Backyard bird watching

[PRBuzz]

This is now f'''ing WAR! Those damn furry tailed rats not only learned to remove the tops of the feeders, now they stole them! They are no where to be seen. I'm done messing with them and getting one of these:

[PRBuzz]

Originally Posted by PRBuzz

This is now f'''ing WAR! Those damn furry tailed rats not only learned to remove the tops of the feeders, now they stole them! They are no where to be seen. I'm done messing with them and getting one of these:

I want the soldier, too! At least he might be able to hit what he aims to hit?

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by PRBuzz

I want the soldier, too! At least he might be able to hit what he aims to hit?

It's happened to my twice now. the snow pile they are in is 6 feet tall I can't find them till April

[Raven]

be cool if it was miniaturized
you aim the scope on the PC
click the mouse and a little soldier
next to the Bird feeder caps the squirrel

[2na]

Johnny, get a 4x scope and zero it in on the range/distance your birdfeeders are away. Pellets will drop 3-4" in 100', so if you are shooting at 20' and zero'd at 100' you'll shoot under every time. If you can get proficient enough to pass the Raven test you are there. I aim between the eye and the ear, but a straight on shot up the nose will also do. I don't want to see them suffer, but I don't ever want to see them again. My friendly neighborhood fox does the cleanup work for me.

Snow buntings Bobby - very good! Mark it up. Straight white or mottled?

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by 2na

Johnny, get a 4x scope and zero it in on the range/distance your birdfeeders are away. Pellets will drop 3-4" in 100', so if you are shooting at 20' and zero'd at 100' you'll shoot under every time. If you can get proficient enough to pass the Raven test you are there. I aim between the eye and the ear, but a straight on shot up the nose will also do. I don't want to see them suffer, but I don't ever want to see them again. My friendly neighborhood fox does the cleanup work for me.?

Thanks for the tips Mike. I'm sighted in dead on at 50'. Most shots are a little closer, some a little further away so I adjust accordingly. I'm right there with you, in that I want a quick kill. With the distance I'm at and the pellet gun/pellets I'm using, I'm not too worried about that though. Damn pellets will go in one side and out the other.

[saltfly]

Originally Posted by 2na

Johnny, get a 4x scope and zero it in on the range/distance your birdfeeders are away. Pellets will drop 3-4" in 100', so if you are shooting at 20' and zero'd at 100' you'll shoot under every time. If you can get proficient enough to pass the Raven test you are there. I aim between the eye and the ear, but a straight on shot up the nose will also do. I don't want to see them suffer, but I don't ever want to see them again. My friendly neighborhood fox does the cleanup work for me.

Snow buntings Bobby - very good! Mark it up. Straight white or mottled?

They were all mottled.I'll send a couple off to you.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by PRBuzz

This is now f'''ing WAR! Those damn furry tailed rats not only learned to remove the tops of the feeders, now they stole them! They are no where to be seen. I'm done messing with them and getting one of these:

I hoed a 1200fps pellet rifle off of Sweetwater. Now that the ice has melted off the trees, they've come out of their holes. Tomorrow begin my campaign of shooting every single one of them that enters the area I've declared safe to shoot towards.

Just missed one yesterday. I wonder what a pellet zipping by faster than the speed of sound actually sounds like.

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Tomorrow begin my campaign of shooting every single one of them that enters the area I've declared safe to shoot towards.

JD, outside the safety zone a paint gun loaded with water balls is a lot
of fun.

I've been finding by loading the suet feeders with the container still on,
it slows them down as they can only get at one side. Doesn't interfere
with the birds getting at it.

[spence]

Originally Posted by PRBuzz

This is now f'''ing WAR! Those damn furry tailed rats not only learned to remove the tops of the feeders, now they stole them! They are no where to be seen. I'm done messing with them and getting one of these:

The best squirrel proof feeder I've seen has the perch weighted so it closes the feed stations when weight it put on it. Not sure of the brand but my parents swear by them.

I just use regular feeders but only put out safflower. They won't eat it...

-spence

[ProfessorM]

Originally Posted by spence

The best squirrel proof feeder I've seen has the perch weighted so it closes the feed stations when weight it put on it. Not sure of the brand but my parents swear by them.

I just use regular feeders but only put out safflower. They won't eat it...

-spence

yup. I use 2 I bought years ago. Not cheap but do the trick and i figure I have saved that in seed since I bought them. They learn fast and don't even bother them any more.

here is the kind i have , although I did not pay that much. more like 40 but it was probably 15 years ago. Heavy duty and well made

http://www.bird-house-bath.com/d/Her...-Original.html


here is a good one too


http://www.birdwatching-bliss.com/sq...FUlN4AodLWX2IA