As you all know, I have had a major squirrel issue at my house, and have threated retaliation a number of times. Well this past week I have taken the law into my own hands. A friend from work let me borrow his BB Gun. I do not really like to hunt, I am just not the hunting type. However I am the type who likes to give a squirrel a good shot in the butt cheek with a 10 pump BB shot. Here are some things I have learned in the past few days.

1. These guys are tough! It is going to take a lot more then a BB to take them out for good.
2. At first they started out stupid, taking a hit, and then getting back up to look at me for another hit.
3. Now they are just way too smart, they scatter as soon as I walk out the back door, one sign of me and they are gone.
4. One always stays behind, he is their look out. He is much smarter and quicker then the rest of them. He also calls to the others over and over again, warning them of my multi-pump wrath. I call him Ninja Nut.
5. I am also learning to speak squirrel, soon I will be able to understand them, and break their code.
6. I must say I feel very Jack Bauer like as I creep around the back yard hiding behind trees and diving behind bushes with my BB Gun, may God help them if one ever gets captured, the interrogation process will make them loose the nuts. I did knock one unconscious for about 30 seconds, but that did not slow him down. I also knocked one off the fence as he was running along top if it, I felt like I was at the fair. Maybe now they will think twice about eating all my lawn furniture, flower pots, grill, sprinklers, maple tree’s and pvc piping.

So there you have it, I am not sure who is winning, but they understand now when they see me, all they see is pain.