Now that's $3 well spent.

Rick O · 10-20-2004, 05:21 PM

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/met...squirrels.html

cyberchef · 10-20-2004, 10:20 PM

link doesn't work...

Rick O · 10-21-2004, 05:10 AM

I forgot you had to be registered to read.

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Open season on squirrels in Washington, Ga.

Associated Press
Published on: 10/20/04

WASHINGTON, Ga. — The police chief in the east Georgia city of Washington is hesitant to sanction gunfire on downtown streets.

Usually no shooting is allowed in the city limits.

But Chief Mike Davis admits squirrels are driving residents nuts. He says his department keeps getting more and more complaints.

Last week, the Washington City Council approved a special in-town season for squirrels. Residents are allowed to shoot the squirrels from 8:15 a.m. to noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Davis says the squirrels start out in the attic, get into the walls of houses and sometimes chew their way into living rooms. The rodents even chewed through the wires in the chief's home — causing a computer to short out and his refrigerator to defrost.

Rules for shooting say residents must use single-shot shotguns and obtain a $3 permit from the chief. That also entitles them to a personal lecture about firearms safety. NO rifles are allowed.

Davis says the permits will be issued only to local property owners, who also must have a valid Georgia hunting license. Shooters also must adhere to the state-imposed bag limit of 12 squirrels per day.

So far, the chief has issued only one permit, but he says others are pending.
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tims · 10-23-2004, 01:58 PM

.......just throw some peanuts in to your neighbors yard that will make them move form your house..

FishDaddy · 10-23-2004, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick O

I forgot you had to be registered to read.

There's a reading registration law now???

Cath; how is that affecting the library?????

Rick,

The squirrels have to really be a problem for such drastic action!!! We'll have to tell Spanks not to take the 'kids' through that town!!!

Dick

Rick O · 10-23-2004, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FishDaddy

We'll have to tell Spanks not to take the 'kids' through that town!!!

Dick

cath · 10-23-2004, 09:15 PM

Shhhhh!! the squirrels are reading! They do have a permit

tdwyatt · 10-30-2004, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Atlanta Journal

Davis says the permits will be issued only to local property owners, who also must have a valid Georgia hunting license. Shooters also must adhere to the state-imposed bag limit of 12 squirrels per day.

[/i]Well HECK, here I was loading up my trusty 22 with scope and my dog for a weekend trip to Georgia... the dog is really not a hunter, but he will chase around the base of the tree, and you KNOW that the squirrel will run to the other side from the dog...

...no clips allowed
...must have valid Ga hunting license
...12-limit bag
...LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS???

Jeeze, if the Chief REALLY wanted to get rid of the squirrels, he'd open the borders to squirrel mercenaries

btw,Cath, whatcha' doin' this weekend? Ever been to Washington, Georgia???

Rick O · 10-30-2004, 06:55 PM

I'm waiting for Marietta to have something like this.

Hey wait a minute. I'm not in the city limits.

Junkzoo · 10-30-2004, 07:29 PM

Shotguns, No rifles,,,that'll look good on the house,,,or thereabouts

Junkzoo · 10-30-2004, 07:31 PM

Shhhhh, don' tell Jerel , I think he's teachin his how to shoot,,,,,

or dive,,,,,,,,

Phishnoob · 10-30-2004, 09:00 PM

Doh I have a really nice Norinko ATD .22 with a 1" scope all set to go and they want stupid shotguns.

Are subsonic rounds allowed?

This will no doubt get me banned but when I was in the Navy in Idaho back in 1983 or so there were so many rabbits at a place called Mud Lake that every able bodied man went up there and clubbed them to death. It is just sad when nature goes crazy and one species just goes nuts and takes over.

motorslave · 10-31-2004, 09:14 AM

In the summer of 95 a friend and I were contrcted to clear a 30 acre patch of land of these vicious critters. It was a gory and brutal job with no one escaping unscathed. I recieved a grusom bite to the thumb by one of our victoms wich was playing possum. My partner twisted a knee but the squirells never returned. The masacre of 95 was regarded as one of the biggest killing sprees in local history. The corpses littered the land and onlookers were stunned at the carnage and speed at wich the enemy was dispatched. It was a dark day indeed for the montana tree squirells. To this day a walk in that section of the woods will leave anyone with an ominous feeling of pain and dispair. Sometimes, when Im out in the wilds, a buisy squirell will stop what hes doing and stare at me. As a chill runs down my spine I know that retribution is not far off.
I think I should stay in the city.

Robert

Doug1 · 10-31-2004, 10:31 AM

Years ago I had an infestation of ground squirells, these are not the cute bushy tails or pretty striped like the traditional chipmunk, they are fast breeding dig and burrowing spawn of satan that wreak havoc on gardens and such. I once had 3 30' rows of sugar pod peas in my garden that were about ready to harvest one morning. Made a run into town and a couple hrs later the rats had gone through and devestated the crop, ripped the vines and split the pods

I had asked them nicely to go else where but they wouldn't listen to reason, thats when I had to escalate. I started off sniping them with .22 but they kept coming. They were problematic till we gotta couple barn cats from the neighbors. Now Possums, thats a whole nother story

Rick O · 10-31-2004, 03:06 PM

Robert and Doug your writings are something worthy of reefworried. I'm glad to know that there are others like me and I don't have to be a closet squirrel hater any more.

Just this week I netted a chipmunk out of the pool, dried him off, and protected him til he regained his strength and could run off. Even though they are cousins to the squirrel I can't bring myself to hurt them.