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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 11:45:57 -0400

Use a wood pole - the cats won't climb it because they have no interest in
the trap. Dogs on the other hand may be interested in the bait and get a paw
stuck, I like 5' off the ground to keep the trap out of dogs' reach.

Scott

On Aug 16, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Lee Reich wrote:

> 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
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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