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I have made mouse traps out of five gallon buckets, and a tin can
on a
wire stretched over the open end. Wipe peanut butter on the can,
and
when the mouse steps out on it, it spins and dumps the mouse in the
water.

I have been fighting squirrels all spring. Tomorrow a king size
version goes up, and we'll see how the squirrels do. Going to get
two
more for other positions on my property.

Will keep you posted.

Steve


Why?

Why what?


Why are you fighting squirrels?

Because they come into my property, and will strip an apricot tree in
half
a
day. They don't eat the meat, they leave that on the ground. They
take
off
the pits. Same thing with almonds. They eat a lot of stuff, and also
destroy a lot without eating it. They chew their way into the shed and
plow
through a bag of feed, eat some, and urinate and defecate in the rest
of
the
bag while they're in there. We have hantavirus here, and so they bring
that
with them.

Other than that, I guess they're pretty okay.

Steve

Funny, I have to put out a walnut every morning to get Mr. Squirrel to
come say hello.

How do the squirrel get access to your trees? Are they close to forest
trees and can jump from tree to tree or do they have to get down and
walk to your trees. I have two dogs and the squirrels NEVER bother my
peach trees. On the other hand, I used to have a black walnut that
mingled branches with oaks, and I never saw a walnut.
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- Billy

Oddly enough, these squirrels live in a lava rock canyon next to my
property. One day, I saw movement, and declared, "There's a squirrel."
"Pshaw (not the word she used), squirrels don't live in rocks." So we
watched for a while. Yes, it was a squirrel. We have killed some very
large squirrels.

My neighbor has an orchard. They give him so much grief he carries a
semi-automatic shotgun on his ranch ATV. One day, he sat all day long, and
fired at squirrels in the canyon. He got 17.

They run across open ground to get to the trees and gardens.

My two dogs don't pay them any attention at all, and the cat seems not to
notice them, but does go after the mice.

Squirrels live in all sorts of habitat.

Steve