How the 17 do you keep squirrels….

[Colonel Angus.sixpack]

The remaining squirrels were eye balling the **** out of me this morning. I fear I have a war on my hands.

 

[The Peeper]

Train yourself to not give a 17 about squirrels getting in your bird feeders. That’s the solution that worked for me.

Same, I've embraced them. I have a squirrel feeding area away from the bird ones that I put corn cobs on a stand, unshelled peanuts, sunflower seeds for them. They love sweet potatoes too so I make an annual trip to Vardaman to buy a big case of the "Deer Taters" that farmers sell up there which are usually overgrown ones too big to sell for premium grades so they sell them cheap. They used to would let you go walk the fields and pick up your own because they couldn't sell them much anyway. Other fruit and veggies work too

 

[The Peeper]

I grease my pole about once a year. It’s working.

I get the wife to grease my pole, keeps her in shape............

 

[The Peeper]

another option

I've watched many of these videos on Youtube, they are great

 

[The Peeper]

Milk jug. Cut the bottom out and tie a string from the feeder to the jug so it hangs. The squirrels can climb to the feeder but can't reach due to being inside the jug.

I did this w/ an antifreeze jug awhile back. It looked ratchet as hell, belongs in the front yard of a mobile home w/ bunch of cars around it, but it worked pretty good. The wife took it down though, she didn't think it was very attractive

 

[was21]

Out of bird feeders!? I’ve read all th tricks and tried a couple to no avail. My solution is a pellet gun but my daughters won’t let me. Any for sure remedies from y’all?

I tried greasing the shepherd hook pole with vaseline and it worked....until it didn't. They can get into anything. May as well give it up

 

[josebrown]

I tried greasing the shepherd hook pole with vaseline and it worked....until it didn't. They can get into anything. May as well give it up

I use wheel bearing grease and just reapply once a year or about the time they figure out it’s climbable again. They just scavenge the ground now for what drops from the feeder. My dog does a great job of watching too. When she sees a squirrel she goes crazy and I let her out to chase them away. Seems to be working. I also attached a painted pie plate to the bottom of the feeder so it’ll bend when they figure out how to get up there. That’s what tells me when it’s time to reapply grease.

 

[MSUDOG24]

I tried greasing the shepherd hook pole with vaseline and it worked....until it didn't. They can get into anything. May as well give it up

Thread reminded me of this I stumbled across a few years ago and couldn't stop watching. A little long but the guy is a bit of a nut and pretty entertaining. Reinforces your point that they can get into anything. Sneaky little shlts they are.

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

I bought my wife one of those wifi camera bird feeders for Mothers day and it has this screen that goes over the seed that allows to birds to grab seed but the squirrels are not bothering it at all. My yard is full of squirrels.

 

[Wesson Bulldog]

Catch them with that sticky rodent paper, then hang them by the neck from a tree branch with a hand-painted sign that says 'This is what happens to varmits in these parts'.

 

[Darryl Steight]

Thread reminded me of this I stumbled across a few years ago and couldn't stop watching. A little long but the guy is a bit of a nut and pretty entertaining. Reinforces your point that they can get into anything. Sneaky little shlts they are.

I was just about to post this. Great video, and it just goes to prove that the squirrels are smarter and more athletic than any of these big dumb humans trying to get rid of them. So, back to Shmuley's advice: pretending not to care is your best option here.