Those little bastards have been destroying my pecans in both the front and back yard. They chew one little hole, then drop them. Now that I live in the city limits, I had to buy a pellet rifle to thin the herd. People (and police) freak out when they hear a 12 gauge being fired.

I still have two trash cans full that I'm working on getting shelled.
Those things are worth 10 bucks a pound.

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I still have two trash cans full that I'm working on getting shelled.
Those things are worth 10 bucks a pound.

Shelled squirrels are worth only $10/pound? I'd think you could get more than that.

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I still have two trash cans full that I'm working on getting shelled.
Those things are worth 10 bucks a pound.

Shelled squirrels are worth only $10/pound? I'd think you could get more than that.

LMAO...um...I'll have to try cracking a few open some time.

jehovahs witness protection: Those little bastards have been destroying my pecans in both the front and back yard. They chew one little hole, then drop them.

I have the same problem. I have two, huge pecan trees and I'm not going to get anything from them this year. Three years ago, I got around 250lbs of pecans. But, between the squirrels and the drought, there's no pecans on the branches at all, right now.

As for shooting the squirrels...actually, I just leave food out for them, instead. There's one that's used to me being out there with my camera and I can take photos of her all day. (^) There's one female with a broken leg that hobbles onto the picnic table to get at the food. I've been seeing her all summer and I try to make sure there's plenty of food out for her.

Got a male that lives in one of the oak trees in my front yard. I see him running over the roof and hopping on a pecan branch to get to the bowl of food I leave out. Looks like it's gonna be a lean winter for them, because I haven't seen any acorns from either tree this year. Everything is screwed up, here, this year. It's the middle of November and my morning glories are blooming again. (^)

Where have all the acorns gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the acorns gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the acorns gone?
Squirrels have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Not around my house. I live just outside the city proper, and my landlady has a long, shallow box set up on her back porch which she fills with bird seed. Since I usually go up to my apartment from the back, it's like walking into an episode of Animal Kingdom. Squirrels around my place are a bunch of fat, lazy bastards. These days I come home and they just sort of stare at me, wallowing in seed rather than scatter like the birds do.

Squirrels around my place are a bunch of fat, lazy bastards.

Squirrels around my place are well fed and the hawks know it. I often see red-tails circling the neighborhood. One attacked a squirrel about 20 feet away from me. The squirrel survived. I've never heard such foul language from a squirrel before.

I didn't notice the lack of acorns by me (Jersey Shore) until this article. I have huge oaks in my back yard and am used to hearing acorns bounce off the house & back deck. I just raked on Sunday & don't recall seeing many acorns at all. I certainly don't remember hearing them, either. Also, I've only seen a handful of squirrels (but I chalked that up to a couple of stray cats in the neighborhood that some douchebag tourist left behind).

The lack of acorns also would explain the sudden spike in Turkey Vulture sightings in my area. They don't usually range this far east. I guess as the squirrel population dwindles, the birds have to go farther in search of food. Also, by now I usually have 6 or 7 starlings & assorted small birds that have to rescue from my fireplace. The squirrels chew through the grating in the chimney every year and birds try to roost & inevitably fall in. Not one bird this year, which probably means that they've either gone to greener pastures or there haven't been enough squirrels to chew through the new grating. Very odd...

Trackball

People keep pet rats and mice.

I think that eventually they would have chewed their way in.

That happened to my sister in Brooklyn. Chewed through the wall, then the tougher replacement wall, then the screen over the replacement wall.

KarmicDisaster: I used to do that, but they got used to the food. If we didn't show up on time, they would attack the door and nearby windows where we used to come out to feed them. We didn't put the food near the house, but they knew that we came out of the house. Eventually we could hear them clawing and gnawing on the house at all hours. They would climb on the screens. So I stopped feeding them and eventually they left. I think that eventually they would have chewed their way in.

They would have to be suicidal to do that at my house. I have a Greater Swiss Mountain dog mix and a Beagle that would like nothing more than to chew on squirrels. Every time I open the door to let the dogs out, all you see are squirrels and birds scattering to the four winds, fleeing for their lives.

The neighborhood possums and the raccoon mother and her babies, that live next door, do not come into my yard for any reason. The run along the power lines to keep from coming into my yard.

If I want to take photos of the wildlife that lives in my area, I have to make sure the dogs are in the house. Otherwise, this is the only thing I'd see outside. (^)

DrunkenBob: She was also a zen master when it came to catching and eating flies mid-air

You're lucky, my GSM mix crashes all over the house trying to catch a fly, if one gets in. What's equally entertaining, is when she's outside chasing a bird...that's flying 30 feet over her head.