Doc Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 I still hate those varmints....btw that is the correct spelling for varmit...anyway, so my squirrel problem has abated, but then we had an invasion of voles, that also abated...currently we are overrun with chipmunks. I hate those cute !@#$ers, I try running them over when I drive in and out of the driveway but they dodge me at the very last moment, my dogs are useless, I'm thinking of getting a BB gun and picking them off one by one....sigh...frickin nature.. Huh?
Nervous Guy Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 Huh? yep..I was shocked by that too...varmit is acceptable, but varmint is the "correct" spelling....I checked it out! https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/varmint
Just Jack Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 I still hate those varmints....btw that is the correct spelling for varmit...anyway, so my squirrel problem has abated, but then we had an invasion of voles, that also abated...currently we are overrun with chipmunks. I hate those cute !@#$ers, I try running them over when I drive in and out of the driveway but they dodge me at the very last moment, my dogs are useless, I'm thinking of getting a BB gun and picking them off one by one....sigh...frickin nature.. Just make sure your neighbors know it's a bb gun, or they may call the cops on you.
Nervous Guy Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 Just make sure your neighbors know it's a bb gun, or they may call the cops on you. I consider them varmints as well.
4BillsintheBurgh Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 I still hate those varmints....btw that is the correct spelling for varmit...anyway, so my squirrel problem has abated, but then we had an invasion of voles, that also abated...currently we are overrun with chipmunks. I hate those cute !@#$ers, I try running them over when I drive in and out of the driveway but they dodge me at the very last moment, my dogs are useless, I'm thinking of getting a BB gun and picking them off one by one....sigh...frickin nature.. Try looking up "chipper dipper" and peruse some of those video's.
Nervous Guy Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 Try looking up "chipper dipper" and peruse some of those video's. I love it! I also saw a rolling "log" mouse trap I might try too! We are in the epicenter of Lyme disease too!
4BillsintheBurgh Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 I love it! I also saw a rolling "log" mouse trap I might try too! We are in the epicenter of Lyme disease too! I've had fair results with the bucket, also got a bird for example. I had the most luck with the bucket bait mouse/rat traps using peanut butter and bird seed. Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Kness-102-0-019-Snap-E-Mouse-Trap-6/dp/B004B9XPOO There's a couple guys that video their pellet guns too, come a long way from the open sights of the 70's that I used.
row_33 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 Just make sure your neighbors know it's a bb gun, or they may call the cops on you. And if the cops show up, make a threatening gesture with the toy gun please? The world will soon be a better place without that person...
Nervous Guy Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 And if the cops show up, make a threatening gesture with the toy gun please? The world will soon be a better place without that person... Wow...what did I ever do to you?
row_33 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 (edited) What harm do squirrels do?? I live a block from High Park with several small groves of trees nearby and daily feed them peanuts and almonds and walnuts, Lake Ontario makes it all lush and green and High Park is a modern day miracle of maintenance and forestry for its location. Learned a lot about them, not a fun life, try to make sure they survive the pitfalls of living in trees through whatever the winter and predators toss at them. HOWEVER.... they are a terrible nuisance if they get into people's homes, for which I understand it's now a problem to be dealt with... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Park Edited May 31, 2017 by row_33
Tiberius Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 I live a block from High Park with several small groves of trees nearby and daily feed them peanuts and almonds and walnuts, Lake Ontario makes it all lush and green and High Park is a modern day miracle of maintenance and forestry for its location. Learned a lot about them, not a fun life, try to make sure they survive the pitfalls of living in trees through whatever the winter and predators toss at them. HOWEVER.... they are a terrible nuisance if they get into people's homes, for which I understand it's now a problem to be dealt with... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Park Oh, I've never had that problem with them.
row_33 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 Oh, I've never had that problem with them. Trouble is you feed them and start to identify them and cheer for them to survive, and there's really no hope they will make it through 3 winters... some have learned to eat by hand and almost become pets then they are gone forever one day....
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 Trouble is you feed them and start to identify them and cheer for them to survive, and there's really no hope they will make it through 3 winters... some have learned to eat by hand and almost become pets then they are gone forever one day.... ....Carried away by a hawk! LoL One of Our "Woodland Friends" I saw that happen to. I hope it is the squirrel that was raiding our bird feeder! ;-)
row_33 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 Peril from each other, from raccoons, from the weather, from the sky (hawks and other big birds), from cars, from mean people... Not an easy life, I enjoy seeing a familiar squirrel that survives when the spring returns. We have a large concentration of black squirrels around High Park, I understand this is a bit rare.
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 Peril from each other, from raccoons, from the weather, from the sky (hawks and other big birds), from cars, from mean people... Not an easy life, I enjoy seeing a familiar squirrel that survives when the spring returns. We have a large concentration of black squirrels around High Park, I understand this is a bit rare. Melanism right? My father worked on the Erie-Lackawanna RR he said he would see a few melanistic deer around the Mt.Morris/Letchworth area. Melanism in deer in New York isn't common, I think Texas has the highest concentration of the melanistic deer. Melanism in squirrels I THINK is fairly more (i say more) common and spread out. ??
row_33 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 Melanism right? My father worked on the Erie-Lackawanna RR he said he would see a few melanistic deer around the Mt.Morris/Letchworth area. Melanism in deer in New York isn't common, I think Texas has the highest concentration of the melanistic deer. Melanism in squirrels I THINK is fairly more (i say more) common and spread out. ?? Yup, melanism is the concept. They consider them all Eastern Gray squirrels, the black and brown and gray. But the gray is a different beast from the black in terms of size and adaptation features.
4merper4mer Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 Oh, I've never had that problem with them. Maybe they just like you. Trying to tie back with the original thread premise I wonder if the smell of cat piss keeps squirrels away.
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