I lot of people hate squirrels, but they are just cool animals. Lots of personality, and intelligence.
Tasty too, taste like chicken. So I’ve been told!!! LOL
Agreed.
Only after I “Squirrel Proofed” bird feeder, and Vegetable Garden.
Now. Their Cool.
Yeah, they are fun to watch. The recent video where the squirrel carried a GoPro camera aloft and went leaping through the branches was truly amazing. That said, the local (north Texas) squirrels seem to be of the fox squirrel variety - and they are both large and very destructive. Much worse than their little gray cousins that I knew in south Louisiana.
After they caused me several thousand dollars' worth of repairs to gutters, facia boards and soffit, I decided to take matters into my own hands (in the form of a Benjamin Marauder .25 air rifle). It's not that I hate the furry little bastards, I just can't afford to have them around. I wish the damned red-tailed hawks in the area would cut the squirrels' numbers down, but they seem very to have a strong preference for the local rabbits and leave Bre'r Squirrel unscathed.
Years ago, we had a black squirrel that would chase my kids in the yard. One day, I tossed out some stale bread. The squirrel reached for it, sat up on his hind legs and gave me a look that said “thank you.” I said out loud, “no, thank you” then I shot it.
I don’t mind squirrels but this one was aggressively chasing my young children.