New way to dispatch squirrels

[caryc]

I used to dispatch the caged squirrels with a .22 cal shot shell. Well, now that I can't get .22 shot shells anymore, I had to come up with something else. I used to shoot fast draw so I thought, why not .38 caliber wax bullets? I have .38 cal cases drilled out to accept 209 shot shell primers.

So I loaded my .357 Vaquero with those cases loaded with wax bullets and 209 primers. I caught myself a squirrel and went out and he went to a corner of the trap. I stuck the barrel through the top bars pointed right at his skull. I fired the gun and it hit him right on top of his skull. The wax bullet made a hole and entered his skull but did not come out. So as someone said in a western movie, "I killed the hell out of him".

It's quiet too, it just sounds like a POP. I like this better than the shot shells.

 

[Jeepnik]

My problem is coyotes. .22 short works every time. The problem is the coyotes are getting smarter and harder to trap.

 

[gramps]

On the castboolit forum there are threads that have been pinned about making “glueits” to accomplish similar. Good job Cary!
gramps

 

[Igor]

Twirl-a-squirrel is way more entertaining. Look for it on YouTube.

 

[caryc]

Got me three squirrels in a couple hours today. What the heck is a glueit?

 

[caryc]

Make that four squirrels for today. I do believe that is all of them. I killed six more a couple weeks ago when I had .22 cal shot shells. It's something I don't really like doing. I've got five acres for them to live on but, when they start burrowing and living under my sheds they have to go.

 

[golferboy426]

drown in the trap in a trash can is easier

 

[Pat-inCO]

A pellet pistol is easy, and quiet.

As far as how many there are, if you see ONE, that means there are AT LEAST
five more that are not visible.

Remember, if you "relocate" the ones in your yard, there are ten times that many
in the yards around you (I "relocated" seventy five of them in two years).

 

[mike7mm08]

Funny story about relocating squirrels. Hunted a farm mainly for geese doves. But would take any small game that presented itself. Shot quite a few real dumb squirrels. Like sit on a tree five feet from you and not even try to hide on the backside dumb. Well a twenty gauge taught them it was not smart.

Was talking to the farmer one day about what I had been shooting. I mentioned squirrels. He started laughing. He was your typical farmer that would kill anything that caused a problem. His brother lived in the city. Turns out he had a squirrel problem. Thought the good thing to do would be to trap them and set them loose to live out their days care free in the country on the farm. So much for that idea.

 

[caryc]

drown in the trap in a trash can is easier

That trap came with a big plastic pan for the purpose of filling it with water and submerging the trap. I won't use it. To me it's too cruel. I don't want them dying slowly, I just want them gone.

 

[bobski]

the primer is too valuable for a squirrel these days.

 

[Cholo]

That trap came with a big plastic pan for the purpose of filling it with water and submerging the trap. I won't use it. To me it's too cruel. I don't want them dying slowly, I just want them gone.

As much as I hated the squirrels that invaded my house, I just shot them. Never could stomach drowning a critter.

When I was 7 or 8 years old I'd go to a friend's house and ask if he'd like to go fishing. He said: Not now. I have to stay home and drown kittens. Wanna help? There was a box with a couple of litters in it and a bucket of water.

Disgusting...

 

[contender]

Fun way to shoot them.

In many states,, it's ILLEGAL to drown cages animals. It is here in NC.

 

[gramps]

Here ya go Cary, “ casting with hot glue”. https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?17577-Casting-hot-glue-boolits
gramps

 

[caryc]

the primer is too valuable for a squirrel these days.

I stocked up on them years ago when I was shooting fast draw. I also have a .22 cal single six that was converted to shoot .38 cal wax. The cylinder was left at .22 cal to receive .22 cal blanks. But, the front of the cylinder was bored out to .38 cal to hold .38 cal wax bullets. The barrel is also .38 caliber. I must have about a dozen boxes of .22 cal blanks.