OMS:
. . . I've seen the buggers inside substations that have 8 foot high electric fencing on the inner line - and it bloody hurts to touch that . . .
Indeed it does. The stock fences are only a kV or so. The substation fences are about 7kV. They are designed to “throw off” anyone who climbs them, as well as giving an alarm back to grid control.
Regards,
Alan.
Chris Pearson:
As OMS says, a .22 will do the job nicely. Best if they are suppressed - don't want to upset the neighbours who feed them.
Use subsonic ammo - the workings will be louder than the round - except for the "thump" of round on target of course
OMS
FaeLLe:
So my .22 would work perfect except that I have never seen a single one! They always come when I am sleeping and my grounds on all 4 sides are difficult to get coverage of.
I would need to install some sort of motion sensors and wake up from sleep to hunt them...
Dishes of dog food would do the trick - they'll be along in no time.
Personally, I'd leave them alone this time of year and then thin the population out late autumn
OMS
We're about to take you to the IET registration website. Don't worry though, you'll be sent straight back to the community after completing the registration.
Continue to the IET registration site