I don't advocate extreme violence against squirrels ... but

Been there, done that, Dick ..... I sympathize!!
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"Dick R." <dickr.RemoveThis@visi.com> wrote in message
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> No problems with the squirrels getting into the feeders,
> and they've always eaten the critter food and other items
> we've thrown on the deck. However, there is 1 squirrel
> that is chewing the paint off our new aluminum deck chairs.
> No, I'm not going to discourage him with "harmless" methods,
> I'm locked and loaded and ready to send him to the great
> squirrel feeder in the sky. I'd like to use a shotgun but
> the city police wouldn't like it, and I might blow away
> a deck chair. I'll just use a Crossman pellet gun.
> I love all birds and animals - except for that 1 damn squirrel!
> Dick R. in Apple Valley, Minnesota USA
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:28:43 -0500, Eric Miller
<miller_nospam_eric DeleteThis @bellsouth.net> wrote:

>Dick R. wrote:
>> No problems with the squirrels getting into the feeders,
>> and they've always eaten the critter food and other items
>> we've thrown on the deck. However, there is 1 squirrel
>> that is chewing the paint off our new aluminum deck chairs.
>> No, I'm not going to discourage him with "harmless" methods,
>> I'm locked and loaded and ready to send him to the great
>> squirrel feeder in the sky. I'd like to use a shotgun but
>> the city police wouldn't like it, and I might blow away
>> a deck chair. I'll just use a Crossman pellet gun.
>> I love all birds and animals - except for that 1 damn squirrel!
>> Dick R. in Apple Valley, Minnesota USA
>
>Make sure and get a head shot. Kill it, don't just wound it, which is
>very likely with a pump air rifle.

Why not use a live trap baited with nuts. I used it last year when I
had a squirrel problem. Trapped 5 of them and released them near some
woods about 10 miles away. Problem solved.

Gerry
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In article <137m0fbrk995lbe DeleteThis @corp.supernews.com>,
"Dick R." <dickr DeleteThis @visi.com> wrote:

> I'm locked and loaded and ready to send him to the great
> squirrel feeder in the sky.

Think of yourself as an agent of natural selection. An Angel of Darwin,
if you like.
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Eric Miller wrote:
<snip>
>
> Make sure and get a head shot. Kill it, don't just wound it, which is
> very likely with a pump air rifle.
>
Hi Eric,
I think I can pump up my Crossman and make a lethal shot, but I have to
make that one shot a good one. I don't have any problems with other
squirrels in the yard because they apparently don't like paint. It's
just one squirrel, and I have to catch him in the act, and then make
a good shot. I will give him a proper burial. :-)
Watch out, Dick has a gun.
Dick R. in Apple Valley, Minnesota USA
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:55:36 -0400, Dick R. wrote
(in article <137m0fbrk995lbe.RemoveThis@corp.supernews.com>):

> No problems with the squirrels getting into the feeders,
> and they've always eaten the critter food and other items
> we've thrown on the deck. However, there is 1 squirrel
> that is chewing the paint off our new aluminum deck chairs.
> No, I'm not going to discourage him with "harmless" methods,
> I'm locked and loaded and ready to send him to the great
> squirrel feeder in the sky. I'd like to use a shotgun but
> the city police wouldn't like it, and I might blow away
> a deck chair. I'll just use a Crossman pellet gun.
> I love all birds and animals - except for that 1 damn squirrel!
> Dick R. in Apple Valley, Minnesota USA

LOL, I always said that squirrels ate everything but paint from chairs is a
new one. My friend has squirrels that eat the stuffing from the cushions on
her chairs. We should marry the two and have recycle squirrels and keep them
down at the dump. Imagine all the stuff those squirrels could recycle.

I have used the trap in the past. Usually took about 5 minutes to trap a
squirrel using a little peanut butter on bread. I took the squirrels over to
the DPW in a neighboring town about 5 miles from here and let him/them go.
Wouldn't know if they came back. Left another up near the Woodcliff Lake
Hilton which is less than three miles from me. Doubt that one came back since
there is a major parkway between the Hilton and my house.

While I would not resort to killing them, I pray every day that whatever
cleaned all those squirrels out of here a few years ago would come back.

