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We have Squirrels (fuzzy-tailed rats), who eat our bird food. I have been shooting at them with my air gun (plastic BB's). Some times, I actually hit them, even though they come back. Today, I hit one and he just looked at me (20' away), then he turned around and moved 5' closer. I HIT HIM AGAIN, and he stared at me, I shot twice more and I ran out of ammo! AAARRRRGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!@#$%^&^$%&%%%
 
I like to watch squirrels, so I feed them also. Peanuts and corn in the winter big jar of peanut butter, corn sunflower seed dig the peanut butter out the jar heat in the microwave and mix the stuff together mount it on a corn cob feeder, good for 4 or days, figure you need to keep the them coming in it case of the poop hitting the fan.
 
I used to give them lots and lots of latitude.........until they set up shop in our second floor attic and chewed the heck out of our wiring, etc.........it was game on at that point.
 
red14 said:
We have Squirrels (fuzzy-tailed rats), who eat our bird food. I have been shooting at them with my air gun (plastic BB's). Some times, I actually hit them, even though they come back. Today, I hit one and he just looked at me (20' away), then he turned around and moved 5' closer. I HIT HIM AGAIN, and he stared at me, I shot twice more and I ran out of ammo! AAARRRRGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!@#$%^&^$%&%%%
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Try a blow torch. http://smith-wessonforum.com/lounge/505377-do-not-try-cook-squirrel-blow-torch-your-apartment.html :D
 
Well,I'm the opposite of the OP...

I feed the squirrels and shoot the birds and by birds I mean black birds as big as your cat,woodpeckers,pigeons and bluejays.

I will throw out some slices of bread for the little birds but for the ones mentioned above it is all hands on deck! If the only sound you can make is that of a cat being picked up by it's tail then you're on my hit list.

Been in Colorado 29yrs and have yet to see or hear a bird that could carry a tune!
 
Classic example of too little gun for the job. Some say anything less than something that starts with a 4 is insufficient; some say accuracy is king. All I know is that 8000 volts at 120 milliamps will solve the problem.
 
I have a Ruger American bolt action 22LR with a cheap red dot on it. CCI makes ammo they call "Quiet" and it is. It's a 40gr lead round nose and really discourages squirrels. I wouldn't mind feeding squirrels if there wasn't an inexhaustible supply of them. They also don't share and they run the birds off. POP goes the squirrel!
 
red, is your idea to not hurt the squirrels?
because if you wanna eliminate them, my vantage 1200 cost $60.
took a bunny at 15 yards when i couldn't find 22lr.
 
Single shot, breakbarrel Browning 800 (fps) Express with Platinum Gamo .17 cal. pellets. I use it on gophers in both nice-weather months -- the per-shot death rate is above 95% over a three-year period. I don't shoot the squirrels or bunnies; the ermine have to eat, too.
 
I second a better airgun ! I have a FWB 124 in .177cal that will take a squirrel with ease. I also have Diana 34 in .22 cal that will knock them out of the tree and I have a Benjamen .25 cal that you don't even have to go looking for them. A BB gun isn't a humane way to get rid of squirrels but most any air gun that gets 500 + fps will do the job.
 
you can purchase one of the savage bolt 22LR threaded gun for about $200 or a little more and $200 stamp and $ 250 lower end suppressor gets you a killing machine that makes NO noise, except where the bullet hits. Dang lot of fun, also.
 
if all you lose are some seeds, i feel little sympathy.
evil cotton tails [non native] cost me more than $200 in ornamental plants pus dozens of hours of back breaking work erecting barriers.
i shoot on sight.
i'd like to shoot the guy that released them here but he's probably dead by now.
non native animals are hateful.
 
carpriver said:
I like to watch squirrels, so I feed them also. Peanuts and corn in the winter big jar of peanut butter, corn sunflower seed dig the peanut butter out the jar heat in the microwave and mix the stuff together mount it on a corn cob feeder, good for 4 or days, figure you need to keep the them coming in it case of the poop hitting the fan.
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In winter time, I'll take big pine cones, spread peanut butter over them, then roll them in the bird seed that has all different kinds of seeds in it. Then I'll either just throw them on the ground, or I'll take twine and hang them from low hanging limbs.

Birds and squirrels really like it, and I don't mind the squirrels. Their antics are fun to watch, and it's fun to watch the blue jays and mockingbirds chase the squirrels away.
 
susieqz said:
if all you lose are some seeds, i feel little sympathy.
evil cotton tails [non native] cost me more than $200 in ornamental plants pus dozens of hours of back breaking work erecting barriers.
i shoot on sight.
i'd like to shoot the guy that released them here but he's probably dead by now.
non native animals are hateful.
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If non native, where are they from? Shoot them on sight? Curious do you eat them after you shoot them?
 
cottontails are native to the north n east.
we had jack rabbits til the cotton tails drove them out.
not eating them. tulerimia has been reported locally.
just killing them. i'd use poison if i could find some, but then the coyotes would get sick.
it's called revenge, but it's also defense of property.
 
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susieqz said:
cottontails are native to the north n east.
we had jack rabbits til the cotton tails drove them out.
not eating them. tulerimia has been reported locally.
just killing them. i'd use poison if i could find some, but then the coyotes would get sick.
it's called revenge, but it's also defense of property.
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My belief is that Cottontails of all varieties are native to both North and South America. What the heck is Tulerima? Surely there is an inoculation for that. I was taught if you shoot it then you eat it. That's why I'm not a big fan of predator hunting. Just my opinion.
 
tuleremia is a disease that can pass from an infected animal to you, if you eat it.
exactly what would you do if yousustained the losses i have?

up north, where they belong, they have plenty of wild food. they would occassionally take a few nibbles from my garden but never enow to upset me.
your belief is wrong.
they were never in this area til around 1940. they changed from cute little harmless bunnies into ravenous beasts, they eat everything n breed too fast for coyotes to control them.
the same thing happened in australia. non native species can do great harm.
i shot 10 last year n will better that this year.
they are not wasted. the coyotes eat them.
 
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Where I live Cottontails are a small game species with a season and a hunting license is required. Song birds, jays and woodpeckers, etc. are protected as well.

Feeding only black sunflower seeds will discourage a lot of unwanted bird species. And although I don't especially care for house sparrows and starlings I don't feel any need to shoot any of my bird feeder visitors.

Let's talk about the neighborhood house cats. I have found that strategically placed bags of mothballs discourage them from fouling my flower beds. Hopefully, fewer house cats will be better for the birds as well.
 
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