Help with luring

Hey guys,

When I first got my gun, the squirrels went away. When I had to take that one back, they came back. now that i got another one, they left again. How can I lure them back to my trees? peanut butter? bird seed? which side of tree? on tree or ground? that type of question

Help is appreciated,

Robert

[Gene_SC]

Cracked corn works well, and put up a bunch of bird feeders..:) They like the sunflower seeds in the bird food.

Gene

Hmm. I guess i should tell my mom i wanna be nice to the birds lol. but thats just a byproduct of the squirrels!

[shadow]

Corny on the cob, dry. Tap a nail in a wood platform. stick the cob down on it and presto. As Gene say's, they like the Sunflower seed's too. Ed

[Gene_SC]

Best case scenario is to send me your air rifle and then you do not have to worry about any more squirrels...:) PM me and I will give you my address to send it to..lol
Gene

...I dont get it.

[longislandhunter]

The cracked corn and the sunflower seeds do work well but I found something that even works better.  I started putting these out to attract the starlings, which showed up in large numbers, but I quickly noticed that the squirrels went nuts for em (no pun intended).  

What are they????    The solid suet cakes found in the bird seed sections of most stores,,, but make sure you get the one that list nuts in the ingredients.  I buy them from "Home Depot" for .99 cents each and the label says "Nutty Treats Suet Cakes".  They have roasted peanuts, millet and corn mixed in with the suet and I'm tellin ya they attract squirrels like magic.  

Give em a try, you won't be disappointed.  As a side benefit you should see quite a lot of starlings show up also to give you some added targets.

Jeff

This may be a dumb question, but are there ANY starlings in maryland? And should I put them up high? or on the ground?  

Thanks,

  Robert

[dw33]

It is obvious - pretend you are taking the air rifle back and then sneak it back into the house and wait for the squirrels to feel safe enough to come back and then blast them.  Corn and birdseed are good choices as well, I suppose.  LOL.  Good luck.

[longislandhunter]

What I did was take a length of wire and placed it around the trunk a tree.  Then I took 3 metal suet holders (they usually sell them right next to the suet cakes) and hung them from the wire loop with another length of wire. I have it so the suet cakes are suspended about 4 feet off the ground which is just the right shooting height from my basement doors.  I quietly open the basement doors, sight up and shoot.  

I had to resort to using the wire to hang the suet cakes since the squirrels would chew through anything else, get the suet holders on the ground and then eat all the suet in one day.  


As for starlings in Maryland, I don't know, I think they should be some, they seem to be just about everywhere else.  

Jeff

longislandhunter - 8/26/2007  1:29 PM
As for starlings in Maryland, I don't know, I think they should be some, they seem to be just about everywhere else.  

Jeff

Well, I kinda hope the starlings come back around to my yard at some point. When I saw them back in mid-Spring before I had any airguns, they seemed to be concentrating on whatever they were eating on the ground to be bothered by me on the deck. But shortly after I shot one in the yard, they appeared to have left the area, and not just my yard. Well, I have something waiting for them if they do return ;~D

Bryan

They love whole peanuts in the shell. i`ve smoked 6 tree rats in the last week using peanuts. don`t get caught lol i believe baiting is illegal even in your backyard shhhhhhhhhhh

Sunflower seeds and peanuts.

Should I anchor them somehow so they cant take them away? if so, with what?

[longislandhunter]

If you hang them with the wire just like I described in my earlier post you won't have any problems at all.  

Jeff