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What is the best rat trap #6901275
06/16/20 05:21 PM 06/16/20 05:21 PM
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Not muskrat, rat rat lol. What's the best kill trap today, is Victor still the king?

I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: Catch22] #6901276
06/16/20 05:23 PM 06/16/20 05:23 PM
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The one with the plastic yellow pan. Its more sensitive than the metal pans. At least in mouse traps. I think i have a couple of the all plastic victor rat traps and they worked well. They have a big pan for them to stand on to get to the food hole. Peanut butter works best for me.

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Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: Catch22] #6901277
06/16/20 05:24 PM 06/16/20 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Catch22
is Victor still the king?
YES, IMHO.

The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.
Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: Catch22] #6901292
06/16/20 05:39 PM 06/16/20 05:39 PM
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, is Victor still the king? [/quote]

In my way of thinking..

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Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: Catch22] #6901336
06/16/20 06:32 PM 06/16/20 06:32 PM
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I always tied rat traps down, whether in an attic, crawlspace, or against a wall. Roof rats were the most common rats caught. Bait was almost always peanut butter and sunflower seeds.

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Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: Catch22] #6901340
06/16/20 06:38 PM 06/16/20 06:38 PM
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Looks like you're on the right track.

wanna be goat farmer.
Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: dkrug] #6901345
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Originally Posted by dkrug
I had real success by making a box with a cover I could lift-- build tall enough for trap to spring
Using a hole saw I cut multiple holes a little over a trap width apart in the front board--kind of like a weasel box
Used Victor rat traps with pan inside of hole and a screw or nail to hold the trap down, so they couldn't move it.
Put grain or pellets for bait in rear, peanut butter on pan
Caught 28 rats in a few days around the grain bins

I tried that on packrats here with about 50 boxes. Didn't work too well. Took the lid and on end off and worked better. What works best for me if I really want to catch a bucket or two full of rats is my bridger #3 four coil set with a light pan. A little ground duff over trap and grain on the pan.
Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: Catch22] #6901349
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Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: Catch22] #6901430
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I trick out all my rat-rat traps. Piano wire springs, hickory base boards, jeweled trigger, the works. Tuned up to 3 ounces on pan tension. Make my own secret bait and lure. Hit me with a pm if ya want to buy my book. “Real Rats By the Pound”. $7.95

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Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: tomahawker] #6901436
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Originally Posted by tomahawker
I trick out all my rat-rat traps. Piano wire springs, hickory base boards, jeweled trigger, the works. Tuned up to 3 ounces on pan tension. Make my own secret bait and lure. Hit me with a pm if ya want to buy my book. “Real Rats By the Pound”. $7.95

Just on kindle or can I get a leather hardback version? grin

I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: Catch22] #6901460
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Self published!

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Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: Catch22] #6901466
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Take a sliver of raw bacon, chewier the better. Wrap around pan. Take an even thinner sliver of duct tape and wrap the bacon. Just one of the hot tips!

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Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: Catch22] #6901470
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I been having problems with the victor traps with the yellow pans. The staples that hold down the springs, keeps coming out!
Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: Gator Foot] #6901501
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Originally Posted by Gator Foot
I been having problems with the victor traps with the yellow pans. The staples that hold down the springs, keeps coming out!

Do ya think that you maybe got into a bad batch, is it just a few or a bunch Gator?

I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: Catch22] #6901655
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Originally Posted by Catch22
Originally Posted by Gator Foot
I been having problems with the victor traps with the yellow pans. The staples that hold down the springs, keeps coming out!

Do ya think that you maybe got into a bad batch, is it just a few or a bunch Gator?

I think I got a bad batch. To me, the wood they used was soft, like balsa wood. I might try and put some super glue on the wood to tighten up the grain. Or change the wood. I bought two or three packs from Lowe’s. Maybe 1/4 of them gave me trouble.
Re: What is the best rat trap [Re: Gator Foot] #6902432
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Originally Posted by Gator Foot
I been having problems with the victor traps with the yellow pans. The staples that hold down the springs, keeps coming out!


I have always had that problem with them so what I do is drill a couple holes where the staples were and run a loop of wire through them


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