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?
Squirrels in the bird feeder.
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Badger1313
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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.
Bajadoc
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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!
Bajadoc
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Great observation Sir. I was born and raised in California but my heard belongs in Texas.
Faulkner
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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.
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
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LedFowl
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Vaseline also works nicely.
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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.
amazingflapjack
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There are squirrel proof feeders, but we enjoy them, and just let them eat, the birds don't seem to mind.
Tyrod
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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.
wingriderz
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Lol. They eat alot of my bird seed too
"Squirrel Buster" brand birdfeeder. Guaranteed for life, except against bear damage.
A bit pricey, but savings in black oil seed have far outweighed this.
A bit pricey, but savings in black oil seed have far outweighed this.
kwselke
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Grain fed squirrel makes some mighty fine eating. They got fat on your feed. Need I say more. 
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I gave up on the ones above ground... 
But I gots a plan for the ones underground.
But I gots a plan for the ones underground.
bigwheelzip
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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.
