Do you have more than one type of squirrel? In the UK you can bag as many invasive greys as you want (.22, twelve foot pounds of air - lol) but don’t ever hit a native red. The greys brought a virus (?) that has decimated our native reds.
TLDR: squirrel racism is promoted in the UK.
Edit: 12 ft/lbs is the legal limit for air rifles (easy to buy and operate) but it’s not unheard of for people to - illegally - up that. The only thing worse than missing vermin is injuring vermin.
We do, in Ontario we have grey squirrels and red squirrels, and same thing you can take I think 5-6 a day during the fall season, but no touchy the loud ass tiny redheaded Dingus that is blowing out your deer stand…
Also we have black Grey squirrels here, so I have been known to say to a red squirrel “hey friend. Don’t worry, shut up I’m not after you, but if you have any black friends…”
That’s a brilliant reply. Thank you. I’m really tickled by the “Got any black friends?” comment. Sentences to never take out of context and all that… I’m gonna do a little research now as I’ve seen one or two brown (?) squirrels which I always assumed were red/grey cross breeds. I take no pleasure in killing animals but it has to be done… (to anybody who might disagree with that last bit - sadly it’s a fact. It’s not an opinion. Without human intervention many species would cease to exist. We made a mess and now we’re trying to clean it up.)
Man my dad’s old squirrel gun (.22 semi) doesn’t cycle subsonics, and it doesn’t have a silencer, so that absolutely tracks.
Do you have more than one type of squirrel? In the UK you can bag as many invasive greys as you want (.22, twelve foot pounds of air - lol) but don’t ever hit a native red. The greys brought a virus (?) that has decimated our native reds.
TLDR: squirrel racism is promoted in the UK.
Edit: 12 ft/lbs is the legal limit for air rifles (easy to buy and operate) but it’s not unheard of for people to - illegally - up that. The only thing worse than missing vermin is injuring vermin.
We do, in Ontario we have grey squirrels and red squirrels, and same thing you can take I think 5-6 a day during the fall season, but no touchy the loud ass tiny redheaded Dingus that is blowing out your deer stand…
Also we have black Grey squirrels here, so I have been known to say to a red squirrel “hey friend. Don’t worry, shut up I’m not after you, but if you have any black friends…”
Then I die inside.
That’s a brilliant reply. Thank you. I’m really tickled by the “Got any black friends?” comment. Sentences to never take out of context and all that… I’m gonna do a little research now as I’ve seen one or two brown (?) squirrels which I always assumed were red/grey cross breeds. I take no pleasure in killing animals but it has to be done… (to anybody who might disagree with that last bit - sadly it’s a fact. It’s not an opinion. Without human intervention many species would cease to exist. We made a mess and now we’re trying to clean it up.)