[paulcissa]

Target rich environment.

[gundog]

All personnel report for small arms training....

[rlmorel]

I know they are vermin, and I have to battle them, but...there is something about squirrels that I admire.

They often remind me of...me.

[bayliving]

If they unlock the code, they’re gonna launch!!!

[Disambiguator]

This must make for a very distracting environment for base personnel who suffer from ADH...

“Look! A Squirrel!”

[proxy_user]

Obviously Chinese agents, sent by Chairman Xi.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[mewzilla]

Maybe they should give YouTuber Squirrels at the Window a call.

I love that channel...

[Yo-Yo]

Time to send in G.I. Joe.

[crusty old prospector]

Just hang a few bird feeders.

[ComputerGuy]

I have two small drones that are great for harassing the squirrels.

[Nervous Tick]

[GaltAdonis]

But what is the political ideology of these tree rats?
That is the important question.

[arthurus]

Invite the foxes and hawks onto the base. By chasing them all away you create a safe haven for the squirrels. I once worked for a power plant well outside of town. It had a fenced land area of a couple of hundred acres. There were some breaks in the fence. During hunting season driving around the grounds I saw large numbers of deer. The week hunting season closed the deer left the grounds.

[Deaf Smith]

If that type of ground squirrel makes open hole burrows, dry ice shoved into the burrows kills them.

The CO2 from the dry ice sinks all the way to the bottom of the burrow.

[shotgun]

I used to love shooting the Thompson ground squirrels we have here in Eastern Washington.

here is my solution: Recruit all the base family children 12-18 and put them through hunter’s education and 6 weeks of .22 caliber rifle training. The assign a rifle and ammunition and to work shifts covering a specific zone. Pay a bounty for all kills. It would be quite fun.

[alternatives?]

Cats would take care of them.

[waterhill]

Brunswick Stew anyone?

[Notthemomma]

These are not the typical tree squirrels you are thinking about. It’s a different breed of cat, if you will:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson%27s_ground_squirrel

And BB guns generally lack the velocity or energy to kill small rodents. I’ve shot tree squirrels with my adult air rifle (Sheridan/Benjamin 5mm (20 cal) pellets) pumped up to about 800 fps and one will go through a tree squirrel but not exit, because the little critters are tough. A 22 cal rifle bullet will work just fine, but that has a danger range of up to 1.5 miles, so you don’t just give them nilly-willy to kids and tell them to blast away.

[Flaming Conservative]

Don’t they make rodent bait that has birth control in it?