Another one bites the dust

[Horse Newbie 7,075]

4 hours ago, oliver2-44 said:

Before I retired there was a guy at work that had a new 20016 Chevy 4 dr. The gray rock squirrels loved that trucks wiring, chewed it up several times.  didn't bother any other vehicles in the parking lot except his!

 

3 hours ago, lynnmor said:

The rocket scientists that decided to use a soy based product for wire insulation is the problem.  Sure, rodent food under the hood, that's gonna work.

 

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Spring loaded 22 caliber pellet gun. 

Reasonably quiet. Ammo is cheap. Pretty strong.

 

I don't know what you're after but around here a bb or a 177 pellet will merely dent a gray squirrel

My brother lives in Kings Mountain about 40 miles NW of Charlotte...

He had pecan trees in his yard but did not have a squirrel problem (in NC mostly grey squirrels)

That's because he shot them...and now that you mention it @ebinmaine, he must have have a spring loaded 177 caliber bb/pellet rifle (he always used the pellets) because one pump on the handle and that thing was lethal to small animals...I had never seen anything besides a real gun be that lethal...

[Horse Newbie 7,075]

On 2/25/2021 at 8:57 AM, DennisThornton said:

Were hard on my flock a while back!  I seldom see a squirrel any more.

@DennisThornton  How many Kwh's does that windmill produce ? 

Seriously though...

#prayfortexas

[Horse Newbie 7,075]

Sorry @DennisThornton...should have tagged @lynnmor...

[ebinmaine 67,628]

6 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

spring loaded 177 caliber

Mines a break barrel. Works good. 

 

 

[Horse Newbie 7,075]

I am about to have 9 White Oak trees(acorns galore) cut down when the ground dries this spring...wonder if they will still come to my yard ?...neighbors still have lots of White Oaks...

[Handy Don 12,237]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

Mines a break barrel. Works good. 

 

 

For a while I was using a (technically illegal in NYS) slingshot with marble-sized rocks on the deer munching in the yard. Got pretty accurate with it. At first, I'd hit 'em on the body and they'd run. After a few days they ignored the body shot. I'd walk up to about 10 feet away and hit 'em in the head and get a nice hollow "thwock". Then they'd look up with a "What? Who, me? Whaddaya want?" look and resume whatever they were doing. Totally acclimated to humans. Only predators in these parts are automobiles and they know it.

[DennisThornton 4,769]

15 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

For a while I was using a (technically illegal in NYS) slingshot with marble-sized rocks on the deer munching in the yard. Got pretty accurate with it. At first, I'd hit 'em on the body and they'd run. After a few days they ignored the body shot. I'd walk up to about 10 feet away and hit 'em in the head and get a nice hollow "thwock". Then they'd look up with a "What? Who, me? Whaddaya want?" look and resume whatever they were doing. Totally acclimated to humans. Only predators in these parts are automobiles and they know it.

Really!  I have them here all over but they do NOT like to be seen unless they are some distance away with a woods to run into.

[lynnmor 7,308]

More options:

 

The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do about their squirrel infestation. After much prayer and consideration, they concluded that the squirrels were predestined to be there, and they should not interfere with God's divine will.

 

 

At the Baptist church, the squirrels had taken an interest in the baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a water-slide on the baptistery and let the squirrels drown themselves. The squirrels liked the slide and, unfortunately, knew instinctively how to swim, so twice as many squirrels showed up the following week.

 

 

The Lutheran church decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God's creatures. So, they humanely trapped their squirrels and set them free near the Baptist church. Two weeks later, the squirrels were back when the Baptists took down the water-slide.

 

 

The Episcopalians tried a much more unique path by setting out pans of whiskey around their church in an effort to kill the squirrels with alcohol poisoning. They sadly learned how much damage a band of drunk squirrels can do.

 

 

But the Catholic church came up with a more creative strategy! They baptized all the squirrels and made them members of the church. Now they only see them at Christmas and Easter.

 

 

Not much was heard from the Jewish synagogue. They took the first squirrel and circumcised him. They haven't seen a squirrel since.