Member of the Month

je_t.aime_canard
January, 2025

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Squirrels in your yard? get rid of them in style

profile picture
TheDers
Posts: 788 - Karma: 164

Saw this today on youtube and we are currently setting ours up. Video to come when the first squirrel is launched.
Apr 4 2012 9:38PM
0 0
profile picture
Benedetto.
Posts: 2526 - Karma: 64
I prefer using a benelli but that works
Apr 4 2012 9:41PM
0 0
profile picture
yojimbo
Posts: 3631 - Karma: 27
thats pretty badass. We have a chipmunk problem, we just smear peanut butter on the rim of a 5 gallon bucket and half fill it with water. they go for the sweetness, fall in, can't get out, swim till they are tired then drown. it's really cruel and inhumane. sometimes I shoot them with a pellet gun if i find em in there and they aren't dead yet.
Apr 4 2012 9:42PM
0 0
profile picture
TheDers
Posts: 788 - Karma: 164
benelli works but is a little hard in a suburban neighborhood
Apr 4 2012 9:42PM
0 0
profile picture
Caspaaa
Posts: 4830 - Karma: 1,466
my cousins set up a strainer as a catapult, holding it back with a string that ran under their door and then they'd cut the string when the squirrel was on it and it'd go flying


the video is on youtube, its pretty popular actually
Apr 4 2012 9:45PM
0 0
profile picture
iFlip
Posts: 4544 - Karma: 19,145
Benelli is so bourgeois. I prefer using a Holland & Holland.
Apr 4 2012 9:46PM
0 0
profile picture
Goku
Posts: 8119 - Karma: 4,223
link me bro
Apr 4 2012 9:47PM
0 0
profile picture
Flying~Squirrel
Posts: 6494 - Karma: 190
this shit aint funny.
Apr 4 2012 9:49PM
0 0
profile picture
Uah
Posts: 1104 - Karma: 176
Why the hell would you ever want to remove, never mind possibly harm and and seriously injure squirrels?

THEY ARE ACROBATIC GENIUSES
Apr 5 2012 7:28PM
0 0
profile picture
1337
Posts: 31064 - Karma: 29,404
i've had to drown several squirrels and chipmunks before

sucks, but we had a problem with them and they had to go
Apr 5 2012 7:31PM
0 0
profile picture
soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
^these are next levep squirrel acrobactics
Apr 5 2012 7:32PM
0 0
profile picture
james6345789
Posts: 4763 - Karma: 461
That looks really cruel
Apr 5 2012 7:39PM
0 0
profile picture
Hosoi
Posts: 252 - Karma: 20
If im not mistaken, it sounds like john goodman is the guy talking in that.
Apr 5 2012 7:44PM
0 0
profile picture
Jib-Ninja
Posts: 2819 - Karma: 20
listen to all these little nancy boys

"ohh thats cruel and inhumane!!" wrong...this is funny and genius.
Apr 5 2012 7:48PM
0 0
profile picture
Anathema
Posts: 21048 - Karma: 5,062
that probably hurt. i just picture that wall at the side slamming its head before it flings him.

would have been better if it was more like a catapult and shot him up rather than sideways
Apr 5 2012 7:50PM
0 0
profile picture
1337
Posts: 31064 - Karma: 29,404
like so
Apr 5 2012 7:53PM
0 0
profile picture
-GL-
Posts: 1696 - Karma: 37
to be honest this stuff kinda pisses me off, how can you find killing small animals fun? To each its own but still..
Apr 5 2012 7:53PM
0 0
profile picture
AWALLRUS.
Posts: 5762 - Karma: 223
Click for larger image
Apr 5 2012 7:54PM
0 0
profile picture
terrible_skier
Posts: 2066 - Karma: 226
do this one instead
Apr 5 2012 7:56PM
0 0
profile picture
James7
Posts: 233 - Karma: 30
to be honest this is really funny, too bad it probably kills the squirrels
Apr 5 2012 7:57PM
0 0
profile picture
CheddarJack
Posts: 5203 - Karma: 7,380
When I was younger we had a squirrel problem for a while do my dad would catch them in squirrel cages then bring them to the other side of the turnpike, which is about a mile from my house. Worked pretty well
Apr 5 2012 8:00PM
0 0
profile picture
.squirrely.
Posts: 7563 - Karma: 7,546
agreed
Apr 5 2012 8:27PM
0 0
profile picture
TheDers
Posts: 788 - Karma: 164
i can guarantee this doesnt kill the squirrel ive had to shoot a squirrel like three times in order to kill it they are strong little creatures
Apr 5 2012 10:22PM
0 0
profile picture
KravtZ
Posts: 6637 - Karma: 2,627
I saw two squirrels fighting in a tree around the trunk about 75 -90 ft up walking to the bus in high school and one fell off the fall was amazing so perfect like no flailing right on its back and died instatly
Apr 5 2012 10:29PM
0 0
profile picture
pennstater
Posts: 1485 - Karma: 1,009
animal cruelty is bad m'kay. but really this to good
Apr 5 2012 10:32PM
0 0
profile picture
roddy116
Posts: 10648 - Karma: 7,665
thats pretty entertaining, i mean its cruel but its totally effing hilarious.
Apr 5 2012 10:33PM
0 0
profile picture
PopsicleStand
Posts: 6890 - Karma: 147
up in chicopee mass my buddy had a squirrel problem, and he trapped a few. he did something to them to kill em quick (pellet gun? poison? I cant remember). He asked his neighbor for his opinion on the problem and the neighbor told him it was city ordinance to drown them. like, keep them in the cage and drop the cage in a bunch of water. apparently somehow it was considered the most humane and best way. I dont know how I feel about that (maybe it was the best way, I dont know), but I helped with one of the squirrels and I felt pretty bad, he struggled like a motherfucker.

