Squirrel in a box

[davedavedave 69]

Hi,

 

I caught another squirrel in a Mr 4 Fenn placed in one of my purpose built box traps so thought I would post a picture

 

More pics are in a thread about squirrel box traps in the Snare and Trap designs section.

 

Thanks,

Dave.

[neil cooney 10,416]

A nice tidy job but was just wondering would song birds not be a problem ?

[ratattack 111]

was thinking the same thing! Looks too much like a bird box for me

[davedavedave 69]

A good point. I set the Fenn's "hard" so it takes something heavy to spring them and the design of the box is such the squirrels have to drop down onto the trap which is enough. I've had 6 boxes in operation since Jan and the count is 30 squirrels + 1 rat which climbed 6 feet just to get itself killed - no birds and no foul catches. Also the "bird box style" does mean it looks less like a trap and being 6ft off the ground means foxes and badger can't run off with my traps if the fancy eating the dead squirrel inside. Well it works for me and there are noticeably less quirrels about by the amount of hazel nuts on the floor untouched so that has to be better for the song birds.

Edited September 6, 2010 by davedavedave