.177 works fine though and does less damage if you're going to make them into burgers
You may have been joking there, in not sure, because a friend of ours lives around your area and the butcher stocks them, he had them for Christmas dinner one year, his name is Ian, it wouldn’t be you would it😀
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
You should embrace the squirrel and love them, its only daffodils. Now unrelated of course, how to keep the off my apples.. pellets in them ruins the teeth when you bite on them. Seriously the only thing I have found to work with animals wandering in the garden is to understand what they are doing there, then persuade them to do that somewhere else. Are they eating the daffodils or are they burying food next to them? I would go with wire mesh over the top. If they are eating the bulbs then they are hungry - how well do you defend your bird food? Might be an idea to make that more easily accessible for the squirrel to save the plants? let it have an easy option. The next step that always works (when trying to understand the animals fail) is the local fox. Score so far is Garden 1 - cat poo 0, fax 1 - cats 0, chicken poo - garden was a score draw, till fox 6 - chickens 0
”pellets in them ruins the teeth when you bite on them.”
Steven, you’re supposed to remove the pellet when you skin them😀
Theres no training a wild animal, putting food down elsewhere just attracts more, Best not to have any food accessible to them so they clear off altogether.
The OP has said they put wire over, they still pull them out. Although it’s probably best to leave the wire there and not remove it.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
If they get into your roof, they'll chew the electric wires and they're viscious little bar stewards if you try to evict them. It's not just daffodils. They're tree rats with pretty tails.
I saw a programme where I think it was pine martens were introduced. For some reason I can't remember, they kept the grey squirrel population down, which allowed the red squirrels to re-establish
I saw a programme where I think it was pine martens were introduced. For some reason I can't remember, they kept the grey squirrel population down, which allowed the red squirrels to re-establish
Pine martens indeed. I wish they'd introduce them here. I'm sure our climate/landscape would suit them as well as it does in Scotland.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Steven, you’re supposed to remove the pellet when you skin them😀
Theres no training a wild animal, putting food down elsewhere just attracts more, Best not to have any food accessible to them so they clear off altogether.
The OP has said they put wire over, they still pull them out. Although it’s probably best to leave the wire there and not remove it.
They're tree rats with pretty tails.