Squirrel bait.

[neil cooney 10,415]

If I used maize (yellow corn) instead of peanuts would it stop the mice cleaning up my bait before the squirrels find them in my cage traps?

[watchman 256]

If I used maize (yellow corn) instead of peanuts would it stop the mice cleaning up my bait before the squirrels find them in my cage traps?

prob not mate,they are buggers for most particles

[ratattack 111]

try part of a bounty or snickers bar instead, they can't move that easily

[FERAL 0]

Hello Neil

 

I hope I can help you here, I trap the squirrel by threading 2 or 3 Hazel nuts onto a wire, and hang in back of the trap. In front of trap and just on doorstep put some nut shells these get mr squirrels attention and mouse dont care for them.

But for me, I need big numbers of them so I dont trap until my nut marker is eaten, I put the marker nuts onto trees through my woodland. When one is eaten I trap at base of this tree, in tunnel that is ready, he will be back soon.

[neil cooney 10,415]

Thanks for the replys folks,

It's actually a large hazel copse I'm trapping so IMO hazel nuts wouldn't entice them into a trap although anything is better than feeding mice.

This morning 2 traps had rats in them while another had a cock blackbird. To rub it in I seen 4 squirrels running on the lane.

[theobenmike 0]

Place your traps off the ground - either up trees or on top of wooden fences etc. This can be a bit fiddely securing them but it does stop the mice

 

[kx100 66]

i used a live cach rat trap in my papas garden we seen it in the garden to we nipd outside and set it with peanut butter and withing 5 minutes we had a squirell