I finally outsmarted the squirrels!!!
05-15-2011, 04:19 PM
#32
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That's a funny story. We have a wooded back yard and the squirrels drive us crazy. We keep having to buy new gas lines for our grill because the little !@#$%^&* chew holes in it. But why? They dig up my flower pots on the deck, every day I find a mess out there. We bought one of those faces you put on a tree and put it on a large tree that is at the corner of our deck. A squirrel ran to the edge to jump on the tree saw the face and which apparently scared him and he missed the tree and fell to the ground. We laughed so hard that day. They are used to "Woody" the tree face now. Next stop WalMart Sporting goods for a BB Gun. My DH has a blast with that thing! The squirrels around my house all have sore butts.
05-15-2011, 04:53 PM
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We have woods right behind our house, and TONS of squirrels. We pretty much gave up on buying birdfeeders. They'd outsmart every single one.
We even put short lengths of PVC pipe on a clothes line, and hung the birdfeeder in the middle. Theoretically the squirrels would walk down the clothes line, and the PVC pipe would spin them right off. The little stinkers figured out how to jump straight to the birdfeeder, totally bypassing the clothesline itself. :roll:
I wouldn't mind the squirrels so much if they'd stop invading our attic. Every time DH figures out where they're coming in, and blocks them off, they find or make a new way in. :evil:
He's tried trapping them, but they're too smart. He finally parked himself on the back patio, and waited, BB gun in hand, for the attic invaders. One by one, he took out the "worst offenders" ... for now. :|
Like Arnold Schwarzenegger, they'll be back ...
We even put short lengths of PVC pipe on a clothes line, and hung the birdfeeder in the middle. Theoretically the squirrels would walk down the clothes line, and the PVC pipe would spin them right off. The little stinkers figured out how to jump straight to the birdfeeder, totally bypassing the clothesline itself. :roll:
I wouldn't mind the squirrels so much if they'd stop invading our attic. Every time DH figures out where they're coming in, and blocks them off, they find or make a new way in. :evil:
He's tried trapping them, but they're too smart. He finally parked himself on the back patio, and waited, BB gun in hand, for the attic invaders. One by one, he took out the "worst offenders" ... for now. :|
Like Arnold Schwarzenegger, they'll be back ...
05-16-2011, 03:15 AM
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I have found the best thing to use is a 22. We have a cedar sided house and they eat it. We spent $5000 to have it painted and now there are chew marks all over. So I got over it and now just shoot them. Lynn 55+ squirrels 0
Lynn :wink:
Lynn :wink:
05-16-2011, 03:26 AM
#38
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GH , shoot , skin, cut up,
Wife , salt water over night, rinse in moring , salt water again until dinner time , pressure cooker , 20 min 5lbs , seasoned flour, fry , keep drippings add some flour little more salt, brown, add milk , mashed taters , green beans, green onions, sliced matters ,bisquits, Dinner is ready
Wife , salt water over night, rinse in moring , salt water again until dinner time , pressure cooker , 20 min 5lbs , seasoned flour, fry , keep drippings add some flour little more salt, brown, add milk , mashed taters , green beans, green onions, sliced matters ,bisquits, Dinner is ready
05-16-2011, 03:46 AM
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LOLOL - they are so clever! Guess in life you are either pro-squirrel or anti-squirrel. I tend to enjoy them.
That said, they can get into everything,and that can be a real problem.
You seem to have the problem solved ingeniously too. Good luck with the feeders.
Julie
That said, they can get into everything,and that can be a real problem.
You seem to have the problem solved ingeniously too. Good luck with the feeders.
Julie
05-16-2011, 04:49 AM
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Originally Posted by redkimba
Then you go find a squirrel in a tree, He will see you in your big hat and say "Eeek" and run around the back of the tree. You go back of the tree and make noise, he will see you and rush back to the other side of the tree. You take off hat and put it on a bush, then rush back to the other side of the tree. Squirrel will see you there and rush to back of tree, see the hat and think you beat him there and rush back to your side of the tree. Shoot squirrel and remove insides, skin and wrap in plastic, take home and cook.
Me too! i asked my husband to get the shot gun out for me,and what i was gonna do with it..(he has hid it from me now!) the squirrels were driving me nuts..and my dogs..they are so bold they sit on the wire and chatter at my JRT's, which causes them to bark like crazy! i am sure the neighbors would rather shoot my dogs! when the squirrels are around, i bring the dogs in..! my neighbor has fed the dang squirrels before!
i am in the city..
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