Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: Fishdog One]
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10/16/20 06:19 AM
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Gary Benson
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There are black squirrels in Lincoln and Council Bluffs..........also Marysville KS. I'd like to have some to stock the park here.
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: Gary Benson]
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10/16/20 07:15 AM
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Crit-R-Dun
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There are black squirrels in Lincoln and Council Bluffs..........also Marysville KS. I'd like to have some to stock the park here. Never had a problem with the blacks, greys, Foxs. They mind there own business.
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: grapestomper]
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10/16/20 09:23 AM
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Those little buggers are nasty. They will get in everything. Like to chew holes and get in wherever they can. They will also beat the crap out of grey squirrels. That's interesting, on the west coast the invasive grey squirrels are displacing the pine (Douglass squirrels). Also, Douglass squirrels don't seem to be nearly destructive as you guys are describing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_squirrel
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: fossil2]
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10/16/20 09:30 AM
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...eat the greys and fox squirrels, and toss the reds. Why? Red squirrel is a light meat that tastes fine. Young Fox squirrel are the best eating of the three, but Reds are good too. Anyhow, Reds have been much more likely to be destructive than Grey & Fox in my experience. Bigger messes too.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke "We are fast approaching... rule by brute force." -Ayn Rand
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: Crit-R-Dun]
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10/16/20 09:49 AM
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k snow
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For the record I've been talking about the bulging eyed, ear piercing satanic red squirrels. The ones that sit on the edge of your deer blind and scream your location to the entire world? Kill 'em all.
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: waggler]
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10/16/20 12:46 PM
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Those little buggers are nasty. They will get in everything. Like to chew holes and get in wherever they can. They will also beat the crap out of grey squirrels. That's interesting, on the west coast the invasive grey squirrels are displacing the pine (Douglass squirrels). Also, Douglass squirrels don't seem to be nearly destructive as you guys are describing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_squirrelDouglass squirrels aren't anything like a red Pine squirrel
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: Fishdog One]
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10/16/20 09:34 PM
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They’ll destroy a $1000 sleeping bag and not lose sleep over it. They love chewing up foam mattresses too. I’ve been Shooting on sight with the closest gun since I was a kid
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: Fishdog One]
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10/16/20 09:41 PM
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DuxDawg
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Nice tip Mark K. Thanks.
Another is to put a shim under the "legs" (the two straight parts that rest on the wood base) of the springs on Victor rat traps. (Just a bit though. Shim them too high and the trap won't stay set.) This increases their power.
Yet another is to put a chin bar at the end of the trap just past the pan.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke "We are fast approaching... rule by brute force." -Ayn Rand
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Re: How Destructive are Red Squirrels
[Re: DuxDawg]
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10/16/20 09:48 PM
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Ryan McLeod
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Nice tip Mark K. Thanks.
Another is to put a shim under the "legs" (the two straight parts that rest on the wood base) of the springs on Victor rat traps. (Just a bit though. Shim them too high and the trap won't stay set.) This increases their power.
Yet another is to put a chin bar at the end of the trap just past the pan. I like 12 gauge myself. 270 does a great job too. Anyway possible. Don’t like squirrels around my cabins one bit.
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