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Re: Critter Control

To: David Cole <dgcole01@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: Critter Control
From: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 06:23:25 -0700
On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 03:39:13AM -0500, David Cole wrote:
> 
> Speaking of critters......
> What's the best way to get rid of squirrels?  Any commercial products out 
> there?  Ideas?  I have a couple of large pecan trees.  Looks like I will 
> have a bumper crop *if* I can keep the squirrels away.  They have been 
> hitting them heavily so far.  Many, many cuttings on the ground of green 
> pecans.  It's not many of the critters, prob 4-5, but they are doing some 
> damage.
> 
>   I live in a subdivision, so the .22 cal or 16 ga. is out.  I don't care 
> if I just run them off, kill them etc.  Just want my pecans left alone.

Tack up a strip of sheet metal about a foot high
around the trunk of each tree.  The tree rats can't
climb over that.  Doesn't work if they can jump
from the branches of another tree though.


Eric






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