I have some very interesting squirrels in my developement and they have decided to start chewing through my plastic trashcans. I have tried to reinforce them with sheet metal strips around the handles and lid where they seemed the weekest but the squirrels still have found other places to chew through. Am I allowed to "hunt" them on my own propert with a .22 rifle or maybe even a pellet gun that would be powerful enough to kill them. There is a catch though behind my house is an elementry school and I could see some serious implications if someone called the cops on me. Any thoughts or ideas on how to solve my problem.

Buy metal trashcans.

I'd rather shoot the dam things.

I'd rather shoot the dam things.

 

Get on your riding mower and do a drive by with this:

 

Umarex / IWI UZI .22 LR Rifle and Pistol

 

Them squirrels will know not to mess your your part of DA HOOD after that.

^ He's trying to say don't "hunt" them. NJ will fry your a** in every way shape and form they possibly can if you get caught. You're in NJ. You'll get caught. Use metal cans, legal poisons, and any measure that will not end up with us reading about you on the news while they rip you apart man.

Mike

Squirrels eat at my roof and try to make home in the rafters. It’s possible that I shoot some of mine with a pellet gun. I don't think it’s legal. I wouldn’t do it if I lived anywhere near a school. I would recommend getting a metal trap "have a heart" type. Just put a little cheap peanut butter on cheap wheat bread in it. Then when you catch them you can bring them inside and kill them, or drop them off somewhere miles away, etc.

I caught 5 this fall/winter.

If you have a squirrel family and can get rid of all of them you will be squirrel free for atleast a season or two.

You want to get them in the fall when they are the most active out gathering the nuts that have fallen.

Trap them and relocate.. Only way to stay out of trouble.. God for bid you shoot one and someone see's you.. That pretty rat will become your worst nightmare..

Trap them and relocate

 

...into the metal trashcan filled with water.

I have a trap if you want to borrow one, also a larger one for raccoons.

A few things that are maddeningly unhelpful for you

 

Squirrel season ends Feb.20

There is a 450 foot limitation of proximity to a building for a loaded firearm while hunting

Bow's and crossbow have a 150 foot limitation------for deer hunting only

You can't use an air rifle or a .22 to hunt squirrel.

Trapping and realeasing has to be cleared beforehand.

 

If it were me trapping and releasing at a nearby WMA would be the way to go, after a phone call to the WMA tomake sure it was okay.

Get farm cats.

cats work good I got one that gets them all the time, and he eats them so the clean up is easy, usually just the tail.

...into the metal trashcan filled with water.

 

That's what my B-I-L does! He hates them tree rats!

The real answer is to just get a bear resistant can. They keep out the squirrels and racoons and slow down the bears.

A few things that are maddeningly unhelpful for you

 

Squirrel season ends Feb.20

There is a 450 foot limitation of proximity to a building for a loaded firearm while hunting

Bow's and crossbow have a 150 foot limitation------for deer hunting only

You can't use an air rifle or a .22 to hunt squirrel.

Trapping and realeasing has to be cleared beforehand.

 

If it were me trapping and releasing at a nearby WMA would be the way to go, after a phone call to the WMA tomake sure it was okay.

I have a friend in Maine who humanely trap them and release them in the middle of the night in his local Walmart outside garden department where they store bird seed and such.

Metal trashcans seems to be the best solution. There are also sprayable squirrel repellents, but they are either sticky (which is goung to make a trashcan look real messy), or not watrr-repellent, despite what the manufacturer might say.

 

For chasing squirrels away from your lawn or backyard, i'd suggest an Airsoft gun with full auto. Those are still legal and don't fall under the typical discharge ordinances.

 

Squirrel season ends Feb.20

You can't use an air rifle or a .22 to hunt squirrel.

.........

 

So if ya cant use a .22...what do you shoot them with? Shotgun?

For chasing squirrels away from your lawn or backyard, i'd suggest an Airsoft gun with full auto. Those are still legal and don't fall under the typical discharge ordinances.

If you do so, please use a clear plastic or brightly colored one. I don't want any more bad publicity for AIrsoft. Don't bring out one that looks just like an AK or M4 or else sheeple will think it's real.

Before you do anything, you better check with your local municipality for your town's discharge laws. I've actually been in contact with my local Police Chief asking for our town's ordinance/law/policy for firearms discharges. He says you can't do it, but when I ask for a copy of the ordinance or location of the ordinance, I'm getting ignored.

Buy metal trashcans.

 

And once again, the logical solution is the simplest.

I'm pretty sure it's illegal to kill Squirrels. Besides, even if it's okay to kill them, if you use a .22, that would be "rifle hunting" (Maybe?) which is a no-no in NJ, so I'm pretty sure they could screw you with that. I think my ex Girlfriend's father told me his neighbor would trap them, then throw them into a barrel of water, or spray them down with a hose in the winter... But that's pretty inhumane, so I wouldn't recommend that. Your best bet is just metal trashcans.

 

Oh, and if they're getting into people's houses, use mothballs to keep them away, or put steel wool in any area they chew through. Ground red pepper keeps them away from birdfeeders, and gardens.

Thanks for the input. I think i am gonna go with the airsoft idea for now untill I can acquire some metal trashcans/unleash some pent up frustration the squirrels have given me. Sorry Krdshrk but the only airsoft gun I have is an AK BUT it does have an orange tip on it.

My B-I-L lives in a town where they give you those big plastic cane that are picked up by a claw on the garbage can so they can have one man routes. A metal can is not an option (except for a swimming pool once he has caught one in the have-a-heart trap.)

Thanks for the input. I think i am gonna go with the airsoft idea for now untill I can acquire some metal trashcans/unleash some pent up frustration the squirrels have given me. Sorry Krdshrk but the only airsoft gun I have is an AK BUT it does have an orange tip on it.

 

I'd be real circumspect on pulling out an AK look-a-like within visual range of a school. You may become intimately acquainted with your loacl PD - and I don't mean that in a good way.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

I would just trap them and release. We had an issue with a squirrel getting into the attic at the beginning of squirrel season. I was in a cast, so I called a company to deal with it. They fixed 3 construction voids I had that allowed the squirrel to come into the attic. I was lucky I caught it early and had no damage and squirrel crap to deal with.

Whats the legal standing of blow guns in NJ? That would work well for your issues

Thanks for the input. I think i am gonna go with the airsoft idea for now untill I can acquire some metal trashcans/unleash some pent up frustration the squirrels have given me. Sorry Krdshrk but the only airsoft gun I have is an AK BUT it does have an orange tip on it.

Please please please go to Dick's and get a cheapo clear gun...

Thanks for the input. I think i am gonna go with the airsoft idea for now untill I can acquire some metal trashcans/unleash some pent up frustration the squirrels have given me. Sorry Krdshrk but the only airsoft gun I have is an AK BUT it does have an orange tip on it.

 

Wait, please don't use an airsoft gun for this! Airsofters Do NOT approve of using them for something like this. Things like that are the reason why S810 is being proposed, which will find airsoft guns to be considered "firearms" in NJ. Please, I'm sorry to ask, but please don't use an airsoft gun, it'll only hurt the airsoft hobby if you get caught.

Mothballs don't work. 410's are legal during hunting season but not on your property. A crossbow while not legal is pretty damn quiet.

Mothballs don't work. 410's are legal during hunting season but not on your property. A crossbow while not legal is pretty damn quiet.

 

As long as he doesn't use airsoft guns. It's hard enough keeping my hobby legal.