We have had some red squirrels hanging around and I finally took out 2 of them a couple days ago. Yesterday I found what must have been a red squirrel nest in the stacks. It looked like a giant mouse nest but smelled better. Lots of grass clippings and walnut pieces everywhere. It’s a mess under the tarp.
I've been there. Actually had a nest in the stack on my front porch a few years ago. They are nasty little buggers.
I’m inundated with them here (gray squirrels). As far as I’m concerned they’re the most destructive force on the entire planet. There’s an urban myth and corresponding scientific dogma that says they plant nuts every fall which become trees, but after many years of observation I’ve concluded that all they do is eat the nuts and yank up any seedlings that are lucky to germinate in spring. I have yet to find any squirrel nests in my stacks, but have one in pretty much every mature tree in my backyard. I plink the tree rats if I happen to have the air rifle close by and they pause a moment too long. I’ve lost way too many young trees to them to care anymore
Eat em! As a kid I hunted squirrels every fall. Mom always fixed the critters I carried home. They are good fried and make excellent stew.
My daughter said her boyfriend made squirrel dumplings for her. It must be a Georgia thing, I had never heard of them.
Squirrel is good! Can get tough if you cook it too fast. It used to be one of the main meat in stews around here.
Red squirrels are a huge nuisance we used to have one get into the attic at our old house every year. Then I'd have to blast the sucker.
I've got chipmunks and douglas squirrels in my stacks. They leave lots of fir cone messes and turds. A few years ago, they made a nest in my shed with a bunch of pink insulation. The insulation in my house isn't pink. I'm guessing my neighbor has pink insulation.
Reds are different from the grays and fox. Fortunately we got rid of lots of them when we cut off a bunch of pines. Btw, many folks do not call them red squirrels but call them pineys.
We have Fox and Gray Squirrels here that I like to hunt. The Fox Swuirrels get pretty big and make cleaning and eating em worth the effort.
I've had gray squirrels take up residence in stacks. Never have run into one while unstacking luckily.
The squirrels here like to bury pine cones in my wife’s garden. The cones always end up jamming up my rototiller every spring. Thats about my only negative experience with them. I don’t really mind them. It’s the mice I hate. I’m constantly at war with the mice. They build nests in my stacks and are always trying to infiltrate my garage. I snipe the mice with my pellet gun. Not to brag, but I’m a pretty good shot!
Shot and ate many squirrels in Georgia in my youth both Gray and Fox. Good eating!. Here in Western Washington we have Grays and Red, or more properly, Douglas Fir Squirrels. The Grays are an introduced species and, somehow, now protected. I believe the DF squirrels are also protected. They are reputed to be so full of resinous taste and odor from the Fir cone seeds that they eat that most predators pass them by. The Reds 0ccasionaly make nests in my stacks or shed and in my neighbors house walls (old and drafty farm house with lots of cracks and holes). Never bother us. They both raid our bird feeders with impunity for the sunflower seeds then bury them all over the yard then dig them up. Small holes that irritate the Wiff but we let it pass. The Grays usually monopolize the feeder while the Reds wait and dig up the seeds that the Grays are burying. Amusing to watch!
I agree! Upon further research, Western Gray Squirrels are native to Washington State but only in 3 small areas and are considered endangered. Eastern Grays have been imported and released everywhere. They are so hard to tell apart so all are protected. I don't think you could tell the difference in squirrel stew either!
