getting rid of squirrels

bassinbob · 05-11-06, 11:12 PM

I got the little roof rats in my cabin. Buggers chewed right through the T1-11. Besides traps, sound devices anyone know how to get rid of them? I thought of putting a picture of myself up but they probably would just bust their nutts laughing.

Bob

lizardsrule · 05-11-06, 11:20 PM

4/10 Shotgun works well for me. If they are in the cabin, perhaps a 22 short would be a little better choice.

Lizards

Rebbasser · 05-11-06, 11:27 PM

Try mothballs. They got rid of skunks under my mom's house. Just scatter them around the cabin near where they get in.

WTL · 05-11-06, 11:45 PM

My Dad used to use a 22. It would have worked had he been a better shot!

flbassman · 05-12-06, 07:31 AM

Yup, a 22 is guite effective. If you don't want to kill them personally, you can borrow a snake from someone. A python would be best, but about a fourfoot corn snake will work too. If you don't want to kill them at all, live traps are the only way I can think of. Another thing is you can taake a broom handle, tie little fixed loops to it with about 12 pound mono, and put birdseed at the bottom. They'll run down it, hit the loop, fall off, and break their necks. When you get the first one, don't do anything. More will run down, the hanging one doesn't bother them. Then, when you get the all, clean 'em and fry 'em, or, if you don't like the meat, use them for catfish bait. THe pole method is very humane, and it doesn't ruin any meat.

JB · 05-12-06, 08:04 AM

Someone here told me to put a plastic owl up to get rid of them...the lil critters dig up the onions in my garden and leave em lay, I replant and they will mess with them till they sprout...I was tilling up a new area for tomatoes and found a "stash" of about 3 dozen white onion bulbs, and 10 feet away I found another squirrell stash of tater starts that they had dug up and hid...

Bender · 05-14-06, 12:10 PM

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I had them in between the ceiling and the roof where I used to live. I killed about 15 of them and still never got them out. The Beeman .25 aur gun worked really well for this.

bass kicker · 05-14-06, 02:32 PM

pellet gun works fine i would try a .22 but we live about 100 ft from the middle of town

05-11-06, 11:12 PM	#1
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	getting rid of squirrels I got the little roof rats in my cabin. Buggers chewed right through the T1-11. Besides traps, sound devices anyone know how to get rid of them? I thought of putting a picture of myself up but they probably would just bust their nutts laughing. Bob __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

05-11-06, 11:20 PM	#2
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	4/10 Shotgun works well for me. If they are in the cabin, perhaps a 22 short would be a little better choice. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

05-11-06, 11:27 PM	#3
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	Try mothballs. They got rid of skunks under my mom's house. Just scatter them around the cabin near where they get in. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

05-11-06, 11:45 PM	#4
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	My Dad used to use a 22. It would have worked had he been a better shot! __________________ Selling live waterdogs for less since 2005.

05-12-06, 07:31 AM	#5
flbassman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jacksonville Florida Posts: 2,840	Yup, a 22 is guite effective. If you don't want to kill them personally, you can borrow a snake from someone. A python would be best, but about a fourfoot corn snake will work too. If you don't want to kill them at all, live traps are the only way I can think of. Another thing is you can taake a broom handle, tie little fixed loops to it with about 12 pound mono, and put birdseed at the bottom. They'll run down it, hit the loop, fall off, and break their necks. When you get the first one, don't do anything. More will run down, the hanging one doesn't bother them. Then, when you get the all, clean 'em and fry 'em, or, if you don't like the meat, use them for catfish bait. THe pole method is very humane, and it doesn't ruin any meat. __________________ R.I.P. Zooker

05-12-06, 08:04 AM	#6
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	Someone here told me to put a plastic owl up to get rid of them...the lil critters dig up the onions in my garden and leave em lay, I replant and they will mess with them till they sprout...I was tilling up a new area for tomatoes and found a "stash" of about 3 dozen white onion bulbs, and 10 feet away I found another squirrell stash of tater starts that they had dug up and hid...

05-14-06, 12:10 PM	#7
Bender BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brighton, MI Posts: 2,414	www.deadsquirrel.com I had them in between the ceiling and the roof where I used to live. I killed about 15 of them and still never got them out. The Beeman .25 aur gun worked really well for this.

05-14-06, 02:32 PM	#8
bass kicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Beamsville,ONTARIO,CANADA Posts: 2,023	pellet gun works fine i would try a .22 but we live about 100 ft from the middle of town __________________ Rob Downs St. Catharines BASSMASTERS

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