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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: Kain on June 05, 2010, 09:42:11 PM

Title: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on June 05, 2010, 09:42:11 PM: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Been slaughtering the starlings lately but noticed that every morning I would have less birds in the mulch pile than the night before. I set out my cage trap and put a bird in it but the next morning the bird was gone and the trap was not triggered. There was a pretty well worn trail from a gap in my fence but it was too small for a opossum or raccoon, it must be a rat. I set the trap in the trail and added a few more birds to the pile. Second night out and got one.

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Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on June 07, 2010, 07:45:46 AM: Its WAR!!! :chuckle: :chuckle: Got another one. Its funny I have had traps set up around the rabbit hutch since I got them thinking that the hay and food pellets would attract the rodent. Have not caught or seen rats or mice until I started killing starling.

Number 2
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Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: rasbo on June 07, 2010, 11:19:27 AM: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:nice work kain..Ive cleared out my wood shed of the vermin..there are some spiders in there Im sure would run off with the traps.spray time those things are huge
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Post by: Woodchuck on June 07, 2010, 11:32:48 AM: hey, isnt that a body gripping trap, better be careful :chuckle:
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 07, 2010, 11:48:27 AM: :chuckle:
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Post by: rasbo on June 07, 2010, 11:56:31 AM: trappers card please..Damn illegal trapping I could pick up ten points :drool: :chuckle:
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Post by: runamuk on June 07, 2010, 12:04:39 PM: Kain could I borrow those pics? I want to sketch them? and those are really good my camera stinks
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on June 07, 2010, 05:45:22 PM: Quote from: runamuk on June 07, 2010, 12:04:39 PM
Kain could I borrow those pics? I want to sketch them? and those are really good my camera stinks

Sure. :P Hope fully I will have more tomorrow.
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: runamuk on June 08, 2010, 06:50:47 AM: Quote from: Kain on June 07, 2010, 05:45:22 PM
Quote from: runamuk on June 07, 2010, 12:04:39 PM
Kain could I borrow those pics? I want to sketch them? and those are really good my camera stinks

Sure. :P Hope fully I will have more tomorrow.

thank you good luck on the trapping.....
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on June 12, 2010, 03:33:09 PM: Last couple nights. I really didnt know I had such a problem with them. :dunno:

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Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: rasbo on June 12, 2010, 03:48:37 PM: good looking fur on the 2nd one there kain..couple of popcicle sticks and drying time..lol
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on June 14, 2010, 01:46:05 PM: Number five. Jeez I had no idea there were so many rats around. Im not even baiting the traps. I am just setting them on the trails in compost pile.

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Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Rowdy on June 14, 2010, 02:29:34 PM: Reminds me of my place. I noticed some rat poop in the dog kennel one morning so I proceeded to trap it every night and I caught at least one every night. We live right up against a greenbelt in the city and I think they nest there and head out into town at night fall. I eventually stopped because the traps were starting to add up but I must have trapped around 30. The biggest was HUGE, should of taken a pic, I showed the better half and now she wont go in the back at night :chuckle:

Jake
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on June 14, 2010, 05:14:07 PM: 30?!!! :yike: Maybe I should go get more traps. :chuckle: The good news is that they all look pretty clean. No fleas or growths or anything.
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on June 14, 2010, 05:18:44 PM: Hey Kain that second to last rat has a real nice coat on him. You should get him mounted or rugged! :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: rasbo on June 14, 2010, 05:48:15 PM: ok kain work with me here...check out the weapon used to hunt with..wearing your rabbit skins,with that weapon.I see a new trend here in the wake of obamanamics.I cant argue ,listen close to what the cook says at the end..

