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One summer in college, I came home to an empty house with all my roommates being home for the summer. All of the sudden I heard a loud bang coming from the back room. I ran out of the house and grabbed my neighbor. We came back in with the standard burglar whooping tools (Stick and golf club) to discover three squirrels had gotten into the back bedroom and were feasting on a roommates 8 gallon bucket of mixed nuts. After a few hours and a few girlish screams, we were able to corral them into laundry baskets and release them outside.
So... I suggest laundry baskets and a stick.