How to bait a Rat Trap to get the Rat 99% of the time...
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This Tutorial will show you how to bait a rat trap to get the rats 99% of the time... - Věda a technologie
I was an exterminator about 20 years ago. While this would work, the best bait I have ever used, and is an old industry trick, is bacon, but it is used in a very specific way. Tack a small raw piece of bacon and impale it on the spur on the trigger. Take the trap to where you will set it. Then take a lighter and apply flame to the bacon until the fat starts to melt out of it and the bait turns wet all over. The area will fill with the scent and you will get a hit in no time flat. There have been times I set the trap, turned to go, and before I could even get away---snap! They love it. I have never had one steal the bait. I have had them jump a shutting trap in the case of roof rats---they are known for that--but never steal the bait of melty bacon without setting it off.
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for this excellent advice. The first night I set 6 traps with cheese and peanut butter and just like you said, the rat licked 3 of those traps clean without engaging the kill spring. After watching your video yesterday, I cleaned all of my traps and used the hot glue method to glue on some dog-kibble. Then I filled some empty spaces between the kibble with a tiny bit of cheese and peanut butter. I went out and set my traps again....less than an hour later, I checked my traps and sure enough....Mr. Rat met his demise! Thanks for your insight and help on this one. I am going to keep the other 5 traps active tonight in case Mr. Rat had some buddies that I didn't know about. Thanks again! You really know your trapping methods! :)
Glad to help...
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This was fantastic. I have been trying to catch a rat for a couple weeks,used peanut butter and some fruit. Every time it was all gone but the trap was not triggered. Used this,and the next morning had the rat. Thank for the great tip.
I just don’t know how anyone has one rat or one mouse. Mine must travel on a family plan.
So more are usually around damn I'm not sleeping tonight
free/special offers work!
This was amazing! We tried catching the rats with no luck for days....but then tried your method of super gluing the dog food to the trap and the next day we caught a rat! Thank you!
Awesome, it worked perfectly! I used dry dog food hot glued to the traps. I set 4 of them last night and already caught 2 big rats! Not only that, since the bait is glued in place, I did't loose it. Just reset the trap and it's ready for more! Great tip. I have never had luck with rats before. They always steal the bait. Not now!
I do have some dry dog food I and a glue gun so I know what I'm doing tomorrow thanks for the good tip can't wait cuz this RAT is a pain in the butt
@@chrisdiane8429 Did you get him??
I can’t thank you enough. I’ve been having a problem in my garage and couldn’t seem to ever catch them. I would come back in the morning and the traps would be snapped but no rats. The chicken wing idea worked great! Caught two last night!
We had a rat for 3 weeks! We tried everything, to no avail. Came across his video, and did what he said. Early in the morning I heard that sweet sounding snap! Thank you so much 😊
Finally got it! I been chasing this rat for a week. It would eat the bait right off the trap. The hot glue and dry dog food worked! Thanks!
Excellent job sir. Watched this video around 4pm today and got rid of our mouse problem at 9pm. Little guy kept licking the peanut butter off for 4 days.
Thank you so much for this video! I have been trying to catch a rat in our crawl space for 4 days! Was searching google for ways to get rid of a rat and came across your video. Used your hot glue/dog food technique and caught it within an hour or 2!! Gonna reset a trap and make sure it was the only one!
Great advice to secure the bait on the trap. Rats and mice were licking the peanut butter off the 4 traps I used after I had some success catching rats, maybe they got smart. I didn't want to buy a hot glue gun, so just used DAP Rapidfuse glue (superglue is also good), quick dry, very strong, to glue almonds to the triggers and then put a dab of peanut butter on the almond. It works!
You are awesome! I've been trying to catch a rat for a week with no success. Did this and caught him within the hour!
I catch rats but don't leave the trap flat on the ground but drill a hole and screw it to a tree or a wooden wall that way they can only access the trap with their head and most have to get up on their back feet ...then whamm!
great idea... thanks!
Excellent idea! I will be doing this tonight
Great idea.
Mike Smith . Hey man. Thank you for your help. I tried out your advice and it worked la a charm. I screwed it to the wall and caught the rat on my first try. I've been trying for a while and hadn't had any luck. I will try this new method from now on.
Great thanks for this vertical trap idea!!!
