kill all squirrles
10-21-2003 | 11:56 AM
#11
Typical Buck
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From: St. Louis, MO
RE: kill all squirrles
I' ve serisouly thought about taking my pellet rifle out with me and trying to rid my immediate area of htem. But I' m worried about the noise... but my backyard is another story!
I have such a powerful pellet gun that I can get a pass through at 20 yards[8D]
I have such a powerful pellet gun that I can get a pass through at 20 yards
[8D]
10-21-2003 | 03:40 PM
#13
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From: Illinois
RE: kill all squirrles
Why kill all the squirrels? In fact, why kill all of any species of wildlife?
Squirrels play an important role in the ecosystem and the wildlife food chain. Of many types of food they eat, they eat fruit bearing plants, trre fruit, and nuts. Because they are normally abundant in the wild and far ranging, their feces containing undigested seeds are dropped throughout the fields and woodlands. Much of the seed then becomes new growth and provides more food for many animals; both the new growth and what the plant bears when it matures.
Many of the nuts -especially white and red acorns, that the squirrels bury, are buried throughout the areas that the squirrels live in. The squirrels do not use all the buried acorns. By spring, many of the unused acorns begin to sprout into new growth of White and Red Oaks throughout the timber and new areas. Whitetail deer not only eat the acorn nut, they also eat much of the new growth. Additionally; I am not a turkey expert but I understand that wild turkeys love acorns.
Squirrels are omnivores; they also eat an abundant of destructive insects e.g., moths, beetles, larvae, etc.
Give me a set of timber that is abundant in new growth, oaks, wild fruit bushes and trees,…….and squirrels, any day
Squirrels play an important role in the ecosystem and the wildlife food chain. Of many types of food they eat, they eat fruit bearing plants, trre fruit, and nuts. Because they are normally abundant in the wild and far ranging, their feces containing undigested seeds are dropped throughout the fields and woodlands. Much of the seed then becomes new growth and provides more food for many animals; both the new growth and what the plant bears when it matures.
Many of the nuts -especially white and red acorns, that the squirrels bury, are buried throughout the areas that the squirrels live in. The squirrels do not use all the buried acorns. By spring, many of the unused acorns begin to sprout into new growth of White and Red Oaks throughout the timber and new areas. Whitetail deer not only eat the acorn nut, they also eat much of the new growth. Additionally; I am not a turkey expert but I understand that wild turkeys love acorns.
Squirrels are omnivores; they also eat an abundant of destructive insects e.g., moths, beetles, larvae, etc.
Give me a set of timber that is abundant in new growth, oaks, wild fruit bushes and trees,…….and squirrels, any day
10-21-2003 | 05:20 PM
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RE: kill all squirrles
Squirrels play an important role in the ecosystem and the wildlife food chain. Of many types of food they eat, they eat fruit bearing plants, trre fruit, and nuts. Because they are normally abundant in the wild and far ranging, their feces containing undigested seeds are dropped throughout the fields and woodlands. Much of the seed then becomes new growth and provides more food for many animals; both the new growth and what the plant bears when it matures.
Many of the nuts -especially white and red acorns, that the squirrels bury, are buried throughout the areas that the squirrels live in. The squirrels do not use all the buried acorns. By spring, many of the unused acorns begin to sprout into new growth of White and Red Oaks throughout the timber and new areas. Whitetail deer not only eat the acorn nut, they also eat much of the new growth. Additionally; I am not a turkey expert but I understand that wild turkeys love acorns.
Many of the nuts -especially white and red acorns, that the squirrels bury, are buried throughout the areas that the squirrels live in. The squirrels do not use all the buried acorns. By spring, many of the unused acorns begin to sprout into new growth of White and Red Oaks throughout the timber and new areas. Whitetail deer not only eat the acorn nut, they also eat much of the new growth. Additionally; I am not a turkey expert but I understand that wild turkeys love acorns.
10-21-2003 | 08:34 PM
#18
Fork Horn
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From: Durant Oklahoma Durant, OK
RE: kill all squirrles
It seems here latley there the only entertainment I see.The deer must be set back watching the little furry critters also they shure havent show around here in a week.[:-]
10-21-2003 | 10:32 PM
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From: Illinois
RE: kill all squirrles
Eastwood:
No! Such knowledge was passed to me, and further honed by my awareness that I was obligated to know as much as possible about that which I made use of for my enjoyment so that I would not contribute to its destruction.
What you enjoy today as hunter is not yours to keep and do with as you wish. As it was with those before us, you are only being given the privilege of using it with the obligation of preserving it and, when possible, improving it until it is time for you to pass it on to the next generation.
Don' t drive with your eyes only on the road directly in front of you, there might be a large hole ahead that you could have seen before you hit it.
No! Such knowledge was passed to me, and further honed by my awareness that I was obligated to know as much as possible about that which I made use of for my enjoyment so that I would not contribute to its destruction.
What you enjoy today as hunter is not yours to keep and do with as you wish. As it was with those before us, you are only being given the privilege of using it with the obligation of preserving it and, when possible, improving it until it is time for you to pass it on to the next generation.
Don' t drive with your eyes only on the road directly in front of you, there might be a large hole ahead that you could have seen before you hit it.
