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Old 06-29-2017, 05:29 PM
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Default Squirrels eating plastic fuel tank

My woman likes her red 8/32. (can we get an OLE!!!) It is always parked in an open shed and this year the squirrels have taken a liking to the plastic fuel tank. First they chewed up the cap but today when she was mowing I saw fuel squirting out when she passed by. HOLD IT RIGHT THERE LITTLE LADY. Lo and behold the little vandals chewed a hole in the tank. They must be mad that we stopped filling the bird feeders.

I guess I could build a tin shield around it. What would you do?
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Old 06-29-2017, 07:20 PM
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I'd get another tank on evil pray and shoot/kill/ poison/eradicate the squirrels.
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Old 06-29-2017, 08:50 PM
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the little vandals chewed a hole in the tank. They must be mad that we stopped filling the bird feeders.

I guess I could build a tin shield around it. What would you do?
Doooooooo!

Don't think they are cute! Those are rat with big tail! Get a dog or feed few feral cat! They can take care of those petroleum container predator! Wait! Maybe you can set a trap with that plastic tank as a bait!
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Old 06-30-2017, 12:10 AM
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Oh I hate those tree rats. That's all they are. I had the red variety eat my hand grips off my ATV last winter.
Shot three of them off the bird feeder. Set a couple rat traps with peanut butter and a kernel of corn in the peanut butter, you'll get em. I'm assuming they are red squirrels, right?
There's other ways to get em.
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There's other ways to get em.
Care to elaborate about that evil plan of yours Todd?

I have one too! Let them chew that tank full of gas and light them up! Now let see how far they go before they get out of gas!

By the way...If I see that kind of red I poop in my boots.
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Old 06-30-2017, 10:55 AM
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Dang, those Canadian rascals are a mean looking type!
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Care to elaborate about that evil plan of yours Todd?

I have one too! Let them chew that tank full of gas and light them up! Now let see how far they go before they get out of gas!

By the way...If I see that kind of red I poop in my boots.
They look like baby Detroit Tigers!
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This is getting quite interesting.
Kind of like when white man headed west across America, I don't think I am able to eradicate the species. They'll just keep coming.
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This is getting quite interesting.
Kind of like when white man headed west across America, I don't think I am able to eradicate the species. They'll just keep coming.
Prolly not, but if you get one of the breeders, you can slow them down before they take up permanent residence...
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