Good luck with what ever you try and don't get caught.

Lee

Park Ridge, NJ
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"Dick R." <dickr.RemoveThis@visi.com> wrote in message
news:137nvptraj0899f@corp.supernews.com...
> Eric Miller wrote:
> <snip>
>>
>> Make sure and get a head shot. Kill it, don't just wound it, which is
>> very likely with a pump air rifle.
>>
> Hi Eric,
> I think I can pump up my Crossman and make a lethal shot, but I have to
> make that one shot a good one. I don't have any problems with other
> squirrels in the yard because they apparently don't like paint. It's
> just one squirrel, and I have to catch him in the act, and then make
> a good shot. I will give him a proper burial. :-)
> Watch out, Dick has a gun.
> Dick R. in Apple Valley, Minnesota USA

I wasn't doubting your marksmanship. I shot a squirrel with a pump air rifle
before and hit it in the back. If it broke the skin, I couldn't tell.

Having hunted them for years, I always used a shotgun (high power, 4 or 6
shot, full choke, less than 30 yards) to try to insure a kill. They are
pretty tasty BTW.

Eric Miller
www.dyesscreek.com
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Eric Miller wrote:
<snip>
>
> Having hunted them for years, I always used a shotgun (high power, 4 or 6
> shot, full choke, less than 30 yards) to try to insure a kill. They are
> pretty tasty BTW.
>
Hey Eric,
I've been watching for the paint chewing squirrel but haven't seen him/her
in the last couple of days. Hopefully I won't have to resort to violence
and the squirrel has died from unnatural causes - like eating paint!
Yup, I've eaten squirrel, and the next squirrel meal will be the day
before doomsday. :-)
JMHO
Dick R. in Apple Valley, Minnesota USA
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:15:10 GMT, Lee <rarrebird_.TakeThisOut@verizon.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:55:36 -0400, Dick R. wrote
>(in article <137m0fbrk995lbe.TakeThisOut@corp.supernews.com>):
>
>> No problems with the squirrels getting into the feeders,
>> and they've always eaten the critter food and other items
>> we've thrown on the deck. However, there is 1 squirrel
>> that is chewing the paint off our new aluminum deck chairs.
>> No, I'm not going to discourage him with "harmless" methods,
>> I'm locked and loaded and ready to send him to the great
>> squirrel feeder in the sky. I'd like to use a shotgun but
>> the city police wouldn't like it, and I might blow away
>> a deck chair. I'll just use a Crossman pellet gun.
>> I love all birds and animals - except for that 1 damn squirrel!
>> Dick R. in Apple Valley, Minnesota USA
>
>LOL, I always said that squirrels ate everything but paint from chairs is a
>new one. My friend has squirrels that eat the stuffing from the cushions on
>her chairs. We should marry the two and have recycle squirrels and keep them
>down at the dump. Imagine all the stuff those squirrels could recycle.
>
>I have used the trap in the past. Usually took about 5 minutes to trap a
>squirrel using a little peanut butter on bread. I took the squirrels over to
>the DPW in a neighboring town about 5 miles from here and let him/them go.
>Wouldn't know if they came back. Left another up near the Woodcliff Lake
>Hilton which is less than three miles from me. Doubt that one came back since
>there is a major parkway between the Hilton and my house.
>
>While I would not resort to killing them, I pray every day that whatever
>cleaned all those squirrels out of here a few years ago would come back.
>
>Good luck with what ever you try and don't get caught.
>
>Lee
>
>Park Ridge, NJ
>
It seems that we go over this suject again and again. The answer is
that if you feed birds you are going to feed squirrrels. If you kill
them or relocate them, others come to take their place. About the
only thing you can do if they really bug you is puchase "squirrel
proof" feeders. Even these don't work 100 percent of the time but it
might take the squirrels a little while to figure them out.

Try "stress free" feeding.

Mary Ann
Barnwell, SC
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Dick R. wrote:

...

