Jim Vokes NY
New member
Like many grown and not so grown men, I don't know when to leave well enough alone.
At the campgrounds where my wife and I stay in the summer, we have a bird feeder. On occasion, both red & gray squirrels come to visit. When they do, they throw all the seed on the ground and clean out the feeder making me @#$%^&#@! Well, no little pesky squirrel is going to beat ME! Uh Huh!
So after placing grease on the pole, covering the pole with plastic, putting up differently designed baffles guaranteed to keep out squirrels, I said: "No more! I have had it!
So I went out and purchased a live trap to take care of this situation once and for all! Uh Huh!
Well, lets see, first the chipmunks would set it off before the squirrels came. Then the squirrels somehow sprung it without capture. Other times that trap would set for days and nothing would happen?
Finally after a few weeks of frustration, a really dumb squirrel was captured in the trap! YES!
Well let me tell you, I paraded around the campground with my trapped "terrorist" on display. Presenting it ever so proudly as a perfect demonstration of my superior prowess! Uh Huh!
Eventually my buddy Frank and I placed the live trap with that "bested" squirrel on the back seat of my car and proceeded to drive several miles to let it free in a nice oak forest. Yes!
Just after leaving the campgrounds we had to go down a steep hill when suddenly the live trap tipped over and the squirrel got loose and WAS THAT SQUIRREL MAD!
That now GIANT squirrel went round and round the inside of that car, landing on either Frank's or my shoulder as it circled to find a way out.
To say that Frank and I panicked would probably be an understatement. That squirrel went from being "dumb" to as "dangerous as a black bear". I mean "rabies" "whatever" who knows!
Just imagine trying to stop the car and roll down the windows while ducking that squirrel ... now that is not easy! I mean you had to be there to actually see two grown men in total FEAR!
Anyway the squirrel finally went out the window, onto the front hood, across the road and into the woods so quickly that Frank and I were still trying to figure out what happened!
Course after we calmed down, we sat and had a good laugh at ourselves and wished we had a video! or MAYBE NOT!
Upon our return, our neighbors and our wives asked how we got rid of the squirrel so fast? We wanted to "lie through our teeth" but we couldn't keep a straight face. I mean, we didn't hear the end of that story for the rest of that summer.
I learned a hard lesson and I quit fighting those "darling" squirrels and put out peanuts especially for them.
I know that same "dumb" squirrel comes back and smiles at me as he enjoys a treat in safety!
BUT.. We both know who is the "baddest" in "our" campground! Uh Huh!
At the campgrounds where my wife and I stay in the summer, we have a bird feeder. On occasion, both red & gray squirrels come to visit. When they do, they throw all the seed on the ground and clean out the feeder making me @#$%^&#@! Well, no little pesky squirrel is going to beat ME! Uh Huh!
So after placing grease on the pole, covering the pole with plastic, putting up differently designed baffles guaranteed to keep out squirrels, I said: "No more! I have had it!
So I went out and purchased a live trap to take care of this situation once and for all! Uh Huh!
Well, lets see, first the chipmunks would set it off before the squirrels came. Then the squirrels somehow sprung it without capture. Other times that trap would set for days and nothing would happen?
Finally after a few weeks of frustration, a really dumb squirrel was captured in the trap! YES!
Well let me tell you, I paraded around the campground with my trapped "terrorist" on display. Presenting it ever so proudly as a perfect demonstration of my superior prowess! Uh Huh!
Eventually my buddy Frank and I placed the live trap with that "bested" squirrel on the back seat of my car and proceeded to drive several miles to let it free in a nice oak forest. Yes!
Just after leaving the campgrounds we had to go down a steep hill when suddenly the live trap tipped over and the squirrel got loose and WAS THAT SQUIRREL MAD!
That now GIANT squirrel went round and round the inside of that car, landing on either Frank's or my shoulder as it circled to find a way out.
To say that Frank and I panicked would probably be an understatement. That squirrel went from being "dumb" to as "dangerous as a black bear". I mean "rabies" "whatever" who knows!
Just imagine trying to stop the car and roll down the windows while ducking that squirrel ... now that is not easy! I mean you had to be there to actually see two grown men in total FEAR!
Anyway the squirrel finally went out the window, onto the front hood, across the road and into the woods so quickly that Frank and I were still trying to figure out what happened!
Course after we calmed down, we sat and had a good laugh at ourselves and wished we had a video! or MAYBE NOT!
Upon our return, our neighbors and our wives asked how we got rid of the squirrel so fast? We wanted to "lie through our teeth" but we couldn't keep a straight face. I mean, we didn't hear the end of that story for the rest of that summer.
I learned a hard lesson and I quit fighting those "darling" squirrels and put out peanuts especially for them.
I know that same "dumb" squirrel comes back and smiles at me as he enjoys a treat in safety!
BUT.. We both know who is the "baddest" in "our" campground! Uh Huh!
Wonder if they take turns????