Got one at 3am, tape the trap to a cardboard box to make it vertical. put a bottle of water inside the box to make it steady.tie a piece of bread with raisin on the trigger. dip a little sesame butter(no peanut butter on hand). put the trap in the corner, close to where the rat drop was found. got one rat in the second night after the trap was set. I doubt the bread has been dry for a while before the hit.
Brilliant!! Trying it out right now. 2 nights of bait being licked clean and a sprung trap is enough.
I've found that tying the bait to the release lever will actually cause the string to get caught in the rear facing teeth of the rodent and hooking it to the base of the trap, so that when the trap spring is released and the base of the trap reacts by jumping or sliding, the string holds their teeth and head of the rodent in the target area.
Bacon is MY bait of choice. I stuff a 1/2" piece under the trigger tab and 'hook' the rest over the top. They GOTTA 'pull' on it to get it away. Works every time. Good advice on securing traps so they can't be dragged off.
Thank you so much! I finally caught the freakin rat with your technique.... it was driving me crazy.
Just wanted to thank for an excellent tip for prepping the rat trap. I used some rice krispies snack (they love them) with the hot glue for the bait. I've caught 4 large rats so far and I just reset my trap. I've never had much luck with snap traps until your suggestion. Thank you! Thank You! Thank You!
I watched this Sunday and last night it worked. I was trying for a week with peanut butter and he was wright. All that does it feed the rat. I bought some thin wire at Walmart and rapped some chicken where the bait goes. The wire was around the metal and the trap popped. That was after I got a finger LOL popped. Thank you this really worked! glt
You are amazing!! I've had rats out smarting my electronic traps, glue traps and snap traps. I used your tootsie roll method and BAM!!! Caught two that night. Thank you!!!!
I've always used crunchy peanut butter and make sure to shove a chunk of peanut underneath the little grip on the bait tab. Same concept but peanut butter has a wonderful scent that attracts them to the trap
Thank you sir!! I looked at your video about 9am today after the trap being robbed. I hot glued dog food to the trap and within 3 hours I caught a rat. I reset the trap and just after dark there was another one. That’s two rats in less than 12 hours, same trap, same bait, same location.
That’s three
@@barrettsimmons8214It's two
put peanut butter under the the the metal too and the rat will set off the trap off pushing up ,trying to get under.
double bait your trap
I fell asleep and woke up to this on my auto-play. I honestly thought Kermit the frog was baiting rat traps. It made me smile, miss Jim Henson, and reflect on my childhood. I hope this information is not insulting and I would like to thank you for bringing back some of the best memories Ive ever had.
Thanks for the video man. Instrumental in me getting my rat. Everywhere else I looked they said to use peanut butter . In the end it was dried peanuts glued to a trap that got him.
I have been trying for a week to catch the pest eating all my kale. I tried your hot glue and dog food trick and it WORKED!!! I set the trap again just in case there is more of them.
If you see one there are always more.
The best bait is bread and peanut butter. Grab a chunk of wheat bread and tie it on the bait holder plate so the rodent would have to pull on the bait. Last thing to do is smear peanut butter on it. Peanut butter has a very strong scent. This method never failed me.
that's what I used to think ,try ''Slim Jim'' it stays on the trigger 7 rats with one 1'' long piece
He probably means to cut it up
Well, what actually happens is the Macho Man Randy Savage pops out of nowhere and says, "Ooooh Yeaaaaah!" and the rat just dies right there from snapping into a slim jim.
Used your technique, worked flawlessly! Thank you!!
Literally tried this today after spends around $100 in rodent products...tried this and caught it in 2 HOURS!!!! Thank you so much!
Kept licking the peanut butter clean...going to try this. You sir are the Machiavelli of rat traps.
Smear smooth peanut butter on a small rectangle of paper towel and roll up like a joint. Then cut into small pieces about the size of your pinky finger nail. I do a whole lot and keep them in a jar with a strip of towel soaked with vanilla essence ....that pervades the baits. Don’t add it directly as it makes the peanut butter treats crumbly so they won’t slide over the over the trap trigger. Their teeth catch on the paper towel triggering the trap. I also scatter some about the area to attract them and build up their confidence. Also.....it’s worthwhile with these Victor traps modifying them with nails driven up from underneath so they protrude just inside where the bar comes down. That prevents them escaping and makes for a cleaner kill. I also tie my traps down as suggested here.
