Squirrel : it's what for dinner

[Klc]

I don't know about Chicago squirrels, but Toronto squirrels are good at getting hit by cars.

Robert McCleery, who completed his dissertation at Texas A&M on urban and suburban squirrels, outfitted squirrels with radio transmitter collars and found that 80 percent of them died under the tires of a car or truck.

According to the article, Texan squirrels die the same way as they do up here.

 

[Jacqueline]

My room mates and I are having a serious squirrel problem. It's getting so bad that our garbage cans are almost non-existant, and the squirrels are becoming fearless. This morning a fury one bit a room mate's shoe! Since we don't have any guns so we can't shoot them. Does anyone have any suggestions to get these squirrels away?

 

[Timmy!]

Crappy Tire = Pellet Gun

 

[Klc]

Pellet gun, paintball gun, airsoft gun...

Even the hose can work a bit. You could even rent a live trap if its really bad. Most exterminators will rent them out.

Remember... their just rats with fuzzy tails.

 

[condor888000]

Soft air guns should shoot fast enough to scare them, but I doubt hard enough to kill, and are readily available at your local Canadian Tire for reasonable prices. And they're accurate enough to be able to hit the things if need be.

 

[Elwood]

My 12 Gauge never killed them on the first shot. They may be small, but they have tough hides. Try rat poison or better garbage cans instead. 

 

[Trinity]

Try rat poison or better garbage cans instead. 

Because rat poison is perfect when you want to eat them afterwards

adds seasoning  ;D  :-X

remember.. this is a thread about killing and EATING squirrels 

 

[fourninerzero]

Try a sledgehammer. Dead squirrel, plus its tenderized! and you dont need to worry the neighbours by running around with a real (or real looking) firearm or airgun. ;D

 

[niner domestic]

This is like what we used to do as kids, snare gophers and serve them up cooked over a fire on a stick.  They were already seasoned as their main diet was the wild sage. 

 

[Jacqueline]

We might just have to lure them into some kind of trap with a stimulating decoy like pb or something. I'll probably feed it to my boss and tell er it's emu.

 

[niner domestic]

Miss J, that would be called setting a snare...lol

 

[Jacqueline]

Snare who-The Boss?  ;D