Two-day squirrel hunt
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มี.ค. 2021
- How do you make a noise like a squirrel? Find out as Tom Davies and Ollie Williams head into woodland to carry out a grey squirrel cull.
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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.
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Thank you so much for doing such a valuable.for native wildlife work ❤❤
Always enjoy squirrel action, I’ll be out in the Binerminator again soon, I may even offer an invite for Charlie and David, as long as he leaves his Morris dance bells at home 👍
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We share videos with the same content, I am a person who likes hunting, I enjoy watching your videos.
Hello Charlie, I do eat the squirrels and I do believe that they taste like mild pork when hot and like pheasant when cold.
Definitely tastes like chicken! Lol. Beer mattered fried squirrel made by my friends mom is a classic favorite. Just gotta take it slow for the pellets!
I'm sorry to say that I found them too difficult to skin to bother with. Rabbits they ain't. / Charlie
@@fieldsportstv that’s true and funny. When I was a young lad I thought I must be doing something wrong when skinning squirrel. I remember pliers, vise grips.........
I always think they taste like squirrel.🤣👍 but they taste nice ,,my nephews favourite from the field larder.
@@tomdavis3038 I always get mine with the airrifle or catapult, head shots always, then you can just munch in to your hearts content no worries about crunching on a number 6 .👍
My Son and I have eaten a lot of squirrel, cooked in numerous ways, from fried, sweet and sour, and a more traditional stew, with rabbit and pigeon. All delicious , but marinated in a bbq seasoning overnight and cooked in a smoker for a couple of hours is the best way for me. Just don’t tell the guests what it is..... they may go Nuts! 🐿🤫
how good is the thermal monocular on squirrel in day time during your hunt?
I reckon you get 5 times more squirrels with thermal. / Charlie
I love some squirrel stew!!
My Son and I have eaten a lot of squirrel, cooked in numerous ways, from fried, sweet and sour, and a more traditional stew, with rabbit and pigeon. All delicious , but marinated in a bbq seasoning overnight and cooked in a smoker for a couple of hours is the best way for me. Just don’t tell the guests what it is..... they may go Nuts! 🐿😁
Hi
What is that below the end of the muzzle at 0:24?
Shotkam - helps me with filming. / Charlie
@@fieldsportstv Appreciate your reply!
Browning semi auto 22 would be the job for that
Nice nice 😁😁
Really the squirrel was up a tree 😂
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Should have some drainage rods to knock the dreys out of the trees ,then you can get the ones you shot in the dreys, I was always told not to shoot the dreys as you very rarely get the squirrel an it may only be a injury which will get infected an cause a slow painful death.
There can't be any unwritten rules about shooting squirrels then.?
Browning semi auto 22 would be the job for that