“Bitrex” ,the worlds most bitter substance, will stop them . It can be mixed into paint.
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“Bitrex” ,the worlds most bitter substance, will stop them . It can be mixed into paint.
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Doesn't everything taste like chicken? When I was in grad school (1980), a new student from Taiwan was assigned to our lab and he got sick, quite literally, while eating his first bite of a McDonald's hamburger that someone bought for him since he never had one; it turns out he had never had onions, as he took the sandwich apart and asked what they were. Afterwards, the topic of unusual foods came up, and he offered that he had eaten RAT meat, and that it tasted like chicken and was real tender since they scurry about (which I would have thought would make them tough, but I'll take his word on all of it).Originally Posted by Stan Calow
Jim Thorpe's favorite meal was fried squirrel with gravy. Squirrel hunting for food was one of his greatest pleasures.
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Search youtube for squirrel trebuchets Launch them into your neighbor's yard :-)
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They is some pretty smart critters (sorry for video quality...pretty old)
"What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing.
It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
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That is too funny
"What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing.
It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
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The really funny part is the squirrels come right back because they enjoy it.
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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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Willy-nilly they all become "flying squirrels".The really funny part is the squirrels come right back because they enjoy it.
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"What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing.
It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
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Apparently the aluminum pieces I put into the bottoms of the siding cornier pieces have defeated the Fuzzy Tail. There has been no sign of it since I installed the pieces on September 3. All six corner pieces are now equipped with the same barrier.
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". . . he offered that he had eaten RAT meat, and that it tasted like chicken . . . "
I saw a video several years ago that demonstrated how to prepare a rat to look like chicken with double the legs. It involves using a blow torch to scorch off the hair, quartering, and discarding the head and tail. It was purportedly a scene from a street food vendor in an Asian country.
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People call them squirrels. I call them tree rats. I keep a .410 shotgun and a 22 rifle at the back door for tree rats, snakes and armadillos.
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Funny, we have no problem with our squirrels, but chipmunks seem to our issue, chewing to get into our garage and tunneling under the garage slab and around our foundations.
NOW you tell me...
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Are armadillos a problem?
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George, our big outdoor cat, seems to like the taste of chipmunks more than squirrel.
He usually eats all but the tail of the chipmunks but leaves about half of a squirrel.
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Ducking under the table now…
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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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YES...YES...YES. They will destroy your lawn, tunnel under the foundation of your house, tunnel under your A/C unit, and gas tank. In South Carolina, it is illegal to relocate them. If you trap one, you are required to kill it. We have killed about 7 in our yard.
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In Texas we can keep them as pets, but if they cross the Red River.... well, I understand the carpet bombing is quite effective in Arkansas.
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