[Rhodes22-list] Squirrel Question for Robert

[Steven Alm]

I just remembered...one of my other neighbors--the anti-squirrel
neighbor--said he used to nail them with blow darts.  He made the darts by
passing nails through heated plastic milk jugs to form the "feather" of the
dart and went to work.  He claimed that after some practice he was able to
paste 'em right to the tree.

Me, I have a dog who lives to chase them away at every chance.  He's never
caught one yet but he's getting better and better and it's only a matter of
time.  He already catches mice in our basement.

Slim

On Feb 7, 2008 3:08 AM, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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