First it was the ‘bird-table of doom’, where Charlie lures in rats and squirrels to meet their doom, so he can protect local songbird populations. Now he has industrialised, enlisted the help of Jaf Jefferson from the South Somerset Ferreters and set about ridding a whole wood of grey squirrels. Jaf builds a feeder that holds 15kg of peanuts, plus a hide for two people overlooking the feeder 25 yards/metres away. It’s curtains for the squirrels.
Jaf Jefferson is shooting squirrels to protect Charlie’s dad’s trees. The squirrels are more dangerous for trees than a Toby Carvery with a chainsaw, and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c00RtCnJvSs Terry Doe is blown away by the high-tech new Skout Evo, an airgun so advanced that it talks to you, and allows you to
After a successful squirrel eradication programme in the winter, disaster strikes in the summer. A dozen good-quality oak trees are dead and all the indications
www.youtube.com/watch?v=irnNGp_V27o WokeWatch: Government-owned Forestry England now uses non-lead ammo to shoot grey squirrels. The government agency uses non-lead airgun pellets and shotshells, and it leads
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUFf7nGr9RI First it was the ‘bird-table of doom’, where Charlie lures in rats and squirrels to meet their doom, so he can protect local songbird