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Squirrels must go....
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01/06/21
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Joined: Oct 2015
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jimmy3
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Got a problem with overpopulation. I am using a live trap. Any recommendations on bait?..
Have fun.....j3
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Re: Squirrels must go....
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01/07/21
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dale06
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Re: Squirrels must go....
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01/07/21
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huntsman22
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Cotch up a female in heat. Make a little, sexy bikini looking harness and tie her in the back of the cage. You'll catch every boy squirrel in the neighborhood.....
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Re: Squirrels must go....
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01/07/21
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ingwe
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I use peanuts....sometimes I'll wire the trap open and use it as a feeding station to lull them into a false sense of security. Sometime put a shiny thing like foil on top to catch their attention. Its mating season now and you'll get a ton of young males...bikini clad decoy or not.
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Re: Squirrels must go....
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01/08/21
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Joined: Jun 2012
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killerv
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I cooked my first squirrel ever for my son the other day that he killed. He loved it, i think all that was left was rib meat.
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Re: Squirrels must go....
[Re: jimmy3]
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01/09/21
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Joined: Dec 2016
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Ranger99
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I haven't fried any in a while. Mostly make dumplings or cook with ramens. I'll put em in the crockpot on low till they're done and they won't be stringy. I like to make stuff with em that will stretch out the tiny bit of meat you get
Caught one a day or so ago and stuck it in the freezer till i get another to make a stew with
No bait. 110 set in a run. Snap
Good Luck
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Re: Squirrels must go....
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01/11/21
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haverluk
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I use a 110 baited with a peanut. Cleaned out 60+ with a single trap in my vegetable garden this year. Most cooked Buffalo Wing style and the tails will be headed for the Mepps trade in program.
WTB Leupold 20mm, 36mm , UL and standard eyepiece Alumina Flip Open Covers
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01/11/21
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chris_c
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I use a live trap with peanut butter on the pan and a few peanuts stuck in the peanut butter
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Re: Squirrels must go....
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01/11/21
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AH64guy
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I use a live trap with peanut butter on the pan and a few peanuts stuck in the peanut butter Peanut butter, with one of the 10K of excess Girl Scout cookies stuck on it - 30 seconds to 30 minutes, done.
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Re: Squirrels must go....
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01/15/21
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Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 171
wade brown
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On the bait paddle of a rat trap nailed to a tree. Rat traps were used similar to that to trap ermine in the great depression, except with a bloody bait.
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