well its that time of the year so I got little snack for them as they just really piss my dog off and ruin roof so its time to thin them out. my wife said there was 4 of them out there yesturday 
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Nutters in the garden are no good.... Nice shot...!!!
Just an observation or 2, take it or leave it...
You probably aren't shooting toward the house right behind the bait station since a stray shot could be a problem..?
The whole peanuts in your bait station for me is not good at my bait station. As nutters tend to grab them and run off to hide them or eat them elsewhere. Shelled peanuts/halfs keep them at the bait station munching away presenting a perfect still target as does your ear of corn...
jmo
Just an observation or 2, take it or leave it...
You probably aren't shooting toward the house right behind the bait station since a stray shot could be a problem..?
The whole peanuts in your bait station for me is not good at my bait station. As nutters tend to grab them and run off to hide them or eat them elsewhere. Shelled peanuts/halfs keep them at the bait station munching away presenting a perfect still target as does your ear of corn...
jmo
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I set up a wireless driveway chime next to mine. So when it goes “ding ding” I know when to take a look.
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I had a wireless chime but wife got tired of hearing it go of all the time as the birds I feed also set it off so I just take a look every so often as wife lets me know when its a pest out there. always are some good birds I like to see so only shooting the tree rats black birds sparrows and starlings no that house is from a different angle so I'm all good yep sunflower seeds works well but I find the corn cobb is good
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There does seem to be from the photo lots of “things” beyond your bait station. Seems like your margin for error is very small. The above statement was my first thought when looking at your setup.
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It might be a good idea to lower that bait station and add a backstop unless you are shooting at it from a second floor window. That would have you shooting towards the ground. If a squirrel's head won't stop one of your pellets, that fence is not likely to do it either. Then there is always the possibility that a pass through will also find its way through or over the fence ... jus' sayin'
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Ah, good on ya! That explains why there are no visible holes in the feeding platform =)
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That’s a sweet looking rifle. I love shooting tree rats too. My setup. I now have big sections of 2x12 all over the back as a back stop behind the post to the right of my range setup. Multiple hanging bird feeders and suet cake cages squirrels love the woodpecker suet cakes. There so busy eating you line up on there head
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