Same situation here. My investment in air rifles is still less than the damage they have created for me. Its war!
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I kill every squirrel that lets me point crosshairs on it. Otherwise they destroy property and steal fruit from our trees. They're the reason I got into airguns as an adult.
Wow , Sounds like the squirrels can be a big problem, Thanks for the heads up and I will keep an eye out,,, If they get in my Motorcycle garage (all Tin) or miss with my Homing pigeons they will be easy targets , But for now they are cute and fun to watch,
Mike
Interesting read, glad you all shared.
I've been passing judgment on folks on this forum who post about killing so many "problem" squirrels and chipmunks. I have never had problems with either nor do I know of anyone who has and my wife I find great joy watching the infrequent visitors to our yard. I suspected "problem" was just an adjective people attached to justify killing another animal for sport with an air gun.
I am a hunter (not with an air gun) and fisherman but we enjoy watching wildlife and we practice live-and-let-live (especially in the forests) unless game is to become table fare.
HOWEVER....it seems these cute little fury critters CAN be a problem and require controlling in some circumstances.
Thanks all for sharing some eye opening posts.
Interesting read, glad you all shared.
I've been passing judgment on folks on this forum who post about killing so many "problem" squirrels and chipmunks. I have never had problems with either nor do I know of anyone who has and my wife I find great joy watching the infrequent visitors to our yard. I suspected "problem" was just an adjective people attached to justify killing another animal for sport with an air gun.
I am a hunter (not with an air gun) and fisherman but we enjoy watching wildlife and we practice live-and-let-live (especially in the forests) unless game is to become table fare.
HOWEVER....it seems these cute little fury critters CAN be a problem and require controlling in some circumstances.
Thanks all for sharing some eye opening posts.
In the summer I fish in season , catch and release always. I have everything from mink to fox in my yard, never once shooting at them.
in August I was shooting an apple from 15 yards and split it in half, when I was loading, I shoot springers , a fox ran up and grabbed half the Apple looked at me and took off. Swear to it. Not out to kill any thing just squirrels.