Posted: 3/24/2011 5:19:03 PM EDT
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Hey, I've got a Squirrel issue on my property. I'm in a residential area, and I'm not comfortable shooting at them from a distance (closest neighbor is about 50 yards away), so I was thinking of trapping them. So would trapping it, then putting it down with my cheapo .22 revolver be a decent way to go about it? No need to worry about hitting a house, no need to worry about it surviving the shot and running away, as with a pellet gun, and above all, it's quiet as can be.
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Sounds like the kind of situation that the phrase "SSS" was invented for, doesn't it...
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| The Rat Traps (look like oversized mouse traps ) work great. A little peanut butter and you can clean them out. I had problems with them in the garden and an animal control guy suggested these and it got rid of the problem squirels in about 2-days. I got like half a dozen of them over those two days too! |
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The Rat Traps (look like oversized mouse traps ) work great. A little peanut butter and you can clean them out. I had problems with them in the garden and an animal control guy suggested these and it got rid of the problem squirels in about 2-days. I got like half a dozen of them over those two days too! I'll check 'em out, thanks! Nothing would be more enjoyable than sitting out with the 870, some birdshot, some beer, and waiting for those bushy-tailed monsters to come by, but I just don't have the room for even a .22. So unfortunately, an alternative must be looked into. 
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Like shoot'n fish in a..... I have relocated a fair amount of squirls. That's right, trap them and then take them far away. It get's old shooting them with no sport. Besides, it spoils the meet. Very true. I don't really mind shooting pests, but I'm sure it'd get very mundane. |
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Get a cage trap 'Hav-a-hart' sprinkle loose corn in the bottom or a piece of cob corn and you are set. My mother in law has pecan trees, my 13 year old catches them this way. It works very well, she is almost in the city limits. Looks like that'll work really well. Still dispatching them, since I don't have anywhere to let them go, and they're tearing up the garden and they won't stop working their way into the shed. And on that note, looks like I'm going to start eating Squirrel meat. I've always been taught if I kill it, I eat it, so might as well at least try it. Thanks for the responses guys! |
| Sounds like a good time to practice your survival skills and do some snaring. Get some Squirrel/small game snares and let them do the work for you. The animal is dispatched when you get to them, no noise, no blood, and no ruined meat. That's how my son got to try fried squirrel. |
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Sounds like a good time to practice your survival skills and do some snaring. Get some Squirrel/small game snares and let them do the work for you. The animal is dispatched when you get to them, no noise, no blood, and no ruined meat. That's how my son got to try fried squirrel. I keep rat traps with my preps after seeing how well they work! |
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The Rat Traps (look like oversized mouse traps ) work great. A little peanut butter and you can clean them out. I had problems with them in the garden and an animal control guy suggested these and it got rid of the problem squirels in about 2-days. I got like half a dozen of them over those two days too! i disagree. i've had squirrels wiggle from from tomcat brand rat traps. i've heard the snap in my attic, then some rustling. I've had some squirrels set them off outside as well (along the fence) I go up and there's no squirrel. maybe the victor brand rat traps work better. a small have a heart trap works best for me. ETA i couldn't find victor brand rat traps at lowes, walmart or ace hardware. |
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get some round body grip traps and set them in their runs you wont have to worry about dispatching them the traps do it for you.
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