Any cure for Squirrels eating antenna cables
 

Antenna Group~

The squirrels here the my neighborhood have suddenly decided they like to
eat my coax and control cables. They seem to be particularly attracted to
the self-vulcanizing rubber used to seal the connections but they have eaten
some coax cables as well. Anyone know of a cure for this problem?

Thanks

Stuart, ki6qp

Wildlife biologists have the problem of squirrels getting into their
bird-boxes and they use a product called tanglefoot in a 1 gallon paint can
that you trowel onto the post ot tree the squirrels(and raccons) use to make
their raids ...Those that fail to ignore this stick sh*t become irrevocably
glued where they step

It also is used to make glueboards for rodent trapping by troweling it onto
cardboard panels...Try a pest control product supplier

Be wary, that stuff is really STICKY and I don't know YET how to get it off,
and I been using it for years

Yodar
"Stuart" wrote in message
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Antenna Group~

The squirrels here the my neighborhood have suddenly decided they like to
eat my coax and control cables.
Anyone know of a cure for this problem?

Thanks

Stuart, ki6qp

A Squirrel Terrier ?

Our Char-Peis did a good job on the varmits.

Heard there is some stuff to keep horses from chomping up fences -- and any
other critter -- check the horse stores.


"oldtime radio" wrote in message
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pellet gun

"oldtime radio" wrote in message
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pellet gun

I can guarantee a pellet rifle works wonders. Does good with stray mutts
too.

Dan/W4NTI

Squirrels aka Tree Rats ate a hole in my roof twice and got into the attic..
Best solution is kill em with whatever it takes..
They have no natural enemies here and multiply like rats..
They're cute but destructive rodents..
good luck
hank wd5jfr
"Stuart" wrote in message
.. .
Antenna Group~

The squirrels here the my neighborhood have suddenly decided they like to
eat my coax and control cables. They seem to be particularly attracted to
the self-vulcanizing rubber used to seal the connections but they have
eaten
some coax cables as well. Anyone know of a cure for this problem?

Thanks

Stuart, ki6qp

I hope you're joking, Dan, and that you'd really try to get a
stray dog to your local rescue group or Humane Society.

But if you're NOT joking, I would just advise you not to
try shooting dogs in our neck of the woods.

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
...

"oldtime radio" wrote in message
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pellet gun

I can guarantee a pellet rifle works wonders. Does good with stray mutts
too.

Dan/W4NTI

Are squirrels edible ?

In Oklahoma squirrels are consider game animals and have a season and bag
limit. When I was in college about forty years one of my room mate was
shot and squirrels every chnace he got. He also roasted possum! I didn't
care for the taste of either.
hank wd5jfr
"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
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Are squirrels edible ?

Reg Edwards wrote:
Are squirrels edible ?

In Texas, we have a legal squirrel hunting season. They are not
bad eatin' around a campfire after a day of clearing land.
--
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But posssum N Taters be a tut better

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"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
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Are squirrels edible ?

Are squirrels edible ?

Yes they are. Many have hunted them to eat. There are times of the year
that you do not want to eat them as they could have parasites in them. As
the temperature turns cold they are fine to eat.

Deer are thought of as varmints the same as rats are to some farmers when
they eat their corn fields. Permits can be had to shoot them any time of
year (out of the normal hunting season ) if they become a nuisance.

Too many of any animal in the wrong area is bad and they must be eliminated
by killing or moving.

Now I do wanna tell ya, you jest ain't lived til you all had Squirrel Stew.

And that thar be why we got them Squirrel Terrers Dawgs down yonder.
================
Are squirrels edible ?

Well, you sure started something, Stuart.
Alas, it doesn't look like much of it would be
very useful to you.

As for your responders who propose eating
squirrels, one has to accept it, I suppose.
Predation of larger animals on smaller animals
is part of nature's plan, like it or not.

But as for the folks who say they like to kill or
torture animals just for enjoyment, I hope they
are merely trying to be funny--in a bad taste way.

If they are serious, my revised hope is that they get
to meet some of their victims again--accompanied
by much larger friends from the animal kingdom--
at some point in the afterlife.

