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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #45 on: June 27, 2013, 03:27:23 PM »
May want to try and get WDFW to create a "Quality" hunt for your back yard. Thousands will apply, you may have to give some pointers after the draw such as where the trophy rats are, what they eat, when they come out, and many access and parking questions, but it could be the end of your rat problem.
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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #46 on: June 27, 2013, 03:36:00 PM »
I just made one in under a minute and filled it with 8 inches of water :IBCOOL:  I will check the trap at dusk and when I wake up tomorrow before yote hunting :tup:
:chuckle: :chuckle: I think you left him to big of a smelly trail ..he may get full before getting to the top of the bucket  :dunno: :chuckle:
:chuckle: Tomorrow morning I will just be calling, I am going to freeze my dead rats and use them for the trail camera :tup:
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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #47 on: June 27, 2013, 03:41:38 PM »
I just made one in under a minute and filled it with 8 inches of water :IBCOOL:  I will check the trap at dusk and when I wake up tomorrow before yote hunting :tup:

Don't bait the ramps!

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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #48 on: June 27, 2013, 03:55:59 PM »
I just made one in under a minute and filled it with 8 inches of water :IBCOOL:  I will check the trap at dusk and when I wake up tomorrow before yote hunting :tup:

Don't bait the ramps!
dang I spread it really thin to get them up there, just like the youtube vid...
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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #49 on: June 27, 2013, 04:27:35 PM »
Can't do it here at work, but on youtube there are some videos of guys in England at a dairy farm with about 6 Rat Terriers.  Holy @$%@$# stand back, you might lose a foot or hand.  When I get home I'll have to see if I can find it again.
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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #50 on: June 27, 2013, 04:45:43 PM »
The only thing better at killing rats than a cat is two cats.

And the only thing better at killing rats than two cats is a rat terrier.  Understand that a dog is more of a commitment than a couple of barn cats but if you get self-respecting terrier, you'll probably never see another rat.  :twocents:

You will be surprised how many animals they will kill.

To include robins, finches, bunnies and many other non-targets  :dunno:

I just happen to have this male pup available.   :chuckle:  100% Rat Terrier, excellent hunting lines.   ;) ;)

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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #51 on: June 28, 2013, 08:04:04 AM »
Rat will jump out ...I shot one with my pellet gun in the head and it jumped 6 ft into the air ...I kid you not  :yike:
Thanks you just saved me some time, I was going to build one this weekend.

They will not jump out if you have enough water in the bucket and like i said pour some cooking oil on top.  the oil floats on the water and makes the sides of the bucket slick and they can't use their claws to escape.  you should try it. 
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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #52 on: June 28, 2013, 08:08:51 AM »
We wipe out mice with a two gallon bucket with four inches of water.

I whacked 10 or 11 in one night at elk camp a few years back. 10 floaters in one night without having to reset a trap or anything.... very efficient.
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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #53 on: June 28, 2013, 08:25:36 AM »
I live in the burbs and everyone around us has chickens now, since the chickens came we now have rats living in the backyard.  I have a humane trap since we have two small dogs that like to eat what gets put in the snap traps.  I'm looking for bait ideas peanut butter no longer seems to work, and they fill up on dog food during the day.  The biggest problem is there is a huge one the size of a chihuahua, yes I'm sure I thought it was our dog when it was pigging out at the food bowl.  Any ideas short of torching the yard or bombing would be helpful.

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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #54 on: June 28, 2013, 06:34:41 PM »
well something big found my barrel, it was knocked over and licked clean.   I know it wasnt a dog because of my 7 foot fence, but I am guessing a coon or coyote, what else could knock over a bucket half filled with water and get over a 7 foot fence?
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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #55 on: June 28, 2013, 06:41:39 PM »
No ..it was Godzilla rat  :dunno: :chuckle:

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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #56 on: June 28, 2013, 06:43:59 PM »
Seth, I would argue that you put out too much bait. When I have done mice,  the wood rod across my bucket has a half inch hole drilled in it, stuffed with peanut butter, that is all, just a tad, and as they approach to get at it, the rod rolls and in they go, so the quantity of bait doesnt change all night...  Looked like you baited in bigfoot! :chuckle:
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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #57 on: June 28, 2013, 06:45:47 PM »
 :chuckle: Maybe I baited in one of the many squatters living  in my area :yike:
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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #58 on: June 28, 2013, 06:48:30 PM »
Seth, I would argue that you put out too much bait. When I have done mice,  the wood rod across my bucket has a half inch hole drilled in it, stuffed with peanut butter, that is all, just a tad, and as they approach to get at it, the rod rolls and in they go, so the quantity of bait doesnt change all night...  Looked like you baited in bigfoot! :chuckle:
the only thing I do differently is add 2 squirts of dish soap, like you said wake up empty bucket fill good to go.
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Re: Got a rat problem
« Reply #59 on: June 28, 2013, 06:54:43 PM »
I hate posting this pic cause I am really fat in it, but here goes....

Mouse count from one night at elk camp... :chuckle:
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