![]() ![]() I know that is a radical idea, but I can testify I had a garage and actually parked my car inside for 20 years! Even more astounding, it was a two-car garage and my daughter parked in the other half! On the other hand maybe your neighbor could clean out his garage and park inside it. However, I think aesthetics might rule this out. Like a carport roof, but made of cloth to catch the cones. You could also build a cloth small tent to cover your neighbor's car. When the pine cones mature, they will get lighter and less dense. You should try to build a squirrel-proof bird feeder.Īlso consider that the supply of squirrels is infinite. There is no way to keep them from running through the trees. Squirrels can jump 8 feet horizontally and 4 feet vertically. LadyGeek wrote:A simple, immediate solution: Cover your neighbor's car with a sheet of plywood or heavy plastic (container lid?) where the pine cones may fall. I have been known to trap a squirrel or two, myself, I guess I need to check my state's fish and game laws to see how stealthy I should be when I release them. I am not an expert in vermin game laws but ran across this because I really wanted to know if CA squirrels carry the plague. Because ground squirrels carry diseases and are agricultural pests, the California Fish and Game Code specifies that it is illegal to release them elsewhere without a written permit." Live-catch traps are not recommended because they present the problem of how to dispose of the live animals. "Traps are practical for control when squirrel numbers are low to moderate. but i do get to tell this story lots, about when my veterinarian wife freaked out over some squirrels. no bites, but not the best time rounding them up (we at least had the sense to put our 2 beagles outside before trying the capture. red squirrels leap on my shoulder, then on floor, scrurrying around, all 3 of them. ready? are you sure? now no dropping your side. so when it drops, you just need to keep holding your end of the pillowcase no matter what, or the squirrels will get loose in the house. i'm going to loosen this last screw and the vent hood is going to open. tried to trap them w/ a pillowcase ("now, honey. closed that off w/ chicken wire, and then they moved to the kitchen stove vent. I had red squirrels getting into our fireplace chimney. after the catch, throw a sheet over it so it doesn't freak out, and then put that in a bucket, and drive em at least 10 miles away. The fence in the background is what I try to launch the squirrels over.I put peanut butter on cardboard, wedged in the very middle of the tip plate in the back. You can see the trigger (string) that goes towards the house. The best part about this is that one of my neighbors is one of those animal rights people, and the look on his face was priceless when he asked me what "that thing out in the yard was" ![]() So far this year I have launched a total of 16 squirrels, but only 2 or 3 have made it over the fence into the neighbor's yard. ( not the safety of the squirrels, the safety of my father when he's stumbling around the yard ) The launch pad is covered with cracked corn, which squirrels seem to love. The string goes into the house through a window, so whenever I walk through the kitchen and I see a squirrel on the launch pad (the bricks) I can just pull the string from inside the house and he gets to go for a little ride The supports that hold the front of the slingshot are just lengths of rebar with tennis balls on top for safety. ![]() The trigger is a gate latch which has a string tied to it. The slingshot bands are made from 3/8" surgical tubing (about ten feet in length). It's a really simple contraption, and it also works quite well. This contraption hasn't killed a squirrel yet, and most of the squirrels come back for more.Īlright, this is the squirrel launcher that I mentioned in the "I are a redneck" thread. ![]() I don't want to hear all of that nonsense about hurting squirrels, after all they are just rats with bushy tails. First off, If you don't like the idea of launching squirrels across the yard, you should just click the back button right now. ![]()
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