Finally relocated all my squirrels

[cathouse willy]

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Squirrels you say?

There were five houses of religion in a small town:
The Presbyterian Church,
The Baptist Church,
The Methodist Church,
The Catholic Church and
The Jewish Synagogue.
Each church and Synagogue was overrun with pesky squirrels.One day, the Presbyterian Church called a meeting to decide what to do about the squirrels. After much prayer and consideration they determined that the squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn't interfere with God's divine will.In The Baptist Church the squirrels had taken up habitation in the baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a cover on the baptistery and drown the squirrels in it. The squirrels escaped somehow and there were twice as many there the next week .The Methodist Church got together and decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God's creation. So, they humanely trapped the Squirrels and set them free a few miles outside of town. Three days later, the squirrels were back.
But the Catholic Church came up with the best and most effective solution. They baptized the squirrels and registered them as members of the church.Now they only see them on Christmas, Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday and Easter.Not much was heard about the Jewish SynagogueThey took one squirrel and had a short service with him called circumcision and they haven't seen a squirrel on the property since.

[RichW]

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I have some determined squirrels in my yard. They managed to defeat a cone shield on the post holding the feeder. But my current solution has worked undefeated for over a year. Simple, and entertaining to watch the squirrels try to get past it.
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I attached a kid's slinky toy to the top bar with zip ties. The bottom of the slinky hangs loose around the post. When a squirrel tries to climb up the post, they encounter the free swinging slinky, attempt to grab on to it and then get launched into the air by the springy slinky.

[lupussonic]

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[Dave Gray]

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I hung my feeder on plastic coated picture wire six feet down a maple branch, five feet from the trunk and ground. I would see squirrels on the branch, pondering logistics and giving up.

[Ralphie Boy]

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZFjoX2cGg&pp=ygUOcm9iZXIgc3F1aXJyZWw%3D

Mark Rober has a great video (link above) on a maze he created, to find out how determined & skillful Squirrels can be when trying to get food.

We hung some lights from the branches of a tree in our back yard and the squirrels kept gnawing through the cord. I eventually used swaged stainless braided cable to hang from each branch, which works fine.

[John Meachen]

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My sister's farm had a problem with pigeons. One day a guy shows up and asks if he can shoot a bunch of them off the barn roof.
Why I've no idea. Are they any good for eating?
He shot a couple dozen but about another 200 showed up for the funeral.

I have known people to eat pigeons.I've never been desperate enough to even consider the idea.I have also known of a maggot breeder who found them useful for his business.

[John B]

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I've heard plenty of depression era stories . One that always stuck from a workmate talking about his grandparents, was setting the nets in the oak tree, seeding the ground and catching the sparrows.

[Mrleft88]

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Therapy is what I do for my squirrels....
Hot lead therapy.
I tried the electric chair bird feeder thing.... It just annoyed them enough to destroy the whole thing instead of just stealing the food.
And they are vindictive little bastards. They will destroy anything they can't eat if they don't get to eat easy food. Wiring, roofing, insulation, siding..... ANYTHING.

[MushCreek]

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Squirrels- chicken of the trees. When I was a kid, my buddy and I would hunt them, and his mother knew what to do with a bag o' squirrels. She made Brunswick stew, and it was delicious. We have lots of squirrels around here, but it's a lot of work to get 'em ready for the stew pot, and I ain't that desperate... yet.

[Paul Pless]

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stew is good
as is squirrel and dumplings

[Dave Gray]

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6854973[/URL]]I have known people to eat pigeons.I've never been desperate enough to even consider the idea.I have also known of a maggot breeder who found them useful for his business.

Roast squab. I’ve only read about it.

[Chris Woodward]

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Pigeon is very good, as long as it it corn fed, oat fed, or sunflower seeds, or any where there is good feed for it. Dark meat like a Grouse, not gamey, texture like a Snow Goose.The flying rats that occupy our cities are what they eat.

[Lugs]

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The live over the road from us in the huge trees beside the temple... but they visit via the electricity wires over the road



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