Getting rid of Squirrels?

[Jason F-18]

OK. I have just completly re-seeded my back yard and it is looking great, except for all the holes that th squirrels are digging in it for acorns. I know squirrel season is open and I could just shoot them with a pellet gun (i live in a neighborhood, so a .22 is out), but I have no desire to et them, and don;t want to kill them for waste.

Any other ideas to get rid of them?

 

[Buoy-Master]

No 22...what about a couple of 410s.

 

[Liveliner]

Leave them alone. They do not cause that much damage in the long run to your yard. If they were getting into your attic or destroying your bird feeders then take action. They find that soft soil much easier to dig than the dry rock hard soil everywhere else. When the fresh nuts are no longer available it will end. That's just nature. enjoy it.

 

[scubajt41]

i recommend my border collie.. he is my secret

 

[Jason F-18]

scubajt41 - 10/21/2010 4:21 PM

i recommend my border collie.. he is my secret

Yeah, my Lab is pretty good at running them off, except for the new grass he flings in the air behind him.

 

[elwestb]

C - 4 works really well too! Don't worry about them! They will not cause any harm to your lawn. Just watch them play and enjoy! Heck, my wife feeds them whole pecans!

 

[deadeye531]

If you really want I can bring my hawk over and she can get them for you.

 

[BOBBY BULLET]

Set out bowls of antifreeze. lol they will die off slowly. just watch your dog tho.

 

[dragfish]

BOBBY BULLET - 10/21/2010 8:26 PM

Set out bowls of antifreeze. lol they will die off slowly. just watch your dog tho.

No-don't do that! If your'e gonna kill them, do it quick! I had a stray dog show up at my house that was anti-freezed and my wife took it into the clinic she worked at. Because we weren't wiiling to put the into money into it, it suffered until the vet just put it down for free!

 

[grayson_garrett]

Do you kill rats? That is all a squirrell is, a rat with a long bushy tail!

 

[scubajt41]

these work too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-d3rZZ-_M

 

[SethColeman]

scubajt41 - 10/21/2010 11:31 PM

these work too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-d3rZZ-_M

Thats kinda cruel there.....

 

[tie1on]

scubajt41 - 10/21/2010 11:31 PM

these work too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-d3rZZ-_M

That is pretty cruel, but I must admit, my stomache is hurting from laughing at the giant slingshot thing.


Just need a dog, its just a matter if you want to deal with small holes or piles of poop.

 

[Mildy]

You should probably just let them be... squirrels don't harm anything, and they're kinda cute. Whatever you do, don't do the dog/gun thing... and definitely not the antifreeze thing.

 

[tie1on]

Mildy - 10/22/2010 3:32 PM

You should probably just let them be... squirrels don't harm anything, and they're kinda cute. Whatever you do, don't do the dog/gun thing... and definitely not the antifreeze thing.

What about the sling shot thing?

 

[digitalcb]

elwestb - 10/21/2010 8:26 PM C - 4 works really well too!

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[elwestb]

scubajt41 - 10/21/2010 11:31 PM

these work too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-d3rZZ-_M

Man that is great! I would go broke just buying extra sun flower seed for bait! I thought My Dad's "Yankee Clipper" bird feeder was funny, but that's off the map! And better than C-4!

 

[Carl Guffey]

BOBBY BULLET - 10/21/2010 8:26 PM Set out bowls of antifreeze. lol they will die off slowly. just watch your dog tho.

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[dragfish]

Loved the squirrel slinging! I wonder how hard it would be to rig a c02 cannon like they shoot t-shirts into the grandstands with? emoScratch

 

[Tsuga]

You probably will not be able to reduce the population. I live in a rural area where one of my neighbors set out to reduce the population of squirrels one summer. He trapped and then shot more than twenty squirrels before he gave up the project. It seems that they attain a population saturation for an area and if that number is reduced then more squirrels move in from adjacent areas.