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In this week’s episode Mat Manning shows us exactly how he gets the best from his grey squirrel feeding stations. After kicking off with an action-packed session in the hide, Mat explains how he sets up his feeders and the tricks he uses to optimise his time when controlling this destructive pest.
Spring is a great time of year for air rifle hunting, and in the second part of the show Mat shares some top tips to get the most from this productive season. His expert advise covers rat, rabbit, pigeon and crow shooting through springtime.
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Great video Mat... thanks for all the tips this episode. See you in a fortnight
Thanks William.
You'll see me shooting the new feeding station in the next episode. A few squirrels have arrived...
All the best. Mat
Thank you for that great information.
Glad to help. Thanks for watching.
All the best. Mat
Fantastic as usual ... loved it ..
Thanks Mark, and thanks for watching.
All the best. Mat
great shoot
Thanks Gary.
All the best. Mat
I have a camo hat just like yours ,,,,,nice shoting
Brilliant video, full of good advice 👍Keith the Roof
Thanks Keith.
All the best. Mat
Another really good video this week Matt, with alot of excellent information, which was good to hear 😎
Thanks John. Glad it was useful.
All the best. Mat
Great tips Matt
Thanks Janice.
All the best. Mat
Great video!! Appreciate the tips even here in. The US!!
Thanks Randy.
All the best. Mat
nice vid, as usual, greetz from the Netherlands!!!
Hi, and thanks for watching.
All the best. Mat
Another great video Matt.
Good stuff as always Mat. 👍 Pete in Essex.
Thanks Pete. Hope all's well.
Cheers. Mat
Fire extinguishers are also brill as a feeder Cork the top with wood and make a platform at the bottom with a cut out. We'll u can work it out...
Yet another enjoyable video and useful tips 👍
I've really enjoy these videos. Recently a bloke knocked on the back door and asked if I wanted 8 leg of venison for £120, I said " that's too dear. ". Sorry, I couldn't resist. I'm actual a plinker only.😀
Sound advice from a experienced pest controlar!!! Great video and editing welldone sir!!! Not shure about the Zeiss at that short range,? Anyways thanks for the tips👍
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HI matt great video as always just thought i would let you know about our shoot .Myself and a friend have been shooting squirrels on an estate for the last two years .WE only shoot them in the winter months from mid october to mid march last year we had 105 squirrels and this year we had 112 .It really is great sport and its also reducing the damage to the estate gardens.
Sounds like you're doing a great job. Thanks for watching.
All the best. Mat
brilliant info MAT
Nice. Wish i had my Own FX, but i have no Hunting licence and in germany you need one for rifles with more than 7.5 joules
At 2:48 is that allen bolt under the picatinny rail on the FX rusting? Looks like it to me.
It is, Paul. It's not easy to get at to clean, and I am guessing that dirt/water got in there at some point.
All the best. Mat
Excellent Matt. Another tip I was given is to site the hopper on a tree which catches early morning sun if possible. Not always possible, but worth considering.
I always mount my feeders when possible on a tree so I can shoot north, this prevents any lens flare thru the scope. Plus this means you can shoot early morning or late afternoon.
Great advice. Thanks.
All the best. Mat
Boiled squirrel ,,,,,❤❤❤
What is the best squirrel feeder to use and where can I find it? Great video, by the way!
Great vid! It's like they were posing for the "shot" each time. Love your content!
Thanks William, and thanks for tuning in.
All the best. Mat
Great video, thank you. I have a feeder at home, but can't hold out to the peanut consumption. At least 25kg/week is unsustainable for me, 90% of which is by birds. I am going to try filling on a Thursday night and see if that will still draw a few in for my weekend shooting..
@Broad Side yes, have a camera on it. Lid is secure! Crows, Jays, magpies, and loads of song birds 🐦
@@rwdkai Broad Side is saying put a hinged lid over the hole where the peanuts come out......not the lid where you fill the feeder.
@@MrAlphafang ah, ok. I can certainly try that. I did reduce the size by half of the tray and opening. Thank you.
Some great tips there, Mat. 🙏
Keep up the good work. 👍
Thanks.
All the best. Mat
Great video 👍...The lid on that feeder is too short...rain water will drop into the feed tray.... something the "venders" should alter. 😉
You are right Nigel. That is something I noted too.
All the best. Mat
Totally agree Nigel. The feeder I bought I simply cut a square piece of thin plastic out of the side of 4 pint milk container and duck taped it like a flap over the nut tray. It works an absolute treat. Squirrels simply lift it with their nose and the rain doesn’t get into the nuts. I hate it when my nuts get wet! 😂
hi Mat great video m8 it's good to see the setup behind a good shoot
Thanks Ian.
All the best. Mat
Those squirrels were an itchy lot today. Fleas?
Very likely.
All the best. Mat
Hi Matt, really enjoyed the video mate,you make it look easy but I know a lot of work goes into what you do and you do it well my friend, keep on rocking baby 😆 atvbDave
Thanks Dave.
All the best. Mat
Great seeing ya Mat, that impact hits hard. I love mine in 22 cal. There nothing but pests chewing holes through trash containers. Crack on mate… Tom LI NY
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Thanks Tom.
All the best. Mat
An amazing amount of great advice, and footage. Thanks much! Cheers.
Thanks for the kind words, Mike. Much appreciated.
All the best. Mat
A brilliant video - the owl tip is a particularly good one.