But this is probably a faint hope, even if there is
an afterlife. Most of the animals would be going
UP, and most sadistic animal-abusers would be
going DOWN. So their paths wouldn't cross.

"Stuart" wrote in message
.. .
Antenna Group~

The squirrels here the my neighborhood have suddenly decided they like to
eat my coax and control cables. They seem to be particularly attracted to
the self-vulcanizing rubber used to seal the connections but they have
eaten
some coax cables as well. Anyone know of a cure for this problem?

Thanks

Stuart, ki6qp

Yes.
"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
...
Are squirrels edible ?

Too many of any animal in the wrong area is bad and they must be eliminated
by killing or moving.



Kinda like candidates for governor in California!

Reg Edwards wrote:
Are squirrels edible ?

In Texas, we have a legal squirrel hunting season. They are not
bad eatin' around a campfire after a day of clearing land.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


By God, that's why you Texans are so squirrely!
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

Doc wrote -
Next, visit your local hardware store and buy a 4 oz. ball-pean
hammer. (Light ones are for squirrels and such, the heavier
ones are for bigger game.) Now, when you have one of the little
buggers caught, beat it to death with the hammer.

==============================

Doc, tough little buggers, eh? I didn't realise squirrel meat needs
tenderising.

"W5DXP" wrote in message
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Reg Edwards wrote:
Are squirrels edible ?

In Texas, we have a legal squirrel hunting season. They are not
bad eatin' around a campfire after a day of clearing land.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

You guys are lucky my XYL isn't watching this thread ... she is
a biologist, licensed by the PA State Game Commission as a
wildlife rehabilitator (she's currently raising ... for release ... about
a dozen orphaned baby squirrels ... probably does about 60 or
more each season, in addition to rehabbing maybe 2 dozen or
more injured adults.)

We have 12 acres of forest here, with squirrels, rabbits, possums,
several dozen wild turkeys, groundhogs, deer, fox, quail, and some
pheasants ... if I shot a single one, she'd shoot me (or worse :-)

Luckily, so far at least, no evidence of the local critter population
developing a taste for coax :-)

Carl - wk3c

Take a trip though Fairmont Park in Philly. Nothing green below 4 of 5
foot. Overpopulation is as much a problem as over hunting, a potentially
more serious to humans as diseased animals die..

--
73 es cul

wb3fup
a Salty Bear

"Carl R. Stevenson" wrote in message
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"W5DXP" wrote in message
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Reg Edwards wrote:
Are squirrels edible ?

In Texas, we have a legal squirrel hunting season. They are not
bad eatin' around a campfire after a day of clearing land.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

You guys are lucky my XYL isn't watching this thread ... she is
a biologist, licensed by the PA State Game Commission as a
wildlife rehabilitator (she's currently raising ... for release ... about
a dozen orphaned baby squirrels ... probably does about 60 or
more each season, in addition to rehabbing maybe 2 dozen or
more injured adults.)

We have 12 acres of forest here, with squirrels, rabbits, possums,
several dozen wild turkeys, groundhogs, deer, fox, quail, and some
pheasants ... if I shot a single one, she'd shoot me (or worse :-)

Luckily, so far at least, no evidence of the local critter population
developing a taste for coax :-)

Carl - wk3c

or squirrel dumplings..................



On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 19:45:22 -0700, "Keyboard In The Wilderness"
wrote:

Now I do wanna tell ya, you jest ain't lived til you all had Squirrel Stew.

And that thar be why we got them Squirrel Terrers Dawgs down yonder.
================
Are squirrels edible ?

"Stuart" wrote in message ...
Antenna Group~

The squirrels here the my neighborhood have suddenly decided they like to
eat my coax and control cables. They seem to be particularly attracted to
the self-vulcanizing rubber used to seal the connections but they have eaten
some coax cables as well. Anyone know of a cure for this problem?

