how to de-squirrel?

Put up a bird feeder. You know the little bastidge will find it. Patience, a safe backstop and .22- dun

had a problem awhile ago and they sure do make a mess of someones attic :shut: got lucky one day and seen how they were getting in, so i grabbed a few cold ones one afternoon and the 22 ...
only took about 20 min and out he came... game over ;-P

the little hole in the house has been fixed and still on a nice Sunday afternoon i grab a couple cold ones and the 22, and i relive that happy day :cheese:

Double or triple layer some paper towels. Put some sunflower seed in the center and wad the whole works up. Put in box trap 4 bait. NO squirrel can resist a meal and a blanket! They love paper for building nests.
If'n dat dohnt worx.
5 gallon bucket 1/3 water with access ramp to top of bucket. A handfull of sunflower seeds in water and squirrel thinx he hit paydirt. Jumps in and the fat lady sings!

I'd like to see the squirrell that couldn't jump out of a 5 gal bucket. I've used that trap for mice and rats, but squirrels and possums could get out of that no problem. Also squirrels are a PAIN in the BUTT to catch and then try and kill and the suckers have fangs like you would not believe, and they sink them riiiight into the crack of your thumbnail. Little bastards.

I second the idea of a bird feeder and a .22. Nobody said you have to leave the bird feeder UP there. Get some stale pieces of bread, coat them in peanut butter, and then roll them in seeds and put them wherever you think you can get a clear, safe shot.

~Rose

suet. It's not as messy as a feeder- works for peckerwoods to.

We've caught them in our attic using a live trap baited with peanut butter.

I had one fall down the chimney years ago. squirrel's are very destructive and Not covered by insurance. 22 and a bird shot load works great.

The bucket method worx. You just gotta get the water level right. Dohn't uze those sissy sawed off mud pails either!

In my squirrel battles through the years, I have found that they keep a regular schedule. I had one 1 that used to come in every afternoon at about 4:20. This was in December so it was getting dark about that time. One day I set up behind my truck at about 4:10 & right on schedule he showed up & a .177 cal. took care of him.
Al

Live trap with peanut butter . . . they love that peanut butter . . . usually I provide some crackers for them as well . . . figured saltines and peanut butter go pretty well together.

Some polypropylene glycol in place of water cures the freezing issue for the bucket trap. If you use PEG you can dump it after th squirrel is caught as its non toxic.

Haha, this thread reminds me of my grandfather. He HATED squirrels in his yard. He used to set up live traps for the grey squirrels and when he caught them he painted their tails red before relocating them. That way he could tell which ones were getting back to the yard. No sure how long the paint stayed on the tails but he was convinced it worked.

Nothing better to eat than local free range squirrel burgers........

No additives except lead ;-)

shoot them in the head with your small caliber projectile of choice, and then:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI5I4tdoAGs

I want to try some of that Squirrel Country Sausage too, but my first priority is to get that "Good Ole Boy's Country Game Cookbook".

Something else to add to my Christmas wish list

Might take awhile, but it'll be all the more satisfying.

We could eat all winter - if we didn't have neighbors.

Retired Guy said:

We could eat all winter - if we didn't have neighbors.

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air rifles come with supressors nowadays
Gamo Whisper is the one that comes immediately to mind....

Nothing beats the bucket of death.

Nothing.

It can wait forever, even when there's no beer.

btuser said:

even when there's no beer.

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loon

A rat trap is the way to go. I've had them try to get into my attic a few times and when that red squirrel gets it into it's little one-track mind that it wants in there's no deterring it. I've seen them chew through 1" pine siding. Once in, the damage they can do would put a vandal to shame, not to mention the fire hazard when they go for the wires.

It's a curious thing - I've got lots of them around here and for the most part they show no interest in the house, but every once in a great while there will be one that shows a single-minded determination to get in and will work tirelessly to make it's dream happen.

I've no interest in relocating them since they're so territorial you'd just be causing it's or another squirrel's demise anyhow. Just screw that rat trap to the outside wall and bait it with some peanut butter. Nice last meal.