Jackbear
Veteran Member
Trap and Remove them to a Park a far ways away...
We live in the center of a large urban village and killing squirrels is also not an option. But after going through the state fish and game laws as well as indepth discussions with the wildlife groups we came upon a legal way to export the rodents. Rule is you can't harm them and you can't make them somebody else's problem.
We got a miniture sized metal garbage can about 2 feet tall with a lid from our local hardware store - was designed for oily rag containment in a shop setting. We waited the hinged lid with about 5 lbs and strung a long clothes line wire through the tree branches and tied it to the lid.
Now we have a trap at the base of the tree with a control line tied off at the back door to the house.
A pile sunflower seeds inside the bucket does the trick. The little buggers cannot resist those seeds and will eventually dive into the bucket and rummage around - only peering out to check on competition.
The trick is they will always shy away from standard wire traps but dark little places with food inside and the lid open only enough for them to squeeze in seems to be what they prefer. When they are use to the trap then you are in. It only takes one to start the hoard fighting to get in the bucket.
Then its time to lower the lid and cart them off to the local wildlife refuge.
It took me about 4 weeks and 12 trips but I managed to totally remove the local group of rodents.
Now its just one or two a year every spring and we keep our fig and other fruit trees intact.
Now what do I do about the damn birds...
-----------------------------------------------bam_bam_dip said:I've got these stinkin squirrels chunkin' pecans at my car. Well, maybe not, but I had to relate it to my car somehow. I've got a couple of big pecan trees in the front yard. It's been making some good looking nuts the last couple of years. ...
That's it. If I can manage to discourage those little peckers long enough, I'll be a happy man.
Game on Mr. squirrel, the war is ON!!!!
We live in the center of a large urban village and killing squirrels is also not an option. But after going through the state fish and game laws as well as indepth discussions with the wildlife groups we came upon a legal way to export the rodents. Rule is you can't harm them and you can't make them somebody else's problem.
We got a miniture sized metal garbage can about 2 feet tall with a lid from our local hardware store - was designed for oily rag containment in a shop setting. We waited the hinged lid with about 5 lbs and strung a long clothes line wire through the tree branches and tied it to the lid.
Now we have a trap at the base of the tree with a control line tied off at the back door to the house.
A pile sunflower seeds inside the bucket does the trick. The little buggers cannot resist those seeds and will eventually dive into the bucket and rummage around - only peering out to check on competition.
The trick is they will always shy away from standard wire traps but dark little places with food inside and the lid open only enough for them to squeeze in seems to be what they prefer. When they are use to the trap then you are in. It only takes one to start the hoard fighting to get in the bucket.
Then its time to lower the lid and cart them off to the local wildlife refuge.
It took me about 4 weeks and 12 trips but I managed to totally remove the local group of rodents.
Now its just one or two a year every spring and we keep our fig and other fruit trees intact.
Now what do I do about the damn birds...