You can "protect" your coax & control cables with an autoloading 105mm
howitzer but for every one of the little beasts you terminate two more
take it's place within minutes. Killing and/or trapping them is simply
an exercise in futility. I see two choices: Squirrels have strong
alergic reactions to cats. Big nasty young female cats preferably from
feral stock. And don't feed 'em too much. There's one possibility.

The other is to use coax and control cables which have
rodent-repelling jackets and sealants which tree rats don't like. For
the coax see

http://www.davisrf.com/ham1/coax.htm#buryflex

There are probably control cables with the same general type jackets.
Maybe tree rats don't like silicon sealants, I dunno. Check out

http://www.thewireman.com/products.html

No doubt both Steve at RF Davis and Pres at the Wireman have handled
the problem many times, give 'em a buzz, it's only phone calls, save
yourself from the goo and ammo expenses.

Thanks

Stuart, ki6qp

w3rv

I live on a hill in the country where one can still practice ham radio
without interference from civilization. I used to see quite a few squirrels.
Although a12 gauge shotgun is instantaneously effective, the little buggers
breed like rats, er, squirrels. Since a feral cat I call Max (Short for
Hiram Percy Maxim, since he likes to nap on the S-Line.) has moved in, no
squirrels, skunks, raccoons, snakes, etc. Except for wild dogs, which I
shoot on sight, usually with a Weatherby 7mm08, with Max's approval, I might
add.
I vote for the cat option.
73
H.
NQ5H

"Brian Kelly" wrote in message
om...
"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Antenna Group~

The squirrels here the my neighborhood have suddenly decided they like
to
eat my coax and control cables. They seem to be particularly attracted
to
the self-vulcanizing rubber used to seal the connections but they have
eaten
some coax cables as well. Anyone know of a cure for this problem?

You can "protect" your coax & control cables with an autoloading 105mm
howitzer but for every one of the little beasts you terminate two more
take it's place within minutes. Killing and/or trapping them is simply
an exercise in futility. I see two choices: Squirrels have strong
alergic reactions to cats. Big nasty young female cats preferably from
feral stock. And don't feed 'em too much. There's one possibility.

The other is to use coax and control cables which have
rodent-repelling jackets and sealants which tree rats don't like. For
the coax see

http://www.davisrf.com/ham1/coax.htm#buryflex

There are probably control cables with the same general type jackets.
Maybe tree rats don't like silicon sealants, I dunno. Check out

http://www.thewireman.com/products.html

No doubt both Steve at RF Davis and Pres at the Wireman have handled
the problem many times, give 'em a buzz, it's only phone calls, save
yourself from the goo and ammo expenses.

Thanks

Stuart, ki6qp

w3rv

Dear Ed:
On my farm, varmints are shot on sight. There is no component of
hunting or enjoyment or torture. It is a matter of stopping theft and
the real danger that their holes present to livestock, humans, and even
farm machinery. (I have a nasty scar on my shin due to a plunge into a
woodchuck hole.) They also pose a danger to drainage systems.
I have never shot at a squirrel. They are very rare here and just
not a problem. Woodchucks and deer are the major problems. Deer cause
hundreds of accidents, some quite serious, per year in this county
alone.
Someone who took delight in torturing anything would be a pariah in
this most rural and tolerant township. That is just not on.
..... and back to antennas
73 Mac N8TT

--
J. Mc Laughlin - Michigan USA
Home:

"Ed Senior"
snip

But as for the folks who say they like to kill or
torture animals just for enjoyment, I hope they
are merely trying to be funny--in a bad taste way.

If they are serious, my revised hope is that they get
to meet some of their victims again--accompanied
by much larger friends from the animal kingdom--
at some point in the afterlife.

On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 16:23:10 GMT, "Stuart"
wrote:
Anyone know of a cure for this problem?

As the squirrel population in my neighborhood went up, they started
chewing their way through my attic wall to nest and play. No
repellents -- chemical or ultrasound -- worked.

I can not legally use a gun of any kind in this neighborhood.
Besides, who has the time to sit around and wait for them?

