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After many years my two pecan trees are going to produce their first good crop. These pecans are special because if was my great grandfather who got small trees from a trip to Georgia and then following generations have planted these from the nuts. But there's a some squirrels in the neighborhood. Other than using lead what is the best way to keep these critters out of my pecans?
 
The absolute best way I have found is to use an electric fence. I coil the ground and positive wires in parallel up the trunk, bird feeder pole, etc. After a zap or two they won't go near the tree trunk. If you don't want them eating pecans off the ground you'll have to use lead.
 
When it comes to eliminating every critter that walks, swims or flies I'm sure a few of the guests here can help you out. They seem to have a great deal of experience in being the king of the jungle.
 
Roberto- In order for something to live, something else has to die. Deal with it. I'm sick to death of your whining. Typical city boy attitude. Grow up and face reality!
 
Carefull cut the trees loose from the earth and using a skyhook hoist them so there is at least a 4' gap to the earth. This will only work the first year to save the almonds til you can harvest them. The next year you can cut them up and sell the firewood. Seriously , though , what you need to do is find a food source that they like better than almonds! Ie , maybe sunflower seeds , they seem to crave them. Feed them these somewhere remote from your trees and see if they don't leave them alone.Just an alternative to lead.
 
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If you are in an urban area, and can't shoot and eat them, then trap them. Release out in the country for the PC thing to do, or shoot them in a safe area, and eat them.
 
A. I didn't know pecans "lived".

B. I live in the country.

As the one gentlemen already stated, put out sunflower seeds aways off, they love them.
 
We've got a small pecan orchard of our own, and between the squirrels, crows, and most often bugs, we don't get much of a crop. You can try to trap them, but that may or may not work depending on how many squirrels you anticipate and how many other animals will find your trap.

You can shoot them, just about any shotgun will work. Also, a small rifle will work for longer ranges, as well as a pellet gun as Harry suggested.

If you are in the city, you just need friendly neighbors who can handle hearing an occasional pop or two. Don't tell anybody, but my grandpa lives in town and he is almost constantly guarding his single small pecan tree, and dispatches any unwanted squirrels from close range with .22 shot shell. Of course, the city squirrels are the only ones who will get close enough for .22 shot to work.

Kevin
 
Get one of those live traps and bait it with peanut butter.
Catch a squirrel and drop the trap into a barrel of water.
Or release the squirrel at Roberto T's place.
He'll know what to do with them.
 
let them do the harvesting for you. Just watch where they stash them and go gather them later on. they will usually have several places that they hide them.
 
So you advocate drowning the squirrel?

Did you drown in the gene pool?

Anyone that thinks they can trap/ shoot/ drown/ eliminate all squirrels in the area when there is a good food source is obviously mentally challenged in some way.
 
Squirrels are often refered to as tree rats, for a reason. They are rodents, pests. They cause damage. They will chew their way into your house. They will chew the insulation off your electrical wiring & in some cases causing your house to catch on fire, possibly causing death. I put corn out for the deer & the squirrels eat it from sun up to sun down. That's OK. When they start tearing up the bird feeders & get too close to the house,I take action!
 
As a matter of fact I DO advocate drowning the squirrels.
I wont try to tell you what you should do with vermin/pests that you might have.
How about you do the same?
 
Male cats will chase them off or kill them in short order. Terriers will also do the same.

Sheet metal (a roll of galvanized roof flashing) wrapped around the trunk will keep them off the tree. Bonus points if you connect an electric fence zapper to the sheet metal.
 
Its simple plant enough for your needs and the squirrels and both of you will be happy.
Walt
PS if you can eat all the pecans that one tree can produce you are a better man than I am.
 
Roberto T. You know in all of your posts regarding animals you never offer a single humane solution as to how to get rid of the problem. I instead you insult, chastize an spew total bull sh$$$.
 
I DID give a solution, you apparently didn't see it. I agreed with the gentleman that suggested putting sunflower seeds some distance away from the tree. They love the seeds. Do you really think if you have a food source such as pecans you will be able to keep every squirrel away from it? Do you want to put down seeds once in a great while or do you want to put on the camo and spend the rest of your life trying to rid your property of a very prolific species?
 
Obviously Roberto doesn't know his squirrels from a hole in the ground. Yes Roberto, you can eliminate squirrels from areas with a great source of squirrel food. Growing up in the fifties, we had a neighbor with a house full of kids. he hunted squirrels with a purpose - to put meat on the table for all those kids. Singlehandedly he managed to eliminate pretty much all of the squirrels from a 90 acre woods-lot that also joined a large state park area. That woods-lot was mostly large oak, hickory, and maple trees. Now there might have been a few smart, quick ones left, but you never saw them ANYWHERE around a human habitat. So yes Roberto, there is a squirrel Santa Claus. It is called a good hunter with bad intentions. Happy Hunting!
 
I'm a little reluctant to do so as I have already been threatened with violence on this forum.

But I am not a PETA member.
 
i got a good redbone coon dog that loves squirrels, he's got rid of 26 of them so far, now i only rarly see one and when i do he's in high gear headed somewhere else, i can hear them in the neighbors wood lot, when im in the area, but they've apparently learned to keep out of our place
 
A. Well glad I could clue you in on pecans bud.

B. I doubt you really live in "the country". You may reside in a suburban area, but with your attitude, you aren't "living" the country lifestyle city boy.
 
My Grandmother used to trap squirrels because they ate the shingles off the roof. She would walk about a half mile to drown them in the river. Then a neighbor suggested and easier way. Put the trap behind the car exhaust and cover the cage to trap the gas.
 
(quoted from post at 15:44:09 07/14/08) I live on 133 acres.

Why do you physically threaten people whose viewpoint is different than your own?
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Show me where you were physically threatened whiner. And BFD that you live on 133 acres. I OWN 342 and farm it and am under no illusions about life and death and I don't come to this place and badmouth people with a different viewpoint without provocation like you do. Thats a typical elitist urban attitude, that you are just SO much more enlightened than us simple hicks. Sorry cityboy, you don't fool anyone.
 
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