Squirrels - repopulation of trapped area
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01/27/20 08:22 PM
01/27/20 08:22 PM
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Green Bay
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Howdy.
I have been working a nuisance job for a person who has a fairly decent size garden on a city block. The property has Concord grapes, pear trees, and two apple trees. The homeowner wanted me to knock the squirrel population down so they quit doing so much damage to their vegetables and fruits.
So here is my question - I have been knocking the population down between 30 - 60 squirrels a year but it seems like it is such good habitat that new squirrels seem to migrate in about every six days. Is this normal? Should I just keep knocking these disspersing males down in hopes that I will get to a point where there are no squirrels or eventually give up because there are so many in the city?
Thanks in advance.
Brian
Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
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Re: Squirrels - repopulation of trapped area
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/27/20 08:39 PM
01/27/20 08:39 PM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 5,365 New York border
Cragar
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I'm almost surprised it takes a whole 6 days. They will fill a void quickly.
Interesting statistic , if all of a sudden everyone thought squirrel hunting was the greatest thing and everyone went out and shot enough squirrels to knock out 90% of the population , the following year with breeding the population would be 100% recovered. Squirrel population is controlled by available food sources. Bad mast crop year , squirrel litters are small , good crop year , big litters.
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Re: Squirrels - repopulation of trapped area
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/27/20 08:41 PM
01/27/20 08:41 PM
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Posts: 20,958 St. Louis Co, Mo
BigBob
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Nature abhors a vacuum, Squirrels will shift areas and move in where there's room.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Squirrels - repopulation of trapped area
[Re: Green Bay]
#6751300
01/30/20 07:44 PM
01/30/20 07:44 PM
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Green Bay
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Thanks for confirming my beliefs. I think it is almost impossible to trap or shoot out quality habitat.
Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
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Re: Squirrels - repopulation of trapped area
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/30/20 07:49 PM
01/30/20 07:49 PM
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Posts: 20,958 St. Louis Co, Mo
BigBob
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Are you paying attention peta? Thanks for confirming my beliefs. I think it is almost impossible to trap or shoot out quality habitat.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Squirrels - repopulation of trapped area
[Re: TRapper]
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02/02/20 11:17 PM
02/02/20 11:17 PM
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Posts: 280 New York
Short Track
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I know fur trappers that consistently take 2000 plus coon a year off the same traplines...and been doing it for more than 10 years straight 2000 or 200 ? I removed 15 from half acre, and 1 just came back. 3 weeks later, but there is definitely a new coon on the property.
Just a weekend trapper...
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