The fence in the background is what I try to launch the squirrels over. You can see the trigger (string) that goes towards the house. Further, any idea that we might one day live in a world without squirrels (and these truths) is just, well false. The best part about this is that one of my neighbors is one of those animal rights people, and the look on his face was priceless when he asked me what "that thing out in the yard was" Sending squirrels flying into space on catapults while obviously a popular activity to take video of and post on YouTube wont work either unless you make your entire garden a giant catapult. So far this year I have launched a total of 16 squirrels, but only 2 or 3 have made it over the fence into the neighbor's yard. ( not the safety of the squirrels, the safety of my father when he's stumbling around the yard ) The launch pad is covered with cracked corn, which squirrels seem to love. The string goes into the house through a window, so whenever I walk through the kitchen and I see a squirrel on the launch pad (the bricks) I can just pull the string from inside the house and he gets to go for a little ride The supports that hold the front of the slingshot are just lengths of rebar with tennis balls on top for safety. The trigger is a gate latch which has a string tied to it. Squirrel better just scamper back to your tree, crack open a PBR and get ready for a long, cold winter. You're never going to live this one down, Mr. The slingshot bands are made from 3/8" surgical tubing (about ten feet in length). Next thing you know, you're flying majestically across the backyard You're not sure how it happened, but luckily, some good ole' boys inside got the whole thing on video. It's a really simple contraption, and it also works quite well. This contraption hasn't killed a squirrel yet, and most of the squirrels come back for more.Īlright, this is the squirrel launcher that I mentioned in the "I are a redneck" thread. I don't want to hear all of that nonsense about hurting squirrels, after all they are just rats with bushy tails. First off, If you don't like the idea of launching squirrels across the yard, you should just click the back button right now.
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