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Old 11-21-2013, 04:26 PM   #1
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Squirel issues

I am new to the site. We just bought a 2013 Dynamax Trilogy 35RE T3. We are planning on full time camping for a while. We set up at a park that has too many squirels. Two days there the eat the wires on propane mounted tank and some lights we had hanging outside. Any sugestions on how to keep them away. Can't use gun. Any help would be appreciated.
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Old 11-21-2013, 04:32 PM   #2
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Squirrels eating the wires!

Wow, I had the same problem with a John DEER mower tractor with squirrels
eating the wires. Wrap with tin foil, use lots of moth balls near any wiring. The odor of the moth balls usually will keep the tree rats away, otherwise get
a good shotgun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 11-21-2013, 04:36 PM   #3
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Thanks for info of using tin foil. I have moth balls out but after two days out they go right vy them
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We had issues like that with raccoons. Wrapping the propane lines in tin foil seemed to help. We ultimately got a new grill with doors to the propane area.

I'm with Daisy- you're in a mobile house, can you relocate?
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Old 11-21-2013, 04:44 PM   #6
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Looks like this will work.
Perhaps some in a cloth bag hung near the tank...

https://www.google.com/search?newwin...10.jn3SQfNyDI8
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Hang a dead squirrel by the tank....
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Old 11-21-2013, 04:59 PM   #8
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Go get a 50 lb bag of bird seed and fill some bowls place them away from your trailer. they will go there it cheap at tractor supply.
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Hang a dead squirrel by the tank....
Impaled on an inverted cross?
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Time for the BUG-A-SALT rifle.
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I absolutely hate squirrels (gray ones in particular). They wreck my lawn, chew wires, have chewed on my sliding door screens, destroyed many bird feeders...

Some good suggestions above. I know you said no guns, but CCI subsonic .22 longs out of 18"+ barrel rifle are super quiet (even quieter than today's air guns), are plenty accurate, and carry enough ooomph to handle your average critter. Ask me how I know

I disagree with putting bird food anywhere near your camper, though.
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Time for the BUG-A-SALT rifle.
Would that be like CCI's .22 "rat load"..
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Would that be like CCI's .22 "rat load"..
Don't think so:

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That rat / snake load from CCI is good but I find it spreads out awfully fast past 7-10 yards. And it doesn't have enough power to cycle a semi-auto
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In my ffl days---------------

In my FFL day they were know as "CB CAPS" It is a 22 load that is so quite that even the squirrel can hear it. They come in "shorts" and "LONGS". Works great!!!!!!!!

I know for I sold ammo and firearms for 15 years!
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Don't think so:

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That rat / snake load from CCI is good but I find it spreads out awfully fast past 7-10 yards. And it doesn't have enough power to cycle a semi-auto

True, but they work just fine in a single six.
And the noise is quite a wake up call.

On the plus side the low velocity keeps collateral damage to a minimum
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Hell, use a .45 Auto and blast the little tree rats into the next zip code.
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Good point. One of my fav plinking guns is my step-dad's 9 shot Hi-Standard. Those CCI's work great in that (well, I guess all .22 loads do lol).

Can't be too prepared for a pack of rabid chipmunks!
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Guys- the OP is in a campground so no guns whatsoever (except maybe the bug-a-salt).
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We know Doug...*s Just stirrin' the pot.....
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