"alan.holmes" wrote in message
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Did someone mention in this group about hanging dead squirrels in trees to
put off other squirrels?

Alan


Yes, you did.
My great grandfather was a gamekeeper and it was important that he showed
his employer he was doing his job by killing everything that was a threat to
the game birds by putting them up on a gibbet,
He was a man of few words.

I remember visiting aged 11, (on my own) and he gave me ginger wine. I
told him I'd made some spills to light his fire with.

I inherited his taxidermy glass cases raptors and owls, stoats, weasels
etc. I gave them to Leics Museum.
AFAIK they are still there.

Tina