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  • From: Lee Reich <leeareich@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Relocating squirrels-trap
  • Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:18:20 -0400

What kind of pole? A cat could climb a wooden one. A squirrel can't climb a
metal one.

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On Aug 16, 2012, at 10:56 AM, Scott Smith wrote:

> 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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