Squirrel (s) in My attic, Can I trap them?

berger said:
...mainly for raiding his garden and unbeknownst to him, somebody would take those live traps and drop them in a rain barrel.
Click to expand...

You sound exactly like my Uncle :). When I would tell him about the squirrels I had caught raiding my garden then released about 5 miles away, he would mutter, "Should have given them swimming lessons".

George
 
crazy_davey said:
Get rid of them ASAP! They can do a massive amount of damage in a very short time. :mad:

The little buggers chewed a hole in the vent under the eaves on my garage, they then proceeded to rip apart the attic and everything in it in a very short amount of time. I wont tell you how I got rid of them, but I will say I no longer have a squirrel problem :)
Click to expand...

Not to mention the damage they do to hunting packs right Davey?:p

My Grampa taught me a fix for them a long time ago. Only a dead squirrel stays out of mischief. ;)
 
A couple of years ago, I had a few squirrels that would run down the top of my fence in the backyard and I was worried that they would get into my shed. I have had extreme negative experiences with squirrels in the past. I purchased a Victor Rat trap at the local hardware store and was overwhelmed with excitement as I headed for home. My wife thought I was nuts. I put some peanut butter on the trigger and looked around the cupboard for something else I could use for bait. There was a bag of almonds so I grabbed one and stuck it in the peanut butter. I walked to my back yard, loaded the trap and set it on the fence. I cracked open a beer and flopped back in my lawn chair on my deck and waited for the entertainment to unfold. After about a half an hour or so, I heard some chattering going on in one of my neighbours yards and I spotted him coming down the back of my neighbour's fence. He stopped about 10 feet from the trap and my heart was pounding in my chest. He curiously approached the trap and stopped a couple of inches from it twitching his head to look at the trap from different angles. I slowly sat forward in my chair waiting for the loud snap. The squirrel carefully grabbed the almond and pulled it out of the peanut butter and shoved it in his mouth. He sat there for a about 15 seconds eating the almond and then turned around and ran away.

I jumped up out my chair and ran into the house. I found some pistachios and grabbed a piece of fishing line and carefully tied them to the trigger of the trap and reloaded it and placed it on the fence. I grabbed another beer and waited about another half an hour but that squirrel never came back.

The next morning I got up and looked out my bedroom window and saw that the trap was still there and not touched. I fed the kids and had my shower and while I was brushing my teeth, I walked across my bedroom again, still curious about the trap. I looked out the window and the trap was no longer visible. I jumped back into the bathroom and spit out my toothpaste and ran for the door. I threw on a pair of sneakers and ran into the backyard. I could see the trap upside down on the ground but there was no squirrel in it. I picked it up and the pistachios were gone but the piece of fishing line was still on the trigger of the rat trap.

I stared in disbelief that I had been hoodwinked by this squirrel twice now. I light bulb went on my head and I ran into the house and into my work shop. I grabbed a couple of more pistachios and grabbed my drill. I took a 1/16" drill bit and drilled holes through the middle of the pistachios and tied them to the trigger. I knew there would be no way he would get away this time. I reset the trap and left to take the kids to the babysitter's and head off to work.

When I came home at lunch time I found that Mr. Squirrel had finally been outsmarted.
 
Last edited:
Rat trap, extra crunchy peanut butter on the trigger with a nice sprinkling of sunflower seeds, don't ask me how I know since squirrels in these part are considered fur-bearing animals and killing them requires a trapper's license .... Either that or get a cat.
 
Squirrels are the devil. They actually chewed up our oil gear for fishing and our rope. And that stuff ain't cheap. Luckily, they never touched any of the lobster traps.
Oh yeah, they also left corn EVERYWHERE. We even found a cob of corn in the lawn mower's cup holder!
I was able to trap 2 of them. Live trap from crappy tire, with a bit of a peanut butter sandwich I was eating as bait. Worked overnight, place by a known path they were taking to the field, outside of the barn. One freezed to death by accident, checked him around 12am when I got home from work, was alive and well. The next morning he was frozen solid, oops, felt bad about that one. The other one I caught was released well away from me. Guess he's someone else's problem now(oops again!)

My plan now, is to take care of them while they're in the woods. The 410 or .22 should do that nicely.
 
Last edited:
Killing a squirrel in Ontario is illegal unless you have a small games license (and follow the hunting regs) or you have hired a registered animal control agent. you can trap but there are rules (off the top of my head., there is a limit on how far you can take them and how long they can be in the trap, It's in the Wildlife regs).

http://www.caht.ca/caht/Squirrels09-05-06.pdf


the more questions you ask, the more public the problems become and the more risk you face if you take matters into your own hands ;) ;) ;) :) SSS
 
Last edited:
No squirrel problems here abouts but I'd trap them then make me some squirrel lined hunting gloves and toque. might take a few months/years but nothing like real fur to keep warm ;)

Would squirrel fur be any good for what I just stated?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom