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Post by wolfmom on May 5, 2015 19:50:21 GMT
Those cute, furry, little tree rats! I HATE squirrels! They're decimating everything I plant!
I looked on line - they say trap 'em. When you have 13 in your yard at once and 2 nests high in the trees, I don't think I could catch them all. And where would I move them? Everywhere I go in Georgia is inundated with squirrels. Grey squirrels should be the state animal.
Get a rat terrier. I already have a dog that is a terror on squirrels if he could only catch them. I have a huge 5 trunked maple in the back yard. Can you imagine the amount of seed pods those bushy tailed rats are gorging on? They just laugh at him & go back to eating. The front has an ancient American Elm so they feast on those nuts.
Anyone else have this problem? What do you do?
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Post by Callie on May 5, 2015 19:56:53 GMT
I hear they are rather tasty. Got a .22?
Bad, Callie.....bad.
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Post by fordy on May 5, 2015 20:31:58 GMT
Those cute, furry, little tree rats! I HATE squirrels! They're decimating everything I plant! I looked on line - they say trap 'em. When you have 13 in your yard at once and 2 nests high in the trees, I don't think I could catch them all. And where would I move them? Everywhere I go in Georgia is inundated with squirrels. Grey squirrels should be the state animal. Get a rat terrier. I already have a dog that is a terror on squirrels if he could only catch them. I have a huge 5 trunked maple in the back yard. Can you imagine the amount of seed pods those bushy tailed rats are gorging on? They just laugh at him & go back to eating. The front has an ancient American Elm so they feast on those nuts. Anyone else have this problem? What do you do? .........Somewhere , in those large tree's there are where the tree rat's live ! We would fill their hole's full of cement , thus denying them their Section 8 housing . Also , you can buy CO2 powered BB guns that really pack a punch and make almost NO noise . IF your back yard is fenced , sit in your favorite chair with a cold beer and start target practice . , fordy |
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Post by Bear Foot Farm on May 5, 2015 21:20:14 GMT
Use rat traps instead of live traps, or just kill them when you live trap them
Transporting and relocation of wildlife is illegal in most places anyway
I'm out in the country, so I keep a 22 and a pellet rifle by the back door all the time and manage to keep the population under control most of the time
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Post by greatgreenfarm on May 5, 2015 21:22:59 GMT
Squirrels don't like cayenne pepper so every summer when I move my house plants outside, I put a layer of cayenne pepper on the dirt to keep them from digging up my plants. This also works in my veggie garden but needs to be reapplied after rain or watering.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2015 22:54:18 GMT
I hear they are rather tasty. Got a .22? Bad, Callie.....bad. They are!! Yes they are, and no, you're not bad for thinking it.  |
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Post by paquebot on May 5, 2015 22:57:26 GMT
Set a conibear trap high enough in a tree so that a cat might not accidentally tries to go through. Bait it with a cotton ball smeared in peanut butter. Check it hourly and you may have 50 in a week. If you can see 13 at one time, there are probably 4 times that many. Dispose of them either in the kitchen or compost pile. Used to have to cover every freshly-sown garden area with chicken fence. Decided that if they liked my garden that much, I could arrange that they remained forever. Free bone meal and blood meal.
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Post by claytonpiano on May 5, 2015 23:07:14 GMT
We filled up the feeder with corn and other grains when we left town when we were much younger. It rained the entire time we were gone and the corn soured. The tree rats died. We felt terrible, but it was effective.
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Post by Awnry Abe on May 6, 2015 1:40:13 GMT
Deer are just squirrels that don't eat holes in your siding and have babies in your attic. Just like deer, squirrels are food for something. When/if you dispatch them, please make sure someone benefits from the life lived.
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Post by Ozarks Tom on May 6, 2015 1:53:46 GMT
The Gamo Whispercat .22 caliber pellet gun is both deadly and discreet. You only hear the spring. Between that, and our "walk-up" cat the squirrel population on our place is nearly zero.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2015 2:41:10 GMT
Cats are the only thing that worked for us. The squirrels used to decimate the fruit trees before any could get ripe. A cat sitting in the tree every day stopped that.
