Same here. Every fall I look for acorns and chestnuts for my 'local squirrels', usually without too much success. When I was a kid xx years ago, chestnuts were all over the place, now not so much. I think we need a clearing house for people with too many chestnuts or acorns to find people who want them.
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No Acorns here, but TONS of pine cones out of my trees. Not sure what the cones / seed pods from my magnolias is called, but I had a bumper crop of blooms which in turn is turning into a bumper crop of the seed pods as well...
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To continue the "nutty" story: We have two butternut trees on our property; but never have tried to use them as they are a bugger to crack. More hit fingers than results. Out in the front porch one day I heard this grating noise and saw this gray squirrel busily scrapping away at the rock hard shell! From then on I just let them harvest the nuts. Anything with that much tooth-power is welcome to them, just wish I could get them to share, the meat is very good. Kind of like a gourmet walnut!RuffSawn
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I grew up in Minnesota and though I lived well away from the Iron Range, we always had taconite pellets available in large supply. They were about 65% iron, mixed with bentonite clay. Pretty much a perfect size and weight for a wrist rocket.
We had plenty of acorns too, but a paucity of squirrels on account of the taconite pellets.
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Where do you buy a slingshot?
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You may need to think twice before walking around Brooklyn with one! I grew up in a small town where I could have walked down main street with a shotgun over my shoulder and people would have thought nothing of it.
Seems to me I have seen them in Walmart. Many sporting goods stores would have them too. And of course:
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