Squirrel Bodygrip Box
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04/14/15 03:50 PM
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When using baited conibear boxes for squirrels do you find that the open designs or restricted access boxes work better?
When I say open, I mean that the end of the box has no cover, but the back of the box may be closed OR cut out with hardware cloth covering the back so that they can see through. By restricted I meant that there is a cover on the end with say a 3" hole.
Do you prefer using the standard trigger wire setup, or bending them down/pan that is stepped on?
Finally, do you prefer to use a conibear box or something else, like a running pole set, when trapping grey/fox squirrels in oak and pine trees?
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04/14/15 06:02 PM
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Paul Winkelmann
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While I was reading Eric's post above I got to wandering why we don't use anything but the same old cages for squirrels. We will use
Conibears for cage shy raccoons but we never use anything but cages for grey, red, and flying squirrels. ( We have caught a grand
total of one fox squirrel in 26 years ) The answer is pretty simple. If we can't box squirrels into a cage, we set a 2-door cage and
that nearly always catches them. But I think the main reason is that we use the same squirrel cages for baby skunks, thirteen-lined
ground squirrels. chipmunks, wood rats, Norway rats, voles, and even the smaller birds. We always have some on the truck.
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04/15/15 05:36 AM
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Thanks for the replies. I have plenty of bodygrips, which is why I'm wanting to build a box for it, I'm thinking a BMI 115 would work well. I already have the cedar fence boards...
Do tot ever use a running pole set, or is that more of a fur trapping set, due to ADC wanting to keep catches out of sight?
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04/15/15 09:30 PM
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Here's one of my home made boxes. If you look closely you can see that the 110 on the right has been thrown. There is a squirrel in it. Two traps with a bait box in the center as you can see in this photo with the side of the box open.  The blocks hold the traps in place whether they are set or open. The slots in the side allow room for the springs with the trap open or set. This way, I can prebait the box, set it in place and allow the squirrels to feed for a few days, getting use to freely moving through the trap. Then when they are use to it and no longer shy of feeding there, I go back, set the traps and catch the squirrels.  Here's a close up view showing the feeding trough and the stabilizing block with the trap in place.  I have variations of this box with the front cut at an angle to fit neatly against boxing under overhangs on a roof line. This box only has a single trap and no bait. It is used at the point of entry, set so that they must go through it to get back in.  I've tried cage traps with all sorts of different baits and tube traps but my own designs work the best.
Muddawg
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04/20/15 11:57 AM
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Do you catch the problem animals and then close the entrance, or is closing it off on the homeowner?
Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re usually right. - Ford
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Re: Squirrel Bodygrip Box
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04/20/15 04:55 PM
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Paul you did read it right, Reds here are a protected species, they used to be all over this country,now they only exist in very few areas, pushed out by the greys through competition for food and habitat, the greys carry a pox that does not affect them but is lethal to the Reds. I do a lot of grey control for the Red squirrel groups a lot of which is funded through govt money, it is illegal to release greys after they have been caught and also for a vet to treat one,they must destroy them, Through extensive trapping and shooting the Reds are starting to make a good comeback in some areas,and now a lot more big landowners are coming on board and letting us trap and shoot greys because we have proved that it works.
Brian
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04/21/15 06:39 AM
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Are you able to keep the grey squirrels to eat? Mmmm squirrel meat!
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04/21/15 11:00 AM
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5 years ago i took on a 3 yr contract to kill grey squirrels on a nature reserve, i had to take blood samples of them and send them in to a laboratory, and then send the body's to a university for testing. now i keep most of them for Ferret food, i have eaten them but not very often, have you any decent recipes?
Brian
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04/21/15 05:04 PM
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Yes Paul i have 6, i use them for bolting Rabbits from their setts,
A mans heart hardens and grows cold when away from nature
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Coney catcher,
The tender ones are great fried. The rest are great in a good gravy or a gumbo. The meat is one of my favorites. I'll give up a gumbo recipe, if interested
Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re usually right. - Ford
Winners Focus on Winning - Morris
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