> Yup, I've eaten squirrel, and the next squirrel meal will be the day
> before doomsday. :-)

A friend of mine from Minnesota married a lady from Brooklyn right after
he was mustered out after WW II. He took his new bride to his parent's
summer camp -- rental cottages on a large lake -- and one day handed her
a .22 and took her squirrel hunting. She was rather averse, but agreed,
if unwillingly. He was going to teach her how to shoot.

As they walked along a dry stream bed, he pointed to a tree on the bank
about 30 yards away; there was a squirrel about 20 feet up. "Get that
one" he whispered. She aimed briefly and put a bullet through the poor
beast's head. He was astounded and asked "Where did you learn to shoot?"
She answered "Coney Island." He hasn't argued with her since.

Jerry
--
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On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:11:04 -0400, maryann kolb wrote
(in article <a4aq73hi49kbg7q2rasjgfls05bb911scm DeleteThis @4ax.com>):

> On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:15:10 GMT, Lee <rarrebird_ DeleteThis @verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:55:36 -0400, Dick R. wrote
>> (in article <137m0fbrk995lbe DeleteThis @corp.supernews.com>):
>>
>>> No problems with the squirrels getting into the feeders,
>>> and they've always eaten the critter food and other items
>>> we've thrown on the deck. However, there is 1 squirrel
>>> that is chewing the paint off our new aluminum deck chairs.
>>> No, I'm not going to discourage him with "harmless" methods,
>>> I'm locked and loaded and ready to send him to the great
>>> squirrel feeder in the sky. I'd like to use a shotgun but
>>> the city police wouldn't like it, and I might blow away
>>> a deck chair. I'll just use a Crossman pellet gun.
>>> I love all birds and animals - except for that 1 damn squirrel!
>>> Dick R. in Apple Valley, Minnesota USA
>>
>> LOL, I always said that squirrels ate everything but paint from chairs is a
>> new one. My friend has squirrels that eat the stuffing from the cushions on
>> her chairs. We should marry the two and have recycle squirrels and keep
>> them
>> down at the dump. Imagine all the stuff those squirrels could recycle.
>>
>> I have used the trap in the past. Usually took about 5 minutes to trap a
>> squirrel using a little peanut butter on bread. I took the squirrels over
>> to
>> the DPW in a neighboring town about 5 miles from here and let him/them go.
>> Wouldn't know if they came back. Left another up near the Woodcliff Lake
>> Hilton which is less than three miles from me. Doubt that one came back
>> since
>> there is a major parkway between the Hilton and my house.
>>
>> While I would not resort to killing them, I pray every day that whatever
>> cleaned all those squirrels out of here a few years ago would come back.
>>
>> Good luck with what ever you try and don't get caught.
>>
>> Lee
>>
>> Park Ridge, NJ
>>
> It seems that we go over this suject again and again. The answer is
> that if you feed birds you are going to feed squirrrels. If you kill
> them or relocate them, others come to take their place. About the
> only thing you can do if they really bug you is puchase "squirrel
> proof" feeders. Even these don't work 100 percent of the time but it
> might take the squirrels a little while to figure them out.
>
> Try "stress free" feeding.
>
> Mary Ann
> Barnwell, SC


LOL, life would be too peaceful if we did not have something to complain
about, and, as Mary Ann says, we are going to be feeding those squirrels no
matter what so we might as well accept it.

I am not going to make it easy for them though. I did get those caged feeders
and they seem to work well. Now, the squirrels are constantly trying to find
a way to get into the feeders but they all end up back on the ground feeding
on all the dropped seed.


Lee

Park Ridge, NJ
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Are you sure it didn't sneak in a window and read this thread??

;)
--
Tammie
In Ontario, Canada, North of Lake Superior
http://community.webshots.com/user/thache


"Dick R." <dickr.TakeThisOut@visi.com> wrote in message
news:137qp1sqjlcck9b@corp.supernews.com...

> Hey Eric,
> I've been watching for the paint chewing squirrel but haven't seen him/her
> in the last couple of days. Hopefully I won't have to resort to violence
> and the squirrel has died from unnatural causes - like eating paint!
> Yup, I've eaten squirrel, and the next squirrel meal will be the day
> before doomsday. :-)
> JMHO
> Dick R. in Apple Valley, Minnesota USA
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