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

 

A slingshot. Oh, wait, nevermind.

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

 

All you airsoft <cough> "guys"

hmm. interesting now that I look the guide over a bit.

 

http://www.state.nj....dighnt22-33.pdf page 6, look at "wildlife damage control"

 

Then go up to page 5 and read "safety zone"

 

Also,

http://www.state.nj....dighnt56-69.pdf Page 7, Left side column, "General Small Game Hunting Methods." Allows bow on small game.

 

It appears to me that a homeowner that has a bow hunting license, has no other houses within 150 feet of his or her own home and within the squirrel season can legally hunt squirrel from a second story window - as long as they are shooting down.

 

interesting.

 

I had been told that the 150 foot bow safety zone was for deer only. It doesn't actually say that in the guide. Maybe in the actual statutes?

Don't worry I will not use my airsoft gun to shoot at them. I dont need to be put on my local PD's bad side, me and a couple of the officers are in good standing. But trapping and getting metal trash cans seems like the best and most legal way.

I think they are just attracted to the smell of organic garbage. Try spraying the outside & inside of the cans with ant spray. No need for excessive force for we are all God's creatures. Peace out & God bless America :-)

I think they are just attracted to the smell of organic garbage. Try spraying the outside & inside of the cans with ant spray. No need for excessive force for we are all God's creatures. Peace out & God bless America :-)

 

Booooooo

 

anyway, they are clearly dangerous.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Booooooo

 

anyway, they are clearly dangerous.

 

 

LOL Where you get those photos from? Quite amusing.

In hindsight, I regret making the Airsoft suggestion.

Thermonuclear device. Stop messing around

A lot of .177 pellet guns are quiet now........ Just saying

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.

In hindsight, I regret making the Airsoft suggestion.

 

No take backs!

just lay on the ground and pretend your nuts, when they come over smash there friggin heads.

if you go the with the gun method let me know if it goes badly Im always interested in good used guns cheap. only kidding but if you are in a built up area dont risk it. metal cans make the most sense .your problems are the squirrels are not in the home they are a game animal.if you trap them you cant kill them and you are not allowed to relocate .nj is screwed, up the animal protection people wont let you kill them remember the guy in long branch who caught the rat in a humane trap then drowned it. the guy was cleared in court but it must have cost a bunch of cash.if you relocate them fish and game gets involve becouse you can not do this with out the property owners permision.you could use repellants no moth balls or flakes try ropel or dr.t's ,fox urine may work but smells worse than you would think

If you are going to use a repellent, use ammonia, it's cheap and works.

22 shorts are VERY quiet.

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

 

+1

Well, I am guilty of catching and releasing them in traps. You have to take them for a LONG ride though, they do find their way back. Painted the tail on one just to see. Sorry Harry, but I had to take them across the bridge to keep them from finding their way back. I don't give a crap about the activists. Give me their address so I can drop them off there. Most people have no idea how destructive they can be inside a home/building.

 

I have no problem at my house, my cats and dog chow-down on them when they catch them.

I know that anti-freeze works on cats, from what I've been told. Not sure if that works on squirrels or not.

I inspected an attic a while ago found 4 seperate wires with stripped off insulation not just tooth marks but 2 inch bare wire

I inspected an attic a while ago found 4 seperate wires with stripped off insulation not just tooth marks but 2 inch bare wire

 

 

Seriously, that's not good. That's a house fire waiting to happen.

A truly deranged individual would consider sniping them from a slightly open window with a scoped pellet rifle like a Gamo Rocket or a Benjamin. Most of the noise will be muzzled within the interior of the sniping room. I'm told a headshot will bring them right down. I've also been told this is great practice for when the zombies come... I wouldn't know anything about this, being a law abiding citizen myself. I do have crazy neighbors though. I suppose this is just another really good reason to include a nice air rifle in your firearms collection.: "Pest Control". I'm just sayin'...

A truly deranged individual would consider sniping them from a slightly open window with a scoped pellet rifle like a Gamo Rocket or a Benjamin. Most of the noise will be muzzled within the interior of the sniping room. I'm told a headshot will bring them right down. I've also been told this is great practice for when the zombies come... I wouldn't know anything about this, being a law abiding citizen myself. I do have crazy neighbors though. I suppose this is just another really good reason to include a nice air rifle in your firearms collection.: "Pest Control". I'm just sayin'...

I'm told that a Crossman Classic .177 caliber with a stock, cranked to 10 and loaded with some Beeman Silver Arrow pellets will be quite effective at approximately 10 yards with minimum noise.... We must have the same neighbors.

I can tell you that my gamo 1000fps break barrel can severly limit squirel populations.

 

however if that's the route you would like to go a .22 loaded will CB shorts or CB longs will be more effictiave and have the same noise level.

 

and from a legal standpoint its all the same.

Trapping them is a legal and semi-practical idea. You will get a few, but a family will catch on.

 

Sniping them with an Airsoft gun is semi-practical but illegal. Shooting them from a second story window with a high FPS rifle on semi-auto wont catch attention, A paintball marker will also work but they will likely come back. I know that raccoons run away but aren't afraid of paintball guns.

 

I think you could easily get away with shooting them with an airsoft gun, but they will just come back. Practically useless. My suggestion is buy new cans. If this were pennsylvania, I would tell you to kill them with a $100 air rifle.

A little birdie tells me that a well placed Super Colibri from a .22 rifle will accomplish the job at hand. Quieter than an air rifle. Just don't be seen. You won't be heard.

FWIW

YMMV

If your going to trap and release them check the trap often because they won't last long in a cage.

If your going to trap and release them check the trap often because they won't last long in a cage.

 

God forbid you end up killing one, that would break my heart.

I have to say, there is a difference between dispatching a trapped animal quickly and letting it starve to death in a trap. I'd say use the trap. When caught, bring the trap inside the basement and dispatch the squirrel quickly with the air rifle.

 

If that is too personal for your tastes, let them go in the park.

 

However, leaving a trapped animal to languish until it dies is a problem. If doing that wouldn't break your heart, you've got bigger troubles than squirrels.

 

Besides, you can always have squirrel dumplings for dinner.

 

 

 

 

 

God forbid you end up killing one, that would break my heart.

Not that I would ever do it, but as mentioned an air-rifle in .177 makes quick work of a squirrel, even with a body shot. Subsonic .22 shorts are much louder than .177 but also do the job. Finally, I have heard that an air-pistol will not dispatch a trapped squirrel.

Not that I would ever do it, but as mentioned an air-rifle in .177 makes quick work of a squirrel, even with a body shot. Subsonic .22 shorts are much louder than .177 but also do the job. Finally, I have heard that an air-pistol will not dispatch a trapped squirrel.

Kinda gross cleaning up a splattered squirrel, don't you think?