awesome pic ATC.

I am a born and bred coon@ss, and even I would recommend AGAINST discharging a firearm inside a city. No knowing where that thing ends up if you miss and are aiming up in the slightest..

Traps should work fine. Poison will work...but you dont wanna risk poisoning the wrong stuff imho....and if they die inside the shed palce....smells REALLY bad if you dont find em.

discharign and air rifle....hmmmm....I won't say I have not done it....so I won't sya don't do it...but be careful...I really REALLY recommend a trap though.

 

Technically so is a air rifle, but I guess thats the advantage of small town Iowa. As a kid, the neighbor lady paid $1 for every dead rabbit out of her garden. When the pointy pellets wouldnt work, out came the .22. We lived at the edge of town, and shooting took place from inside her garage facing to huge open field. That field provided plenty of money, and nice juicy rabbits to boot. The whole town knew about it because she would talk about it everywhere. Nobody cared because they knew the location and because I rarely missed.

I'm not advocating shooting in a big city by any means, but was mearly stating the price comparison.

 

We have a large bird feeder here. Keeping the squirrels out of the feeder has been a battle. We have both fox squirrels and gray squirrels here, lots of them.

Recently I found this powder you mix with the bird feed. It's highly concentrated hot peppers....think in terms of a pepper spray used in self defense.

You mix this with 40 pounds of feed. The birds can't taste the hot peppers, they don't have taste buds.....but any mammal trying to eat the feed....well, it's been entertaining.

Still, there is one gray squirrel who seems to like the hot pepper powder....we think maybe he's into ethnic food?

 

Did someone say squirrels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYIfl...eature=related

 

I heard of a good way to get rid of chipmunks that will probably work equally well for squirrels:

A five gallon bucket half full of water. Float a layer of sunflower seeds on top of the water, lean a long 2 X 4 from the edge of the bucket to the ground and put some seeds on the board for bait. The chipminks (or squirrels) will go into the bucket for the seeds and will drown, unable to get out.

It may be cruel, but there is no poison and you don't have to discharge any firearms in the city. No one will know about it unless you tell them... and best of all, it will cost you the price of sunflower seeds.

 

Squirrels taste like chicken!

 

The bad thing about this way, is it also works well for curious kittens, hungry birds and any other small animal that cannot get out of the bucket... Just like poison, it does not discriminate and gets 'em all!!! But, it does work!!

 

I get mice in my place once in a while. I already know that glue boards are useless - these are country mice, and appear to have on demand four paw drive!

So out come the mouse poison traps - but placed in areas behind furniture so my dog can't get to them.

The squirrels around me stay in the trees, except for one that must have been a youngster. I saw it make a leap for a branch on another tree and CLEAN MISS...

Pity, but funny. I hope it had a few "marios" left!

 

Somehow, I knew this picture was gonna be in here when I read the title. A buddy of mine in SC took this picture (and many other poses).

http://www.binderbulletin.org/forums...ight=squirrels

(I'm Corndog in the IH community)

 

hahahaha............ That is efing funny.......

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Tried to rep ya but, I already love ya too much.
Help me out guys.

 

Don't count for much, but I got him for you Frank.

 

Thanks, Everybody I know I love too much, including you. Who's left?

 

You could rep that wonderful, compassionate guy from the addiction thread.

 

once and for all rid yourself of the squirrels!!!!
It is simple, but a year round chore. Buy a hav-a-hart trap, listed to handle squirrels. the trap is a wire cage design, with trap doors on each end, the trap is about 18 inches long, and 6 inches wide and high, there is a trigger plate in the middle, and a handle on top.
Set the door open and bait the trap with sunflower seeds, cracked corn, or local nuts you may have from the trees. Scatter some bait near the trap and wait. Only trap squirrels when you are home, the sooner you get them out and released the better the odds they will survive in their new locaation.
I hope u have a car or truck to drive them at least 5 miles from home...ten is better, the more streams, ponds and roads between you and the new squirrel home all the better. Scout a new location before the trapping; I scout locations where there is natural food...Oaks, and other large seed bearing plants and trees are required. If you see other squirrels around that means there is food.
set the trap where u can see it, looking out a house window will make sure u don't spook them, and the squirrels will come sooner. Check the trap every hour.
When u catch a squirrel just pick up the cage using its handle, wear leather gloves, and be careful that as the squirrel thrashes about inside it doesn't cause you to drop the cage or get the cage upside-down. Place the cage in your vehicle, on top of newspaper, they bleed sometimes, usually they cut their nose and gums as they try to escape. They will also urinate alot.
Relocating is best late summer thru fall before the cold and after babies are weaned, I relocate anytime I feel there are too many around. I believe late February thru Spring is a bad time, because females may have babies about.
I relocate two squirrels per area, I have caught as many as 7 squirrels in one day, and drove them off to new locations.
I have too much food in my yard and am constantly over-run by squirrels.
You probably have bird feeders nearby or other food. In that case you will always have squrrel problems.

When releasing the squirrel, position the cage door away from you, near some brush cover or towards a tree. Pop the door open and step back, the squirrel will head out of the cage quickly and run for the cover.
I caution you now, squirrels do get rabies, and can scratch you. The odds of that happening are slim. I have never had a problem, they always run away from me.

 

Shoot, I'd rep Carl first!!!!!!!!