Squirrels are eating up my wifes bird feeders. I have tried Vape o Rub on the pole with limited success. I have a Webley air pistol, but my wife does not want to kill them. Anybody use a bb pistol? Any ideas out there?

2017 Squirrel Proof Bird Feeders, Chickadee to Cardinals by RollerFeeder

Excellent product

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Possum—The other white meat!

There are a number of "squirrel proof" feeders on the market. Try one of them. Remember the squirrels are just trying to make a living too. A BB gun will probably just cause a serious wound that may lead to a drawn-out painful death. I used to shoot rats with a CO2 BB gun. Anything other than a clean head shot is very cruel. I won't do that any more.

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I have found a sling shot loaded with an acorn is quite effective in chasing squirrels away.

Send the wife and a friend out for a day at the spa. I will bring over a couple of six packs and my grandfathers Winchester Model 12. Note, you might need a new bird feeder at the end of the day.

There is an irony here. A Californian telling a Texan to get beer and a shotgun to solve his problem. California can't be all bad!

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Possum—The other white meat!

Great observation Sir. I was born and raised in California but my heard belongs in Texas.

You've indicated the feeder is on a pole. I have two pole mounted feeders and I smeared the poles with axel grease and that seemed to work. Actually, it's kind of fun to watch them try to climb up the pole just to slide back down. You have to put grease on the pole every couple of days but after about a week they gave up and stopped coming around.

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CCI 22 short subsonic out of a single shot Remington 514 has solved my problem with squirrels getting into out bird feeders. Live in a small town & no complaints from the neighbors. Killed 19 one year & 23 the next before there was not enough of them to cause problems

Set some snares. Tell the wife that they got really depressed and hanged themselves.

Vaseline also works nicely.

Mount slinkies around the poles, attached to the top. Squirrel weight drops them to the ground, no harm to squirrels.

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I pop them with a bb gun with only one or two pumps when they are on the feeder. I leave them alone if they are just eating seed off the ground. I have the trained for awhile and then they are back on the feeder and it's about of week of stinging them and they leave the feeders alone.

There are squirrel proof feeders, but we enjoy them, and just let them eat, the birds don't seem to mind.

My wife's solution to the squirrel problem was to feed 'em. She uses raw whole peanuts in the shell in a dedicated squirrel feeder. The birds go to their feeder and the squirrels go to their own. She didn't want get rid of the squirrels because our 2 Shih Tzus love chasing them 'round the yard and watching them frolicking in the trees. One of our dogs actually lives to play with the squirrels. The lazy one usually joins in after a while, but she prefers to be an inside dog.

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NRA Benefactor

Lol. They eat alot of my bird seed too

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Spin The Wheel

"Squirrel Buster" brand birdfeeder. Guaranteed for life, except against bear damage.
A bit pricey, but savings in black oil seed have far outweighed this.

Grain fed squirrel makes some mighty fine eating. They got fat on your feed. Need I say more.

I gave up on the ones above ground...

But I gots a plan for the ones underground.

As long as they only have access from the pole and can't jump to the feeders from trees or wires, the barrier known as a baffle worked for us. We got a wide flat baffle that would also stop the spilled seed from falling to the ground.

Install the bird feeder pole inside a 3-4 inch PVC pipe. Make sure the feeder is not within jumping distance of a tree. The large diameter PVC pipe will keep the squirrels from getting a grip on the pipe thus keeping them from climbing up.

I put a 3" galvanized stove/vent pipe over the vertical part of my shepherds hook pole. The squirrels can't climb it at all.

This has worked for me:

I just feed the squirrels. Fun to watch, not worth getting mad at. Gives the dog something to do.

My feeder hangs on a wrought iron shepherd's hook. I grease the pole with a black moly grease and then press red pepper flakes onto the grease. Local utility used to buy a product whose MSDS basically listed a grease and epoxy compound with capsaicin in it, so I tried this - works well so far unless I get a heavy rain.

I have the same problem. Most of the "squirrel proof" feeders are not.
They merely slow them down. Check this one out. It is the ONLY one I have found that keeps them out. Also found out it is raccoon proof, which is saying a lot. It is a little pricey but when you consider what I spent on other "squirrel proof" feeders, it is not. Good luck.

