Yah, I don't like the idea of poison. Good old fashioned spring traps baited with peanut butter. A lot of the traps are more effective with a trigger job, so they trip very easily.
Yah, I don't like the idea of poison. Good old fashioned spring traps baited with peanut butter. A lot of the traps are more effective with a trigger job, so they trip very easily.
We haven't had a problem with mice or rats around or in the house. I imagine the birds of prey, fox and coyotes in the area keep them down. Living in the woods we have a ton of squirrels. The interesting thing is they chewed on the daily driver and not the cars that sit more. I didn't see any evidence on the other vehicles.
Oh, I despise squirrels. One decided to chew a hole in my gutter guard last fall so he could make a home in the gutter. Repeatedly. I finally had to warn the neighbors that I had to shoot him with the high velocity pellet gun, so they didn't think I was going bonkers with a real gun and call the police. So far, no other squirrels have stepped up to avenge him.
In reply to einy (Forum Supporter) :
I live out in the country on 5 acres connected to 10 acre plot owned by family. I could just get out my 10/22 and start eliminating squirrels during the season. Then I remember that I now have tremors in both hands, and probably couldn't hit a squirrel anyway.
In reply to Chesterfield
Would a .410 Shotgun do the trick?
These are also effective, but harder to keep in your garage and more likely to get stuck under the hood than a cat. I'm not sure how you'd attract them, but you could try leaving a few raw eggs out.
My father puts a hurting on the squirrels on the farm every year to keep them from eating all the pecans.
The biggest pests out there are actually deer. We have 4 hunters that hunt the place every season. They usually get 5-6 of them. Even with that they still destroy acres of crops every planting season.
In reply to Chesterfield :
these might help.
I have them in 22, 22 mag, and 357.
Good for small game and snakes under 4 feet, helps counter some of that shakiness too.
A 4 foot copperhead will barely flinch when shot in the face with the 357 version from 6 feet away.
As a bonus, they won't penetrate walls as much as regular bullets, I keep my 357s loaded alternating these and Hollow points. Double duty, pest control and home defense.
I live in a raised beach house. I've had to chase squirrels out of my support columns and 4 of my neighbors. I had approximately 200 bats living in the walls of a closet, $1500 to have them removed. Don't ask about having to open a wall to shovel 5 gallons of bat poop for removal. I feel your pain about small furry squatters
The .22 shotshells or the .410 would help offset the shakiness, or I could just on the days my tremors are barely there. I have determined that all of the cute furry woodland creatures can become a problem given the right opportunity. They can dig burrows in the yard, make nest in inappropriate locations, and decide to gnaw on things that you don't want gnawed. I usually try to keep them away in a humane manner, but this experience was frustrating on a higher level. However, I am also glad because it could have been a lot worse and definitely more expensive.
What happened to the build thread for the automated mouse gun. Thru beam sensor, compressed air, valve, pencil erasers?
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