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April 6th, 2022, 08:53 AM
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Ask a CO: Why is there no hunting season for red squirrels?
https://oodmag.com/ask-a-co-why-is-t...red-squirrels/
Q: There are hunting seasons in Ontario for grey and fox squirrels, which are classified as game mammals. Why is there no hunting season for red squirrels, which are classified as furbearing mammals and can be harvested with a trapper’s licence? They are the most destructive predators of boreal forest songbird eggs and hatchlings and newborn hares and rabbits.
John Gartner, West Hill
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April 6th, 2022 08:53 AM
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April 7th, 2022, 08:33 AM
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I agree, they are a destructive pest.
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April 7th, 2022, 11:26 AM
#3
Maybe time to re think allowing hunting them-since the fur trade is dying,no one cares for fur-why protect a pelt from shots,if no one actually cares for pelts.
With the harm they do- is it time to change the regulation ,like .....now?
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April 7th, 2022, 01:28 PM
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I know they can be a pest around a cottage. If they get in they pee everywhere they nest.
It's not the mountain ahead that wears you out, it's the grain of sand in yer shoe.
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April 7th, 2022, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by
gbk
Maybe time to re think allowing hunting them-since the fur trade is dying,no one cares for fur-why protect a pelt from shots,if no one actually cares for pelts.
With the harm they do- is it time to change the regulation ,like .....now?
They don't even use the pelt. They use the tail for fly making. So best way is still to blast them. Plus they're the most annoying noisy thing in the woods in the fall to the point where I've seen Martens pissed off enough to chase them out of annoyance alone.
"When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on"
- Theodore Roosevelt
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April 7th, 2022, 04:57 PM
#6
They're a pest. Destructive little b*#tards. I pretty well had them eradicated here at my cabin until my new neighbour from the south bought the place next door and started feeding them. "Awww, they're cute" his wife say's as she scatters peanuts all over the ground....
I'm not sure if she has clued in yet what all the shots are coming from my direction?
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April 8th, 2022, 06:27 AM
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I'm not saying I have seen it first hand, but when they get out of hand and a decision is made to declare war on the tree rats, the few left after a while will actually turn nocturnal around the cabin. Have seen one out at midnight feeding while having a pee break, unless they are actually nocturnal to start with which I kinda doubt.
If you think there are 3 or 4 around causing damage, put a zero behind that number.
John
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April 11th, 2022, 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by
johnjyb
I'm not saying I have seen it first hand, but when they get out of hand and a decision is made to declare war on the tree rats, the few left after a while will actually turn nocturnal around the cabin. Have seen one out at midnight feeding while having a pee break, unless they are actually nocturnal to start with which I kinda doubt.
If you think there are 3 or 4 around causing damage, put a zero behind that number.
John
Sure you're not seeing flying squirrels? Usually every time I see flying squirrels it's usually in the same area I see red squirrels.
"When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on"
- Theodore Roosevelt
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April 11th, 2022, 03:24 AM
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Cute as heck but destructive. I have had them do a lot of damage when they get in my garage.
rodmcd
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April 11th, 2022, 03:59 AM
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Originally Posted by
MihajloSimsic
Sure you're not seeing flying squirrels? Usually every time I see flying squirrels it's usually in the same area I see red squirrels.
It could have been, but I have only seen 1 flying squirrel in my lifetime.
John