[Rhodes22-list] Squirrel Question for Robert

[Steven Alm]

Guys, there's some very entertaining footage here and thanks for that.  But
Brad, you won't have much success with a pellet gun.  Not lethal enough.
Those little bastards are surprisingly tough.  I remember hunting them as a
kid with my .22 and often put two or three rounds in 'em and they would
still run away.  I tried a pellet gun recently in my yard and all I got were
complaints from my neighbors (who caught me) saying they'd seen a few
crippled squirrels running around and thought it was cruel of me, to say
nothing of its illegality here in the city.  Sheesh!  I think I also put a
few dents in my neighbor's siding.   OOPS!

Have you tried live trapping with a relocation program?  You don't really
have to relocate them--your pellet gun and the privacy of your garage will
do.  Don't get caught.

Slim

On Feb 6, 2008 10:39 PM, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:

> Brad,
>
> Squirrels are not usually active at night.  Are you sure that you do not
> have rats in the attic?
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
>       Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> Wednesday, February 06, 2008
> 10:53
> PM
> > Ben,
> >
> > Actually, I wouldn't mind having another cat.  My farm cat was with me
> for
> > about 12 years (10 years ago) and finally missed a step in old age
> > crossing
> > the road.  He was mean as a snake to my dogs at the time, a yellow lab
> and
> > a
> > golden retriever, and they gave him a wide berth. Unless of course it
> was
> > cold, then he wanted to snuggle and be their best buddy.  Tonight will
> be
> > the test to see if today's kill had a domestic partner. About midnight
> > seems
> > to be the most active period for my attic "pets".
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On Feb 6, 2008 9:02 PM, ben <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Brad,
> >>
> >> I think you need a good, young, male cat.
> >>
> >> One fall, I gathered some of the hundreds of pecans that fall in my
> back
> >> yard and left them outside in a basket.  Didn't take the squirrels long
> >> to figure out that I had done their gathering for them, and then it
> >> didn't take the cat long to figure out that I had built him a trap.
> >> Every day for three days in a row, I came home to a dismembered
> squirrel
> >> in my house, brought through the cat door for my viewing pleasure.
> >>
> >> It was gross, but I was proud too.
> >>
> >> Ben
> >>
> >>
> >> Brad Haslett wrote:
> >> > Robert,
> >> >
> >> > Diplomacy failed, negotiation ended in deadlock, and war has been
> >> declared.
> >> > My "re-education camp" for squirrels that steal tomatoes ended early
> >> because
> >> > the el cheapo soft-air pistol broke and never was accurate.  After
> >> > $1500
> >> of
> >> > tree work and $300 annually for the last five years for trapping
> >> expertise,
> >> > civil order broke down. I bought a $129 - .177 pellet gun from
> WalMart
> >> on
> >> > sale for $89.  It has a really nice scope for the money and after
> about
> >> 30
> >> > rounds, I can get a 5 shot pattern within a 3 inches at about 30
> yards.
> >> The
> >> > biggest compromise is the trigger action - I try and squeeze gently
> but
> >> can
> >> > never predict with accuracy when it will trip. This morning I was 1
> for
> >> 1 on
> >> > the corner of the house they use for ingress/egress.  It wasn't a
> >> completely
> >> > clean kill as he scampered off after hitting the dirt from the second
> >> story
> >> > but I think it's fatal.  He/she ran into the neighbors bushes and I
> >> didn't
> >> > go investigate whilst holding the weapon in my hand (air guns are
> >> illegal in
> >> > my Nazi community).
> >> >
> >> > Here's the question.  What is the probable lifestyle of the "victim"?
> >>  Is it
> >> > likely that he has a domestic partner and I'm only half done?  What
> is
> >> the
> >> > other "half" likely to do?  The final straw for me was when I went to
> >> get
> >> > some clothes out of the closet and they were actively trying to
> invade
> >> my
> >> > home or create a new path for escape.  Will concentrating on the
> >> > obvious
> >> > culprits be enough or should the war be expanded to the entire yard?
> >> >
> >> > Brad
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