for the black squirrels

Reports from the front:

Outstanding, Slash! You've blunted their spring offensive in your sector with only minor injuries to yourself.
Purple Heart for the smashed thumb. What were you using, an M-1 Garand?

I've still got this one pesky grey/black hybrid left and he's been impossible to hit. I may have to lower myself
to setting out bait.

My little Reds are thriving.
 
The problem with relocating:

Oops! Sorry, Slash. I forgot you're the Tuber. Did you relocate those things one-at-a-time, or did you save them up and release them in their new homeland all at once?
Um, IDK about the ethics of relocating, unless you take them far, far into the bush, and even then you may be dropping them into another tribe's range, causing eco-disruption.
If they're a problem to you, won't they also be a problem to whomever you decide to drop them on?
'Just sayin...'
 
No worries - these buggers will never ever invade my attic or anybody else's (15 count now) - the tube trap is a definitive end only followed by shovel and shut up.
No Red's out here, just blacks and greys.

Now the bunny that ripped up a 1' square section of my new lawn this morning to eat the roots, that's is going to require a different approach.
 
We got about 20 squirrels and a few chipmunks in the live trap. The chipmunks only last a short while in the trap and they expire on their own making the release easier. We use mixed nuts for bait but put the bait on the deck then place the trap on top. It works very well. The old .22 makes short work of them.
 
Check your municipal regulations. Discharging a firearm in Burlington, Oakville and Mississauga will cost you a $10 000 fine if a nosy neighbor complains. Here is the rub though - these and likely some other municipalities count pellet guns, bows and crossbows as firearms - even though the feds do not.

After finding out about the 10k fine - I bought a trap from lee valley. Oh the fun I had catching and releasing squirrels, racoons and opossums. The one skunk was not fun - definitely not fun.
 
We got a large rat one time. He was very unpleasant to deal with. After j gave him a nice bath he was much more pleasant to deal with.
 
Doors of Perception said:
Check your municipal regulations. Discharging a firearm in Burlington, Oakville and Mississauga will cost you a $10 000 fine if a nosy neighbor complains. Here is the rub though - these and likely some other municipalities count pellet guns, bows and crossbows as firearms - even though the feds do not.

After finding out about the 10k fine - I bought a trap from lee valley. Oh the fun I had catching and releasing squirrels, racoons and opossums. The one skunk was not fun - definitely not fun.
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Agreed - Why I went Tube trap. Instant death - no noise from live critter to alert tree hugging, PETA neighbors.
(17 count as of yesterday, thumb nail is growing back...)
 
Small civilian casualties... :0 |

Surplus1 said:
We got about 20 squirrels and a few chipmunks in the live trap. The chipmunks only last a short while in the trap and they expire on their own making the release easier. We use mixed nuts for bait but put the bait on the deck then place the trap on top. It works very well. The old .22 makes short work of them.
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What, you trap them, then you shoot them?? Where's the sport in that? IDK about where you're based, but around here executing POWs is
still a war crime or, in this case a ... crime against nature. We kill them on the field, Black Rangers and Grey Grumblers alike.
If you're waging urban warfare your tactics may be different. I'm just glad we're not fighting house-to-house out here yet.

Ah, the poor widdle chipmunks--Collateral damage!
 
Sorry. Lol. My bad. We don't do executions with the exception of the rat. We do the live release of the ones we catch. the squirrels running around draw our fire. We are in a rural area and we have great neighbours. There is no complaints about firearms use because they use them too. The tube trap sounds like it works well too
 
Doors of Perception said:
Check your municipal regulations. Discharging a firearm in Burlington, Oakville and Mississauga will cost you a $10 000 fine if a nosy neighbor complains. Here is the rub though - these and likely some other municipalities count pellet guns, bows and crossbows as firearms - even though the feds do not.

After finding out about the 10k fine - I bought a trap from lee valley. Oh the fun I had catching and releasing squirrels, racoons and opossums. The one skunk was not fun - definitely not fun.
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In situations like this a live trap is required. The critters should be released in the neighbourhoods of the municipal jerks that pass these regulations.
 
20 count as of yesterday - are you live trappers dropping them off in my neighborhood?? I'm not responsible for the moron regulations...just sayin
 
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