Go to ground squirrel bait
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My girlfriend is engaged in a war with ground squirrels… but I have never pursued this, does anyone have a bait suggestion?
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Re: Go to ground squirrel bait
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Peanut Butter, Fruit, Seeds. For what kind of trap?
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Re: Go to ground squirrel bait
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Peanut Butter, Fruit, Seeds. For what kind of trap? I’m not sure if a Victor barnrat trap is sufficient otherwise a wooden cubby and small foot hold
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Re: Go to ground squirrel bait
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07/19/24 12:11 AM
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Are we talking the 13 lined ground squirrel? I catch red squirrels and ground squirrels in my weasel boxes using Victor rat traps and it does the job just fine. Sunflower seeds, corn and peanut butter is my go to bait. Or place a #1 LS upside-down over the hole. No bait needed and takes them out quick.
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Re: Go to ground squirrel bait
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Are we talking the 13 lined ground squirrel? I catch red squirrels and ground squirrels in my weasel boxes using Victor rat traps and it does the job just fine. Sunflower seeds, corn and peanut butter is my go to bait. Or place a #1 LS upside-down over the hole. No bait needed and takes them out quick. No , talking about what we used to call gray gophers which are in fact a ground squirrel.
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Re: Go to ground squirrel bait
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Yes what kind of squirrels. Here we call them grey diggers but they are California ground squirrels. I have caught several hundred the last couple weeks, I use small live traps and cracked corn for bait. A little trail in to a small pile behind the pan. They are little pigs and can’t help themselves. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2024/07/full-57883-224207-img_0929.jpeg) wws That’s more what I am talking about
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Re: Go to ground squirrel bait
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07/31/24 01:45 PM
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^^^^^ I buy a similar setup with traps included by Tomcat I think , they are about $25 . Peanut butter in the middle with sunflower seeds and cracked corn in and out of the the tunnel. From what I’ve seen every Eastern chipmunk I’ve caught has his nose in the skippy when he fires the trap.
Doubles are common .
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Re: Go to ground squirrel bait
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Thanks folks, picked up a small live trap,haven’t set it because I can’t get my girlfriend to kill the critter with out shooting through the trap. So I borrowed her a.22 and she’s still got ground squirrels, she’s shy about immersing the trap in a barrel of water for dispatch.
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Re: Go to ground squirrel bait
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Oregon Sugarpod peas worked for ground squirrel…one down
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