[Rhodes22-list] Squirrel Question for Robert

[Brad Haslett]

Slim,

All I can say is, if he ain't dead, he's too crippled to scale the brick
wall.  Last night was quiet for a change.  I read an article on the internet
on how to build a silencer for a pellet gun out of a cardboard box, but then
read another one where people have actually been charged with a felony for
that offense (even pellet guns).  The fine for discharging a pellet gun in
my community is $50 so I'll stick with "better to ask forgiveness than
permission". I'm thinking the pellet gun will come in handy for the spring
mole season.  Instead of digging-up my yard to maul the bastards with a hoe,
I'll make a sport of it from the deck.  The neighbors can bite me.

Rummy,

If he's a flying squirrel he needs some more lessons. Yesterdays dive off
the second floor ended with a thud. I'm going to have my handyman repair the
hole (I don't do ladders) and see what happens next.

Brad


On Feb 7, 2008 6:20 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:

> Brad,
> You are fighting two different types of squirrels. The nocturnal squirrels
> are the flying squirrel variety. Shooting daytime squirrels won't get rid
> of
> them.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 2/6/2008 10:54:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> flybrad at gmail.com writes:
>
> 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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