SQUIRRELS

[abcollector]

sfvshooter, there's a big difference between the tree kind of squirrel and the ground kind. You have any sort of landscape, livestock, crops, soft irrigation lines etc and ground squirrels decide to take up residents, kiss your expendable income and more goodbye. Feed a ground squirrel if you want but your neighbor has every right to eliminate them too. Getting rid of ground squirrels shouldn't require a license

[samrob77]

Location please? PCP here, free Sunday afternoon.

[NATEWA]

http://sanjosepestwildlife.com/squirrel-kill.html

[NATEWA]

I have squirrels in my backyard, but I feed them. Started off with raw peanuts, but found out they're not good for them since they're actually legumes and not nuts. Switched to raw in shell walnuts, hazelnuts, and pecans. Also have a squirrel house back there as well.

Don't have any desire to kill anything other than something/someone that is threatening me or my loved ones. Squirrels definitely don't fall into that category.

https://www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/citrus/California-Ground-Squirrels/

https://baynature.org/2019/05/28/are-fox-squirrels-replacing-gray-squirrels-in-california/

Different types of squirrels. The CA ground squirrel is the type I want to get rid of.

[Canucky]

I have squirrels in my backyard, but I feed them. Started off with raw peanuts, but found out they're not good for them since they're actually legumes and not nuts. Switched to raw in shell walnuts, hazelnuts, and pecans. Also have a squirrel house back there as well.

Don't have any desire to kill anything other than something/someone that is threatening me or my loved ones. Squirrels definitely don't fall into that category.

[August]

It's actually illegal in Ca to drown ground squirrels anymore. Check it out.

[[Variable]]

UTG BugBuster.

Had an AirForce Talon SS, BugBuster coupled with PVS-14, and IR illuminator. The MIL kept dog food in the shed and it produced unlimited rat traffic at night. So much fun. The neighbors never heard a single shot

[norcal77]

Not if you hate them.

[edgerly779]

Must have hunting license or depredation permit.

[norcal77]

Last summer we got more than 100 using these. Nothing else works better.
https://squirrelinator.com/

Thx for sharing, ordered.

[NoHeavyHitter]

I use a pellet gun for squirrels that are in trees. Shot-shells are fine for this but I do not want the liability that comes from firing bullets skyward - not knowing who they may hit on the way down.

The liability in shooting is all yours, so you should choose carefully.

[splithoof]

Must have hunting license or depredation permit.

I knew eventually a hall monitor would surface.

OP, you can clean them out as pests without issue. If the neighbors don't know or don't care, it's all your business.
I got tired of using .22 ammo, and now trap most of them. Pellet rifle to dispatch them right in the trap.

[splithoof]

Last summer we got more than 100 using these. Nothing else works better.
https://squirrelinator.com/

Agreed. That's the trap we use. Have had twenty + in at one time.

[edgerly779]

So telling someone the legality makes me a hall monitor. Some people do not care about fish & game codes.

[splithoof]

So telling someone the legality makes me a hall monitor. Some people do not care about fish & game codes.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjTw6eUg93pAhVoJzQIHXWBANEQFjABegQIChAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fipm.ucanr.edu%2FPMG%2FPESTNOTES%2Fpn7438.html%23LEGAL&usg=AOvVaw0kSd44wTp9cH1zUtuqcl55

Scroll down to the "legal status section". This is exactly what was explained to me by a lieutenant for F&G.

When on my own private property, as is the OP, I eradicate them In any manner I wish. He does not need a permit for ground squirrels. Other types of non-game animals do require a permit, but I wouldn't bother on my own property. YMMV.

I'm not the first to refer to you as a hall monitor.