Large Rat Trap

[jhiggins 48]

The rats have come onto my farm in big numbers.

 

We have been smoking them out for the dogs and shooting them at night - all good fun but not getting on top of the problem.

 

I am keen to try a trap. Heard about using an oil drum buried in the ground with the lid partially off. Rats can jump down but not back out.

 

Anyone tried this method or got any other suggestions??

 

Thanks

[HedgeCrawler 224]

Done that method with a bucket to great effect.Putting a stick through the ends of a tin can with peanut butter on it flips the rats in when it goes for the bait.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Done that method with a bucket to great effect.Putting a stick through the ends of a tin can with peanut butter on it flips the rats in when it goes for the bait.

Can you elaborate on that mate

[Chicken_man 1,651]

I've seen that on YouTube. Barrel, stick with a plastic bottle through it on top of barrel + peanut butter on bottle.

Stick or broom handle is able to spin. Rats/mice walk along pole for bait and flip into barrel.

Someone might have a link

[Chicken_man 1,651]

https://youtu.be/yC1XNDyxE4c

[Nicepix 5,650]

I had a similar idea for inside a grain dryer that was riddled with rats. I put a barrel out with some peanut butter smeared around the rim of one side. At the other side I had a length of plastic drain pipe supported on a wire so that the centre of gravity was just back of centre. The back part rested on the barrel rim and there was a ladder for the rats to reach the open pipe. Once they ventured down the pipe past the tipping point they were tipped into the bucket and the pipe re-set itself. Like a see-saw in effect.

[HedgeCrawler 224]

 

Done that method with a bucket to great effect.Putting a stick through the ends of a tin can with peanut butter on it flips the rats in when it goes for the bait.

 

Can you elaborate on that mate

The bucket should be buried to the height of the ground so it is nothing to different to the rats.Any tin can will do a ridged bean tin works best as it holds the spread well.Spear the can through the top to bottom as central as possible with a straight stick to put over the rim of the bucket.When the rat or mouse tries to get the food the tin turns flipping the victim into the bucket.

[Deker 3,478]

I have never had cause to use the sort of traps described above, I use bait boxes, burrow baiting in the right controlled environments, break backs, and other assorted spring traps, gas, live traps, drop boxes (there are similarities there) and glue boards....oh yes, and shoot them at times.

 

Any, even vaguely sizeable rat infestation will almost always involve a combined plan of action.

 

[Rowan 308]

Various traps , breakback , fenn mk4 , magnum 110 , bait / block and grain , phostoxin , dog , ferret , pcp . the odd one with the semi auto , all of these work for me , but now we have another option ,,, , crikey ,,thought I carried plenty of gear already.. .

[EDDIE B 3,166]

Anytime I see something like this, the term "fluting around" comes to mind.I'm sure it does work, but feel it's not the ultimate trap for big rat numbers. I also recon there's more disadvantages than advantages using this contraption.