle weihrauch 95 1.77 never had a gun before had rat problem rats not taking rat poison had some practice shots at 25yds shooting at targets doing well couple of days later wait for some rats big suprised squirrel came I took aim to chest shot it ran 10 yds before it died did have some mixed emotions after shooting it
Eat it
20ga side-by-side with No6 shot......cleans them up. Mean!
One urban squirrel came to the bird feeder looking fluffy and nice for the grandkids to look at, trouble is grandad shot the little sucker with his air rifle while mamma was out, she to this day wondered why it never came back, I told her it must have been run over, don’t tell her what really happened will you.
Mom
i use a 410 or 12 gauge
My .22 gamo maxxim g2 Totally destroys squirrels , no need for a shotgun hahaha
Is that gun reliable, no problems?
12 gauge 7s 6s today worked well 16
Have you got red squirrels, or grey ones? Or both?
Asking because the red ones are protected here.
Thanks for this. We've got protected reds and shoot-on-sight greys. / Charlie
A little 410 autoloader with 3 " #4
My mum thinks we should leave them alone 🤣😂 im not gonna listen to her
Good for you 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌👍
Keep up the good work boy’s
Not in my garden cage trap followed by hk45 .177 to the nut
Expensive method of culling greys in my opinion. I use Air Arms .177. One very cheap pellet to the head, very effective and doesn't damage the trees. Just sayin' cheers.
Just bought a weihrauch 95 1.77 tried target shooting first some practice never had a gun before have rat problem where i live my first kill was a squirrel through the chest it ran 10 yard before it died i had mixed emotions about it waiting for the rats now
If you are on a Pheasant or Game Farm, and you are feeding the birds to keep them in the area, why not put up a Peanut feeder and take them out with a nice Daystate. Far more quiet and the the chance you will plug more than two is way way greater.... Ask those guys that use to publish "Air Heads" It was a wonderful show about Air Guns and their Kit.... and remember, They were "Aiming for accuracy, targeting the truth" - Just ask David. if you can't afford a Daystate, you could look up FX air guns or if you like to stay buying from those lovely English lads... Brocock are a nice bit if kit with some Sportsmatch mounts and MTC scope... ( have I plugged everyone? ) Living In Wisconsin, USA our DNR (Department of Natural Recourses), may not have a Rule about shooing the nest, however, our Wardens are not above finding some problem with your hunt, i.e., Signature on your Small Game Licensee not done in the right shade of blue ink, or if done in Black, it is not dark enough or it is too dark, you gun is too new or too old.. they'll find something...
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"Killing with cannons"
My dad used to chew my ass out for shooting the nest.cause it might stay in the nest and rot.
So?
I uses 30g HALCON
People would be amazed how much damage these little blighters do to trees..
@5th dimension thats a dumbass take
Against the law in pa to do. But that's okay I sit bye a tree and wait for them to come out and get them with my scoped 22lr
Shooting the nests?
And blasting trees from the distance an air rifle could hit...silly
It's against the law to shoot nests here seems unfair
i shot a squirrel and it ran into its nest do you have any tips on retrieving it?
A ladder?
Smoke it out
Chainsaw
In the US you boys would be in jail for shooting nests.
half my lot live in holes in trees, cut the tree down. lol. 250year old oaks.
airgun action my way,
What a twat you are no respect for the nature we live in
Best place for greys ....... in the frying pan 👍
Tyrion Lannister for me it tastes no different to wild rabbit mate, really good to eat, they cause havoc on our shoot, we trap them, shoot them. Try it all the best 👍
Tricky to skin? / Charlie
@@fieldsportstv do it the yank way. Slit above the bum hole. Stand on tail and pull. Watched a so called top chef/ country boy trying to skin one. Couldn't tell if he was torturing it or trying to skin it😂
Didnt know those filthy things made nests[dreys?]that would be bad news for birds,which is what those bastards destroy.Kill all the knocked up rats you can.A public service.Trapping them is more fun and often more productive.I strongly support "The squirrelinator"and the amazing "A-18"Everyone should have at least one of those!