1st world people are weird about stuff like that sometimes, its just a rat really, we shouldnt care so much.
Apr 5 2012 10:53PM
0 0
profile picture
Flying~Squirrel
Posts: 6494 - Karma: 190
this is how we kill mice / rats in restaurants.
Apr 5 2012 10:56PM
0 0
profile picture
Radio
Posts: 946 - Karma: 12
anyone else notic the irony?
Apr 5 2012 10:58PM
0 0
profile picture
anashyo
Posts: 1041 - Karma: 353
omg im getting my dad one for fathers day
Apr 5 2012 10:58PM
0 0
profile picture
Flying~Squirrel
Posts: 6494 - Karma: 190
lets make a human catapult. and lets build it right in front of a brick wall. that sounds like a blast.
Apr 5 2012 11:06PM
0 0
profile picture
saskskierftw
Posts: 898 - Karma: 62

that steezy future spins squirrel...

Apr 5 2012 11:11PM
0 0
profile picture
theBearJew
Posts: 10951 - Karma: 15,633
1. OP should catch a squirrel....
2. Attach a GoPro to it...
3. Place it in the launcher...
4. ???
5. Profit?
Apr 5 2012 11:15PM
0 0
profile picture
smooticus
Posts: 1798 - Karma: 27
Uh, what constitutes a squirrel "problem". As long as you're not leaving food out its not like squirrels are destructive creatures.
Apr 5 2012 11:19PM
0 0
profile picture
PopsicleStand
Posts: 6890 - Karma: 147
have you ever owned a house?
Apr 5 2012 11:20PM
0 0
profile picture
miroz
Posts: 10333 - Karma: 3,948
this.

also note Flying-Squirrel irony hahahaha well played
Apr 5 2012 11:20PM
0 0
profile picture
smooticus
Posts: 1798 - Karma: 27
Only rented. Seems like its a hell of a lot more logical to rodent proof your house than to wage war with them lol. I have had problems with birds getting through the vents in my attic, just throw some decent wire mesh on there and problems solved. Same goes with crawl spaces and what not.
Apr 5 2012 11:23PM
0 0
profile picture
lorax
Posts: 1296 - Karma: 83
jesus. I don't think I could ever do that to a chipmunk.
Apr 5 2012 11:25PM
0 0
profile picture
Yeezy
Posts: 1652 - Karma: 206
you can fly anyways, whats it matter to you?
Apr 5 2012 11:28PM
0 0
profile picture
PopsicleStand
Posts: 6890 - Karma: 147
I dunno man, they are just rats with fluffy tails. My buddy had no squirrel problem for 3 years, then it started up in his attic. What I am getting at is I don't see how its his fault the little bastards finally made it in to his house. Its not like he was negligent for not doing more to squirrel proof his fucking shingles (a loose one on a roof corner ended up being the culprit).
Apr 5 2012 11:29PM
0 0
profile picture
Flying~Squirrel
Posts: 6494 - Karma: 190
i can glide. and even thats not going to be easy when im tumbling through the forest at mach 3 completely by surprise.
Apr 5 2012 11:30PM
0 0
profile picture
SnowshoeThompson
Posts: 1095 - Karma: 1,433
no dude thats not humane...
Apr 5 2012 11:40PM
0 0
profile picture
Tent
Posts: 1082 - Karma: 687
I am defiantly
Apr 5 2012 11:55PM
0 0
profile picture
Tent
Posts: 1082 - Karma: 687
Making one of these "launchers"
Apr 5 2012 11:55PM
0 0
profile picture
Phil-X-
Posts: 7205 - Karma: 14,402
People need to realize that squirrels are just outdoor rodents just, like mice or rats. I personally havent killed one and we dont have a problem with them at all. Squirrels are cute as hell but if they were ruining the garden or raiding local bird nests I'd have no problem taking my bow out and killing a few every week. I wish my town had more rabbits, so fuckin cute, so fucking delicious.
Apr 6 2012 12:01AM
0 0
profile picture
Phil-X-
Posts: 7205 - Karma: 14,402
People need to realize that squirrels are just outdoor rodents just, like mice or rats. I personally havent killed one and we dont have a problem with them at all. Squirrels are cute as hell but if they were ruining the garden or raiding local bird nests I'd have no problem taking my bow out and killing a few every week. I wish my town had more rabbits, so fuckin cute, so fucking delicious.
Apr 6 2012 12:01AM
0 0
profile picture
chicken
Posts: 6843 - Karma: 2,121
That's pretty cruel. There is a good chance it's not gonna die quickly at all. Why can't you just shoot them or trap them and break their neck/gas them with your truck?

shooting them is probably more fun anyways, especially if you are using a rifle instead of birdshot
Apr 6 2012 12:05AM
0 0
profile picture
Phil-X-
Posts: 7205 - Karma: 14,402
Theres a good chance it wont die at all, tough lil bastards can most likely handle being thrown into some grass, and if they do die it would prolly be a spinal injury from the force of being shot aka instant.
Apr 6 2012 12:07AM
0 0
profile picture
remster
Posts: 898 - Karma: 261
The squirrel in OP just did a future spin
Apr 6 2012 12:22AM
0 0
profile picture
SnowshoeThompson
Posts: 1095 - Karma: 1,433
I just think its funny that if I was to go out and kill a dog or a cat people will lose their shit. Shit storm ensue.
Apr 6 2012 12:25AM
0 0
profile picture
AT-AT
Posts: 3281 - Karma: 3,258
Most all NS threads turn into some type of argument?

Apr 6 2012 12:27AM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)