uncensored festival slideshow: Eating rat in Kandal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGYPwjLyImg#)
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on June 14, 2010, 06:59:57 PM: Oh man Im all over that. Gonna have to craft me a wicked spear gun. Im telling you Im gonna look hella cool in my rabbit skin loin cloth too. I was worried about wearing white rabbit fur and standing out in the bush but then it dawned on me that loin cloths should be worn fur side in. I probably dont have to explain why to you guys. ;) :tup: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: rasbo on June 14, 2010, 07:04:30 PM: Quote from: Kain on June 14, 2010, 06:59:57 PM
Oh man Im all over that. Gonna have to craft me a wicked spear gun. Im telling you Im gonna look hella cool in my rabbit skin loin cloth too. I was worried about wearing white rabbit fur and standing out in the bush but then it dawned on me that loin cloths should be worn fur side in. I probably dont have to explain why to you guys. ;) :tup: :chuckle: :chuckle:
:chuckle: :chuckle:reminds me of the rabbit and the bear conversation :chuckle:
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: bearpaw on June 14, 2010, 07:04:57 PM: I'm in but for sport only.... :chuckle:

I'm sticking with my chicken for the table... :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 14, 2010, 07:23:25 PM: :chuckle: what a thread :chuckle:
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on June 14, 2010, 07:28:48 PM: I might go this route for hunting them.

Sling Bow Final Modification How To (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6LxKfpAPYA#)

Probably with the fishing mod though.
Sling Bow (Bow Fishing Mod How To) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyxjnDNHW7Y#)
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 14, 2010, 07:43:00 PM: pretty sweet i have some friends on another bowfishing form that have some killer sling bows that they bount the ams reel to and they shoot the piss out of the fish thanks for sharing
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: rasbo on June 14, 2010, 07:53:50 PM: ok,Im all over that now..that looks like a cool tool
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: bearpaw on June 14, 2010, 08:12:17 PM: that sling bow looks like it would be funner than heck... :chuckle:

wished someone would have thought of that when I was a kid... :chuckle:

Oh well, never too late.
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on June 16, 2010, 08:38:50 PM: Barely got this one and had to dispatch it.

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Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: rasbo on June 16, 2010, 08:48:59 PM: thick tail....need details on the dispatch :chuckle:
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on June 16, 2010, 08:59:18 PM: Dont have my slingbow or speargun made yet so I had to opt for the pellet rifle. 2 yard shot to the head.
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: runamuk on June 16, 2010, 09:01:45 PM: Quote from: Kain on June 16, 2010, 08:59:18 PM
Dont have my slingbow or speargun made yet so I had to opt for the pellet rifle. 2 yard shot to the head.

now see I woulda just dropped a hammer on it :rolleyes: would not have thought to go find pellet gun just grab the handy dandy mini sledge hammer works great on rats
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on June 16, 2010, 09:39:02 PM: Hammer, shovel or stomping would have worked but I have the traps set inside my compost cage so the dogs cant get into them. I wasnt about to reach in there and grab that trap with a live rat on it. :chuckle: The pellet gun is real handy by the back door, ready to drop those starlings at a moments notice. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on June 19, 2010, 09:57:35 AM: Last nights carnage. Two of them were caught WHILE I was setting traps. I went and bought some more traps and didnt get a chance to set them until after dark. I was setting my third trap when I heard one go off. I just thought it was a misfire since I just set it. So I went over to reset and sure enough there was a rat in it. :yike: Reset that one and finish the rest of them and as I was walking back to the house I heard another trap go off this time with some squeeks. Right on. Found another rat in the same trap as before. I stuck my pocket knife into the rat to finish it and reset again. Within 5 minutes of coming out of the package that trap had already got two. Woke up to one more in a different trap. DOMINATION!!!! :chuckle: :chuckle:

