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Title: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: santahog on January 30, 2013, 11:06:05 AM
With ammo as scarce and expensive as it is, here is a way to use some of that shooting equipment that has been tucked away in the basement for a few months without depleting those valuable resources...
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: lhprop1 on January 30, 2013, 11:18:22 AM
An oldie, but a goodie.  I always love watching that one.

Personally, I've found a cubby set with a 110 conibear works great.  It's an effective solution to a persistent problem and it fills my freezer.

Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: wtr100 on January 30, 2013, 01:23:26 PM
we reload the lyman slugs in 20 ga for the boys to use deer hunting, they use a fold crimp so it's hard to tell slugs from shot

#1 son mixed a slug in with #6 used for squirell hunting - nailed a big red in a tall tree - made a hell of a mess ... but grandpa got another tail to make fish flies out of so it wasn't a total loss ...
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: Solus on January 30, 2013, 01:52:45 PM
we reload the lyman slugs in 20 ga for the boys to use deer hunting, they use a fold crimp so it's hard to tell slugs from shot

#1 son mixed a slug in with #6 used for squirell hunting - nailed a big red in a tall tree - made a hell of a mess ... but grandpa got another tail to make fish flies out of so it wasn't a total loss ...

Need to mark those slugs somehow.  Being sure of what is behind  your target is a lot different with a slug than with #6.
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: Big Frank on January 30, 2013, 03:08:16 PM
The video has been removed. What was it about?
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: lhprop1 on January 30, 2013, 03:44:27 PM
The video has been removed. What was it about?

Someone put some bait on a clay pigeon thrower.  When Mr Squirrel went up to feast, the guy pulled the cord and Mr Squirrel discovered the miracle of flight.

I think that's how Rocky and Bullwinkle got their start.
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: Big Frank on January 30, 2013, 05:43:42 PM
I wish I could have seen the flying squirrel but I guess it's considered animal cruelty.
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: wtr100 on January 31, 2013, 10:08:59 AM
Need to mark those slugs somehow.  Being sure of what is behind  your target is a lot different with a slug than with #6.

we use brass black on the brass part of the hulls now  ;D

Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: sledgemeister on January 31, 2013, 01:45:37 PM
The video has been removed. What was it about?

think it was this one
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: lhprop1 on January 31, 2013, 02:56:14 PM
I wish I could have seen the flying squirrel but I guess it's considered animal cruelty.

Animal cruelty, my ass.  That's animal hilarity.

And for the record, I've had a squirrel launch itself off a two story roof at me.  Launching one off a deck isn't going to harm it one bit.
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: Bic on January 31, 2013, 02:59:04 PM
Re: "How to remove squirrels from your deck"....just remember not to take a shot at them (or a racoon) late at night when they're close to your kid's Cabelas inflatable pool.............ask me how I know :-[
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: tombogan03884 on January 31, 2013, 02:59:57 PM
Not so inflatable any more ?  ;D
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: Big Frank on January 31, 2013, 03:03:17 PM
I had to watch that a few times.  :)
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: sledgemeister on January 31, 2013, 03:06:25 PM
I had to watch that a few times.  :)


If ya liked that version, this one gets good hang time
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: crusader rabbit on January 31, 2013, 05:57:25 PM
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Re: "How to remove squirrels from your deck"....just remember not to take a shot at them (or a racoon) late at night when they're close to your kid's Cabelas de-flatable pool.............ask me how I know Embarrassed

FIFY  ;D

Crusader
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: santahog on February 01, 2013, 10:33:17 PM
Seen this one?
Title: Re: How to remove squirrels from your deck..
Post by: Solus on February 02, 2013, 01:36:41 PM
He doesn't let go because it never looks like it stops to him  ;D