What technique would you use to decimate the tree rat population?

Question

Boker gets it! John I like your style!

Answer 1

If they are in you back yard, the method I use is Peanut Butter on Corn Cobs nailed to the fence or staked into the ground, then clip the nail head off and jam the bait on the end of that stick.  

Sometimes I use my 10/22 for that job, but I always have my Benjamin Sheridan .20 Cal Air Rifle at the ready, just should the position change enough for me to worry about the neighbors at the end of our property.

Better safe than sorry.

But if they get a little so wise to that, they can never resist the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich at the end of the live trap.

Then its MOOOO HEEEEE HA HA HA HA!

Just to make it clear to the other squrrels that entering my property is a very hazardous prospect, their tails are displayed on my East Side Fence Line hanging from the Barbed Wire.  Only the stupid ones sit atop the fence posts, and I assure you, they are normally not there for very long!

As for the brave souls that enter the "Forbidden Coast" where my Jolly Roger sits atop the mast, well Me Hardy's Yo Ho!  Got a Koi Pond for my wife.  Its posted "The Forbidden Coast.  All Critters Ye Be Warned! Death To Those Who Liberate the Koi From These Waters!"

What can I say, my wife likes The Pirates of the Carribean!  Besides, it makes for some interesting times with the local Racoon population too.

Good Luck and Happy Shooting!

Answer 2

A good dog and a shotgun help during the day, and at night you can work on getting another son to hunt with you. Even if it doesn't work, your time isn't wasted.

Answer 3

thats when you give your son the 410 and tell him it is his turn to bring dinner home.I prefer a .22 with subsonic rounds. Sounds like it is squirrel and dumpling time. The can dominate my crock pot.

Answer 4

i used to shoot 'em all year long, im not sure if theres any laws on it here in maryland. i eventually just stopped for some reason, the last thing i killed with my pellet rifle was a crow, that was the coolest thing ever. it was the only one i ever killed to, hopfully i can get a vulcher one day. squirrels around here are crazy, they've eaten threw plenty of trash cans, chewed a peace of the bumper out of my dads truck, destroyed bird houses, it goes on and on....... i think i might start shootin them again. :)

Answer 5

A pot and some dumplings always works well for me. Ain't eating my pecans this year!

Answer 6

i am now a hunter and i use my 22 short long and long rifle mossberg mod 341 my 8 ft. .625 magnum blowgun using coldsteel bamboo razor tip zytel and broadhead darts for squirrel and rabbit, my gamo viper express with 15.74 grain beeman super sting pellets at 750 fps(the 14 grain flat pellets at 725 fps is a joke i actually chronoed these numbers)and my 70lb discontinued oneida strike eagle bow using 100 grain muzzy sg-x small game heads thrown by some easton 340 grain lightspeed arrows and boy o boy these things rock i actually shot directly through a squirrel and the arrow kept going to this day (1 day ago LOL) i can not find it and none of my neighbors can either so its MIA lol

Answer 7

i think a mini-gun should thwart there plans! don't forget to set out some claymores though....just in case.

Answer 8

my dad and i have yet to get out there and get a tree rat to, i got a do-it-yourself tree rat mount kit so i gotta get one this year some time.

if you wanna do it the easy way just trap them or you could poison them. but the best way is to sit out and shoot em as you see em, then cook em!

edit: to make it more fun, put a $5 bounty on each tree rat's head for your kid.

Answer 9

A. Flame thrower, cooks em and kills em.

B. Napalm, same as above, larger scale.

C. Low yield thermo nuclear warhead, when you absolutely positively have to kiill every squirrel in a 5 miles radius, accept no substitute!