speaking of squirrels, did u shoot them over the weekend

Jerry Shiner wrote:

> Great answers, especially from Dianne Gutenkauf. A wonderful string for a
> Friday afternoon, although I was getting hungry anyways...
>
> Squirrel traps may usually be rented. Check your yellow pages. However,
> move a squirrel and another will usually move into the vacant territory, so
> be prepared for an ongoing, never-ending project. Our city will no longer
> pick up trapped squirrels or raccoons (cost-saving cut backs), so I place a
> blanket over the trap and put it in my vehicle. The transported squirrel
> will have a hell of a time competing in new (read already occupied)
> territory, so don't think you are being completely humane. Then there's the
> question of the impact on the native squirrel population...
>
> Avoid moth balls- these things only affect moths under certain well
> controlled circumstances, and they do have a very lingering smell.I get
> occasional calls about how to deal with moth ball odor, and it seems to me
> it is a more difficult to deal with problem than the original situation.
>
> A BB shot from a gun at more than a few yards away may more likely frighten
> than injure, but you can't be sure. If you do hit the squirrel and not the
> car window on the other side of the roof, you may have a body to be dealt
> with immediately. If death is not instantaneous (the likely outcome) you
> may have to dig the remains out from the rodent's final hiding place. Then
> again, you'll have to be a good shot and a patient hunter to pull this one
> off (and be sure to do it when no one is around to question you). From a
> practical point of view BB guns are a problematic, though clearly a
> patriotic solution.
>
> js
> Jerry Shiner
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