Is there a good way to protect fruit trees from squirrels??? Or atleast limit the amount they eat. I have a heard enough time keeping them out of a peach tree at my house much less my fruit trees in the woods that should produce this year. I know the obvious is to reduce the population which is on the "to do" list.
Squirrel probs
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Nebraskaz71
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I got that problem at home, evil lil turds steal everything
I have 8 pecan trees in the yard so theres quite a few squirrels around the house. Wife called me one morning when i was hunting saying she found a baby squirrel by her car. It was probably a day old... no hair or anything, just a tiny pink rat. I told her to leave it alone to see if momma would come get it. Well when i got home she had become the new momma. We raised him a few months and had him in the yard releasing him. A cat ran up and grabbed him. I kicked the cat (wifes crying with a video cam in hand) and the squirrel ran back to the house. 10 years later he's still here
dogdoc
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I keep a squirrel trap going pretty much 24-7 in my backyard. Started trapping them 3 years ago. I honestly thought I only had maybe 4 or 5 squirrels hanging around. Caught close to 50 the first summer--had absolutely no idea there were that many squirrels. Guess they all look the same.
todd
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Nebraskaz71
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recommendations for a good trap?
Blizzard Ridge
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I would be interested in the trap as well. I don't get time to squirrel hunt anymore because my time is consumed with deer hunting. I sure do miss having a few squirrels for the pot this time of year. Trapping would be a easier way for me to get a few squirrels without having to shoot up my deer woods.
Nebraskaz71
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never had luck with rat traps
dogdoc
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I was watching some squirrel trapping videos on youtube and one guy was modifying the rat trap hammering in 4 small nails on the back of the trap so when it was set off it forced the squirrel's neck into the bed of nails. Killed them dead in a hurry. Here is a hilarious video of a squirrel getting clonked by a rat trap, Have to watch it till the end for full effect. lol
Native Hunter
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Nebraskaz71
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so your tsc squirrel traps work good huh? That rat trap vid always cracks me up
dogdoc
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yes, it's a smaller trap. Not the coon trap. I set it for a hair trigger where as soon as the squirrel steps on the plate it triggers the trap. I just relocate the squirrels to the local park. There nose is a little raw if I don't get them out immediately but nothing that time won't heal.
