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Docwheelhorse

Hello All,

Sparky has always said weird stuff happens to me.... so tonight was no different. I go to start the wood stove and notice the smoke shelf and insulation is all torn up and smahed... the smoke shelf is a very thin almost chalklike substance. I say What the cheese cake happened here? :eusa-think: I start cleaning it up and notice my stack thermometer is twisted.... now I'm thinking my kids are screwing around and this was the result. I pull the thermometer out and stick it back in and about ten seconds later it pushes out and falls.... now I'm really thinking I'm cuckoo for cocoa puffs. I twist the damper and SOMETHING goes scrrreeetch screeetch screeetch up the pipe. Ahhhhh crud are you kiddin----- I pull off the end of the pipe ever so slightly and see nothing. I lock all the doors behind me so whatever it is will be stuck in my mechanical room and its mano @ mano. I get heavy leather gloves, a heavy coat and safety goggles..... when I look down the pipe along its horizontal run from the top of my stove to the vertical chimney run this is what greets me. I went outside and quickly opened the cleanout port and the stooopid squirrel ran back down the pipe into the stove.... I left the port open which is at the bottom of the vertical run and go in and shove a mop down the pipe.... when I wnet outside there was no squirrel and I looked up and down the pipe.... I think its gone but not before tearing up $200 worth of stove parts and gaskets....

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AMC RULES

Oh yeah...game on, this means war where I come from. :scared-eek:

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rmaynard

I feel for you man. Squirrels have done hundreds of dollars worth of damage to the wiring in my truck, and they have been gnawing on my aluminum ladders for years. If I leave a Wheel Horse out in the yard over night, in the morning, the hood latch knob will be chewed off. One winter, they gnawed the aluminum dash on my B-100. If I could get rid of them all, believe me, I would. They may be cute, but they are one of the worlds worst vermin.

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AMC RULES

The chipmunks seem to be the vermin around here, squirrels...not so much...yet. :dunno:

I've got a break barrel Beeman for just such an occasion, makes short work of 'em too, I might add Tony. :coffee:

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Docwheelhorse

Craig...I can't shoot him or any of his brotheren, if I did SAVE_OLD_IRON would hunt me down. and I would meet the same fate as the squirrel!

Tony

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can whlvr

i just bought 4 rat traps and have got 2 red squirrels allready :thumbs2:

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Hydro

a .22 cal pellet rifle make a nice quiet solution for the problem but if you think squirrels are bad you ain't seen nothing until coons move into a seasonal residence when nobody is home or........even when they are home.

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AMC RULES

Umm, yeah Gary...that's what a break barrel Beeman is...zero problems from the neighbors, or the S.O.I. university. :thumbs:

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Kelly

Had a coon get in the roof of the house, but it was the little roof over a window, and that lead to in between the upstairs floor and the living room ceiling, sounded like all hell broke loose one night, I didn't want to shoot him in there, so I soaked rags in ammonia and got him out, then shot him.

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oldredrider

Hey Tony, Your story brings up memories of someone named Clark Griswold....LMAO!!!

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AMC RULES

Now that you mention it...I was wondering who actually did the most damage...Tony, or the squirrel? :ychain:

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kpinnc

Squirrels, chipmunks, and coons. Not really a problem here, but I have two big Tomcats outside... :techie-eureka: Now if I could just run all the skunks away! my dogs caught one of those one night, and I thought we were gonna have to move to Florida! YEEUUUCCK!

Doc, you need a cat! Just wait a day or two between feedings, and then lock it in the mechanical room! :ychain:

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jusjeepn

Squirrels and coons are my friends! A squirrel on a transformer will blow a fuse every time! (Plus it saves time skinnin' and cookin). Can you say job security?

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dobeleo

I had a problem with racoons partying on my roof. They would climb up the gutters and tear off my soffit vents to get in the attic.

I set up traps around the house and catching them. I gave them to my brother in law and he said he let them go a few miles away.

I told him not to tell me what he really did with them

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Buzz

Squirrels and coons are my friends! A squirrel on a transformer will blow a fuse every time! (Plus it saves time skinnin' and cookin). Can you say job security?

Our linemen call them "tree rats" and they are a steady source of overtime for them. One lineman puts the money he makes off of them and and pays his daughter's living expenses at college with it.

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DoctorHfuhruhurr

yummy, smoked squirrel

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JimD

yummy, smoked squirrel

Yep, smoked, baked, deep fried. boiled and made into soup, they taste good.

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wheelhorse656

Go to your local gun shop and buy a nice little .22 LR and a nice 3x9x32 scope and hunt them darn things down...... Then P.M. me for a good recipie on squirrel and dumplings.... or just deep fried ;)

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4xfourfun

Man, those squirrels are T-R-O-U-B-L-E . And around here its tha grays that cause all the grief, never have any problems with the reds. I don't know why but they love plastic fuel tanks/caps. They chewed throught the Troy-Bilt Horse fuel cap and tank(still have to find nother actually), push mower fuel cap, my Jeep CJ5 vacuum hoses/fuel line/dash pad, hose reel box........and more. All I can say is I love my GAMO.

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Rollerman

We have black & grey squirrels in my neighbor hood.

Growing up as a kid fox squirrels were common, but don't see them much anymore.

I've never really had a problem with them either....maybe it's all of our dogs?

Bats are the nuisance pest in my parts.

They can make a mess out of an attic, chimney, or any hole in the over hangs.

We had a neighbor who's dog found one to play with & had to be quarantined for a long time.

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JC 1965

Was that Save_ Old_ Iron in that first picture? :hide: :confusion-shrug:

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SALTYWRIGHT

WE HAD A RACOON GET IN THE CABINS OF 3 BOATS AT THE MARINA. THEY DID OVER $10000.00 DOLLARS OF DAMAGE TO THEM. RUSS

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6wheeler

I love squirrels. Especially fried in butter..... Tastes just like cats. Oops, sorry. :ychain: Between the cats and the coyotes, we don't have much vermin here. Except possums. Even the coyotes won't eat those smelly things.

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AMC RULES

:text-yeahthat: We had a possum come through here last week that made the skunks run for cover.

:omg: Can you say...P. U.?

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IthacaJeff

In our old house a momma squirrel chewed a hole through the attic gable. I plugged it up

and she chewed another one to get to her babes. Had to get a wildlife guy to trap it and

the babies. But this was after she had also chewed up half the window sill.

Now the problem are deer. Arrgh!

Jeff

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