Squirrel trapping?
 

I'm living in town currently and as a country boy who grew up with a woods 50 yards from my back door, this city life is driving me nuts!

I have a huge fox squirrel who frequents the bird feeder on the balcony of my apartment. Anyone have any good ways to trap him/kill him that doesn't involve using my 20 ga?

I'm jonesing for some squirrel meat bad, and everytime I see him, I get hungrier!

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Yeah, I used catch them in homemade box traps. It works well actually, use some corn for bait. You can probably find box trap designs on a google search.

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Thanks! I found one that I'm gonna try.

What's the best way to kill 'em once you catch 'em that won't make the meat toxic to eat?

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Make a dead fall trap instead, it saves having to grab the little sucker and risk getting bitten.

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I put a gunny sack over the mouth of the trap, pull the gate, shake em' into the sack and use a bat. If you shoot them in the box other critters will smell the blood and stay out. Also, I caught a coon in one once, nothing else would go in after that.

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Just make sure none of the neighbors are watching;):D

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Use a #110 conibear trap kills it like a big mousetrap they are only like5 dollars used work good have been doing it the past months for squirrels going on the house roof. Put the trap in a square bucket opening with bait inside the bucket.

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Make a line of snares on a log or leaning branch they get stuck in those really easily, and its funny to watch them squirm to try to get away!!!

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Go to the hardware store and buy a rat trap one of those big oversized snap traps and super glue corn or some of your bird seed on the trigger and set it were the squirrel can get to it. Its quick and humane and your neighbors will never know

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Thats devilish as hell, I love it! [8D]

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Fine use your 12 ga then. When your neighbors come running out, just glare at them and yell, "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?" :D

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The 12 ga is still safely stored on my wish list of toys I want to buy once I finish school!


Love the rat trap and super glue trick! I have a rat trap that I've been putting Crackers with PB on, but he keeps getting the PB. The trap must be getting closer because there was fur in the trap last time!

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buy a huge rat trap somewhere and place it by the feeder.

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He's out-smarted my rat trap 3 times already. Every time it catches a few strands of fur, but no squirrel. I'm going to try the superglue trick tonight.


I'm heading to my parents' house this weekend, I think I'll bring my pellet gun back and see if he can outsmart it!

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You guys need to get a life!!!!!!!!!! There isnt anything funny about watching a animal die Jake, what a smuck.

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agreed

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theres nothin fun about it but its a stupid squirrel for cryin out loud. pop it in the head with a pellet gun.

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I concur with the pellet gun idea just make sure u hit it in the head and have enough power or the neighbors might be mad with a 3 legged squirrel

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A stupid squirrel, Same can be said about some of us.

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I trapped squirrels exclusivly for 2 years and ive only ever had a few rat traps set off with nothin dead in it. Ive watched a few squirrels after setting off the trap and there is almost no way he can get out of it. try making a wall along the sides of the trap so as to force the critter to go at straight on. Or you could just shoot it.

P.S put only a little P.B. on top of the trigger and a little in the bottom of it,make sure its really smeared on so he cant just pick a blob up a go with it.

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aright...this is what you do

Materials:
Bungee cord
Carabeaner(spelling?) Clips
Nails
2X4's
1 large metal mixing bowl

Step one:
-Take the 2X4's and nail them to porch straight up
Step Two:
-Take Bungee Cord and cut to length of 5 feet
Step Three:
-Tieend of bungee cord to 2X4's on each side
Step Four:
-Drill holes into bowl and attach carabeaner clips to bungee cord then to bowl
Step Five:
- Pull back 10 feet and secure with rope
Step Six:
-Put seed into bowl mixed with corn and peanut butter
Step Seven:
-When squirrel comes, cut rope and send his lil @ss to CHINA!!!
:D

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!!!

ROFL that is great...

I like the pellet gun idea myself. Just wait till he comes out and pop him in the head and you have some squirrel meat.

And you guys are right, there is nothing "funny" about watching an animal die. I recently watched a video of two guys popping off prairie dogs while laughing like maniacs. I guess there was somethingabsolutely hilarious (I'm talking some hardcore maniacal laughter here after each shot) about seeing one turned inside out by a rifle bullet.Just a squirrel? Maybe. Nobody is saying not to kill it, but show a little respect when doing so. Just my $.02.

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Heres what I have done for a while. Thread some wire threw apples, spread peanut butter on them then tie them to the top of the trap. They will have to wank on the apple which will end in them moving around too much in the trap and it should setit off. Its worked for me before. I live in the city with a good size lawn and a tree line running behind my house. Squirrels are everywhere. I kidd you not I've been living here for about 1 year and have killed over80 of them. I'll shoot one and the next day there will be 3 more in the yard, and this will continue on and on. The most I've seen in one day is 8, all chasing each other. Well just today there were 3 in the yard.

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Check out my vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-VX9lDmWtk&mode=related&search=






OK, it's not really mine but still made me lmao!

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that vid is amazing rofl... heres another good one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkduT6gPT38&NR

Teach the little buggers to think twice about coming back to steal bird seed.

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Ive caught some squirrels on a small foothold with lettuce before, lol

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You should get a B.B gun and shot it in the head.