Re: [CH] Re: wildlife
Charles Demas (demas@sunspot.tiac.net)
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:33:54 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Babs Woods wrote:
> > C. Get and learn how to to use PROPERLY a small cal. rifle
>
> Some towns restrict that quite rigorously, I'm thinking of getting a BB
> gun against the squirrels and learning to shoot (and I hate guns, so you
> can begin to imagine my annoyance with the squirrels at this point), but
> I don't know if the guy next door who is one of the Town Animal Controllers
> would allow me to do so. The guy on the other side of me may actually
> live too close by for this to be wise or safe, and the other guy next door
> and through a few acres of forest may have Town Bylaws that won't allow
> me to hunt squirrels that close to another residence/place of business and
> won't approve a licence for me to do it.
I suggest you trap them with a Hav-A-Heart trap, and then you can relocate
them several miles away, or drown the rodents (still in the trap), in
a large trash can filled with water.
Chuck Demas
Needham, Mass.
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