FEEDING FRENZY

Autumn woodland has to be my favourite hunting scenario. The woods are at their most beautiful during this season, and the sudden abundance of nuts and berries can send quarry species – grey squirrels in particular – into a real frenzy of activity. The season will probably be drifting towards winter by the time you read this, but rest assured that there are still likely to be plenty of windblown acorns and other goodies hidden amongst the leaf litter on the woodland floor, so the tactics I’m using here are still going to be effective.

For this session I am out on a woodland permission that I have not been able to shoot for more than six months because of intensive forestry work. The chainsaws have now stopped running and the machinery has pulled out, so it’s safe for me to head out on my rounds again.

Although I rate peanut-loaded feeding stations as the best way to catch up with grey squirrels, I don’t have any running here at the moment. Therefore, this session