I finally started to catch them on the ground in Hav-a-Hart traps
baited with peanut butter, driving each one around a mile away (across
two major roads) and releasing them into the woods. I transported
almost 30 of them over a two week period. The populaiton on my
property is way down and I rarely see one anymore. I would
guesstimate that I get maybe one new one a month from neighboring
properties. He quickly joins his friends a mile away. There have been
no chew-ins for over six months.

My property is also traversed by rabbits, chipmunks, moles and rats
but none of them seem interested in the peanut butter -- which is good
because they do no harm.

If it doesn't bother you, you can immerse the traps in a garbage can
filled with water (must secure the locking bails first) and save the
two mile (R/T) drive.

Ken C2JDY

Ken
(to reply via email
remove "zz" from address)

"Reg Edwards" wrote in message ...
Doc wrote -
Next, visit your local hardware store and buy a 4 oz. ball-pean
hammer. (Light ones are for squirrels and such, the heavier
ones are for bigger game.) Now, when you have one of the little
buggers caught, beat it to death with the hammer.

==============================

Doc, tough little buggers, eh? I didn't realise squirrel meat needs
tenderising.

It's not tough normally, especially if they were roadkills and have
been out in the weather for a couple days.

w3rv

No Ed Senior I am not kidding. If your stray dog comes on my property and
chews up my yard, kills my cat, and attacks the neighborhood kid...Ill
shoot the SOB. IF I could get away with it in this populated area I would
have used te shotgun.
Oh BTW I did indeed try to get the 'humane fools' to come out. THey were
not even slightly interested.

Dan/W4NTI

"Ed Senior" wrote in message
ink.net...
I hope you're joking, Dan, and that you'd really try to get a
stray dog to your local rescue group or Humane Society.

But if you're NOT joking, I would just advise you not to
try shooting dogs in our neck of the woods.

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
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"oldtime radio" wrote in message
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pellet gun

I can guarantee a pellet rifle works wonders. Does good with stray
mutts
too.

Dan/W4NTI

Yes they are.

Dan/W4NTI
"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
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Are squirrels edible ?

"Tdonaly" wrote in message
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Reg Edwards wrote:
Are squirrels edible ?

In Texas, we have a legal squirrel hunting season. They are not
bad eatin' around a campfire after a day of clearing land.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


By God, that's why you Texans are so squirrely!
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

By Gawd at least they ain't dumb enough to live on a earthquake fault.

Dan/W4NTI

"H. Adam Stevens" wrote in message ...
I live on a hill in the country where one can still practice ham radio
without interference from civilization. I used to see quite a few squirrels.
Although a12 gauge shotgun is instantaneously effective, the little buggers
breed like rats, er, squirrels. Since a feral cat I call Max (Short for
Hiram Percy Maxim, since he likes to nap on the S-Line.) has moved in, no
squirrels, skunks, raccoons, snakes, etc.

Doesn't sound like a Grade A feral cat but if he does the job . .

I had a buddy long since an SK who lived on a mountain top in an old
hunting lodge turned big multi-multi DX contest station on contest
weekends. He had a huge bobcat which lived in a hollow log about 50
yards from the lodge, the feral cat and coax security guard from hell.
The first time I heard the thing "meow" he near scared me outta me
skivvies.

Except for wild dogs, which I
shoot on sight, usually with a Weatherby 7mm08,

I see. What do you use when you need real firepower, a Weatherby .460
Mag?

with Max's approval, I might
add.
I vote for the cat option.

Oughta work.

73
H.
NQ5H

w3rv

I don't blame you a bit.
"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
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No Ed Senior I am not kidding. If your stray dog comes on my property and
chews up my yard, kills my cat, and attacks the neighborhood kid...Ill
shoot the SOB. IF I could get away with it in this populated area I would
have used te shotgun.
Oh BTW I did indeed try to get the 'humane fools' to come out. THey were
not even slightly interested.

Dan/W4NTI

"Ed Senior" wrote in message
ink.net...
I hope you're joking, Dan, and that you'd really try to get a
stray dog to your local rescue group or Humane Society.

But if you're NOT joking, I would just advise you not to
try shooting dogs in our neck of the woods.

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
...

