Future squirrel problem

Riverdale · #41 08/03/14, 08:12 AM

Squirrels are best with white gravy and biscuits

dablack · #42 08/04/14, 10:04 AM

I haven't read all the thread so sorry if this is a repeat.

At a previous house with a fenced back yard, I was having trouble with the tree rats getting in the attic. I finally picked up an air riffle with a scope. I usually took position inside the house. One of my girls would hold the window open for me and I would take em out! The first Sat I got 15 of them. We had that many of them. The next Sat I got 5 or 6, but we were still getting them in the attic. Finally I got the bad one and found where they were getting in. HA! I got so good that I was taking them out even if they were in the front yard. I wouldn't let the barrel of the riffle stick out the window. I would be back a couple of feet. No one could hear a thing. You have to be a good shot but with that scope I was. I would drop them where they stood. A neighborhood cat or owl would get them in the night. After a while there were no tree rats within a block of our house. Word got out to STAY AWAY from that house. I didn't see another for a year or more. They were all over the rest of the neighborhood but knew better than to come near me.

MichaelZ · #43 08/05/14, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DEKE01

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShaYScrub80

I think this coyote's name is Wiley. I don't think any squirrels or birds in this tree have much to worry about! I once had a beagle that could climb a tree (somewhat) as well.

irondale · #44 08/05/14, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by COWS

Squirrels like nuts. I've never seen them bothering things in the garden, nor have I seen them bothering apples. This is in SC so your situation may vary. Deer and racoons Will destroy corn in the garden. Deer will destroy beans and peas also. I have an electric fence for them.

COWS

The squirrels will eat my apples and they try to store them everywhere. Probably half of my apples that I pick each year have squirrel bites in them.

Rustaholic · #45 08/05/14, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by MO_Gal

DEKE01: only if you actually like the taste of squirrel. I suppose they could come in handy if I switch my dog to raw foods...

What's not to like?
They taste like rabbit.
It is all in the way you cook them.

Rustaholic · #46 08/05/14, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim-mi

To much trouble getting all the bird shot out to think about eating...........

I am not at all liking eating my mortal enemy's.....

There is acres and acres of "woods" right behind me, yet those pesky little ******** chose to do bit time damage on my place.

shoot--shovel----and smile...

What a waste!
Who shoots squirrels with a shot gun?
I always shot them in the head with a .22 but now it is just a very old pump up .177 pellet pistol.