But that doesn’t kill the squirrel. Having to figure out how to get rid of it is the hard part for me.
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I for the most part don’t kill animals or critters… even after 20 years in the USMC. I must have grown soft. I let my wife do it. Hmmmmmm I hear squirrels are good to eat!
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My hubby won’t even look at a dead animal. Let alone killing one. I have to dispose them. I don’t mind throwing already dead animal in the garbage but I don’t have the heart to kill it.
Wonder if you can take squirrels to the local park?
I hear they come back to you unless you take them miles and miles away.
I believe that comes with a large plastic drowning tray. I cover the trap with a table cloth the lower it into the water and walk away. It IS hard but it gets easier when you see your harvest disappear.
Last year I had over $1000 in repairs from damage done to my house by squirrels. Enough of these kinds of events forces you to do the hard things you’d rather not do.
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I found out “just one bite” is the best solution to the squirrel problem in my orchard.
So I had one of these victor electronic traps at home and figured I’ll try it and see what happens. I left it outside w strawberries as bait and no body was tempted to go inside. Then I tried pieces of bagel. That got squirrels’ interest. They went in, got the bagels and went out. No harm. So I figured I’ll give it fresh batteries and try. Same thing. They went in, grabbed the bagels and left. No body seemed to get electricuted. Just wanted to post that I had no luck with it. On the other hand I found out squirrels can’t refuse bagels.
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Squirrel is good eating. I learned how to hunt by following Dad around while squirrel and bunny hunting, then began hunting them on my own when I was 12 or 13. Squirrel quartered up, dusted with flour, dipped into egg wash, covered with crushed cornflakes and fried in a cast iron pan would be considered a delicacy in many areas (of rural America anyway)
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I had their mouse trap, it did work on mice
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What kind of bagel did you use?
People complained this trap and another one by Petzilla at 7000v for not killing the critters and let them back out after stunting them. I am looking at this one at the moment, similar design, a bit better rating but seems to be an indoor model.
I painted the BirdX sticky glue on the trunk and sprinkle chili pepper powder. I am a bit worried with using motor oil near food.
Regular plain bagel. They loved it!
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Or the crust of a NYC pizza slice.
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No kidding! I thought you use some sort of super seeds assortment bagel. I am going to give it a try.
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So about this tube trap…is this big enough to kill a ground hog?
Just realized that I have a ground hog problem on top of my squirrel problem!
I have a feeling no fruit next yr either 
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Susu,
I would say NO. my groundhogs are quite large. It won’t fit into a tube trap I have seen pictures people posted here.
To me, groundhogs are not as damaging as squirrels because they enjoy eating plants. I grow nasturtiums just for them. In my yard, they like nasturtiums, cone flowers, petunias and clovers. As long as I have plenty of these plants, they leave my fruit trees alone.
It is squirrels, raccoons and opossums that are more damaging than groundhogs.
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I guess I’ll have to learn to live with them. I noticed they ate most all branches off my blue berry bushes. They must have sharp teeth because the blue berry bushes look like they were pruned with a tool.