How do I trap rats that are burrowing under concrete? Could I use a Colony trap baited with peanut butter or would the rats escape the trap? Would a RBG 40 conibear in a little can with some bait in the back work? What would be a good bait for them? I don’t have any experience with trapping barn rats and I own 1 rat trap but it’s weak

if theyre burrowing, easy to place a trap in the holes. If you have foot hold traps, set the traps tight against the walls of the buildings and blend em in a bit and set em with hair triggers.

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alright thanks

Cover them with a rag. They can’t tell the difference that the floor

Beer can set ..along the wall. ..#1 jump trap

I'll post a pic of the set later

A few flat setting jumps or #1 longs with very light pan setting and make them go between the jaws not over them. You can set those on a 2x4 laid along the side of the barn they like to run edges. Put a smear of peanut butter about 6” up over the pan on the wall directly over the pan. Caught a bunch by both batch legs that way.
Set them right in or up against the openings where they go in and out. Make them go between the jaws. The pan is a good stepping spot. They can really jump so get them to step on the pan not over it.
Use some board pieces and other stuff to funnel them over the trap.
Weasel boxes with #1 jumps or longspring traps work very well too. You can make weasel boxes out of milk cartons or plastic jugs lots of examples in search history here on tman for making those from stuff you have laying around.

Bait blocks shoved in the hole. Push them in good with a stick.

There could be a lot of rats and trapping them will never rid you of them. I would make a trip to your local farm store and purchase some rodent bombs (look like a big fire cracker) light one up put it down the hole as far as you can and use a leaf blower to force smoke down the tunnels. Done in one time.

trapping rats is fun but if you have obvious rat problems you have a lot of rats, as fast as they breed it may take awhile and you probably won't get them all.
For outside the home rats it's hard to beat rat blocks, change to a different formula after a week or so. It will knock them down fast. Never used the bombs, not sure how that would work with an extensive tunnels, but YMMV

thanks for the input yall, ima bait a 0 longspring and try a few other things

Grandpa used to always say shove poison down their hole. But be careful they don’t turn around and bite you while you’re doing it!

I have one of those rat a Nader traps. Pre-made it cover it with the tarp, then set the doors to close. Best catch was 15.

interesting

Live/cage traps work too.

Like coyotes, rats have a fear of new items in their environments. Some rats are relatively easy to trap or poison. There's usually a few that it's easier to shoot, because they won't eat poison and will usually avoid any traps.

Keith

A couple boys with 22’s, rat shot and flash lights. If outside and distance is greater switch to 410. Let the slaughter begin. Forgot to add, shooters have better luck when elevated. Loft or roof with lawn chairs.

Been there done that as a kid.

This was a lot of fun with a thermal and a suppressed .22 in a friend's barn that had a rat problem.

[video:youtube]https://youtu.be/tj7rWrtWghs?si=zvyxpM5rkxbjtWyV[/video]

Used to go to the local dump as a kid with my ,22 and have a blast.

or plug the hole with a rag

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well that sonds like alot of fun but its right by a pig pen so i cant have poison or shoot them and i have never trapped a rat before so im tryna trap em

Fenn MK4 is perfect for this situation.

alright i will look into that trap

They are like smoke bombs, But with a leaf blower smoke will fill the tunnels and you have a one time stink for a couple of days not a stink for a month and rats that catch the poison as fast as you put it out. The smoke bombs are less than 10 dollars for 5.

A leaf blower distributes the smoke although I have done it both ways

Rats when poisoned or killed by poison or trapping will sometimes move to another place. I want them dead now!

I don’t like poison. I have owls in my woods and do not want them subject to possible secondary poisoning…

Well thanks for the input yall, I’m try and put bait above a 0 long spring or on the pan and see what happens

When i trap pack rats for bait i use a bigger trap like a #2 or 3 with a light pan. Catches them like a body grip. They are pretty paranoid so you have to cover trap with ground duff then sprink a little corn on ttap.

k will do

Bringing this thread back up from the depths to say thanks cause I caught quite a few rats that were eating livestock feed

which of the methods / traps did you go with? I am fighting them in the chicken coop.

Well I only had 0 longsprings and they had runs going through the dirt so I made a indent so the trap wouldn’t be crazy high up and I put a tad bit of straw on it and they would be dead when I found em. For stake I pushed a concrete stake like 6 inches in the ground and slid the trap ring over the top of it

Pics are in the kids forum on my trapping thread

110 with a coni pan also has its uses.

Get yourself a Rat Terrier, they’re born and bred for killing rats, google it you’ll be surprised

Try this

Yes sir hours in my uncles barn loft at night with .22 or .20 cal air gun with some corn on the floor of an empty stall. Great entertainment and about the only entertainment on evenings after hunting all day.

I lived near Newark Nj and we had big dumps to shoot rats at. We shot boxes of shells evry night. But that is all gone of course now.....jk

I have always heard put Coca Cola in jar lids. They drink it and the carbonation in it kills them because they can't burp

If I can't burp I fart instead.