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Z-Hut, Thanks Dude, you have explained how to catch rats and I appreciate it because I thought the empty traps were the result of placing the rat traps in the wrong position where by the rats could eat the peanut butter and get away with it. I thought I had to place the trap in a funnel position leading the rat into a correct position like a professional trapper would do.
Now thanks to you I know how to do it correctly. I have tied bait on before and struck out, I was using the wrong bait.
This worked for me, thanks. I think they'd been lapping the peanut butter off. I secured a walnut to the plate and it triggered the trap. ☺
Cat food hot glued onto the plastic bait area worked on one ou t of 5 traps. The other 4 were picked clean and not set off. Maybe the plastic bait plates are less sensitive than those little metal ones in the video. Also, the weather changed-got colder-so that affected the glue, it just didn't hold. So, I will now try wiring the bait on.
Why not let your cat kill the rat? Put your cat to work!
I hired a pest control company for a rat problem. They put out traps with peanut butter, and wouldn’t go deep into the attic. The result...no rats.. I watched this video, and followed direction. I did attach the trap to a five foot board to allow me to slide it close to the evidence of a nest....ten days later ....BAM. One dead rat.....guess I won’t need the pest control team anymore! Thanks for the tip!
Exterminator never helped me either. Think my rats are onto my trap game :/
This is very good advice!👍
Thank you for the quick tips on hot glue gun and cereal. Our first time with this problem and this was very easy to follow. Took us 20 minutes to take care of the problem. Thank you!
I did the hot glue. Glued a piece of dog food. I heard the trap go off about 30 minutes later. I'm afraid to go check it. LOL.
@@LovetheTinies ugh. I didn't catch it. It's so annoying. Why are these rodents so smart??? Going to try it again tonight. Wish me luck. 😊
OMG this worked so well. Instant results in like 3-4 hours from when I put the trap out. The key takeaway is the hot glue. I used a piece of mini wheats.
You couldn't use cold glue no?
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LOL~N @ Glue gun.....that's cheating!
Your idea works very well! I glued Cheerio cereal to the snap trap. Already got 4 rats with the same trap!
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Great video, thank you. Since I used your advice regarding the glue gun, I've caught mice for four consecutive nights.
Very helpful. Video was kind of long, just jumped to the most important 30 seconds. Thanks for posting
It was very long to get to the point. We don't need instructions on how to un wrap the trap etc.. But that not withstanding....thanks for posting!!
Thanks for the good advice. I just talked to a "rat professor" and he said to also wear gloves when handing the traps so the rats don't pick up a human scent.
Richard Stith, yes! That’s another important tip that many CZcamsrs miss. Rats are not dumb. Mice are pretty stupid, but rats are incredibly smart and very cautious. If your scent is in the trap, you could bait it with anything and the rat will avoid it.
The only important advice... sad everyone is missing that factor
Pffft... Eastern Trappers😑😂
Lmfao oh the good ole myth. The scent is bs. They wouldn’t be around you in your house if they were scared
@@millz8702 agreed. If you drop food off your plate they won't touch it hahaha
Modify the trap, pound 5-6 small nails in through the bottom of the trap so they point up around the bait trigger end. This is less cruel as it dispatches them quickly and they can not back out. Use gloves and I find my older weathered nasty traps work better than new ones I do oil the spring and hinges when needed.
Bait, I use sticky candy (Laffy taffy, juju fruit, etc.) smeared in the hole and underneath. I firmly push a pumpkin seed onto the prong and put a bit of peanut butter on the seed, only for scent. This works pretty well and they don't really get a chance to eat the bait so I can use it more than once.
I remodel houses and am amazed at the damage they can do, this is a serious problem. Can't wait to try the glue gun!
I do what you do and I add a popsicle stick under the back side of the spring for extra power and speed and I tie them off so I don't loose them and I fiddle with the trigger for that tender touch
Would you do a quick video to show us please what you do? It's hard to understand until seeing it in the flesh. The effect you describe sounds very good.
I used your cheerios method and sure enough the next morning I got a rat, it still had its teeth stuck into the cheerios, good video.
Thank you so much i caught it less than 20 minutes. Also i used a cheap mousetrap and it still worked 🙊🦋
glad to help!
Thank you what are your opinion on building a cover over the trip plate?
