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Re: Squirrel Ridge Vent Set-Up (pics)
[Re: trapper4hire]
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05/03/12 08:45 PM
05/03/12 08:45 PM
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LT GREY
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 Score! I would NEVER do it that way.. 2 8x8's counter balanced on both sides is FAR more effective !
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Re: Squirrel Ridge Vent Set-Up (pics)
[Re: LT GREY]
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05/03/12 09:20 PM
05/03/12 09:20 PM
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Frankfort, Ky. USA
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LT when you say more effective do you mean your method would make them come out faster. That looks pretty effective.
Describe the 8x8 method a little more in detail. I'm sure it is a good method and I would like to use it sometime and I don't quite understand it.
Sleep'n with an animal..I can help.
Do not use both feet when testing the depth or temperature of the water
Your Friend,
Paul Brooker
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Re: Squirrel Ridge Vent Set-Up (pics)
[Re: trapper4hire]
#3146619
05/03/12 10:25 PM
05/03/12 10:25 PM
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LT GREY
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So how would you do it ?Anyone remember that post ? (Please don't wake up LATrapper )  4 traps 8x8x24....a single strand of 14 gauge wire ( 30" long ) is tied at the bottom, dead center. You drape this over your shoulder....UP the ladder you go. Be safe only carry 2 at a time, but they are tied together and balance on your shoulder, leaving your hands free... Now where they are entering the ridge vent, counter balance them over the peak...you will never need any other tie off, due to it is perfectly balanced by each other, Other 2 traps go on the other end...or near the first two traps... A grey squirrel usually has 5...so you have 4 chances to catch a squirrel at this entrance.... and I usually have 1-4 within hours,
They are not afraid of a sibling in a trap, quite the opposite ! I can set these up very fast...and I mean VERY!...and have the litter caught in a day or two at the most...I often see another squirrel trying to get into a cage trap of a caught squirrel. Your best bait is a live animal...now who didn't know that ?
You do know I supply more tails to Mepps than anyone in this part of Ohio, don't you ?
How do you think I do that...pickin up road kill ?
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Re: Squirrel Ridge Vent Set-Up (pics)
[Re: Dave Shumway]
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05/04/12 06:34 AM
05/04/12 06:34 AM
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Dayton, OH
trapper4hire
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What's all the pictures got to do with the thread topic? I'm not sure if its a case of A.D.D or A.D.H.D
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Re: Squirrel Ridge Vent Set-Up (pics)
[Re: LT GREY]
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05/04/12 06:40 AM
05/04/12 06:40 AM
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So how would you do it ?Anyone remember that post ? (Please don't wake up LATrapper ) 4 traps 8x8x24....a single strand of 14 gauge wire ( 30" long ) is tied at the bottom, dead center. You drape this over your shoulder....UP the ladder you go. Be safe only carry 2 at a time, but they are tied together and balance on your shoulder, leaving your hands free... Now where they are entering the ridge vent, counter balance them over the peak...you will never need any other tie off, due to it is perfectly balanced by each other, Other 2 traps go on the other end...or near the first two traps... A grey squirrel usually has 5...so you have 4 chances to catch a squirrel at this entrance.... and I usually have 1-4 within hours,
They are not afraid of a sibling in a trap, quite the opposite ! I can set these up very fast...and I mean VERY!...and have the litter caught in a day or two at the most...I often see another squirrel trying to get into a cage trap of a caught squirrel. Your best bait is a live animal...now who didn't know that ?
You do know I supply more tails to Mepps than anyone in this part of Ohio, don't you ?
How do you think I do that...pickin up road kill ? How many tails did you turn in last year?
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Re: Squirrel Ridge Vent Set-Up (pics)
[Re: LT GREY]
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05/05/12 08:23 PM
05/05/12 08:23 PM
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Frankfort, Ky. USA
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I bait my colony traps just to make them a little more friendly. I agree with LT a squirrel can't resist "black" walnuts. I mix an ounce of black walnut oil in a jar of peanut butter. When I counter balance traps like the 8x8 set up I use parachute chord. I suppose they could chew it into before entering the trap but it seems easier to keep more traps over my shoulder. I never take the first step off or on a ladder with anything in my hands.
I like sharing different methods but I can't discount the one pictured.
Or I guess I could say one word Comstock!!!
Sleep'n with an animal..I can help.
Do not use both feet when testing the depth or temperature of the water
Your Friend,
Paul Brooker
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cant ya flip'em around so i dont break my neck? 
