Yes living in a residential area has its limits. I would like to hunt them this winter but not a safe or allowable place to shoot them. And it’s too dangerous to try to kill them without a gun. I’m just lucky to have a corn field just across the River so they are not likely to want to come back once they realize the shangri-la of the new home
Dennis
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Such discretion in your words- the opposite of disgusting really. Thems is the facts of life Im afraid. I find willful ignorance off putting myself, but then everyone has their cross to bear.
Great tips. Ill have to try it sometime. Ditto groundhog. Love to hear your tips on trapping, dressing, and cooking them. Dont worry, @chingchungly, I’m just asking for a friend 
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I must be lucky, my resident squirrel got killed in a road rage, there’s a squirrel in this neighborhood, he passes by my yard regularly, but he’s not eating my jujubes and apples for some reason. Btw, our neighbor just acquired a black lab, not sure if he did anything to the squirrel.
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what kind of effectivr range do you get off those? I thought they were strictly for very close range. Ill have to give them a try. .
That was hilarious
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think of that proportionally, what we could jump 25 or 30 ft. whats more amazing to me though is how they can jump almost straight sideways that distance or more. watching them figure out how to game a new bird feeder is like watching a master thief crack a safe.
The reds are more persnickety and a good deal less pernicious. We had mostly reds for years, then grays proliferated for a time, driving the reds out. This year, both are scarce, so I finally have some hazels to harvest
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You’re correct, very short range. Magnums give you a bit more range, just need a different cylinder for them. I’m generally plucking them off the deck railing when they rob the bird feeders, just can’t shoot too close to the feeder. No close neighbors so I can do so safely.
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dont really even need to worry about neighbors. ive shot at a plastic bottle 15ft away with rat shot in a rifle and it didn’t even knock the bottle over or penetrate it. it just moved slightly.
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Just noticed this vid on youtube…
Looks like a easy way to put the hurt on all your squirrel type pest… squirrel, rats chipmonks, etc…
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Wow. The squirrels seem undeterred by the pile of corpses under the device.
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I hope someone here gives this killer a try. It isn’t cruel at all, death is instantaneous. Mother nature has a much crueler fate in store for most of his-her creatures, including us. Death this route inflects less pain and fear in the animal than my current trap and kill methods and much less than natures boom and bust system of mass starvation that occurred over last winter and rather frequently over the course of time.
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Another YT Vid of that thing in action.
If you have squirrel problems… this sure looks like a good solution.
Not cruel at all… instant death… over and over… as many as will come.
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it looks promising, might be the next thing I get for the garden. I’m so tired of the long drive in the morning to drop these off at my friend’s property. my partner will not kill them or let me. so they’ve got to be caught then moved
i think this trap would work and my partner wouldn’t worry on it. they don’t care about the electric mouse traps
That video has been removed from YouTube. Ahem (my polite response to such needless censure)
The A18 squirrel trap is definitely on my 2024 wishlist .
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My jaw dropped when I read “eat em”
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@handsomefarmer … you should try them sometime.
Squirrel, rabbit, groundhog… all 3 of those harvested when young 1/2 to 3/4 grown… you can fry them just like you would chicken.
Tender and delicious… taste very similar to chicken… but I would say a bit more flavorful.
Your jaw would be dropping to get the next bite in 
PS… below is what happened to the last rabbit that caused problems in my veggie garden.
Delicious… once you kill them, clean them, cook them…
Really no different than chicken or anything else you might be more comfortable with eating that comes plastic wrapped at the grocery store.
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@TNHunter I have to agree with you completely on this one. I believe people are just very good at compartmentalizing what they feel is appropriate (and tasty) to shove down their throats…and what isn’t. My Thai daughter-in-law loves all sorts of insects. My Chinese friend likes un-hatched chicken eggs and he says rat is pretty good also. In the end…it all tastes like chicken!
I used to wage a total war against squirrels, but now I have so many fruit trees and they produce so much fruit that I can’t eat or pick it all and I welcome their help because I don’t like seeing food wasted. I give away a lot, but picking takes up a lot of time. I still have a couple of jujube trees that I protect with sheet metal. Good jujube fruit is crack to me and the squirrels know it. They panic when I catch them in my jujube trees.
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I really like squirrel, rabbit. but my partner is a big ole softy (TRAITOR IN THE SQUIRREL WAR) so I don’t get to enjoy.
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The A18 squirrel killer trap looks pretty innovative but I would think one would want to hang it pretty high to keep it out of reach of some dufus coming in your backyard and deciding to stick his hand up in the trap.
I could see it. A neighbor comes over to the yard talks with you and on his way out decides to look at the contraption, then sticks his hand in it. Certainly it’s his fault for trying to earn the Darwin award, but still a big problem for the homeowner. One would certainly want to keep it out of reach of children.
The problem with putting it up out of reach of an adult, would be one has to get a ladder, or step stool, every time it needs baited, or a new CO2 cartridge, which could be a bit of a pain.