Let's try to snare a rat

[Wolfdog91 6,242]

Yeah so ever since we got rid of the local barn cats the dang rats and mice have been getting worse.  Walked into the kitchen yesterday to have a good size barn rat run out from under my sink and and ninja his way up a chair in a cabinet and into my ceiling  great thing to see first thing in the morning lol. Well checked under the sink and shure enough theirs a nice hole chewed out where they've been coming from. Set a rat trap with in a box under the sink with a trail cam just to see what was going on and it's this guy's and another

Neither would go in for the bait and I don't feel like waiting for them to chew my wiring or crap in my food so figured I'd try something.  Made a nice fast snare out if some 1/16 1x19 cable and a slim lock  it's loaded pretty heavy and should fire the second they try to put their shoulders through.

Rigged a #9 support wire to one of the pipes and set the snare about 1/2" from the hole angled down slightly.

So let's see how this works out . I really need to splurge and just buy a couple of this rgb round conibers , would have made this so much easier

[DIDO.1 20,813]

Wire looks a bit thick to me, try one strand of brass wire and try to rig up a spring action on it to hang it. 

[Wolfdog91 6,242]

14 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

Wire looks a bit thick to me, try one strand of brass wire and try to rig up a spring action on it to hang it. 

Would but don't have any ,brass wire isn't really something we use over here that being said I may have a few fee of 1/32nd 1x19 somewhere but the cable is loaded pretty good so when it's tugged or tapped slightly it snaps closed like so

With the slim lock in hoping he with get an arm or two though before it fires and seat belt him self, if that lock gets a good bite he should say put

 

 

[tilimangro 1,013]

As above single strand of wire and use a whip pole 

I’ve seen blue alcatheyn pipe used with great success

[EDDIE B 3,120]

Have a search in here wolfdog. Couple of lads on here over the years who are as adept at snaring a rat as easy as snaring a fox.

Take in what they say, because they know their stuff

[3175darren 1,093]

Try tiger tail beeding wire,