Squirrel Trapping

Anyone got any experience in squirrel trapping using live cage traps with a treadle? I was successful to start with, now they seem to be able to take the bait without activating the trap (so presumably without putting weight on the treadle). I place the bait beyond the treadle.

tie the bait down they are probily reaching through the bars and draging the bait to the side and eating it, their not stupid creatures

or just feed em lead from a 12 bore

I have modified mine with some old ice cream tub plastic to stop them reaching through. Peanut butter does a good job as its sticky so harder to nick.

Also wash traps thoroughly ie no blood and wear gloves to stop your smell getting on the trap.

The other one we use is kanier or canier not sure about the spelling? They have a massive spring which chops the sq in half. They are hard to find and need to be above people's finger height so need a ladder to reset.

Try here

Squirrel Traps

Good luck

I have modified mine with some old ice cream tub plastic to stop them reaching through. Peanut butter does a good job as its sticky so harder to nick.

Also wash traps thoroughly ie no blood and wear gloves to stop your smell getting on the trap.

 

The other one we use is kanier or canier not sure about the spelling? They have a massive spring which chops the sq in half. They are hard to find and need to be above people's finger height so need a ladder to reset.

 

Try here

Squirrel Traps

 

Good luck

don't use a fenn or bodygrip traps their ok for rats but they need to go in a tunnel, but out in the open they will catch/trap/kill/maim non target species

and remember live trapped squirrels have to be dispatched

Look at the second one down!

Are you sure it's squirrels taking the bait? I'll bet it's wood mice! Try half a maze cob that will stop the mice taking it.

The only traps I wash are fox snares and cages! Anything else doesn't get put off by the smell of its dead friend! If anything squeeze the bladders of caught squirrels int a spray bottle and give your traps a squirt.

handle them with old dirty gloves and bury new traps in the ground for a few weeks does the trick

If you want to use fenn traps for squirrels, use mark 4 ones and build plywood boxes about 18 inches long with a hinged lid and hasp, cant remember the exact dimensions but make it internally just wider than the trap when set and just higher than the trap when sprung, cut a circular hole about 2 1/2 inch diameter in each end and hey presto, place on fence/hedge lines round the woodland or at the base of trees, squirrels will go in out of curiosity, trapped hundreds this way when I was keepering and doing pest control

handle them with old dirty gloves and bury new traps in the ground for a few weeks does the trick

Absolute nonsense a squirrel would eat peanut butter from a human hand if you kept still long enough! I've caught 10s of thousands of squirrels in brand new traps un buried and un washed