Squirrel Trap

[walshie 2,804]

 

 

Make a tunnel out of a few bricks ,and i bet you have him straight away. Peanut butter on the brick directly above the trap plate is pretty much deadly.

 

Don't go giving away all the Trade Secrets...........

 

OOOps.....my bad.

 

 

Bricks eh? Better note this down before it gets edited.

[walshie 2,804]

Anything I can do to make the trap more enticing to squizzers by day and these bad boys by night? Quite surprised to see rats down there tbh.

 

 

 

[J Darcy 5,871]

Yes...bricks and peanut butter.... :tongue2:

[walshie 2,804]

Cool. Cheers. When you consider the box is a foot long, that rat is a monster.

[socks 32,253]

Peanut butter and chocolate spread mix is a deadly combination for the scaley tails .......

 

[Mr Muddy 141]

Nice pictures!!

 

Will squirrels go for any other spreadable stuff, other than peanut butter?

[Matt 160]

Nice pictures!!

 

Will squirrels go for any other spreadable stuff, other than peanut butter?

 

A well built, natural looking tunnel is often enough to catch squirrels without even bothering with bait

 

If you look at my video, you'll see that I lob a few peanuts down just to add to the appeal of the tunnel

 

Peanut butter is often used as a bait for squirrels because it's got good scenting characteristics and squirrels seem to go for nut based bait more than most other stuff. Rats and mice also like chocolate

 

The tunnels I've been using recently are based around a simple three sided piece of 2x2 weldmesh. I use that as the basis, and then build the tunnel around it using natural materials.

 

I'll try and show what I do in another video at some point.

 

For simple, easily moved, temporary tunnels, a three sided wooded tunnel made from timber rather than ply is ideal. I make the inside dimensions 6" x 6" and make them about 18 inches long. You can just chuck them down in likely spots and restrict the entrance with a couple of hazel sticks and they are very effective.

 

As JD suggested, often putting a bit of 'attractant' above the trap is more effective than putting it on, or under the plate. The quarry then hits the plate with it's front feet and you get good clean catches.

[Squirrelgirl 0]

Question:......... is that trap box 'single entry'??

 

Squirrels like to see an escape route

So is that why I can't get one in my kania 2000, no escape route? How can. Fix that then, had it a week and nothing but a raccoon

[jeppi26 1,855]

Still only the 2 squirrels. Seems everything is more interested in my camera.

 

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You sure that's not Paulus at the bottom of your garden takeing the pics?? Looks a lot like his work to me :laugh:

[The one 8,397]

Think i would be tidying the bottom of your garden its a nature reserve for vermin

[walshie 2,804]

Think i would be tidying the bottom of your garden its a nature reserve for vermin

 

I'll go and tidy it right now. FFS.

[The one 8,397]

They must be getting cover and food eliminate one and thats going to help the trap work

[jeppi26 1,855]

 

Think i would be tidying the bottom of your garden its a nature reserve for vermin

 

I'll go and tidy it right now. FFS.

Yes walshie get that garden sorted out you dirty animal

[DIDO.1 20,867]

I use slices of corn on the cob covered in peanut butter on my body grips when trapping in lofts.

[perthshire keeper 1,237]

 

Nice pictures!!

 

Will squirrels go for any other spreadable stuff, other than peanut butter?

 

A well built, natural looking tunnel is often enough to catch squirrels without even bothering with bait

 

If you look at my video, you'll see that I lob a few peanuts down just to add to the appeal of the tunnel

 

Peanut butter is often used as a bait for squirrels because it's got good scenting characteristics and squirrels seem to go for nut based bait more than most other stuff. Rats and mice also like chocolate

 

The tunnels I've been using recently are based around a simple three sided piece of 2x2 weldmesh. I use that as the basis, and then build the tunnel around it using natural materials.

 

I'll try and show what I do in another video at some point.

 

For simple, easily moved, temporary tunnels, a three sided wooded tunnel made from timber rather than ply is ideal. I make the inside dimensions 6" x 6" and make them about 18 inches long. You can just chuck them down in likely spots and restrict the entrance with a couple of hazel sticks and they are very effective.

 

As JD suggested, often putting a bit of 'attractant' above the trap is more effective than putting it on, or under the plate. The quarry then hits the plate with it's front feet and you get good clean catches.

 

 

in the ground looks like this.......

 

 

in a good location for stoats and other small critters