my cubbies for mk4 fenns

[richie 1]

these are the cubbies i put together...

 

what do you lads use ?

 

 

 

treated timber with 1" x 1" mesh.

 

 

 

i have the rear sealed off.

 

 

the entrance is just large enough to get the target in.

 

[OldTrapCollector 377]

these are the cubbies i put together...

 

Richie - nice job there but why close off the other end? You have reduced the catching ability by half by doing that. The Fenn will work equally well from both sides!

 

Does the 'treated' timber smell of anything?? If so they may need to be weathered off inside and out before use

 

OTC

[ianrob 2]

I take it that you'll be using bait in these, is that why you've closed off one end?

Edited May 18, 2008 by john b
removal of repeated pic

[richie 1]

these are the cubbies i put together...

 

Richie - nice job there but why close off the other end? You have reduced the catching ability by half by doing that. The Fenn will work equally well from both sides!

 

Does the 'treated' timber smell of anything?? If so they may need to be weathered off inside and out before use

 

OTC

 

 

good point made OTC.

 

i have others made that have entrances on both ends that i lay on the edge of a wall mainly if im going for rats to catch them on a run.

 

the one entrance type pictured above i use for squirrels & place the tunnel at the base of the tree with the entrance facing the tree, the squirrels tend to run straight down the trunk into the tunnel.

 

i place bait on top of the trap & at the closed end so they have no choice but to climb over the trap to get to the bait on the other side.

 

this treated timber doesnt smell, its factory treated so its spent its life in a yard been weathered " thanks to travis perkins ". the picture below is one caught in a trap that was brand new & in a tunnel that was made hours earlier, this one i had positioned against a small wall.

 

[Rolfe 2]

I tend to agree with OTC that to use "blind" tunnels does reduce the catching options somewhat, i prefer mine open at either end also. That said, I like the wire restricted entrance........lets more light into the unit if you are using bait at one end. If i use my double entry tunnels at a tree bases.......i just push one end into the tree base to leave the other end open, squirrels will enter the tunnel out of curiosity without any need for baiting, and find the Mk 4 sitting ready and waiting.

 

Rolfe.

[richie 1]

I tend to agree with OTC that to use "blind" tunnels does reduce the catching options somewhat, i prefer mine open at either end also. That said, I like the wire restricted entrance........lets more light into the unit if you are using bait at one end. If i use my double entry tunnels at a tree bases.......i just push one end into the tree base to leave the other end open, squirrels will enter the tunnel out of curiosity without any need for baiting, and find the Mk 4 sitting ready and waiting.

 

Rolfe.

 

 

i see what youre saying

 

my theory is the target will see the bait at one end & see thats theres only one way to get to it, then bingo. i suspose we use what works for us.

 

as for bait, peanut butter ! they cany resist.