Damn Squirrels!!!

[Bad Tiki]

This was few years ago, a Raptor, this popped out after a 65km highway drive.

 

[Burla]

This was few years ago, a Raptor, this popped out after a 65km highway drive.

lil mother fu***r.

 

[CanuckRam1313]

Soy based wiring, stupidest invention ever. I am worried, we have the occasional squirrel but recently we have the most rowdy family ever. They are nuts, I don't like shooting animals w/o eating them, but I'm to the point it's them or the damage.

 

[CanuckRam1313]

Gamo Whisper Quiet, 17HMR Savage, .22 Ruger, Wetherby Tactical with #6 Express high-brass…good to about 75 yards! Those reds all must die!

It's never too much

 

[Burla]

Gamo Whisper Quiet, 17HMR Savage, .22 Ruger, Wetherby Tactical with #6 Express high-brass…good to about 75 yards! Those reds all must die!

I traded my Ruger for a 17hmr savage, so I like your list. I shoulda kept them both, but I like the bolt action and flat trajectory, savage shoots dimes. Out here we are allowed anything .22 or smaller or shotgun for pest control. We are allowed more if the pests have two legs and wear clothes mind you. That 17 is just the wrong round to be shooting up in semi populated spot like this. I have a couple NPS pellet guns, one of them is a straight shooter. Plenty for any bird, especially the ducks that make my pool their personal spot. Mind you I do give them 2 shoe always before I get deadly on the issue, then I get the male first to help least impact on the population, but those suckers hold their crap until they put their lil bu++s in my pool. Wrong guy wrong pool.

Dang young wood peckers wouldn't give up the ghost, even went at top hole after I filled it, mind you this was between 1 or 2 years after we tented the house, so there was nothing there.

 

[Burla]

Never thought about owning a 20 gauge, might be the perfect tool for this? My .12 Gauge probably has a nice layer of dust on it now. For now I'm good, but if any problems grow out here, i'm gonna pick up a 20.

 

[Hardracer]

.410 would work good...lol

 

[CanuckRam1313]

.410 would work good...lol

FCUKIT!!!

7.62x39 all day... make em regret it

EDIT**

Just make sure you don't put the round in your home or someone elses

EDIT AGAIN...

Come to think of it... a non-lethal (to humans) rock salt gun could be your answer, too.

I remember vividly being shot at with one of these back in the day as I ripped my dirt bike through the Hunco Farms fields in Port Hope, ON as a teenager... that hurt when it tagged me!

However, I also recall being hit with a potato gun from the local farmer as well.
Now that s_h-i..te really hurt!

 

[Bad Tiki]

It's never too much

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That’s a CNN bullet

 

[Burla]

.410 would work good...lol

That's probably what I meant, not a bird hunter here so I only dealt with 12. How is the noise on a 410? Is it quiet like a .22?

 

[Burla]

.410 would work good...lol

What the simple hell, I looked up pricing is this right, 4.10 ammo is 2.5 times higher the 12?? wth

I thought it might be nice to have a 4.10, maybe I do w/o unless I get a press and do my own ammo. Maybe with shotgun I don't need a press, but no way am I paying over a buck a round for 4.10. Any cheaper sources ammo?

 

[Hardracer]

FCUKIT!!!

7.62x39 all day... make em regret it

EDIT**

Just make sure you don't put the round in your home or someone elses

EDIT AGAIN...

Come to think of it... a non-lethal (to humans) rock salt gun could be your answer, too.

I remember vividly being shot at with one of these back in the day as I ripped my dirt bike through the Hunco Farms fields in Port Hope, ON as a teenager... that hurt when it tagged me!

However, I also recall being hit with a potato gun from the local farmer as well.
Now that s_h-i..te really hurt!

Lol...I got that beat..up until I was about 12...4 of us had BB fights at least 1 a week in an old drydock marina,boatyard, nothing above elbows was allowed.never been hit with rock salt or a spud gun but we were little and those wimpy Daisy's hurt plenty for a youngin.we had rock fights also...rocks didntbhurt as much

That's probably what I meant, not a bird hunter here so I only dealt with 12. How is the noise on a 410? Is it quiet like a .22?

Sound really depends on the particular rifle/gun/barrel length... overall though it's about the same rifle to shotgun,ike your ruger 10/22(guessing when you said ruger) ..pistol is louder(mine is anyway)to me.

What the simple hell, I looked up pricing is this right, 4.10 ammo is 2.5 times higher the 12?? wth

I thought it might be nice to have a 4.10, maybe I do w/o unless I get a press and do my own ammo. Maybe with shotgun I don't need a press, but no way am I paying over a buck a round for 4.10. Any cheaper sources ammo?

Unfortunately any ammo aint cheap anymore...As far as reloading I've come to the conclusion lately that it's kinda the same price area as just buying a box of shells(for me I still reload for the bigger rifle sizes...300,338 mainly because I'm custom tailoring to find that perfect combination between rifle and bullet accuracy.By the the time you get all the equipment and components together let alone the time it takes every night...I sold all my shotgun reloading stuff years ago.still have half a garage of 12ga.ill never shoot....I used to shoot sk e et quite a bit before I kinda got burnt out on it and just lost interest and the competition of it.
Dangit,you guys got me ramblin again about something I really enjoy...my apologies to the OP.

 

[Burla]

Lol...I got that beat..up until I was about 12...4 of us had BB fights at least 1 a week in an old drydock marina,boatyard, nothing above elbows was allowed.never been hit with rock salt or a spud gun but we were little and those wimpy Daisy's hurt plenty for a youngin.we had rock fights also...rocks didntbhurt as much

Sound really depends on the particular rifle/gun/barrel length... overall though it's about the same rifle to shotgun,ike your ruger 10/22(guessing when you said ruger) ..pistol is louder(mine is anyway)to me.

