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re: Getting rid of squirrels in your yard/porch...any ideas?

Posted on 1/16/15 at 2:33 pm to
Posted by Chaplain
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Posted on 1/16/15 at 2:33 pm to
Posted by fishfighter
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Posted on 1/16/15 at 2:38 pm to
quote:

Go to local hardware/feed store and buy larger rat traps. Screw to wood in area where squirrels are being little bastards. Bait traps with peanut butter...... drink beer and profit


This.


quote:

Learned from an old coonass that would set them down Bayou Teche the paddle down and check them...


This.
Posted by Monk
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Posted on 1/16/15 at 2:41 pm to
Similar just happened to me. I got a pellet gun.
Posted by Who Me
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Posted on 1/16/15 at 2:42 pm to
Damn check out what this kid did.
Modifying some rat traps.

LINK
Posted by Black n Gold
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Posted on 1/16/15 at 2:44 pm to
Where do you live. My son will most likely pay you his small weekly allowance to be allowed to come shot some squirrels.
Posted by White Roach
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 1/16/15 at 2:45 pm to
Outdoors Board...
But CB caps in a bolt action .22 will do the trick, assuming someone can hit. You can also use a semi-automatic rifle, but it may not cycle - you'll have to manually feed each round.
Posted by TheCaterpillar
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Posted on 1/16/15 at 3:07 pm to
Would planting catnip (plant sold at Home Depot) attract neighborhood wild cats?

That was my suggestion

Posted by TigerinATL
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Posted on 1/16/15 at 3:35 pm to
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Would planting catnip (plant sold at Home Depot) attract neighborhood wild cats?


It might. We planted something called "cat mint" in the garden because it was supposed to repel bad insects. It didn't stop the bugs but it did attract at least 1 cat fairly regularly.
Posted by BrotherEsau
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 1/16/15 at 4:00 pm to
Either a good pellet gun, or get cb caps (basically a half of a .22).
Posted by SoDakHawk
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Posted on 1/16/15 at 4:04 pm to
Call this guy. He usually eats the damn things.

Posted by JTM72
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Posted on 1/16/15 at 4:08 pm to
Get a dog and a Gamo pellet gun. A breed or mix that has any sort of prey drive. With the 3 dogs I have, and the rare chance I get to actually shoot one, I don't think a squirrel has landed in my yard in years, besides falling out of a tree, dead.
Posted by camerad7
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 1/16/15 at 4:11 pm to
Go to a feed store and get some pure capsaicin. Use gloves and rub it on whatever they are chewing through.

This will keep them from taking cover inside your porch while you shoot at them.
This post was edited on 1/16/15 at 4:13 pm
Posted by Sev09
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Posted on 1/16/15 at 4:12 pm to
Throw acorns at 'em.
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