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I have never had squirrels in my yard until the last year. They have completely destroyed a deck box (nothing in it but a propane tank), and are major pests in my garden beds (digging holes everywhere). I trapped one, but they are smart and I haven't been able to get another one. This is a neighborhood back yard so I need a completely quiet...something, to eliminate these destructive buggers. Is an air rifle a solution? If so, is there one that is better/quieter than another? I don't wanna spend but a couple of hundred bucks as this is the only thing I would be using it for. Any ideas? I'm fine with trapping them too (Yes I know it is illegal to relocate them. I don't care) but I'm just not having any success. I have used a slingshot but that really does nothing but make them run off to a different area of the yard.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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In our city it's illegal to discharge any firearm within the city limits. I would suggest a live trap. I have one and when we had some rats doe to an abandoned foreclosure nearby, I caught several squirrels by mistake. You can then plop the trap in the back of the car (on a tarp) and relocate the buggers to the hills. I baited it with a good sized blob of peanut butter wrapped in cheesecloth and tied to the trigger.
In our city it's illegal to discharge any firearm within the city limits. I would suggest a live trap. I have one and when we had some rats doe to an abandoned foreclosure nearby, I caught several squirrels by mistake. You can then plop the trap in the back of the car (on a tarp) and relocate the buggers to the hills. I baited it with a good sized blob of peanut butter wrapped in cheesecloth and tied to the trigger.
Did you camouflage this at all? Squirrels are ridiculously smart, and I wouldn't think that they would fall for this.
I've considered taking the direct route and getting an airsoft gun with a silencer, but I've got one nutter neighbor that would not be pleased that I killed a rodent.
If legal just get a cheap pellet gun from Walmart and dispatch them.
Or find about 4 bored young twenty somethings, get them some beer and a colander and some surgical tubing, lol.
Not legal to discharge a firearm in city limits - that's why I was asking about something quite, like an air rifle.
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