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  • From: Steve <sdw12986@aol.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Relocating squirrels-trap
  • Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:39:05 -0400

I noticed that the link disappeared from the facebook page. Too bad because I wanted to see it too.

On 8/16/2012 5:35 PM, Ginda Fisher wrote:
link?

On Aug 16, 2012, at 11:21 AM, bassgarden@gmail.com wrote:

Take a look at the picture I posted on Nafex facebook page. It shows a way of
keeping the squirrels out with no traps.

Bass
www.treesofjoy.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Reich<leeareich@gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:18:20
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Subject: Re: [nafex] Relocating squirrels-trap

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

Lee Reich, PhD
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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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