Trapping squirrels

[CabezaBlanca]

I've always used the live traps. I would take the cap off of an aerosol (spray paint) can and drill two small holes in it and ty-rap it inside the trap. This keeps them from pulling it to the edge from the outside and it's something to hold your bait. I would use pecans and/or corn for bait. I think my record was around 106 for the year.

[Da' Hitman]

106?!?!?! I'm just shooting for 1 that i know of. If i can get this one i will be on cloud 9 lol then I'm gonna boil his skull and add it to my trophies. Baited with peanuts and corn. Fingers crossed! Now I'm off to learn about snares lol

[Da' Hitman]

Update. I baited trap with corn on the cob and peanuts. In a couple hours i checked and saw the trap was sprung but he got away. When i tied the corn on the cob to the trigger i left too much slack (that's my guess anyway) so empty trap. I cut the wire as much as i could so if the corn moves at all it should trigger the trap. I'm gonna get this little f*cker sooner or later dammit

[Radar]

Update. I baited trap with corn on the cob and peanuts. In a couple hours i checked and saw the trap was sprung but he got away. When i tied the corn on the cob to the trigger i left too much slack (that's my guess anyway) so empty trap. I cut the wire as much as i could so if the corn moves at all it should trigger the trap. I'm gonna get this little f*cker sooner or later dammit

Glue boards bro

[CabezaBlanca]

Did you catch it?

[RiverRat1]

We had squirrels chew through our soffet and now running around in our attic. I managed to clip 2 with a bb gun, but there's still squirrels running. Went and bought a trap and baited it with peanuts, but looking for any tips. Better bait? I tried peanut butter but no dice with that. Do i need to disguise the trap? Different bait?

Live catch traps that trip easy. Get a big bag of HEB bird seed. I place mine on a 2 x 6 that sits like a bench between two trees. They can't stay out of it. I was trapping 3 per day with one trap. Dogs let me know when one gets in it LOL

[RiverRat1]

I caught one in my sisters attic a while back. I tried all kinds of baits. Finally I put a small bowl of water in the trap. Little devil finally got thirsty.


You guy's that are relocating them need to relocate them into a pot of squirrel and dumplins.

How can you possibly like slimy dumplings but not runny eggs?

[Leon County Slayer]

Had great luck with corn or apples. Our squirrels eat anything it seems. Hope you get them soon

[Double-O-Dave]

Yep...they can't resist pecans!! Drill a hole in one and wire it to the trigger.

I had trouble getting squirrels to trip the gates on a Hav-A-Heart live trap until I zip tied pecans to the bait tray. After that, it was easy-peasy catching the little varmints.

Good luck - those suckers can be so destructive.

Dave

[Goldeneagle]

How can you possibly like slimy dumplings but not runny eggs?

If your dumplins are slimy, your doing it wrong.

[Double-O-Dave]

Using a conibear 110 on my fence

Think you used enough dynamite, Butch?


Regards,

Dave

[Da' Hitman]

Well i got one. No way to know if it's just a neighborhood squirrel or the one from my soffit i guess. I'll reset the trap and keep an ear open for any more scrambling around my soffit

[BW96]

Well i got one. No way to know if it's just a neighborhood squirrel or the one from my soffit i guess. I'll reset the trap and keep an ear open for any more scrambling around my soffit

Surely you posed for a LDP!

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[Da' Hitman]

Surely you posed for a LDP!

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Lol i didn't

[Da' Hitman]

Quick update. I have managed to trap 2 squirrels so far. I found that corn on the cob works best for bait. But today i foumd my trap triggered with movement inside so i got excited. Only to find i had trapped a small bird lol apparently birds like corn on the cob too. Yes i released the bird btw