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The electrical wiring has a soy based insulation. Guess what, the tree rats love the smell and taste of it. The manufacturers won't change because it saves them a few pennies I guess. Have had my wiring chewed up. I haven't gone hunting in 25 years, I can't believe I used to eat those things. Crock pot with taters, carrots and onions and gravy was the only way I could stomach it. Let it simmer all day. | |||
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Well, did you Chootz him yet ? Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
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Be a nice guy, give your neighbors a gift of a bird feeder and 20 pounds of nice feed, not the hot stuff, get the ones full of sunflower seeds. The varmits will naturally navigate to the other folks homes for the free food. Then proof the area they get into as best possible. Back in KY we had them getting into the gables after the few lots open were developed and their homes removed with the trees. Shot the heck out of them with a 22 and buried them in the woods. When we moved dad said he had to replace the facia board over the one gable, seems we missed them as much as we hit... | |||
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If you do traps them and relocate them, be sure and spray paint their tails. That way you know if they made it back. | |||
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https://www.wildlifecontrolsup...nimal/WTUNNEL01.html Doesn't even need bait. They love the tunnel. . | |||
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Can’t you find some 12 year old nearby that would love a fun afternoon shooting squirrels? You & his dad can have a fun afternoon drinking beer. | |||
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| The success of a solution usually depends upon your point of view |
Get a Jack Russel Terrier. Mine was hell on squirrels. You had to double check that she didn’t have one in her mouth before you could open the slider and let her in. “We truly live in a wondrous age of stupid.” - 83v45magna "I think it's important that people understand free speech doesn't mean free from consequences societally or politically or culturally." -Pranjit Kalita, founder and CIO of Birkoa Capital Management | |||
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True that. Our Miniature Schnauzer used to catch them, bite their head off, and before I could let her back in the house, I had to open her mouth to check for squirrel heads. I found two during her squirrel killing days on separate occasions, had to dig the heads out of the back of her throat, she was hiding them from me. One of the funniest things I ever saw. We loved that girl. Another time she caught a juvenile possum and was carrying it around proudly crossways in her mouth, proud as she could be. I had to catch her to take the creature to prevent her from eating it, moved it around with my foot thinking no possum could fake their own death that good. Came back out 10 mins or so later to dispose of the carcass, and that young possum was gone. That young possum sure fooled my dog. And me. Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
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My 75 pound Boxer, Shelby tried like hell to catch them. They would tease her, wait till the last second to jump up into the tree. But it was fun for her. Before I would open the storm door her body would be quivering with anticipation for the hunt! I miss her so much! | |||
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One of my Aunts had a German Shepherd that got tangled up in an industrial mower and lost a hind leg, but not his spirit. He'd chase this one squirrel to its tree, the squirrel knew how far up it had to get so the dog couldn't reach it, then turned around and chattered at the dog. The dog died over the winter and my Aunt got another GSD to replace it. In the spring, it was nearly as big as the first dog, so the squirrel ran to the same spot on the tree. The newer, younger, non-handicapped dog was tall enough... -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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That's hilarious!! I don't know what would have happened if my girl ever got a hold of one. They have sharp teeth! | |||
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 -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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You don't have a good recipe. The one above is very close to mine but add 1/4 tsp granulated garlic and 1/4 tsp black pepper to the bag before shaking and serve over egg noodles instead of rice. You can also add in rabbit, groundhog, some veggies, and 2-3 cups of vegetable broth and top with dumplings at the end for a great roadkill stew. Drop dumplings on top. Cook uncovered for 10 min. Cover and cook 10 min. more. Yum......  ____________ Pace | |||
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Until I had a detached garage built for me last year I had resorted to using electric fence around my truck. Never could get the little bastards to go to any bait in my live traps. | |||
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If you have a hickory tree nearby, save some hickory nuts. They can't resist. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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I feel the same about woodchucks and they are an absolute menace on my property. I did smoke 2 this year but it made me sad the rest of the day. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” | |||
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Just took care of one myself. Could hear it outside my office messing around on the roof corner. Went out there and out pokes a squirrel head. She had pushed her way under the leaf guard at the end of the gutter and made a nest right in the gutter. Took me about 4 trips to get a shot with the Crosman. BB took her ass out, as she was so fat she had to wiggle out. Gave me just enough time. I am hoping its brethren saw the end result. | |||
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Do you have lots of food sources in the area like nut trees or oak trees? My issue is the huge old hickory tree that straddles my property with my neighbors property and it's like Squirrel Old Country Buffet here. I've always heard that if you remove the food source they will move on. | |||
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Maybe try stabbing them? "Ninja kick the damn rabbit" | |||
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Squirrels suck. They have chewed wiring systems on two of my cars. They've damaged wires on two relatives' cars. IMO they're rodents. Like mice, rats, prairie dogs, marmots, ground hogs, and similar. Shoot on sight. Trap and kill. Let the dogs get them. No mercy. | |||
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