[Rhodes22-list] Squirrel Question for Robert

Thu Feb 7 09:36:20 EST 2008

Brad,
Like I said, day time and night time squirrels are different problems. We  
had flying squirrels living in our house the first year we moved in. I repaired  
the holes they made to enter the house and set live traps in the attic using  
peanut butter with sunflower seeds mixed in. I caught all nine of the little  
rascals and relocated them.......far, far, away.

Rummy 

In a message dated 2/7/2008 8:17:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
flybrad at gmail.com writes:

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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