Unfortunately any ammo aint cheap anymore...As far as reloading I've come to the conclusion lately that it's kinda the same price area as just buying a box of shells(for me I still reload for the bigger rifle sizes...300,338 mainly because I'm custom tailoring to find that perfect combination between rifle and bullet accuracy.By the the time you get all the equipment and components together let alone the time it takes every night...I sold all my shotgun reloading stuff years ago.still have half a garage of 12ga.ill never shoot....I used to shoot sk e et quite a bit before I kinda got burnt out on it and just lost interest and the competition of it.
Dangit,you guys got me ramblin again about something I really enjoy...my apologies to the OP.

oh no ammo is related to OP, lol.

Match sticks is what we would put in bb and pellet guns so we could justify shooting each other, lol. Awe growing up at latch key boys in the 70's, the cr@p we got away with. Thank God we didn't have auto air soft guns like they got now, I would be a patch wearing old man for sure. It all ended when we heated up knives and slapped each other on the legs. Oh man talk about scared crap less when all the mothers threw a month long tie raid off that one. That pretty much ended the debauchery, we all on short leash after we should up with burn scars.

Anyhow, active squirrels really need to be shot, if not your wiring it will be something else they will damage. I have found not all squirrels are the same, it's the ones running all over the place that are the main threats. The red ones are by far the aggressive ones, the grey squirrels are hardly the same problem in my experience anyhow.

 

[bjayscanlon]

I am lucky to have a garage stall which is patrolled by several cats at any given time. We have chickens, so we have mice. I use regular snap traps and peanut butter as a attractant. Lotta work but almost always pays off. Ocassionally, the chickens go after the mice but have gotten a bit lazy lately. Use a pellet gun on the gohphers. The mice usually go up into the dash and nest in the cabin air filters. Chewed one turn signal wire that was hard to get at, (chevy malibu) so a shop fixed it to the tune of $150. So, it's always a battle.

 

[LONEWOLF64465]

So the damn squirrels have eaten my 2015 Ram 1500 Crew Cab, 5.7L Hemi wires again. It appears in 2015 Ram decided to make the engine harness out of silicone which smells and taste sweet to rodents. I had a very fresh smelling engine because I sprayed a lot of mint in the engine bay to rappel the critters but it didn't work.
The first time they ate multiple fuel and coil wires which I was able to repair. This time it appears to be the MDS wires. I was driving home, suddenly the truck wouldn't accelerate and ran very rough. ODB called out cylinder 3,4,6,7 deactivating solenoid fault. I did limp the truck to my mechanic 1 mile away. He just listened to the engine heard the valve ticking and said it's going to need an engine. My neighbor who teaches automotive repair doesn't think it needs an engine he thinks the mechanic just heard the ticking because of the deactivation fault. Has anyone had any experience with this?s

I was an electrician/ technician in Chrysler/Ram/Jeep products for 44 years RETIRED now. seen many cases involved in rodent damage. in your case the wiring harness in back of engine going under the intake plenum to the MDS solenoids are probably damaged. you need to remove the plenum to access. Also check under the TIPM next to the battery they tend to go there also.... GOOD LUCK , You might look into BUG MD. VAMOOSE RODENT REPELLENT , I use this and many people use with vehicles and classic cars...

 

[Marshall]

I use to have a 410 Bond Arms o/u derringer, sold it like a fool, VG for close up rodent Never seen a Red sq around here, cute little buggers .

I have used 12ga on mice , just because it wondered into range , But a bit over kill.
I use to buy 410 ammo @ 6.oo box, but then I have bought a house under 10K.
That has been a while thou.
The 413 oil burner brings back memories, we did not worry about the price of oil or gas back then. You had no rust problems .

 

[metalchewy]

410s are harder to find these days. They were the starter shotgun, when I was growing up. 12 year Olds started on those then moved up to 20 or 12 GA.

Last time i was up there, I noticed, Dad's judge has a couple of colt 45 hollowpoints in it, plus a 410 birdshot and a 410 defense disc round in it.

 

[Udy2554]

It's never too much

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I stick to the shotgun for grays! It doesn’t damage the meat much! Easy to pick pellets out! Gotta have my redneck surf n turf! (Gray squirrel and perch!)

 

[Udy2554]

I traded my Ruger for a 17hmr savage, so I like your list. I shoulda kept them both, but I like the bolt action and flat trajectory, savage shoots dimes. Out here we are allowed anything .22 or smaller or shotgun for pest control. We are allowed more if the pests have two legs and wear clothes mind you. That 17 is just the wrong round to be shooting up in semi populated spot like this. I have a couple NPS pellet guns, one of them is a straight shooter. Plenty for any bird, especially the ducks that make my pool their personal spot. Mind you I do give them 2 shoe always before I get deadly on the issue, then I get the male first to help least impact on the population, but those suckers hold their crap until they put their lil bu++s in my pool. Wrong guy wrong pool.

Dang young wood peckers wouldn't give up the ghost, even went at top hole after I filled it, mind you this was between 1 or 2 years after we tented the house, so there was nothing there.

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Love my Savage! Bull barreled and walnut stock! Vortex illuminated reticle!

No woodpeckers on my “home”! I live in my Grand Design in a steel barn!

 

[Udy2554]

Never thought about owning a 20 gauge, might be the perfect tool for this? My .12 Gauge probably has a nice layer of dust on it now. For now I'm good, but if any problems grow out here, i'm gonna pick up a 20.

I always wanted to build a REM 1100 20ga slug gun for deer!