Nominal, I tried that. Put corn at the end of the property to keep them away from the house...It didn't work. They ate the feeder. They have chewed holes in my waste oil container, plastic gas cans...I can go on and on. I have a lot of patience. I almost put in one of those sonic deterrants but after a lot of reading, I think they are a scam. These are gray tree squirrels. Smaller than the reds. I have some ground squirrels also and they do not bother anything. The flowerbed mess is from them burying their nuts (I'd like to bury their nuts...in their throat!!) I also have flying squirrels but they are nocternal and do not bother anything. Almost had them tame enough to eat out of your hand. The Gray's are pests plain and simple. Also have a lot of snakes but they just scare the beejezus out of you if you are not looking. Have 6 foot blacksnakes.....have no mice!!LOL Went to take the trash out one night and when I came back into the garage and went to step into the kitchen, there was one of the 6 footers coiled up on the step. I screamed like a little girl and ran out in the driveway. Then I laughed, got a broomstick and put him out. Was having coffee on the deck, looked over and there was a 6 foot + blacksnake stretching from my roof to a huge ficus tree on the deck. He came down the tree, between my legs and over the otherside. I think my wife got in the car and drove to the next county in her nightgown, LOL. Did find a copperhead the other day and relocated him out into the forest. He was curled up on my drainpipe. Didn't want to kill him. They don't bother you if you leave them alone. So you see, I really do like most all of God's creatures, even the dangerous ones. But the tree rats have pushed me over the line. I'd do that launch thing if it had spikes in the paddle....I also don't want to drop $300 on a pellet gun...I have the .22. Took some out with hollow point long rifles a few years ago but man was it loud.
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