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Squirrel feeder?
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09/29/12 04:23 AM
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Ok, so my special self got to thinking and I had an idea. Get a five gallon bucket, funnel, and feeder guts and put them together to make a squirrel feeder. Put some sunflower and corn and your set! Except it wasn't actually a five gallon bucket, more like a 2 gallon barrel I have, but they're pretty much the same. And, the squirrels have to come at a certain time if they want to eat anything before the birds do. Pretty good idea right?
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Re: Squirrel feeder?
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09/30/12 12:18 PM
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Why do you want to feed those nasty destructive things  .................shoot em 
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09/30/12 03:43 PM
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I want to bait them in so I can shoot them. Great bait, and worth about 15 cents.
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Re: Squirrel feeder?
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10/02/12 05:40 PM
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I use a 12" piece of 4"Black PVC pipe with a screw-in cap on one end mounted on a 12" piece of 1x10 cider wood,feeder holds a little more them 5# of sunflower seeds or feed corn,screw it to a tree doesn't take long and you'll have lots of squirrels feeding there,Warning they can eat you out of the house in short order
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Re: Squirrel feeder?
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10/03/12 10:46 AM
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Pinecone smothered in peanut butter and rolled in sunflower seeds/bird seed. Works like a champ.
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10/03/12 02:21 PM
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Pinecone smothered in peanut butter and rolled in sunflower seeds/bird seed. Works like a champ. Hummmmmmm sounds a little messy to refill 
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10/03/12 05:20 PM
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Is this a high fence or low fence squirrel lease? Are you looking for a trophy-caliber squirrel or are you just a meat hunter?
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Re: Squirrel feeder?
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10/04/12 12:25 AM
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Hummmm I was talking about feeders,but I would like to find a good squirrel lease with a pecan grove on it  Large numbers for meat
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10/04/12 01:40 AM
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I'll kill any squirrel that walks. All low fence of course  . I'm going to have a hell of a time refilling the pine cone. What did y'all think about my feeder idea?
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10/04/12 12:46 PM
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Every feeder I own seems to be a combo squirrel/coon feeder.
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10/04/12 02:12 PM
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10/04/12 05:09 PM
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Re: Squirrel feeder?
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10/05/12 11:02 AM
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Rockstar.3345 did you get your Squirrel feeder done?? I'd like to see some pictures not many guys feed the tree rats,these days 
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10/06/12 12:04 AM
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No not yet, I still,didn't know if it was a good idea or not so I layed off
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Re: Squirrel feeder?
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10/06/12 12:45 AM
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You know there are squirrel traps that you can catch multiple squirrels in? Maybe your wanting a hunt.
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10/06/12 07:29 PM
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I'm wanting a hunt for sure, I can trap them but hunting them is something I hardly do.
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Re: Squirrel feeder?
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10/10/12 01:23 PM
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For a squirrel feeder just get some chicken wire. Shape it into a basket. Use fince staples to attatch it to the side of a tree with top open. Put dryed ears of corn in it and then staple the top closed. That will keep them ocupied for weeks. Put it where you see it to make shots. Then all you need to do is make the gravy.
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10/11/12 01:10 PM
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For a squirrel feeder just get some chicken wire. Shape it into a basket. Use fince staples to attatch it to the side of a tree with top open. Put dryed ears of corn in it and then staple the top closed. That will keep them ocupied for weeks. Put it where you see it to make shots. Then all you need to do is make the gravy.
& Biscuits, Good Ideal texas .410 I'll have to try that one for sure 
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Re: Squirrel feeder?
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10/11/12 07:28 PM
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Thanks. I like to squirrel hunt so I dont mind having them around. The more the better for me. I you realy want to boost you squirrel population and do some management make some of these tire nesting dens to go around your feeders. Here- http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p0884.htm
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Re: Squirrel feeder?
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10/11/12 08:09 PM
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yep,we used the boxes one year and the squirrels ate most of the front off of two of them 
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