"oldtime radio" wrote in message
...
pellet gun

I can guarantee a pellet rifle works wonders. Does good with stray
mutts
too.

Dan/W4NTI

why dont you just incase the feedlines in conduit so the little critters
cant chew though it
if you need it flexible there is some amoured stuff they use in the
electal field too

On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:38:29 GMT, "Ed Senior"
wrote:

I hope you're joking, Dan, and that you'd really try to get a
stray dog to your local rescue group or Humane Society.

But if you're NOT joking, I would just advise you not to
try shooting dogs in our neck of the woods.

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
...

"oldtime radio" wrote in message
...
pellet gun

I can guarantee a pellet rifle works wonders. Does good with stray mutts
too.

Dan/W4NTI



You might live in the woods, but not near livestock. Strays running
stock are always put down. Somehow, those misguided cattle farmers
think beeves are more valuable than somebody's unwanted pet gone
feral. I've known ranchers to pay to have the stray dogs killed.
None, not one, of my dogs has ever run loose for longer than it took
me to catch it. Oh, and you cat lovers out there...it's a PET leash
law, so tie 'em up or reclaim 'em from the pound and pay the fine on
the way in.

Russ

Stuart wrote:

Antenna Group~

The squirrels here the my neighborhood have suddenly decided they like to
eat my coax and control cables. They seem to be particularly attracted to
the self-vulcanizing rubber used to seal the connections but they have eaten
some coax cables as well. Anyone know of a cure for this problem?

Thanks

Stuart, ki6qp

Go back a bit to the 'Old Coax' thread. Someone recommended cutting three
or so feet off each end of the old stuff. See if you can get those 'end'
cuts, and use them as bait in squirrel traps!
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I have the same problem with my bird feeders, I used Mobil 1 oil at the base
and on the lid, sit back and be prepaired to laugh your ass off !
Rick
"MailfrmPA" wrote in message
...
Too many of any animal in the wrong area is bad and they must be
eliminated
by killing or moving.



Kinda like candidates for governor in California!

EASY, now.

Jim, a dead serious candidate
WX6RST



- Too many of any animal in the wrong area is bad and they must be
- eliminated
- by killing or moving.
-
-
-
- Kinda like candidates for governor in California!

Jim Weir, VP Eng. RST Eng. WX6RST
A&P, CFI, and other good alphabet soup

You aren't running a Beverage antenna by any chance, are you? Cuz, if
you give a squirrel a beverage........ :-)

jk

Stuart wrote:

Antenna Group~

The squirrels here the my neighborhood have suddenly decided they like to
eat my coax and control cables. They seem to be particularly attracted to
the self-vulcanizing rubber used to seal the connections but they have eaten
some coax cables as well. Anyone know of a cure for this problem?

Thanks

Stuart, ki6qp

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:34:43 GMT, "Joe" wrote:

I have trouble with rabbits eating my coax cables.

They cook up as good as, or better than squirrels...unless they are
Jack Rabits.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)

"Rick" wrote in message news:3f35d2ff_4@newsfeed...
I have the same problem with my bird feeders, I used Mobil 1 oil at the
base
and on the lid, sit back and be prepaired to laugh your ass off !
Rick
"MailfrmPA" wrote in message
...
Too many of any animal in the wrong area is bad and they must be
eliminated
by killing or moving.



Kinda like candidates for governor in California!

On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 22:38:19 -0400, "WB3FUP \(Mike Hall\)"
wrote:

Yes they are. They are also probably protected during most of the year.
Here in Delaware the season on squirrel is in late September early October
if I recall correctly. Also in Delaware, do not know about other locales,
unless you are a farmer, living on a farm that provides a substantial
portion of your income it would get to be awfully expensive to shoot
squirrels, and get caught at it. There is an exception to most game laws
for farmers in the State - but thinking about it now it might just be an
exception from a license, not seasons.

That's one of those "it all depends".

Here in Michigan the farmer does not need to purchase a small game
license to hunt on his own land. For deer, he does.

