To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Squirrel control with Peanut Butter
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 13:29:49 -0500
There was a lengthy discussion - it may still be there - on the
GardenWeb Forums within the last year or so on squirrel elimination
and one other particularly effective method was the 'Bucket o'
Death' - a large trashcan, filled about half-full of water, with
sticks leading up from the ground to the rim, and another stick laid
across the top. Then, sprinkle a layer of sunflower seeds over the
surface of the water. When the squirrels bail off to get some seeds,
they're trapped and eventually drown.
Is it humane? No. Is it effective? Yes.
They're vermin.
Another method that's been purported to be effective is to fasten two
boards together in an "L" shape, with the horizontal leg 3-4 ft long,
fasten this to the trunk of a tree, and screw one of those big rat
traps to the far end.
When ol' Br'er Bushytail comes gallivantin' down the trunk of the
tree, he's just GOT to run out to the end of that board to
investigate, and SNAP! you got him.