Originally Posted by
Hot Potato
I bark at them from a distance so they don't wait until I am right on them to do their thing. Yes, they ALWAYS seem to double back. It's the whole bushy tail evolution, the large tail seems to be going one way while the body goes another to confuse predators. So zig zagging IS built into them. And doubling back.
Suicidal rabbits respond to the bark better.
I yell at them in a screech, "SQUIRREL, SQUIRREL, SQUIRREL" works great, they usually head of into the field in one direction, turtles get bunny hopped. How do bumble bees know to hit me between the eyes every #$@$%^ng time?!