Best squirrel traps
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Our company is getting started into nuisance trapping...what in your opinion are the best live catch traps and where can we purchase them Thanks Moonpie
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Re: Best squirrel traps
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Little Wolf Trapping Supply LLC out of Manawa, Wi. His company has a Facebook page, but I don't think a website.
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Thanks I will look him up on FB...any other suggestions?
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Re: Best squirrel traps
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Believe it or not the double door have a hearts 5x5x18 are great. I use them in structures, flyers take to them well. Ground trapping I use full size 11x12x36 and the 5x5's together. Safeguard is my prefered brand for full sized cages.
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I am trapping/excluding grey squirrels here in Augusta GA
With the above set from tomahawk I will still have to make some type of cone to fit into a gutter...
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Thanks for the replies...I am looking into all of the and talking with Jim.
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Yeah I would bet so traprjohn but in Ga it is live catch and relocate.
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I was told by a home ownwer that he used 110 conibear traps over entry/exit holes...can't get much more lethal for squirrels than that...lol
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Anybody else have lethal set ups for grays they prefer besides tubes? I always go with a lethal trap if possible. Tube traps are my favorite but "mink boxes" are good too. I use 120 Victors in the boxes.
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Wish we could use conibears here but for ADC work in Ga it has to be live catch and release/relocate
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The abovementioned ideas for bait might still help u out. There's a squirrel lure on the market u could consider...like an ounce from a trapping supply house.
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I make a peanut butter ball and roll it in black oil sunflower seeds.... That works too
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Had a great conversation with Jim Comstock today...I decided to go with his traps first and give them a go. Thanks for all the replies and info.
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Good luck.
Speaking of squirrels, is it pretty rare 2 have a gray or fox squirrel b a nuisance chewer? Ive always thought it was just red squirrels that chew on houses, but this year I had a guy complaining that 2 fox squirrels were chewin on his wood deck.
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All of our problems are from grey squirrels... excessive damage to exterior and even more to interior wiring. Don't know how to load photos or I could show ya.
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Greys are the culprits in about 90% of the squirrel calls I handle, fox squirrels the other 10. No red squirrels in my immediate area and while I'm sure there are flyers around, I've never had a call for them.
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No reds down here...very few fox squirrels around here they are considered trophies!
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Lol...yeah...mepps spinner baits will give ya store credit but that's about all
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It was Christmas in January this afternoon...big brown box at my office this afternoon wrapped in UPS stickers and my name all over it! Thanks Jim Comstock. I am excited and looking forward to putting these traps and nose cones to work!
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Just put some of Jim's swing panel squirrel traps to work this morning.
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If I get in a situation where I want 2 catch a red squirrel but not a fox or gray one, is there a certain hole size I could use on a wood box entrance that would let the reds in but keep the other squirrels out?
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Anybody else have lethal set ups for grays they prefer besides tubes? I always go with a lethal trap if possible. Tube traps are my favorite but "mink boxes" are good too. I use 120 Victors in the boxes. Rodent tank trap www.budstrapco.com
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