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- From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
- To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] voles, size and trapping
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:26:33 -0500
Meadow voles grow to 16 cm or 6.3 in. Weigh 50 grams or 1.8 oz.
---- Original Message ----
From: alandhaigh@gmail.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] voles, size and trapping
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:18:17 -0500
> A 6" long vole? Must be a wood rat, which I haven't heard about
>doing
>damage to trees.
>
>As far as how to trap, I'll elaborate on what I wrote here a couple
>of days
>ago. I use whole almonds or peanuts as bait in the improved rodent
>traps
>sold by Gemplers and cover with a large plastic tray- the black type
>used
>for mixing small batches of cement (about 2' long). Peanut butter
>gets
>eaten to quickly by ants here (in fall, not winter) which will also
>more
>slowly consume the whole nuts. I'll put about 4 traps under each
>tray
>including a rat trap under a few of the trays to stop rats or chip
>monks
>from springing all the traps and taking the bait. I move the 8 trays
>around
>my property when I stop getting hits at a given site and in about a
>month
>and a half I've covered my whole 2 acre nursery.
>
>Before big snows you may want to gather the traps and trays and put
>back out
>after snow stops. The black plastic makes a warm rodent refuge on
>sunny
>days. Here in southeastern NY I begin trapping in mid-Nov which is
>usually
>a long while before serious winter weather.
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[NAFEX] voles, size and trapping,
Alan Haigh, 04/27/2010
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [NAFEX] voles, size and trapping,
Ernest Plutko, 04/28/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] voles, size and trapping, Chris Garriss, 04/29/2010
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