Squirrel trapping

[Crow_Killer 0]

What is the best bait for squirrel traps?

[No1ShottySid 0]

I have had best results with peanut butter.

[Matt 160]

It depends on where you are trying to catch them. Whole maize is undoubtedly the best bait for rural squiggers.

[Holdaway 2]

I agree with Matt. Whole maize at the back of a cubby or if setting on trees with body grips then peanut butter in a sleeve as Masterhunter suggests.

 

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[Orvis Priest 0]

Maize, peanut butter and maybe try currants

[akton 15]

yes I have tried peanut butter in the cage trap with successful results 7 in one day

[Crow_Killer 0]

thanks lads it is a rural squirrell and i will be using a cage trap so i will use a variety of methods

[paddy.t 5]

.22 air rifle

[zig zag wanderer 0]

Whole yellow maize but monkey nuts and peanuts are a useful extra attraction.

[Crow_Killer 0]

i cant shoot em Paddy.t because it is in my nans garden with the road the other side with no fencing up at all

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

try a cage trap with penut butter but don't plonk it just anywhere, think about where the tree rat has been travelling back and forth. at the base of trees is a good bet. then once set cover it in foliage from around the place your trapping in. logs, branches and leaf litter works well. once you have caught your squirel put a sack around the opening of the trap and empty the squirrel into it, then wack it with a heavy log or such. for a cleaner kill point an air rifle throught the bars and give it a head or upper body shot. at point blank range it dosent matter where yo hit it as long as its upper body.

[woodga 170]

if you can place your cage and be sure that no one will steal it as its in a secure garden area you dont need to cover the cage at all a squirrels natural greed and curiosity will be enough nearly all squirrels will go into a cage

[Rolfe 2]

if you can place your cage and be sure that no one will steal it as its in a secure garden area you dont need to cover the cage at all a squirrels natural greed and curiosity will be enough nearly all squirrels will go into a cage

 

As Woodga says..........no need to cover the cage at all as the squirrel will enter the cage quite freely especially if it can see some tempting bait inside

 

Rolfe

[comanche 3,061]

Can be worth hanging the maize ,nuts or seed bait in a little plasic bag just behind and above the plate if you are using a cage -trap. This tends to slow down theft by mice overnight and does'nt attract birds into the cage. A chunk of Snickers or similar rammed onto the plate edge is good. If using a Magnum tunnel impale a chunk of snickers between the trigger wires. Beware hedgehogs when using baited traps at ground level .There's nothing they won't eat . If in doubt put the traps off the ground on a pile of logs etc. Sometimes worth putting a brick or similar against the rear of a cage trap to stop a squirrel reaching through the bars for the bait Good luck

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

realy? well that will save a lot of effort finding foliage! i heard it off a tv show. thanks!