Amazon.com : Brome 1024 Squirrel Buster Plus 6"x6"x28" Wild Bird Feeder with Cardinal Perch Ring and 6 Feeding Ports, 3qt/5.1lb Seed Capacity : Patio, Lawn & Garden

Bird food is cheap. Squirrel entertainment is fun. Make the feeders difficult for them to get to and watch the antics they go through. Recommended for retiree's.

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SWCA1967 SWHF244

I placed a Slinky over the post. It's a good laugh watching the squirrels trying to climb the pole.

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We've given up. Now we have birds in the squirrel feeder.

My wife put up a squirrel feeder once. I told her she was being silly and that "The Lord will provide food for the squirrels." She didn't bat an eye. "I know. He provided me."

End of argument.

I kinda like watching them too. If any animal ever has fun, it's a squirrel.

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John 3:16 .

The feeder seeds on the ground attract rats,lots of rats.

Let nature and hunting feed and control wildlife

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NEVER GIVE UP YOUR GUN

I like the ones that feature a electric fence type shocker. The squirrels around here are pests.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

I like this one, a good idea for a couple of Christmas presents.

They are expensive--I have three of them--but well worth the money. I have had for several years and not even the coons can tear them up. Frankly, I think a coon can tear up more, more quickly, than a bear.

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Possum—The other white meat!

Here's one solution that seems to be working around our place.

Robert

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Robert
SWCA #2906, SWHF #760

We have a squirrel problem. Seems like everyone in the neighborhood feeds them. I guess I'm guilty of that myself as I feed the birds...er I mean the squirrels. I guess I also feed the rats and just about everything else that wanders trough including the deer. Not much hope when you have an orchard and bird feeders. Crows pick the cherries before I can get to them. A neighbor has filbert trees and the blue jays strip them clean as they get ripe. A new neighbor recently moved in from down on the pavement. She planted about $2000 worth of roses. Deer love roses but she thinks they will be fine. Next spring all of those roses will disappear.

I found the only real way to keep them away is to not feed them. Now I'm trying to kill the rat I saw on my bird feeder this morning. I set traps but those traps also catch birds. I made up some rat loads using 357 cases and #7.5 shot. I guess the next step is to shoot the bugger if the trap doesn't work real soon.

I might invest in one of those squirrel proof bird feeders. I have my bird feeder on a 20' wire that keeps most of them off. The air rifle works but I hate shooting squirrels. Critters are just looking for a meal like everyone else I guess and I give them a pass as long as I can.... except the rats. Critter control is an ongoing problem.

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That's just somebody talkin.

What no one has mentioned the Yankee Flipper!!!

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Still Running Against the Wind

I hung some squirrel feeders down the driveway to keep them away from the bird feeders close to the house, that has seemed to work without having to take them out.

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A number of years ago I had a squirrel problem. Decided to trap them (havahart live trap) and relocate them.

I'd heard that they are a bit like homing pigeons, so I put green paint on the tails of the squirrels I caught.

Pretty soon squirrels with green paint on their tails started showing up in the traps. Green painted squirrels got a bit of red paint and got relocated.

All my relocations were 5 to 10 miles away.

I resolved to kill any red painted squirrels.

Before the summer was over, I killed over 25 red painted squirrels.

Then I gave up.

Red pepper flakes mixed with the bird food. This does nothing to the birds but the tree rats don't like it one bit.

For those who like to feed and watch the squirrels:
Both my neighbors DID feed the squirrels---UNTIL the little furry cuties got up inside their car hoods and chewed the wiring harnesses which cost mega dollars in car repairs.

Or they climb into your eaves and up inside your ceiling rafters

Look at it this way, what is more enjoying to watch a Sparrow
or a squirrel?

What is more enjoying to watch a crow eat? A sparrow or a squirrel?????

Pitbull

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James Redfield
LM #497

That is the best one I have ever used. Stops em dead in their tracks without shooting them.

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40 yrs Millwright Machinist

This is better than a pair of movie channels !!

9volt battery and yes, it will bite ya so be careful installing.

loved it when we had squirrels

bob

Wild Bills Electronic Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder, 8 ports at BestNest.com

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"Onward thru the Fog"

"mild electric correction"
Wish they made one that would work between the mat and my front door.

If you have cats, will they hunt squirrels?

We feed the squirrels along with the birds. They can be very entertaining.

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