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anyone else’s squirrels disappeared all of a sudden?

Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:30 pm
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:30 pm
I guess it’s the heat and drought. We usually have dozens and sometimes more than that. It occurred to me this morning I haven’t seen one in days.
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:35 pm to
Posted by bengalman
In da Country
Member since Feb 2007
4214 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:37 pm to
You have some wild bird seed? Put it out and watch them come!
Posted by Enadious
formerly B5Lurker City of Central
Member since Aug 2004
18708 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:37 pm to
They're at my house
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
96194 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 3:10 pm to
It's much less activity. We probably have 30 squirrels in/around the property and activity is way, way down this Summer.
Posted by RetiredSaintsLsuFan
NW Arkansas
Member since Jun 2020
2602 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 3:34 pm to
I noticed the same thing. I see them in the morning and in the evening, but not during the hot part of the day. They drink water from my bird bath a lot.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
50626 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 4:05 pm to
I’m not seeing them at all now. And we have birdseed out everywhere. It’s weird
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
30696 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 4:07 pm to
Probably from all those house cats. They murdered all the birds in the world and have now moved on to squirrels.



but in all seriousness, i haven't seen many at all the last few months, and i usually have a few run across my roof every single day for the last 10 years or so and i haven't heard that in quite some time.
Posted by Spankum
The Sip
Member since Jan 2007
63182 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 4:42 pm to
I’ve still got plenty. If they don’t stay out of my damn attic I will declare war on them again, though!
Posted by Koolazzkat
Behind the Tupelo gum tree
Member since May 2021
3861 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 4:54 pm to
Eating green cones and green pecans heavily now.
Posted by 2 Jugs
Saint Amant
Member since Feb 2018
2446 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:00 pm to


You have an owl in the neighborhood.

Squirrels go quiet when the owls show up.
Posted by Tigerlaff
FIGHTING out of the Carencro Sonic
Member since Jan 2010
23147 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:14 pm to
Yes.
















But I've been shooting them like a Scotlandville turf war.
Posted by DeCat ODahouse
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2017
1704 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 9:23 am to
quote:

Squirrels go quiet when the owls show up.


As an unwilling attic landlord, I am team owl, but I have to say, as varmints go, squirrels do have more redeeming entertainment qualities than most.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
87924 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 9:25 am to
Squirrels move around seasonally with food source changes. I see it every year. They will camp on a productive tree. They will move to areas with different species based upon timing of mast production.
Posted by Grifola
Member since Aug 2017
282 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 9:35 am to
Posted by El Segundo Guy
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Member since Aug 2014
11719 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 9:40 am to
Yes, but I'm the one doing the disappearing.

I use my scoped 10/22 with CCI segmented hollow points to send them to the happy acorn plantation in the sky.

Those rodents can live in my woods, but if they venture into my 5 acre mowed homesite, theyre marked for death.
Posted by Kashmir
Member since Dec 2014
10368 posts
Posted on 8/1/26 at 3:16 pm to
quote:

theyre marked for death.


Same here. Put down about 50 the past three years with my trusty .177. They ain’t getting my plums!!
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
43498 posts
Posted on 8/1/26 at 5:07 pm to
quote:

theyre marked for death.


Posted by bamarep
Member since Nov 2013
52630 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 10:11 am to
I'm the opposite. We bought our place last year about this time. I notice one when walking the land (eaten pine combs under a big pine). Didn't see one for several months despite putting out feed and bird feeders.

Now, I can't drive to the mailbox without seeing 4 or 5 of the little bastards.
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