Dose it need to be a gravity, fed feeder, or can it be one where they have to lift the lid
Groovy
Excellent shooting Mat, and superb advice.
Thanks very much.
All the best. Mat
Great video Mat.very informative and bang on.Definitely agree with keeping the feeders topped up as best you can.
Great shooting btw!
Atvb👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Justin.
All the best. Mat
Great video. I watch them alot. Do you have any black bears in your area?
Do you use a sub 12 for the squirrels
Just curious, do you eat them. I can never cook aqirrel right. But I do my best to eat them. Because my Grandpa loved hunting the big squirrels we have in Texas, pecan orchards.
We eat a lot of squirrel meat. Cut into small pieces, coat in breadcrumbs and fry. Delicious.
All the best. Mat
@@theshootingshow Thanks. Thats the one thing I never tried. Will now for sure.
How many yards away is that bait station your shooting at?
Hi Mat, another great video. Just wondering what is the best way to dispose of squirrel corpses if you are not putting them in the pot?? Also, what are the current laws about dealing with destructive squirrels in private back gardens? Thanks
I used to cut the tails off and give the squirrels to an Owl sanctuary, I also used to give them to some chaps who had ferrets
I give the greys I shoot to a friend who has hawks so none go to waste.
JND Fishing Providing you either own the garden or have written shooting permission (backed-up with shooting insurance), then legally you can shoot them with an airgun providing you can justify that under the general license they're causing destruction locally. You must also ensure your pellets don't cross the property boundary (else that's "Armed trespass"), you must not shoot within 50ft of a road, and ensure any neighbours who overlook the garden are aware of what you're doing.
If in doubt call 101 before and afterwards, so the Police are aware and they don't need to attend if someone calls them.
Hope this helps, cheers. Russ
Thank you! That’s a really helpful and detailed response. Just what I was after! 👍🏻
@@jndfishing4693 Happy to help.
The bit re informing / reassuring your neighbours is to keep everything tickety-boo.
If someone saw you aiming a gun and felt threatened by you that's actually an offence too, so best inform them and be a good neighbour.
Obviously you also need a big enough garden and a good backstop.
Cheers. Russ
Great video as always and Thanks for the tips. Here is South Africa we don't have too much of a problem with Squirrels but we do have a lot of doves and pigeons. How would you go about baiting or feed areas to hunt doves
if youre not in a field with decoys and in a hide try something like this czcams.com/video/951PbqzhRsY/video.html
easy to diy
not a popular hobbie, but IT did teach me how to shoot and be humane about it.
I had 13 of these sods in my garden , they got in my roof and kitchen ate my cooker wires
they are now gone , thanks to a bait station and a good nature trap
That is the reason I got one of my perms. The owners were getting greys in the loft and wall cavities so they rang me. I’m still taking greys off the garden feeder and am over 100 now. On my videos you can see the hide setup and the feeder shooting in the tree area of the garden.
Another great video Matt, I shall be hitting the “bushy tails” myself this weekend, keep them coming and let’s hope that certain “tv” people don’t add the greys to their “ objection” list 👊
Thanks Nigel. Hope you managed to bag a few.
All the best. Mat
@@theshootingshow ended up with 8 and 17 woodys 👍
I only use wheat and shoot around 220-230 from October- April and never use a hide . So all depends on permission
Good stuff. Keep it up.
All the best. Mat
Mr squirrel on the point of getting shot.oh me knuts..i know cheap gags.
Mantap salam kenal dari saya semoga tambah sukses 👍🙏
I shot a squirrel yesterday in the garden I pumped it full of lead the gun I’m using isn’t for hunting but did the job.I went to remove it the next day and it’s completely vanished any ideas it was 100% dead.
Fox came and took it for a late night snack probably
Squirrel management uk are no longer selling the boxes as material costs have risen too high to make them viable.
wait till they start chewing on your box love
Just so you know on April 4, it’s World Rat Appreciation Day
nice rifle but a little pricy
Same as the scope 😲
Great video. I can shoot pigeons, Corvids and bunnies but I just can’t bring myself to shoot squirrels for some reason. I know the damage they do to trees and our indigenous reds but I just can’t bring myself to do it. Oh well, we are all different I guess.
Can’t find a good feeder
I hope all those squirrels are ruining your free loader queens palace.
Id rather want you to shoot rodents than squirel.. theyre cute though
is this illeagal
I don’t understand. Why would anybody shoot squirrels?!
@Pete graham your comments are either being deleted because of their blatant vulgarity or because you decided it makes you look silly... or both. But you are losing your mind Pete, ever since you had to delete your original account 🤣
I suggest watching and listening to the video all Questions answered 🤪
Dint kill squirrls.....just kill rats and rat with wings....
Please don't kill innocent animals
Typical camper...😒...no skill...no sport...
That is baiting might be legal were you are but here its illegal and imoral and unethical
Murdering squirrels looking for food is just cowardly and not a sport at all.
Pest control is not technically sport but it's also a practice some people enjoy at the same time. It's legal and also the method used by conservation projects and charities like the RSPB (the biggest wildlife charity in the world). It's infinitly more humane and effective than trapping or shooting them 'on the run'.
Most affective way
They are an invasive species that need to be controlled as they kill trees and are detrimental to indigenous species.
This is far more effective and humane than traps or poisons, which can lead to a slow death which no one wants.
Nothing cowardly about killing tree rats💪💪👍👍
You need to read up on what damage squirrels do to our native wildlife and woodland before making a stupid uneducated comment