So the native squirrels don't build nests? The grays are considered pests over there right?
I wouldn't normally shoot into a nest because there's a good chance you'll never get the squirrel out of it, if the shot kills it.
No squirrel dogs over there? Must be a tremendous mast crop to support such a huge population.
20 gauge Remington Express 5 shot 2 3/4"
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Agree with the squirrel culling , surely an air rifle would be more effective for most of it .
I think the breeding of birds like pheasants to just shoot for sport is sick , and the poor pheasants can create a lot of problems running about on the roads . Lots of bikers have been injured by them
If you eat meat then you're a hypocrite
5 Shot 32 or 36 for the tree rats
now now shooting them in their nest that's not FAIR
its not about fair, its about body count. they're acting as exterminators not hunters
Awesome. Get rid of that varmin
Why not using a nice airgun rifle like an FX impact or so?
Not spitting to shoot nests and destroy it and damage to tree as well. Catching them in the openings
Who shoots into nest lol that like day 1 dont do shit lol
1) you probably wont get the squirrel out of the nest if you kill him
2) you dont know what using that nest for a home at that moment
hi what is the gun cam that is being used i'm looking for one with the red dot
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Good video.
I wonder what would happen if you shot a red squirrel by mistake?
That's why shooting beats poisoning and trapping - you wouldn't. / Charlie
Top video. Keep it up. 👍
If there are Greys, unlikely to be red around. Ive taken about 20, as i back onto woodland. They have destroyed several trees through ring barking trees, in my garden. Now don’t see so many Greys!
Shotguns for people who can't shoot a headshot
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I love squirrel hunting do it all the time I’m going to have to give it a thumbs down because of you shooting them in there nest
Agreed
Nah. They're nuisances and more than abundant. Gotta get rid of em' somehow.
Who carries their gun like that? 😂
Over/Under shooters..
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Nest shooting is unethical, you should be ashamed. That causes wounded animals who die a horrible death.
No it flushes them and then they are shot
Don’t shoot a nest. You will lose more than you get.. they will be stuck, and you”lol. Have hamburger to eat.
Tree destroyers and indiscriminate killing without knowing what creature is in the nest.. bunch of guys trying to show off their (not skills) instead of using airguns and precision shots...they prefer bombing the trees....WTF
Squirrels hard to kill , you have to head shoot them , ive shot them a few times , just ran off ,
Lol real guns on small pests.... Your so cool lol. Foh
Grey ones are invasive species from North America.
Shooting them from their nest, what a coward.
Let them hunt how they wish... not your business.
fuck off then
The funny thing is I hunt squirrels and deer regularly. It is illegal in michigan to shoot at a squirrel in their nest or an animal that is swimming. Highly unethical. If you read what teddy roosevelt said about hunting, you would realize how wrong this is.
@@osmiumsoul9535 It's not hunting - it's pest control. The grey squirrel is an alien invasive species in the UK and causes untold damage to trees and wildlife. Not dissimilar to the cane toad in Australia. There is no close season, it's illegal to release a live trapped one into the wild - in other words, they (with the government's blessing) are trying to eradicate them, not hunt them for sport.
@@robertstallard7836 I'd guess they cause less damage to trees than several shotgun blasts
Shooting into nests you don’t know if baby’s are in? Wow! Not ethical
At all
Non native invasive species. Devastating to the natural ecology. They are killed all year round. It would be unethical to not kill them
@@greghumble7306 grey squirrels invasive? Lol yeah ok
@@greghumble7306 squirrels aren't invasive if anything humans are by being in there habitat 🤣
@@WhiteBoyEst1994 grey squirrels are not native to the the uk, they’re from the United States. The man that introduced them was hanged. The British isles native squirrel is the red squirrel
@@BayAreaWrecker grey squirrels are not native to the uk. They were introduced in the 1890’s.