If in the specific case of critters destroying crops as in major
damage they can apply for permits to hunt them. Those permits are
usually issued after a visit from the DNR (in some cases)

Unfortunately coax doesn't count, but some department of Natural
Resources (or what ever they are called in your neck of the woods)
will help you live trap them for relocation.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)

On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 15:10:19 -0400, "J. McLaughlin"
wrote:

Dear Ed:
On my farm, varmints are shot on sight. There is no component of
hunting or enjoyment or torture. It is a matter of stopping theft and
the real danger that their holes present to livestock, humans, and even
farm machinery. (I have a nasty scar on my shin due to a plunge into a
woodchuck hole.) They also pose a danger to drainage systems.
I have never shot at a squirrel. They are very rare here and just
not a problem. Woodchucks and deer are the major problems. Deer cause
hundreds of accidents, some quite serious, per year in this county

You want a thrill...I was landing my airplane ( a 3100#, High
performance/complex/retractable at the Gladwin Airport (GDW) one night
when a big doe decided she wanted to be on the other side of the
runway

http://www.rogerhalstead.com/833pics.htm (bout 243K)

The mains had just touched down the nose gear was still up when she
charged across. Her head hit the underside of the leading edge of the
right wing about 2 feet out from the fuselage. Just about inside the
prop circle.

The impact drove her head down and then the right main hit her with
the wheel running over. It tore the gear doors right off and busted
the stainless steel brake line.

All this at something like 70 MPH drove the right wing up and of
course the left wing down. The wing tip was probably within 3 or 4
inches of hitting the runway. I could see the runway lights above it
as I was watching out of the corner of my eye.
I managed to maintain control, riding down the runway on the left
main only. I didn't even know if I had a right main still attached.
I kept it on one wheel as long as possible and then the right main
settled onto the pavement. ( Yippie! I had one!)

Now I was riding on both mains with the nose gear still up in the
air...I didn't know if I had one of those either. Fortunately I did
and the roll out was uneventful...other than I discovered that broken
brake line which resulted in only having brakes on the left side.

Between the brake line, tire, gear doors, hinges and a very small dent
on the underside of the leading edge the freight came to a bit over
$5,600. Those little tiny stamped hinges for the gear doors are $480
each.

They said it was either the third or fourth deer airplane accident in
the previous two weeks.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)
alone.
Someone who took delight in torturing anything would be a pariah in
this most rural and tolerant township. That is just not on.
..... and back to antennas
73 Mac N8TT

Roger Halstead wrote:
On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 22:38:19 -0400, "WB3FUP \(Mike Hall\)"
wrote:


Yes they are. They are also probably protected during most of the year.
Here in Delaware the season on squirrel is in late September early October
if I recall correctly. Also in Delaware, do not know about other locales,
unless you are a farmer, living on a farm that provides a substantial
portion of your income it would get to be awfully expensive to shoot
squirrels, and get caught at it. There is an exception to most game laws
for farmers in the State - but thinking about it now it might just be an
exception from a license, not seasons.


That's one of those "it all depends".

Here in Michigan the farmer does not need to purchase a small game
license to hunt on his own land. For deer, he does.

If in the specific case of critters destroying crops as in major
damage they can apply for permits to hunt them. Those permits are
usually issued after a visit from the DNR (in some cases)

Unfortunately coax doesn't count, but some department of Natural
Resources (or what ever they are called in your neck of the woods)
will help you live trap them for relocation.

Heh! As one of the veterns of the squirrel versus human wars, I tried
the live trap route, and it doesn't work at all. You might catch one,
but that's about it. Here in the squirrel capital of central PA, we have
dozens of the little buggers. I had to seal up every opening in my
house, and seal the corner molding on my vinyl siding. Brats would climb
up there and munch a hole into the attic. Then they got in through the
triple walled chimney. I found that by chance. So I had to put wire
cloth on that. But wattya do about the ones who already got into the
attic? I made an escape route by drilling a hole in the side of the
house entering into the attic, and put a long narrow box over it so that
would jump out when they got thirsty and hungry enough. We're at a
standoff for the moment......

- Mike KB3EIA -