Posted on 07/14/2025 2:08:38 PM PDT by DFG
Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, where some of the nation's nuclear arsenal is stored and the bombers capable of delivering it are stationed, is facing a threat the military may not be equipped to defeat.
Squirrels.
Yes, squirrels.
Minot AFB is under siege by thousands of Richardson Ground Squirrels, a.k.a. "Dakrats."
The ground squirrels have been a problem for the base for years, mostly because the base tries to keep the animal's natural predators out. The foxes, coyotes, and badgers stay outside the fence, while the Air Force's BASH team scares off the hawks and eagles to minimize bird strikes during takeoff and landing.
This means the squirrels inside the base perimeter reproduce like crazy.
Their burrowing undermines infrastructure like runways and buildings, resulting in lots of taxpayer money spent on repairs. The furry invaders can also carry fun diseases like bubonic plague.
Leadership at the base announced a new plan for clearing out the threat.
Using traps to remove the squirrels is pretty much the same strategy they've used for decades. There are poisons that can kill them, but no legal poisons that wouldn't also kill people.
They could hunt them, but can you imagine the panic and/or accidents that might ensue with a bunch of people firing rifles everywhere on a military base.
Airman 1st Class Josh W. Strickland wrote in 2019: 'One lone intruder. No problem. Ten thousand intruders is a different story entirely, especially when they are rodents.'
The good news?
If worse comes to worst, Minot AFB does have one option readily available to defeat the squirrels once and for all.
It houses 26 B-52 bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons and 150 Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.
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I know you're not the momma, but that's exactly what my Momma told me to do after they ate her prized Confederate Roses.
Hell hath no fury like a Southern Momma gardener against critters that eat the stuff they grew!
Be careful what you shoot at. Most things here don’t react too well to bullets.
you like nuts ?
we should put that in fried chicken and watermelon
What a crap racist comment.
Head over to Stormfront with that crap.
Easy cowboy
NUTS, not imbeciles!
They could learn a lesson from Jessica, of Iguana Solutions on Youtube..........
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=iguana+solutions+jessica
My favorite PCP rifle is posted on my home page.
Squirrels are rats with better packaging
If they live under ground like gophers, they need to do what my buddies and I used to do. Get a couple buckets of water and pour it down their holes and they will come out gasping for air. Then you can catch them and do whatever you want with them.
Chipmunks, however, steer clear of my yard if they know what’s good for ‘em!
squirrel season
squirrel stew
squirrel hats
squirrel stoles
very fashionable
squirrel heads mounted on the wall
stuffed squirrels for the kids
fun for the whole family
Brocock Sniper XR, .22 cal Mine comes with a 0DB suppressor
Available from Airguns of Arizona
It’s .22 time -
mini squirrel trebuchets
fun for the whole family
It is pricey, but Ranch Wife getting desperate. I have the Squirrelenator, too. It works, but she doesn’t like dealing with the live squirrels. This new trap there’s no live squirrels.
We called them grey or cat squirrels. About 1/2 the size
of a red squirrel.
These are not tree rats. These are ground squirrels. Potguts. Small prairie dogs. Burrowers.
They are controllable, if the government is not in charge of the situation.
Weapons of choice are suppressed small caliber rifles with scopes, .17 or 22 Mag. Shoot the first two or three and wait for their buddies to come out to snack on their dead bodies. By days end it looks like the day after Gettysburg.
Check out trained mink and dogs wiping out infestation of 1400 rats on a large farm. Unreal.
The minks go into the rat holes and... kill them tossing them out to the dogs. Never seen such a thing.
Prior poster suggesting dry ice (CO2) would be more humane and kill most under ground suitable for quick burial and no mess for local pets to get into.
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