Squirrels

[Silver Fox]

Don't shoot squirrels...Box them up and ship to Iran:D

http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articl...425130,00.html

[Creeker]

How the heck can you kill something as cute as this?:D



I have a catch alive trap and have hauled 50 or more to the city park.

Easy.

When we first moved in, I fed them (to the consternation of my priorly house damaged neighbor), enjoyed the entertainment of watching them try to get into my bird proof feeder (it is battery operated pressure switched and spins them off) and even put up with one falling down my chimney flue sometime during the day and scaring the bejesus out of my wife when we came home that night... which was quite a sight to behold getting him out,too.

What it took was 3 entry holes chewed in eaves, squirrel urine and tunneling in the fiberglass insulation, 2 nests, some chewed wiring, $2,000 in uninsured damages, $1,500 for a critter control co. to place 6 "live catch" cages, and check & empty them 3 times a week for a month... to be released "in the woods".

Critter control co. was my wifes idea.:rolleyes:

I am in a subdivision in which there are very few predators... automobiles are probably their worst nightmare ...until they meet ME.:cool:

There are too many man made hinderances for the few hawks & owls to feed off of squirrels routinely. They hang out around the lake for the most part.

Anybody who thinks they can keep a squirrel from doing damage is misinformed.

I learned that the hard way.:(

[greg72982]

Easy.

When we first moved in, I fed them (to the consternation of my priorly house damaged neighbor), enjoyed the entertainment of watching them try to get into my bird proof feeder (it is battery operated pressure switched and spins them off) and even put up with one falling down my chimney flue sometime during the day and scaring the bejesus out of my wife when we came home that night... which was quite a sight to behold getting him out,too.

What it took was 3 entry holes chewed in eaves, squirrel urine and tunneling in the fiberglass insulation, 2 nests, some chewed wiring, $2,000 in uninsured damages, $1,500 for a critter control co. to place 6 "live catch" cages, and check & empty them 3 times a week for a month... to be released "in the woods".

Critter control co. was my wifes idea.:rolleyes:

I am in a subdivision in which there are very few predators... automobiles are probably their worst nightmare ...until they meet ME.:cool:

There are too many man made hinderances for the few hawks & owls to feed off of squirrels routinely. They hang out around the lake for the most part.

Anybody who thinks they can keep a squirrel from doing damage is misinformed.

I learned that the hard way.:(

Yeah but they're funny, and cute.

[Ispbear]

Easy.

and even put up with one falling down my chimney flue sometime during the day and scaring the bejesus out of my wife when we came home that night... which was quite a sight to behold getting him out,too.

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Yes, but until you have one fall down your chimney flu when the wood stove is lit you haven't seen nothing!:eek:
My first reaction was to open the door and get him out of there, then when I did I realized that I really didn't want a burning squirrel running around the house. So he squealed for awhile then died and I took the nasty smelling crispy critter and tossed him in my compost pile.
Needless to say the next day I went out and bought a flu cap to put on.

[greg72982]

Yes, but until you have one fall down your chimney flu when the wood stove is lit you haven't seen nothing!:eek:
My first reaction was to open the door and get him out of there, then when I did I realized that I really didn't want a burning squirrel running around the house. So he squealed for awhile then died and I took the nasty smelling crispy critter and tossed him in my compost pile.
Needless to say the next day I went out and bought a flu cap to put on.

eek...what a rough way to go.

[Silver Fox]

How would you like to have a rat or a black snake slithering around in your attic? I don't know how the thing got up there as there's screening throughout to keep rats an squirrels from getting in.
Last summer I heard a noise in the attic and when I checked with a flashlight saw the shadowy shape of a long snake and the reflection of it's green eyes.
Since there was nothing for it to eat up there I figured it would come out soon, but the the question was when and what route will it take exiting, Through our bed some night!? :eek:

[Darin]

Snakes don't have green eyes. When they get ready to shed their skin their eyes will get milky white. If you have a snake with green eyes then you have some major problems other than a snake....


:D

[Silver Fox]

Snakes don't have green eyes. When they get ready to shed their skin their eyes will get milky white. If you have a snake with green eyes then you have some major problems other than a snake....


:D

This snake wasn't shedding or getting ready to shed and a snakes eyes get a milky blue and not white when shedding.:rolleyes: ;)





And, a snakes eyes can be a greenish color, brown, yellow. Etc. and can reflect light.:p :rolleyes: ;)
I had no problem with nothing but a snake, as I saw it. :cool: :D

[jsmith75]

How the heck can you kill something as cute as this?:D



I have a catch alive trap and have hauled 50 or more to the city park.

How?

Easy: Careful sight alignment and an easy, steady trigger pull (at the bottom of the exhale). Simple as that.

Squirrels are evil and must be destroyed.

[jmac_52]

How?

Easy: Careful sight alignment and an easy, steady trigger pull (at the bottom of the exhale). Simple as that.

Squirrels are evil and must be destroyed.

Being Cajuns...We would just skin 'em, and make a nice batch of squirrel sauce picante! But it takes more than one to make a good batch....given the average coonass could eat one or two.

:D

[Jynkxxie]

Oh my! I never thought I would say this, but I feel bad.


So I was driving....and there was something small in the road. I drive a truck and from where I was it looked small enough that I could clear it. Well.....the car in front of me didn't, but I positioned myself so that I still could. I get up on this thing and it is a squirrel. It has just made it back to its feet when I was approaching it. It was looking at me like, "oh please no!" and I thought I could clear it. Nope. Loud as hell! I put the nail in the coffin and the car following to close behind me, put the first shovel of dirt on it. Poor thing.

[greg72982]

Oh my! I never thought I would say this, but I feel bad.


So I was driving....and there was something small in the road. I drive a truck and from where I was it looked small enough that I could clear it. Well.....the car in front of me didn't, but I positioned myself so that I still could. I get up on this thing and it is a squirrel. It has just made it back to its feet when I was approaching it. It was looking at me like, "oh please no!" and I thought I could clear it. Nope. Loud as hell! I put the nail in the coffin and the car following to close behind me, put the first shovel of dirt on it. Poor thing.

You ma'am are going straight to Hell :D

Did he kinda look like this:

[Jynkxxie]

You ma'am are going straight to Hell :D

Yes Yes...only all bent over like he'd just been run over. You know with only the head peering up.

<Jynkxxie thinks to herself> That's for the ol' knee bastard!

[greg72982]

Yes Yes...only all bent over like he'd just been run over. You know with only the head peering up.

<Jynkxxie thinks to herself> That's for the ol' knee bastard!

I meant prior to your vehicular squirrelslaughter

[4goods]

......I put the nail in the coffin and the car following to close behind me, put the first shovel of dirt on it. Poor thing.

THEN CAME THE YELLOW LINE TRUCK......