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Post by susannah on May 6, 2015 14:42:57 GMT
Up here, red squirrels are the biggest nuisance - they can be so destructive. And OF COURSE, they account for 80% of the squirrels we see. They're non-protected so there's no bag limit, if we were to choose to shoot them. The eagles get some of them, but there are way more red squirrels than even the eagles could eat, I think. And red squirrels have to be among the noisiest little critters. If we're outside, they're constantly chattering/complaining about us. I truly do not like red squirrels. |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2015 15:27:09 GMT
Squirrel and dumplings is the solution to your problem.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2015 22:10:29 GMT
Like Callie said, a .22 works well. If you are worried about hitting neighbors with a rifle, a single shot .410 works well. The shells are more than .22 though. Not here anymore.22 is higher than Hogh Caliber if you can find them. My neighbor feeds them I kill them. Rockpile |
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Post by farmchix on May 8, 2015 11:49:15 GMT
I feel your pain. Our lot has over 50 nut trees. They are EVERYWHERE! I can't stand the little boogars. They eat and destroy everything. Some of ours are the size of small dogs, they are so well fed!
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2015 1:22:33 GMT
An old hillbilly recently told me that they taste so good cooked up in gravy and served over biscuits that people's squirrel problems disappeared as soon as he gave them the recipe.
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Post by manygoatsnmore on May 9, 2015 1:40:54 GMT
An old hillbilly recently told me that they taste so good cooked up in gravy and served over biscuits that people's squirrel problems disappeared as soon as he gave them the recipe. I'd love to try squirrel. We don't really have squirrels around here (except in town, where they frown on hunting them), just tiny chipmunks that wouldn't be worth skinning, much less cooking. |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2015 1:50:06 GMT
An old hillbilly recently told me that they taste so good cooked up in gravy and served over biscuits that people's squirrel problems disappeared as soon as he gave them the recipe. I'd love to try squirrel. We don't really have squirrels around here (except in town, where they frown on hunting them), just tiny chipmunks that wouldn't be worth skinning, much less cooking. They guy who was telling me the story said that he had a friend who had been raised since childhood in a tent on the river. He lived his whole life in tents in that same spot - in the snowbelt of the UP. This is a very hard climate to survive in - it was so neat to hear about him. He was running out of things to hunt but his land was just overrun with those tiny little red squirrels (not much bigger than chipmunks) and Sammy suggested he learn to cook them. The guy said "oh, those things aren't worth cooking," and Sammy said "wanna bet?" and invited him over for squirrel dinner. They had to cook up a whole lot of them but he said it was worth it and the guy said "won't be many of them on my property for long." I've never eaten one. |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2015 11:29:11 GMT
I'd love to try squirrel. We don't really have squirrels around here (except in town, where they frown on hunting them), just tiny chipmunks that wouldn't be worth skinning, much less cooking. They guy who was telling me the story said that he had a friend who had been raised since childhood in a tent on the river. He lived his whole life in tents in that same spot - in the snowbelt of the UP. This is a very hard climate to survive in - it was so neat to hear about him. He was running out of things to hunt but his land was just overrun with those tiny little red squirrels (not much bigger than chipmunks) and Sammy suggested he learn to cook them. The guy said "oh, those things aren't worth cooking," and Sammy said "wanna bet?" and invited him over for squirrel dinner. They had to cook up a whole lot of them but he said it was worth it and the guy said "won't be many of them on my property for long." I've never eaten one. Can I send you some?  Ruger Nighthawk .177 cal air rifle is my 'squirrelinator' of choice. Cheap to shoot, quiet, and might even take out a zombie to boot  |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2015 11:45:08 GMT
Set a conibear trap high enough in a tree so that a cat might not accidentally tries to go through. Bait it with a cotton ball smeared in peanut butter. Check it hourly and you may have 50 in a week. If you can see 13 at one time, there are probably 4 times that many. Dispose of them either in the kitchen or compost pile. Used to have to cover every freshly-sown garden area with chicken fence. Decided that if they liked my garden that much, I could arrange that they remained forever. Free bone meal and blood meal. Martin I'll put the unuseable parts in the garden/compost. Waste not, want not |
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Post by Rustaholic on May 10, 2015 12:24:55 GMT
I really need to find my old pump up pellet pistol.
If I remember correctly it is a Benjamin Franklin .177 but it is so accurate it is amazing.
.22 ammo is almost impossible to find here.
That is why I sold my rifle several years ago.
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