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Post by tampaspicer on Jun 11, 2024 9:14:14 GMT -5
I'm gonna buy some traps this weekend for me and the kids. See what we catch around the house this weekend. Peanut butter is my go to bait.
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Post by Captj on Jun 11, 2024 9:28:02 GMT -5
Went around with a rat in my boat for a week or so and p-nut butter was the bait. Rat was able to steal it without springing the traps. Went to a glue board and it was game over.
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Post by Tarponator on Jun 11, 2024 10:47:36 GMT -5
Cats like to bring you presents. Our feral cat that we started feeding puts squirrels on the front porch. My killer cat brought 2 of the 3 rats up to my office, dead.
With the 3rd, both cats were chasing it around in the living room, having caught it on the porch. I intervened and let it escape with its life.
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Post by conchydong on Jun 11, 2024 11:00:03 GMT -5
I had a rat fall into my pool once and it was still alive and swimming. My Golden Retriever saw it and splash, in she went and snatched it up in her mouth. She was never trained as a hunting dog but still had the instincts. She had caught a couple squirrels in her day also.
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Post by tampaspicer on Jun 11, 2024 11:39:16 GMT -5
I had a rat fall into my pool once and it was still alive and swimming. My Golden Retriever saw it and splash, in she went and snatched it up in her mouth. She was never trained as a hunting dog but still had the instincts. She had caught a couple squirrels in her day also. I had a Pit/Catahoula and she would sit motionless under a tree waiting for a squirrel to come down the tree. She caught several back when I had her. Only thing she ever had trouble with was a gopher tortoise. She was trying her best to catch it without any luck. I miss that dog. She loved catching hogs and hated all animals except for other dogs. I gave her to a friend of mine when I stopped hunting and moved into a neighborhood. |
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Post by drivinmike on Jun 11, 2024 15:00:35 GMT -5
At my last house, we had a sweet little old lady across the street that loved to feed cracked corn to the squirrels. Of course, the rats came out at night and ate the corn. We ALL had roof rats. I battled them for years. I am proficient in all kinds of rat murder devices. They would come in the garage, climb the side of the garage door, and get in to the attic by way of the garage door opener hangers. I killed hundreds. We tried to get her to stop feeding the "squirrels". No dice. I finally came up with the right solution. I used live animal traps and baited with a piece of Vienna sausage taped to the trigger. Or peanut butter that you can change out every few days. Once I caught a rat in the trap, I walked it out to the lake, and dropped it in. If the rats learned to breath underwater for 10 minutes, I let them go.Never had one smart enough to figure that out! I liked the live animal traps because they didn't smell like dead rat.
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Post by conchydong on Jun 11, 2024 15:04:01 GMT -5
I always used a small piece of a slim Jim in my rat traps. Works great as it is pretty tough.
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Aww Rats!
Jun 11, 2024 15:18:41 GMT -5
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Post by tonyroma on Jun 11, 2024 15:18:41 GMT -5
At my last house, we had a sweet little old lady across the street that loved to feed cracked corn to the squirrels. Of course, the rats came out at night and ate the corn. We ALL had roof rats. I battled them for years. I am proficient in all kinds of rat murder devices. They would come in the garage, climb the side of the garage door, and get in to the attic by way of the garage door opener hangers. I killed hundreds. We tried to get her to stop feeding the "squirrels". No dice. I finally came up with the right solution. I used live animal traps and baited with a piece of Vienna sausage taped to the trigger. Or peanut butter that you can change out every few days. Once I caught a rat in the trap, I walked it out to the lake, and dropped it in. If the rats learned to breathe underwater for 10 minutes, I let them go.Never had one smart enough to figure that out! I liked the live animal traps because they didn't smell like dead rat. Anything that eats a Vienna sausage deserves killing😉 |
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