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The squirrel must have come back…

Was gonna run to the store to get some gas for the tractors and decided to check the oil in the truck first…

And look what I found…

This time they had chewed some wires !

Can you guys tell me ?… Does this look like a air bag sensor ? I don’t know what it is.

Time to thin the squirrel population around here…

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Horse Newbie

So I tore out the squirrel nest, stripped the wires back, soldered new wires in, shrink wrapped, taped up, remounted…

Maybe an hour.

I need to get to Academy Sports…

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Rick3478

Don't know what kind of squirrels you have there, ours nest mostly in the trees.  We do have chipmunks and mice that have been known to do like that.  I can understand them chewing insulation, if it's been processed with soy oil, but I've been amazed to find that they eat copper, specifically a couple inches of spark wire on my 312-8.  Mama cat with about six hungry kittens to feed will take care of your rodent problem in pretty short order.  Of course then you have cats, but at least they don't chew on wiring. :lol:

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Horse Newbie

Our neighbors cat is around often… I guess he doesn’t deter the squirrels…

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oliver2-44
4 hours ago, Horse Newbie said:

Time to thin the squirrel population around here…

Good Luck!

Ive waged war for 2-1/2 years and there are over 160 less. But no sign of them being any thinner 

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SylvanLakeWH

I heard tell of "a guy" who live trapped oh, approximaxactly 17 squirrels and about 23 chips... (was a major nest in garage... ):ph34r:

 

"Relocated" them... 

 

I hear that a dab of peanut butter (Jif) and one whole peanut (Kirkland salted) stuck upright in the peanut butter works really well for bait...

 

Hhhmmm... 

 

 

 

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Achto

Squirrels??? Oh !!, you mean Tree Rats. The lil red ones are the worst. There have been wars waged against them in my yard a few times.

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Pullstart

Get ‘em Tim!

 

 

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Rob J.

I’ve switched to a Ruger 10/22 takedown Charger pistol with a can. Much more accurate and just as quite as my air gun. 😬

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Rob J.

Chipmunks, not as cute as they look. 

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Rob J.
53 minutes ago, Achto said:

Squirrels??? Oh !!, you mean Tree Rats. The lil red ones are the worst. There have been wars waged against them in my yard a few times.

The little red ones are possessed little demons. They will taunt the human to no end. 

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Rob J.
2 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

I heard tell of "a guy" who live trapped oh, approximaxactly 17 squirrels and about 23 chips... (was a major nest in garage... ):ph34r:

 

"Relocated" them... 

 

I hear that a dab of peanut butter (Jif) and one whole peanut (Kirkland salted) stuck upright in the peanut butter works really well for bait...

 

Hhhmmm... 

 

 

 

Buckets work great for chipmunks but squirrels are too big for buckets. 

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Horse Newbie

My cousin used to live trap squirrels in cages… then someone “ratted” on him and the wildlife people got all over him. 
He would submerge the cage in a tub of water and drown them.

He said sometimes they would tear their faces to shreds trying to get out of the cage, and that’s before they took a dunk…

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WHX??

Is that a daily driver? That's weird that they would do that in one. Something about a spinning fan they don't like. 

 

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David Blanchard

Gamo Varmit Stalker works well for this Upgraded parts are availible for more power and acuracy

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Horse Newbie
On 3/18/2023 at 8:43 PM, WHX?? said:

Is that a daily driver?

Used to be… it started sitting a lot since I was promoted 4 years ago and got a company truck to take home…

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Handy Don

Good friend declared chipmunks and squirrels as “rats with good PR” -- as in “they’re so cute”. I could do without them, I think.

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