The Squirrel War of 2015

[RSKY]

Most of you probably don't remember the posts I had last year about our problems with squirrels. I had a gas line on my old truck chewed apart by the little rodents. Know it was them because the mechanic said there were acorns and hickory nuts on top of the tank. Neighbor to the north had water damage twice due to squirrels eating thru the flashing on the roof. Neighbor to the south hardest hit with three separate trips to the shop to have squirrel damage repaired (his wife says it was five trips but they correct each other a lot). Guy to the north has an old pellet gun that the stock keeps falling off of and he has shot about five or six. I have more than two dozen this year. Mainly with my long barrel single shot 16-guage. Bill to the south uses a 410 over/under and claims one hundred and fifty three so far this year! Said he didn't start keeping up with the total till middle of spring so it may be more. Between the three of us we have killed at least one hundred and eighty squirrels off three one acre lots.

It has not slowed them down.

Killing a bunch just makes the others reproduce more. Bill and I think that when you shoot a couple the others shake the nuts off the trees reproducing more. Instead of having a funeral for their friends they have an orgy!

Won't see one for two or three days and then get up and look out the front door and there will be six or eight in the front yard.

Beginning to hate rodents.

RSKY

 

[Bird]

Beginning to hate rodents.

I love squirrels . . . fried. But I haven't had any in a long time.

 

[Thomas]

Sounds like birds of prey needed also fox or two.

 

[rekees4300]

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[teejk]

Only been in KY once...around here we get "grays" (big but never hurt much other than cleaning out bird feeders) and the occasional "fox" (big also). And then we have "pine" and/or Red"s...those are on the shoot to kill list (.22/pellet/whatever). Happened to look at the Wis DNR rules where I saw that a landowner can shoot any variety 365 days/year without a license. What kinda squirrels are you talking about?

 

[japody]

We have an 04 F150 that doesn't get much use. When I tried to start it last April, it would not start. When I raised the hood, I found chewed up wired, insulation, etc. The little buggers had had a field day under there. Luckily, the insurance company paid the $3000+ to fix it. ...and I thought squirrels getting on the bird feeders was a problem!

 

[sweettractors]

We drove 3 miles down the road that passes in front of our house a couple months ago and counted 11 squirrels out in the road playing. They are very prolific in Central Ky as well this year. Ken Sweet

 

[Looking4new]

You need a few hungry cats. They will fix the squirrel problem.

 

[gsganzer]

My girls laugh about my ongoing squirrel war. If they'd leave my pecans and peaches alone, I'd leave them alone. I have three of them that are my arch enemies. I took one of them out this past weekend with my RWS 48. I caught him being careless near our acorn tree. I bet he doesn't do that again :laughing:

 

[sweettractors]

My girls laugh about my ongoing squirrel war. If they'd leave my pecans and peaches alone, I'd leave them alone. I have three of them that are my arch enemies. I took one of them out this past weekend with my RWS 48. I caught him being careless near our acorn tree. I bet he doesn't do that again :laughing:

Try keeping some shelled corn out within good shooting range.
Ken Sweet

 

[Texas Dawg]

A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit.

 

[AchingBack]

SQUIRRELS

There were four churches and a synagogue in a small Ohio town. A Presbyterian church, a Baptist church, a Episcopal church, a Catholic church and a Jewish synagogue. Each church and the synagogue had a problem with squirrels.

The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do about their squirrels. After much prayer and consideration they determined the squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn't interfere with God's divine will.

At the Baptist church the squirrels had taken an interest in the baptistery. The Deacons met and decided to put a water slide on the baptistery and let the squirrels drown themselves. The squirrels liked the slide and unfortunately, knew instinctively how to swim so twice as many squirrels showed up the following week.

The Episcopal church decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God's creatures. So, they humanely trapped their squirrels and set them free near the Baptist church. Two weeks later the squirrels were back when the Baptists took down the water slide.

The Catholic church came up with a very creative strategy, which bested the other churches by far. They baptized all the squirrels and consecrated them as members of the church, Now they only see them on Christmas and Easter.

The Jewish synagogue members, however, came up with the most sterling plan and it worked beautifully! They took one squirrel and circumcised him, and they haven't seen another squirrel on their property since.

 

[k0ua]

Well there you go... sharpen the knife, and squirrels begone!...:laughing:

 

[RSKY]

These are grey squirrels. If we go in the back and sit under the awning, metal roof, they will get in the oak tree and drop acorns on it. Stay in the trees and bark at you, generally a pain in the rear.

Gonna get the long barrel 16-ga out and thin them next week.

Neighbor said he shot at one during the summer and missed but noticed it had half it's tail missing. Saw the same squirrel about a half mile away the next day. So apparently they travel quite a bit.

Beginning to hate them.

 

[Looking4new]

Tree rats absolutely love peanuts in the shell. A pile of peanuts at about 60 feet/20 yards would make for a good 'live' range.

 

[oldballs]

I was trapping them and relocating them to the river, but got tired of the trouble. So, #4 from the 16 gauge does the trick. By the next morning, the carcass is gone. Could'a skinned them for dinner, but a hamburger is a lot quicker.

Good joke.....Aching Back.....:laughing:

P.S. I'm up to 30 moles via trapping since this spring, and tired of that too.:thumbdown:

 

[Citydude]

Lock and load Gentlemen, it's on!

 

[davesl708]

Squirrels' chewed the wiring in my SUV. I had at least 50 running around the place. Several neighbors feed the stupid rodents. After this summer a neighbor mentioned there were very few squirrels around now. I told him there are four fox living in the woods behind my house. No more trouble with squirrels.

 

[k0ua]

My next door neighbor is an older gentlemen in his 70's and is retired of course.. He sits and waits out the tree rats with his .22 rifle in hand, and keeps them thinned out for us. He has the time and the determination to do the job.

 

[Ford850]

If squirrels are just large mice with furry tails, and 5 gallon bucket traps work so well on mice, then 55 gallon barrel traps should work well on squirrels.