Devon Stalker
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Hi, does anyone have plans they could share for a squirrel bait station please?
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Squirrel Bait Station
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LarryLightFoot
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I don’t have plans as such but from a 2400x1200 sheet of marine ply I made a few feeders .
400mm high back 300mm high front ( sloping roof ) then they are 300mm wide and 300mm deep I cut out a hole in the bottom front corner to the size of a metal single socket tray with a 100mm lip for them to sit on . Will find some picks and put up so you can get the idea.
400mm high back 300mm high front ( sloping roof ) then they are 300mm wide and 300mm deep I cut out a hole in the bottom front corner to the size of a metal single socket tray with a 100mm lip for them to sit on . Will find some picks and put up so you can get the idea.
LarryLightFoot
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Here you go..LarryLightFoot
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Not sure if this is maybe a slightly smaller one but it’s down to you how big or small you want them, plasterers bead round the edges helps to stop them chewing away at the feeder .
Devon Stalker
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Nice one, I like the use of the socket tray particularly!
Len the dog
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This is made from a length of black socket ended soil pipe and an adapted mushroom cowl for a lid, filled with peanuts it draws in the squirrels but also feeds the small woodland birds.
That way you may get a few - but as it drops cold bait is the way
I have shot thousands on them = i also enjoy stalking into them from feeder to feeder with the hushpower which is very effective
I do wonder though sometimes why people complicate it - a simple blue barrel with a pheasant spring and some wheat does the job and provides a bit of food for the local songbirds too
Smellydog
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Now this does make sense.
Len the dog
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In summer they are impossible to see in the leaf canopy, and if you want to clear large numbers then stalking them is far too slow.
LarryLightFoot
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I do stalk at certain times in the year especially when there’s loads of natural food about as they don’t touch the feeders and this year has seen a bumper harvest of acorns. The reason I put feeders up is I’ve been tasked with clearing them out and keeping on top of them in the wood I have and the feeders help big time in reducing the numbers. That said I had a good stalk the other day, got in on it and dropped it at 41yds and approx. 25 ft up in an Oak clean dispatch with a sub 12ft/lb . I tend to switch it up depending on the day so a bit of sat on a feeder and a bit walk n stalk if the feeders are quiet
.I do stalk at certain times in the year especially when there’s loads of natural food about as they don’t touch the feeders and this year has seen a bumper harvest of acorns. The reason I put feeders up is I’ve been tasked with clearing them out and keeping on top of them in the wood I have and the feeders help big time in reducing the numbers. That said I had a good stalk the other day, got in on it and dropped it at 41yds and approx. 25 ft up in an Oak clean dispatch with a sub 12ft/lb . I tend to switch it up depending on the day so a bit of sat on a feeder and a bit walk n stalk if the feeders are quiet
Get a hushpower Larry - brilliant for really making holes in the numbers when used in conjunction with a rifle
Smellydog
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I'm toying with an air rifle session this weekend on them.I do stalk at certain times in the year especially when there’s loads of natural food about as they don’t touch the feeders and this year has seen a bumper harvest of acorns. The reason I put feeders up is I’ve been tasked with clearing them out and keeping on top of them in the wood I have and the feeders help big time in reducing the numbers. That said I had a good stalk the other day, got in on it and dropped it at 41yds and approx. 25 ft up in an Oak clean dispatch with a sub 12ft/lb . I tend to switch it up depending on the day so a bit of sat on a feeder and a bit walk n stalk if the feeders are quiet
Get out Smellydog - its brill sat waiting watching the other wildlife
I have put up loads of bucket feeders for the small birds pretty close to some of my shooting areas and to just sit and have 10/20 minutes watching them as they feed is a real reset
Smellydog
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Yes buddy I know. I was waiting for deer Sunday. I was sat in a fence line of oaks. Squirrels everywhere. A wren came under 4' checking me out. Long tails, pheasants. It is way better than anything else I know. It's like a drug to me.
Qwertyzmate
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Main considerations with feeder design:
- Chew proof around the opening. They will expand the whole by chewing it wider.
- Secure lid. If they can get at the food easier than the opening you want them eat at, they will!
- Perch for them to eat at needs to be positioned so they are sat in the position you want to shoot them in
- Don't let the feeder run empty if its not made of metal! They can smell the bait long after its gone and will chew wood to death to get in if they think food is in there!.
LarryLightFoot
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On my list when my ticket lands through the letterbox
On my list when my ticket lands through the letterbox
May i suggest you get a pump - heavy but brilliant for the job !
I would also go 12 or 20 and resist the temptation for .410 because they can deal with them better through the branches
LarryLightFoot
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I will also have .22 FAC Air to help…
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