Post by TrapWorks on Jan 10, 2009 4:51:28 GMT -5
Hi all, I thought I would put up some pictures of a squirrel bait station and the end results.
I'm not sure how these pictures will go down over there or even if it's legal. Here goes.
For this project you will need a short length of plastic drainpipe preferably 4 inches or so in diameter and anywhere from 12 inches to 24 inches long. You will also need a 4 inch diameter circular piece of wood – plywood will do - the same size as the inside diameter of the tube. To mount the bait station you will need a pole of some description, at least 7 feet long and 5 inches or more wide would be ideal.
A section of plastic drainpipe.
Once you have made your circular disc the same diameter as the internal size of the tube, cut the disc in half. Screw one piece in either end of the tube or drainpipe ensuring that they are both the same way up. They will create a holder and prevent your feed from falling out of the tube.
Here I have used the end caps from a poster tube, they are soft plastic, easily cut and glued into the ends of the pipe, they are also easily replaceable in case squirrels end up chewing the wooden disc away.
The plank or post is ideally mounted between two trees.
After mounting the pole or plank between the trees lash the pipe to the top using wire or cable ties so that it doesn’t slip.
Fill with feed of some description (I find dried maize works the best, but I also use peanuts and other types of nuts too), and you are done.
Staple some fence wire to the pole the bait station is affixed to, ideally this would be in a hoop, but if not then a single piece of wire attached at one side will do, remember to put one at each end as squirrels will approach from both directions. To these we are going to attach snares.
The snares should be at least two feet from the bait station and preferably the same from its fixing point, and the station should be high enough so the squirrel cannot touch the ground when suspended from the snare.
Make a brass rabbit snare using 4 ply brass wire and a brass eyelet. Tie the wire to the fence wire hoop as an anchor and then use a small piece of electrical tape to hold the snare in place. The noose should be 4 inches or so across and set about 4 inches high off the pole surface.
You can clearly see the snare in its hoop in the background here.
Hope you enjoy making this project and that it is as successful for you as it has been for me.
Here are a couple that didn't make it. If found alive, give them the good news with either a stout length of wood or an airgun.
I'm not sure how these pictures will go down over there or even if it's legal. Here goes.
For this project you will need a short length of plastic drainpipe preferably 4 inches or so in diameter and anywhere from 12 inches to 24 inches long. You will also need a 4 inch diameter circular piece of wood – plywood will do - the same size as the inside diameter of the tube. To mount the bait station you will need a pole of some description, at least 7 feet long and 5 inches or more wide would be ideal.
A section of plastic drainpipe.
Once you have made your circular disc the same diameter as the internal size of the tube, cut the disc in half. Screw one piece in either end of the tube or drainpipe ensuring that they are both the same way up. They will create a holder and prevent your feed from falling out of the tube.
Here I have used the end caps from a poster tube, they are soft plastic, easily cut and glued into the ends of the pipe, they are also easily replaceable in case squirrels end up chewing the wooden disc away.
The plank or post is ideally mounted between two trees.
After mounting the pole or plank between the trees lash the pipe to the top using wire or cable ties so that it doesn’t slip.
Fill with feed of some description (I find dried maize works the best, but I also use peanuts and other types of nuts too), and you are done.
Staple some fence wire to the pole the bait station is affixed to, ideally this would be in a hoop, but if not then a single piece of wire attached at one side will do, remember to put one at each end as squirrels will approach from both directions. To these we are going to attach snares.
The snares should be at least two feet from the bait station and preferably the same from its fixing point, and the station should be high enough so the squirrel cannot touch the ground when suspended from the snare.
Make a brass rabbit snare using 4 ply brass wire and a brass eyelet. Tie the wire to the fence wire hoop as an anchor and then use a small piece of electrical tape to hold the snare in place. The noose should be 4 inches or so across and set about 4 inches high off the pole surface.
You can clearly see the snare in its hoop in the background here.
Hope you enjoy making this project and that it is as successful for you as it has been for me.
Here are a couple that didn't make it. If found alive, give them the good news with either a stout length of wood or an airgun.