Getting rid of squirrels.

and the turning radius was limited both sideways and up/down.

Limiting their travel makes sense. I was under 10 years of age when first seeing these and wasn't permitted to try them. I remember thinking they were fake. We were told early on by adults that these carnival games were all rigged and to stay away from them.

we made sling shots and they progressed into wrist rockets like these -> https://www.google.com/search?q=wrist+rockets&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=O3aiUoLkNcTvrAH4moH4AQ&sqi=2&ved=0CGgQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=974 , grab a few of those Pecans and use them for ammo....Digger

we used them for cherry bombs. Took two people, one to load and aim, the other to light it. Nothing funnier than someone hearing an explosion occur in the air above them, and if you wrapped them in some paper, they seem pieces of "something" come floating down. I thought once about doing it with paper around feathers, but never did, but would be funny if they thought a bird had exploded above them.

you never heard of the ole "feed the sea gull some alka seltzer trick" Nuff said....Digger

Very small pellets. And then there's paper 22 loads. Those couldn't travel very far or do much damage.

I bought, about 10 Christmas' ago. a blow gun. There was a guy selling them out of his trunk in a parking lot. This thing is unbeleavable! The accuracy you would not believe! I'm just seeing the neighbor's faces watching half a dozen squirrles limping around with long wire projectiles with colored plastic beads on the end sticking out of them.

One of my old partners bought a 50 acre chunk of land many years back. Half the red ceder trees died within a year. The old owners had a suqirrel chasing dog who had stripped all the bark off up to about 6'.

with some .45's

that shooting a shotgun style shell in a pistol constitutes an illegally short shotgun, now usually charged as a weapon of mass destruction (sawed off shotgun use that is).

ridiculous perhaps, but we know how legal arguments can be.

uses long 45 shell

uses 410 shotgun shells.


Or the S&W Governor .410/.45 Colt/.45 ACP

I read somewhere that you could get .410 shells with less shot large size than normal, aimed at those that like these .410 pistols for close range self defense. Does seem like it might be a good weapon for breakin type confrontation, range there is going to be feet not yards, and 4 or 5 balls instead of one increases the percentage of impacts. Of course, each impact is going to do less damage, so whatever floats your boat........

if you have to shoot.

thing going too far. I love my BSA with a very good scope. it's got quite a crack, but the sound doesn't travle that far.

Rob

The houses around here are too close together. Not to mention the laws.

I planted my pecan trees back in '88 as an investment. The last time I got a single nut was the year before they became irreversibly close to the house. In fact, my first motivation was to shade the roof and driveway in the summer. My Mom's house was completely shaded by her oak trees. Not a speck of sun hit her roof from May until November. So I'm not quite there yet, but on the way. They're messy trees though, and quite a lot of trouble. And the birds!

Anyhow, I've been thinking about my plan to screw those ordinary, big wooden based spring loaded rat traps to the lower branches. The family across the street has three young children. We're close enough that I can watch their TV through my front window. I can't see myself climbing the ladder with a big knife between my teeth 3 or 4 times a day. You get the picture. Maybe in the back yard?

The year (many ago) that I got a 5 gal. bucket full of those big fat buttery pecans, it cut my food bill by some significant amount. Maybe not 10%, but close. Add to that a squirrel harvest and who knows. I'm not rich.

Just a question. Does any body know anything about the home life of squirrels? Do they pair off and huddle-up and sleep together? Or are they kind'a like loners? There ARE live traps, but aren't they pretty expencive? I wonder if Animal Control would let me borrow a few.

article on a Bird web site lol , tells habits and habitats....Digger ->http://www.birdwatchersgeneralstore.com/SquirrelsDwell.htm