Looking for older DWL Bat Traps pm me Thanks

Okay, what's a DWL Bat Trap?

it is the guys name Dave
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f363/slasherxxx/Bats/NuisancebatJobBeaverlake2_0163.jpg

Dannel,

I'll have to be the guy to start this and unfortunately it is has been too often on here.

Why trap the bats? You can exclude bats from any home or cabin without one. Relocation of
bats is not effective, not BCI approved and in general just poor management.

With bats already facing serious threats and myths and misconceptions, why use these devices
if you don't have to?

I know others have stated the clients like to see the bats (not a good reason to put them in jeopardy),
that they drive them to the country (bats cover lots of ground and just like birds can home back to
a location that most any nwco would be willing to drive to).

I lived in northeastern MI, know the country, the cities, and just can't see why you would need to employ
these, but hey maybe you were just going to buy them to make part of an antique collection for devices
that are obsolete or should have been rendered illegal.

Do you know another operator up there who also uses these traps and told you this was the way to?

I won't apologize for my rant, but will say that I am passionate about bats being excluded in a proper
way, and not during maternity season, and not being captured in traps when it is unnecessary and transporting
bats once in that trap should run afoul of wildlife laws especially with the increased conservation status concerns.

Ok, floor is open....

Justin

Trapping / sampling from a colony tell if u have males/ females or an accurate amount...

Justin, trapping evidently is a legal practice in Michigan because I know Duane "Dew" Haske utilizes that technique. It is not a legal practice in Georgia and I'm in full agreement with you.

Hi HD
yes it is legal to trap here in my home state and in my Business I offer Both exclusion's and Bat Trapping and can say as any ethical trapper you don't lose Bats By Trapping them .

I do have good success in relocating the bat around lakes and farms with out touching the Bats here is a video of a Barn release and didn't lose a one. www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=600255296659434&set=vb.121975427820759&type=2&theater
I know Other controller's who does Bat Live Trapping Bats and yes Dew is one who does this method with great success as well so I guess being it might not be legal for you to do this task in your business or never tried it well don't slam someone with another way to Offer a professional way to take care of a nuisance problem .

Thing is when you offer two ways to take care of the problem and the people who sign your check chooses bat trapping and you show success in a Live Roost like I showed you in my Video you can say what you wish and the video is proof the bats are unharmed .

Like to say we don't do Bat work in June an July if possible and why I say possible is if they are getting in the living quarter's we will do it being Bats can be Rabies vector in living quarters and it is best for my customer's .

Let me know if the Video works for you it is my Face Book Page and thanks for being Passionate about bats as I am .

How far do you have to take the bats so they don't come back?

I own about 10 of them,and at least that many of the newer ones.
I am interested in selling them.
I operated a wildlife pest control company for 15 years and am no longer doing so.
I did a lot of bat work.
My DWL traps are for sale.

Jim, I've heard it said that if you blindfold them and then spin them around three times real fast, that they lose there bearings. ( Oh yeah, I almost forgot. This only works if you're in Siberia )

The small browns from my area travel several hundred miles every fall and back in the spring. Just wondering how far to take them so they don't come back in a few days.

Oh wait a video? Well that changes everything!

Dannel, clients dont know what bat traps are till you tell them, so lets be honest and say if you don't offer it they don't know it exists.

Guess I need to launch ban the bat trap this year.

At least for MI where it seems good proven exclusion just isn't fancy enough.

PSB how much are the traps worth. I have several and hve offered to use them to F&W if they would want to examine some some out of building. I quit using them because I like to use the bats to check my work. When I take the valves or nets down after a week or so and I still have live bats I know my work is not done. If I take them a long distance clean out the attic and a year or two later there are live bats and guano in the attic I can always refer to my one year warranty but I would feel like a terrible person.
If I was going to use a bat trap and didn't have several I'd jump on PSB's offer as they do work well.

I wouldn't use them for bats, but it looks like something that could easily be modified into a multi-catch holding cage for Flyers-Red Squirrels-or even Chipmunks if you could get them for a reasonable price.

During our blackout period I offer to seal up the interior so the bats can't get into the living quarters.

It is hard to tell customers that I can't do anything for them until August 15th. So having an option for them is nice.

Interior seals are a great option and we offer that when they have had them in the house.

Sometimes it is only a couple spots inside and folks can feel more comfortable till fall.

Bat work definitely requires being able to educate and calm the client through that interaction.

Most Bats I take them 5 to 7 miles to 30 some miles depends on the job after Bats are out of Home they do get a seal up an if Bat do return to any of the areas they will not have the same home they had before I got there . As you know it is wild life and no Guarantee's Bats will stay where transplanted and there isn't no charge to a Transplant .

HD
Every phone call that comes in for Bats i normally explain because Most customer's don't know the difference between excluding to Bat Trapping it is my job to sell my service and once explained they like to see the result's not just to know the noise is gone . when I do the exclusion I offer a Year guarantee from Date of completion.

Bat trapping they also feel they get the moneys worth being I Document everything in photo's or Video and I show them the Results of using Bat traps and as far as exclusion Tubes you can tell a lot of the time by the questions they ask ...........( is the Bats really Gone ) and that's a 5 Day deal when Trapping is 2 to 3 days depends on how many Bats there are .
Ok enough for now . Thanks for your input ; )

I did many,many bat jobs,I had employees,paid workers comp,took out taxes etc.I loved catching bats,and my best was over 400 in one house,in one night in the traps.Most jobs were 0 to 25 bats.I sealed up,and hung the traps at the main exits.
Pa made it illegal to capture bats,but I continued to use them,BUT left the trap door open,therefore it became an exclusion device.
I guarrenteed my bat work for 3 years.
If the house is sealed,the bats can not regain entry.
Some houses,and buildings can not be bat proofed.