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Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: royalhntr on June 19, 2010, 10:37:17 AM: Damn you are slaying em.. I mark my traps with a mark for each kill, slash mark style. Also if you want all instant neck kills, cut a rubber band in half and tie it to the little metal wedge. If you use peanut butter on it, just a little bit, they try to eat the rubber band, there teeth get stuck, and they try to pull there head back......WHAMMO. I did read that it is so bad there that you are just setting them empty which is crazy.
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: rasbo on June 19, 2010, 11:00:45 AM: The Kain reaper,have you thought about getting a flute and parading them out of town,,,seems I heard that worked once before,Hamelin I believe..perhaps Olympia would be a good location,plenty O rats there in a big house
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on June 19, 2010, 11:03:22 AM: Yep just setting them baitless. The trails they are making are well worn so with a little funneling and blocking I have the pan set right in the path. I am going to make one of those water bucket traps and see how it does also. I will bait that with peanut butter.
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Post by: Kain on June 19, 2010, 11:07:43 AM: The neighbor keeps a blackberry bush on the fence line which is where they are living. I really like the blackberries also so I just find the little trails through the weeds coming from it.
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on November 26, 2011, 09:30:42 PM: The battle rages on.

Some Harbor Freight collapsible cage traps. Had a couple get away but I think I have it figure out now.

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Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on November 26, 2011, 09:39:58 PM: Booner rat I got with the pellet rifle.

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Using weasel boxes to set traps around the yard. Had to find a way to keep the dogs, chickens, and kids out of them and they work great.
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Post by: Machias on November 26, 2011, 10:06:47 PM: Nice, I made some weasel boxes tonight.
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Post by: Humptulips on November 26, 2011, 10:50:21 PM: I hate rats. When I was trapping in Oregon they seemed to be everywhere. At least anywhere there was any kind of a structure like a bridge or old building.
Caught a beaver one time down by Sand Lakes that managed to die with about half of it out of the water. The rats ate it's entire face off. Couldn't make a coon set without catching them. Yuk!
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on November 27, 2011, 08:54:02 AM: Yea they are nasty critters. My wife hates them and wont go around the shed anymore. I wish I would have had a nice digital recorder for the rat in the live trap. It was screaming like crazy whenever I got near the cage. I wonder if they would make good live bait for bobcats? :chuckle:
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Humptulips on November 27, 2011, 06:31:06 PM: Quote from: Kain on November 27, 2011, 08:54:02 AM
I wonder if they would make good live bait for bobcats? :chuckle:

Something I plan on trying.
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: lokidog on November 27, 2011, 08:16:28 PM: I had a neighbor above me in Coos Bay, OR that would shoot them off her bird feeder. That 75 yo lady was a good shot. Thank goodness she used the shot rounds since her birdfeeder was on my side of her kitchen window.

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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 27, 2011, 08:31:01 PM: cats work wonders on them too. :dunno:
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Post by: lokidog on November 27, 2011, 08:36:46 PM: Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on November 27, 2011, 08:31:01 PM
cats work wonders on them too. :dunno:

Sorry, but I'd rather have rats than cats running around my yard....
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on November 27, 2011, 08:39:46 PM: LOTS of cats in my neighborhood. :dunno:
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Post by: RB on November 27, 2011, 09:21:25 PM: Surprised they are not running off with the traps I have always had to tie them down when using the wood traps. Gave up using them when they started pulling them selves out of the wooden traps so switched to Victor 1 1/2 steel traps and never lost another rat. The ones caught alive were dispatched with .22 bird shot hate the little *censored*s!
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Post by: Kain on November 27, 2011, 10:53:58 PM: I am trying the live traps because I have had a few traps sprung with nothing in them. Hard to believe that they could survive one but who knows.
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Post by: Kain on December 06, 2011, 10:00:54 PM: Tonight's catch. Another whopper. Caught in the live traps and dispatched with the pellet rifle.

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Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Kain on December 06, 2011, 10:11:17 PM: Oh yeah, while checking the traps had one run across my shoe. Heebiee Jeebies I jumped. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Trapping year round.
Post by: Arteman on December 07, 2011, 08:41:52 AM: This thread is awesome! That last one is a B&C Rat for sure, im thinking a full body mount and a bleached skull on that guy!
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Post by: TeacherMan on December 07, 2011, 08:55:56 AM: I wish I had some rats around my place :chuckle: I've trapped ever mouse around even. Great trapping bait for my fox sets :tup: