Friggin Squirrels!!!

[CAPCOM]

any one else have issues with squirrels digging into their potted pepper plants? its not hunting season yet and I live inside city limits so accute lead poisoning is out of the question.
 
so far they havent destroyed any plants but I know they are stressing them by digging into the root ball. I have an old ferret cage that I have been growing my most mature super hots in. it has 2 sections and I moves my remaining S H's it to the upper half. but that only accounts for half my plants.
 
they are going to continue to devistate the unprotected plants less somthing is done.

 

[Threehundredc]

they hide there nuts in my bed too i think they use the plants as markers and dig right under it  i hate it  there are some granules things you can sprinkle around the ground to keep em away"so they say" ive sen at walmart n garden areas

 

[JasoninTN]

http://www.crosman.com/airguns/rifles/break-barrel/BT1122WNP

Here is what I use nice quite and plenty of power to lead poison the biggest squirrel.

 

[meinchoh]

Liquid Fence works well for me. 

 

[Vegas_Chili]

I'm pretty sure a member here "Spicegeist" puts perlite on top of the soil and that keeps the squirrels from digging in the pots. Hope that can work for you too.

, Walter

 

[Burning Colon]

the little bastards, they haven't touched my peppers but they keep digging up a sweet pea plant. i go out to the garden and it is pulled out, i put it back into the ground and the next day i come out side and it is pulled out again. so, one morning i waited for the little shit with the hose, as he hit my herb garden, i blasted his little nuts with full power on jet setting and followed him till he left the yard. he must have been soaked. haven't had a problem since. but i am sure he will be back...............and i will be waiting!

 

[geeme]

I've used Critter Ridder each of the last two years and that has stopped the digging. Keep in mind they're just looking for places to store stuff for the winter.

 

[georgej]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTXK9xTPlo4[/youtube]

 

[Peptacular]

I put gravel on top of the soil and it seemed to keep em out.

 

[CAPCOM]

Im leaning toward squirrel and dumplings.

 

[Peptacular]

^this. I'm a bitch as far as a country boy, I prolly only eat 1/4th of the squirrels I shoot. They're just such a constant pest, when shooting one a day I can't keep up. I should eat more, but I drive the carcasses down to near my resevoir/lake to keep the foxes that eat my fowl at bay and prowling a different area. Dressing em is just such a pita.

 

[ZenPepper]

Yup, been digging up my peppers, I tried smearing some peppers around my pots, that seems to work until it rains.

 

[CAPCOM]

can squirrels taste capsaicin? maybe some reaper puree injected into some peanut butter balls would do the trick. If I go that route, I will have to set up my trail cam to record the event.
 
Ever seen a squirrel turn RED?

 

[ZenPepper]

can squirrels taste capsaicin? maybe some reaper puree injected into some peanut butter balls would do the trick. If I go that route, I will have to set up my trail cam to record the event.
 
Ever seen a squirrel turn RED?

 
Yo man!! I would LOVE to see that, they can sure taste it, LOL it would be super funny!

 

[DevilsEyes]

Feed them some ripe superhot pods, I'd bet u wont see them back at your plants again (if they really can taste capsaicin).

 

[Pepperhead]

I had a few corn stalks and them little bastards waited until the corn started coming up then destroyed everylast one.  If I could hunt in my neighborhood, I swear it would be squirrel armageddon in this joint.

 

[craigerator]

can squirrels taste capsaicin? maybe some reaper puree injected into some peanut butter balls would do the trick. If I go that route, I will have to set up my trail cam to record the event.
 
Ever seen a squirrel turn RED?

 
I once fed a squirrel a miniature peanut butter and 1,000,000+ SHU hot sauce sandwich.  The amount it ate would have laid me out for an hour, but that 1 lb squirrel didn't seem to mind.  It was a total failure as a repellent.

 

[poypoyking]

They have been digging in all my potted plants too.  It doesn't help that I have a chestnut tree in the yard which draws the whole neighborhood's squirrels.

 

[sreinhard88]

I had a small problem with squirrels earlier in the summer, then they stopped for awhile, but the other day I found a small hole with a peanut shell at the bottom so it looks like they're at it again!  Time to break out the air rifle once more, next stop: squirrel jerky!

 

[CAPCOM]

I have a walnut tree that produces rather profusley. came home today and one had climbed down into the cage and messed with my large reaper. Needless to say, but I will anyway. that pushed the rules of engagement to defcon 6.
 
looking for a silencer for the shotgun!!