Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: Fishdog One]
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10/15/20 01:54 PM
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Gary Benson
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What's the difference between a red and a fox squirrel? They will chew holes through a heavy plastic dumpster lid to get inside. Down at the park they get into the trash cans and strew crap everywhere. They really like the little packs of condiments from McDonalds. This morning I saw one eating mustard.
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: Gary Benson]
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10/15/20 02:15 PM
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What's the difference between a red and a fox squirrel? They will chew holes through a heavy plastic dumpster lid to get inside. Down at the park they get into the trash cans and strew crap everywhere. They really like the little packs of condiments from McDonalds. This morning I saw one eating mustard.
Red squirrels are much smaller than fox squirrels. Around here fox squirrels are larger than even grey squirrels. I don't have any problem with fox squirrels or greys except in the winter when they try to steal sunflower seeds from the bird feeders. I solved that by surrounding the pole with slick plastic they can't climb.
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: Fishdog One]
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10/15/20 02:52 PM
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My grand sons and and Grand pa killed 82 one summer In Alaska. And we didn't even make a dent In them.
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
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10/15/20 05:51 PM
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I've seen them create very large middens inside structures. What a mess to clean up.
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: The Beav]
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10/15/20 05:52 PM
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My grand sons and and Grand pa killed 82 one summer In Alaska. And we didn't even make a dent In them. You have grandsons and a grandpa beav?Great that your grandpa is still killing squirrels-how old is he 120 or so?
Last edited by Boco; 10/15/20 05:53 PM.
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: Gary Benson]
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10/15/20 06:28 PM
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What's the difference between a red and a fox squirrel? They will chew holes through a heavy plastic dumpster lid to get inside.
A couple pound difference. A fox squirrel is about the size of a cat and likes transition habitat.
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: Boco]
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10/15/20 06:29 PM
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My grand sons and and Grand pa killed 82 one summer In Alaska. And we didn't even make a dent In them. You have grandsons and a grandpa beav?Great that your grandpa is still killing squirrels-how old is he 120 or so? Beav is so old he's his own grandpa! I jest...I have nothing but respect for Beav.
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
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10/15/20 11:04 PM
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After reading this I finally have reason to give thanks for no trees. Good grief!!!!
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
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10/16/20 02:47 AM
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The most effective way I know to catch red squirrels en mass is wire snares on running poles. Dale Torma (remember him??) used to post about it on here, and I'm sure it's in the archives somewhere. I tried it as an experiment and caught plenty until I decided I didn't want to catch any more.
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
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10/16/20 06:09 AM
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Tree rats, is what my dad called them.
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
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10/16/20 06:18 AM
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Gary Benson
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My Brother hates them and says they damage his garden so he shoots them. I don't have problems here as there aren't the right trees in the neighborhood for squirrels. The park along the crick is full of them and I feed them in the winter. These are fox squirrels.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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