Messing with squirrels

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

I am currently in the middle of an Elmer Fudd level battle to keep squirrels out of my peach tree.

They run along the top of the back fence like a highway. I put 4" ducting soaked in oil across the top but they shimmy across it. I put bird spikes along the top of the fence but they crawl sideways along the edge of the top 2x4 board to get around them like a free climber. I clipped a sheet of plastic to the tree facing the fence. this seems to work so far. I think it freaks them out.

A .22 scoped break barrel pellet gun is the last option, but I can only do it when my family isn't home.

Try hanging aluminum pie plates in the tree. That works for birds a cherries.