Indeed shooting is illegal in my town, but I used to catch many squirrels as well as about everything else in a Havahart® trap I set when I had a small fenced garden. When I really got mad about squirrels ruining my crops I'd drape a shower curtain over the cage then run a PVC pipe from the car exhaust to the cage and that was very effective. Not my idea of fun, shows how mad I was about the damage.
I've got two hounds and I'm going to let them have a try at squirrels.
C. Paradise
Massachusetts zone 5ish
Jwlehman@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 7/3/2004 7:54:26 AM US Eastern Standard Time, redherring@tnaccess.com writes:a lot ofI've often said one can have squirrels or nuts but not both. I feel sorry for those of you that live in populated areas where shooting isn't a good idea or against the law. To answer your question, no normally a BB gun will not kill squirrels outright. However a pellet gun with about 7 pumps will. As a BB spirels in flight, purchase pellets to use with the pump air rifle.
squirrels. Will a BB gun with pellets work on squirrels? A 22 seems like
overkill, and I remember shotgun shells are expensive.A rifle isn't necessarly overkill. If one uses (my main defense ammuntion) 22 BC shorts or 22 target shorts that uses a slower burning powder has a much quieter report and still has enough umpf to outright kill squirrels, rabbits, crows, etc. The report is such that my neighbors seldom hear the report. I use a single shot el`cheapo rifle. I keep my population under control and I livwe in a wooded area, maybe total of 10 acres of woods around the house and buildings.
Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.