Squirrel?

[ColdWaterFshr]

47 minutes ago, ness said:

I was recently talking to a guy who's very in-the-know on squirrels and squirrel-proof feeders.

It seems the Chinese have recruited a bunch of American squirrels to help in the design of squirrel-proof feeders that are made in China and sold to unsuspecting Americans. The squirrels are given an unlimited supply of acorns and year around climate-controlled quarters if they agree to share their bird-feeder-busting secrets. He showed me a secretly-recorded cell phone video of one of their design meetings. I can only say that it's chilling. They will stop at nothing to destroy the USA!

I believe we should thank patriots like @BilletHead , @Johnsfolly, @ColdWaterFshr, @Gavin, @ness'lady, @Daryk Campbell Sr, @oneshot,  and @oneshot 1for helping to defeat these bushy-tailed, acorn-gorging rodent traitors!

God bless America!

 

I've got a "squirrel-proof" feeder, developed by the Chi-coms, and sold to a unsuspecting gullible plebe who held the spring-loaded contraption in his hands in aisle B23 of the Ballwin Lowe's for a full 23 minutes, reading the claims on the label and feeling he finally had an answer.  The weight of the squirrel on the feeder would close off access to the feeding portals.  Engineering marvel, right?

180 lbs of expensive song-bird seed later, I realized I had been duped.  The device works as advertised, but the squirrel is a clever, relentless and ingenious basturd.  It had learned to "hop" and educated many of its friends and colleagues to do this and shake and empty the feeder, emptying the contents into a nice conical pile for a feast on the ground.

Solution?  Red-pepper powder inter-mixed with the expensive song-bird seed.  Birds don't mind it, but the squirrels initially object.  Several days of watching them go into epileptic spasms, but it seems they grew accustomed to the taste and actually preferred spice with their seed.

I don't have an answer.

[nomolites]

5 minutes ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

I've got a "squirrel-proof" feeder, developed by the Chi-coms, and sold to a unsuspecting gullible plebe who held the spring-loaded contraption in his hands in aisle B23 of the Ballwin Lowe's for a full 23 minutes, reading the claims on the label and feeling he finally had an answer.  The weight of the squirrel on the feeder would close off access to the feeding portals.  Engineering marvel, right?

180 lbs of expensive song-bird seed later, I realized I had been duped.  The device works as advertised, but the squirrel is a clever, relentless and ingenious basturd.  It had learned to "hop" and educated many of its friends and colleagues to do this and shake and empty the feeder, emptying the contents into a nice conical pile for a feast on the ground.

Solution?  Red-pepper powder inter-mixed with the expensive song-bird seed.  Birds don't mind it, but the squirrels initially object.  Several days of watching them go into epileptic spasms, but it seems they grew accustomed to the taste and actually preferred spice with their seed.

I don't have an answer.

15.4 gr of lead works well for my feeders and vegetables, have found no the else as effective.

Mike

 

 

 

 

 

[ColdWaterFshr]

Just now, nomolites said:

15.4 gr of lead works well for my feeders and vegetables, have found no the else as effective.

Mike

 

 

 

 

 

That’s my next step. Any quiet models you can recommend?

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, ness said:

I was recently talking to a guy who's very in-the-know on squirrels and squirrel-proof feeders.

It seems the Chinese have recruited a bunch of American squirrels to help in the design of squirrel-proof feeders that are made in China and sold to unsuspecting Americans. The squirrels are given an unlimited supply of acorns and year around climate-controlled quarters if they agree to share their bird-feeder-busting secrets. He showed me a secretly-recorded cell phone video of one of their design meetings. I can only say that it's chilling. They will stop at nothing to destroy the USA!

I believe we should thank patriots like @BilletHead , @Johnsfolly, @ColdWaterFshr, @Gavin, @ness'lady, @Daryk Campbell Sr, @oneshot,  and @oneshot 1for helping to defeat these bushy-tailed, acorn-gorging rodent traitors!

God bless America!

 

               Doing my part for sure here!  I check each one when cleaning for the embedded microchip that the Chinese are implanting and  dropping with little parachutes spreading squirrels all over the mid west.  I heard this at the swap meet. Has to be true. Have yet to find one but am looking. 

   

1 minute ago, nomolites said:

15.4 gr of lead works well for my feeders and vegetables, have found no the else as effective.

Mike

 

 

 

 

 

             Mike a .25 cal 25.39 grain pellet is my choice. 78 infiltrators so far since season started in our may opener. God Bless America!

[fishinwrench]

2 minutes ago, nomolites said:

15.4 gr of lead works well for my feeders and vegetables, have found no the else as effective.

Mike

 

 

 

 

 

My thoughts exactly.    I'd love to have a feeder that summoned more squirrels than birds.   

Who the hell wants to eat Cardinals and Finches? 🙄

[fishinwrench]

3 minutes ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

That’s my next step. Any quiet models you can recommend?

[ColdWaterFshr]

1 minute ago, fishinwrench said:

Amazon link please.  Christmas is coming for Paul Dallas 

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10 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Who the hell wants to eat Cardinals and Finches? 🙄

Good eatin if you can get enough of em😂

[fishinwrench]

4 minutes ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

Amazon link please.  Christmas is coming for Paul Dallas 

https://www.amazon.com/Crosman-American-Classic-Pneumatic-Pellet/dp/B089KSX33V

 

https://www.amazon.com/Hammers-Compact-Lightweight-Handgun-Revolver/dp/B018S1NAFY/ref=mp_s_a_1_20?dchild=1&keywords=pistol+scope&qid=1607995692&s=sporting-goods&sr=1-20

 

https://www.amazon.com/Haendler-Natermann-High-Impact-Super-Penetrating-Hunting-22/dp/B00TU66PFY/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=.22+pellets&qid=1607995859&s=sporting-goods&sr=1-4

[Johnsfolly]

If you can't shoot them let them have it is what I say. I have shelf feeders that are open to whomever wants to eat. Get lots of squirrels, cardinals, juncos, titmice, finches, etc. I even had homemade cob feeders back in Columbia. I don't  worry about the squirrels eating the corn we have out for deer. Squirrels only eat the germ portions of the corn kernels leaving the large part of the kernel for the deer and birds.