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  • From: Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Relocating squirrels-trap
  • Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:56:02 -0400

I have been using Kania traps for 4-5 years and without them would be
harvesting nothing. This year even with four traps going I lost a third of
my fruit -- the squirrels are out in ridiculous numbers this year and I was
not trapping aggressively enough in early summer. I have a big problem with
birds eating the mast outside the trap, without which the squirrels are much
less likely to find the trap. So they need to be re-baited frequently.

My cats show no interest in my Kania traps even though they could climb right
up to them if they wanted to. I have had birds set off the trap (but not get
caught), I caught a flying squirrel once in it, and one time a raccoon got
his hand stuck in it and was making a huge racket in the middle of the night
trying to get out of it.

I think the best way to mount them is on a moveable pole about 5' high, out
of the reach of most non-target species.

Scott Z7 MD

On Aug 16, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Road's End Farm wrote:

> Huh? Cats climb posts.
>
> Though I suppose it depends on the type of the post.
>
>
> -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think
> Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 16, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Elizabeth Hilborn wrote:
>
>>
>> but by setting the trap while mounted up on the side of a post, they
>> are
>> supposed to be safe for (will avoid trapping) nontarget species.
>
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