oldclaypaws wrote:. I shan't be going to see 'American Sniper'- it's jingoistic and glorifies war,
I don't want to take this topic off track, but as it's my topic I feel I should reply on this, I too thought that about the film when I first saw it advertised, but had the chance to watch it last week, and I don't think it does, in fact it had me in tears, as it shows how war effects family life and the mind of the soldier
I love the idea you have of righting every wrong in this world first, to try a justify the need not to control squirrels, I think any woodland owner needs to decide whether to do it or not, but then end off
smojo; I too thought that about the trees, 12 gauge carries alot of shot, no doubt some will end up buried in the bark, my reason for buying two 410 shotguns, a lot less lead is contained within, hopefully that's less potential damage to the trees
I do have those type feeders set up in my woods, although I use cheap cornflakes as they work well too, using an air rifle every day for work related stuff, I'd be confident on the clean kills, but for those who would use it occasionally then that might not be the case, accidents do happen, and the quarry can move at the last second, resulting in either misses or winged hits, and you'd have a wounded squirrel trying to run, so the shotgun does have some good points, you can shoot and kill moving targets,
