Best ways to keep squirrels out of vegetable garden?

I bought an air rifle in January and have been eradicating them. I was killing 2-3 a week and now I'm only shooting 1 every week or two. There are still plenty of them assholes running around my neighborhood but I think they've figured out to stay away from my yard.

If it is dry there, like here, they are likely looking for water. Try putting a container with water for a few days and see if they leave the 'maters alone...

Otherwise, scarecrows work...

Bolt action .22 with silencer and subs.

All you’ll hear is the hammer hitting the firing pin.

I built a PVC frame for a net around my garden. I included a PVC door for ease of entry. Kept out the squirrels, but it also kept out the birds and larger insects; so I had to use more pesticides to control destructive bugs.

I have a 4' fence with 2" x 4" openings and they went straight through them. So I put a 3' chicken wire fence with a foot of it folded over at the ground. The squirrels were going under it then. So I put a layer of bricks on top of the folder over chicken fence. This kept them out, but the chipmunks are still getting in there.

These tree rats have caused thousands of dollars worth of damage now to our home and outdoor pavilion. We hired a service for a few days so we can see how they did it but after charging me $45 a visit and coming by twice a day to pick up traps we said F that and started doing it on our own.

If you're going to relocate you need to move them at least 4 miles away, otherwise they will come back. We've caught well over a dozen and a half in two weeks and 4 today alone.

If they are not relocated some distance away they will come back and have their babies there so I got sick of it and just started exterminating them in the trap.

This thing works wonders.

Peanut butter on the trap lever and a small bowl of peacans and peanut butter behind the trap lever. Put it at the base of the tree where they nest or the entrance to yourt garden.



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