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- From: Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu>
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- Subject: [NAFEX] Poles for Squirrels
- Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 14:55:34 -0400
I also tried squirrel poles and did get a few that way but not too many. The snares would misfire too often, most of the time when I checked them they were mis-set and I got sick of fixing them. It wasn't just squirrel visits that would misalign them, a wind gust could also do it. I think the squirrels caught on to them after awhile as well, at some point I stopped catching anything in them. On the plus side I never caught a bird in them. Basically I've tried about everything, except the bucket-o-death and I am reluctant to try that one given the number of cats in our neighborhood.. curiosity killed the cat they say. Scott It was written: My peach trees are in a location where I can't reliably shoot the squirrels and they have gotten most of my peaches for the last several years (note that I am clearing out squirrels year- round with my pellet gun, and I have only seen one (now-dead) squirrel in the last two weeks in my yard, but surely a bunch will descend once the peaches start to ripen). If the tangletrap even slowed them down a bit I would call that a victory. My peach trees are all closely- planted and about 8' tall; my plan was to put the tangletrap on the main trunks of all of the trees. Good plan? My reply: You might want to try squirrel poles. Be aware it is an indiscriminate killer. I got more birds than squirrels but it worked. tfb |
- [NAFEX] Poles for Squirrels, Scott Smith, 05/20/2009
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