Stopping squirrels, any ideas on special bags?

[danzeb]

Tree cages

This thread is for fruit tree enclosures built with welded-wire fencing and lath or metal struts. For nets, see Netting Fruit Trees. Last year the mourning doves became interested in the peaches and pluots, but oddly not the apricots or apriums. Later on, the crows decided the persimmons were fair game. I tried to hire the mockingbirds to drive them away, using worm treat suet for payment. This worked ok for awhile but after mating season was over the mockingbirds left town. So this year I’m …

Squirrel baffles 2022

[image] alan Jul '19 [image000000%20(1)] ![image000000%20(1)|690x920] [image000000003] (upload://5d88DRaHtfre0xMBzD6xudkZs6a.jpeg) [image000000003] I used to use baffles like the lowest picture exclusively, with good results at most sites, but sometimes the uncovered part of the trunk seems to help them launch above the baffles- not a problem with coons and possums, of course. This year I had a couple of sites where both were used and only a couple trees done the old way lost fruit. …

Squirrel killer

It is possible to protect fruit trees from squirrels without killing them but it requires about 6’ of fairly straight trunk before first branches and almost 3 ft of aluminum flashing stapled as seamlessly as possible starting immediately below first branches painted with grease and oil. At some sites the baffles have to reach the ground. It took me years to figure this out and my own orchard has trees with branches too low to accomplish this. Right now, in a normal year, I’d be defending bush…

Or do a search on Squirrel and there is plenty of information.
Doubtful that bags will work. Aggressive birds can even damage bags.