I am going to try this this evening. I hear something chewing under the floor boards at around 1a.m. Sounds like it is trying to chew its way into the house. Its is so loud that from the bedroom, i think that it is actually in the living room...but, im sure I wouldnt be hearing anything were it not for the fact that I took the carpet up and theres nothing but plywood floors for now. Love to know of any suggestions for squirrels.
Thank you, I was being mocked by them until I tried your attach the bait to the trigger! But I used a rubber band. Peanut butter works but I found on another video, put it under the trigger. All worked!
My Tip: I always glue the trap onto an old pizza box. Scent from the pizza, reuse of material you already have, you don't have to see the dead rat and get grossed out and easy to clean up afterwards--just close the pizza box shut and throw away!
Brilliant.
i love u Linda thank u for this.
So you throw away the trap?
As a bonus, you get to eat a pizza first!
Not everyone can afford to throw the trap away every time. Still an excellent idea though.
Glue gun. This guy is diabolical on rats!! I did have rats a while back and got em pretty regularly with peanut butter on a garage window sill. If I have problems again I will use this advice. Thanks.
I am using the snap traps outside for rats. I am finding a lot of the traps have been snapped and the bait gone. I have glued dried nuts to activator. A lot of time trap activated and some nuts left. I put trap in clear area away from anything that might set it off. Any suggests
Why would a rat even try to take bait from a trap that says "rat trap" right on the top in big red letters!? Sheeesh!!!
Oh my god I laughed so hard, thank you
Good thing they cant read
Made me chuckle too
Who knows! Meybe they previously were rummaging in library or school, and learned how to read. Best thing- erase it and write "Meal & Dine here"
I've tried several, but the ones that work best - paint the whole thing in light blue and stencil "FREE BEER" in the biggest letters you can fit, then a little arrow pointing at the lever labelled "complimentary buffet". Just make sure you warn all : husbands, sons, uncles, freeloading nephews, etc. , otherwise you will be wondering where they got the big bar-shaped bruise on the bridge of their nose ... One more that worked was "PRESS HERE for free young, un-bred females" ... Issue same warning, but possible bruise will be in a different place...
Thanks. Very good advice.
This is a great method. Never thought of it.
I did use a chunk of caramel tonight though.. And watered it a little before I stuck it all around the bait stick. Hopefully it works.
But I'm definitely going this route from here on out. 😂
How did it work for you??
I've been losing the battle I've tried every bait on my traps I could think of , I'm definitely trying the tied on chicken wing spikes and the glued on cat food biscuits , thanks for sharing
A freakin' weasel? Holy crap!
After many unsuccessful tries baiting the snap traps with peanut butter (they were licking it clean without springing the trap), I tried your dog food method using super glue instead of a glue gun. After the first night - guess what? We caught a rat! Thank you!
Thank God someone else uses something other than "hot" glue
it all makes sense you are the rat man for me good work, I will try they got into my 5th wheel and are making so much damage
This worked!!! I had about 5 failed attempts before and this hot glue method finally did the trick!!! Thank you.
Just as well you didn't use cold glue
Ive set the traps in my place had an exterimator come place traps no luck!!! One night baitd trap got him!! Thank you so much
Can this method work on Intruders 16000 reusable traps, or only on the pull and set traps?
I built a 4 set Rat trap with walls and a lid, based off 'Shawn Woods' ten trap design. I added the lid because I then set it in the chicken house with openings against the wall with the lid providing enough room for the rats to still go along wall and enter the traps and the chickens could not get access. Lid was long enough then hinged with scrap hinges so I could check it without moving trap. Two things I observed is; 1. some rats that were caught were totally eaten and it was like only the outside skin, legs, tail and the head that was still in the trap was all that was left. 2.; couple of rats must have pulled themselves out of the Victor traps, so I saw online where someone put nails up through the board just inside the kill bar, so i did that. Later I added a front with 1 3/4" holes so they entered the hole right on to the trip plate. They never got away after the nails and later the front.
Month of November 2022 caught 29 rats. I didn't see any activity for about two weeks so I loaned trap setup to a friend and in just 3 weeks they caught 31. There were two that showed up together on game camera last night so extra traps were mounted to a board and put in hen house under a milk crate. I should get my other trap setup back on Tuesday. I had problems getting the dog food to stay hot glued onto the trip pad (Yellow plastic and another metal one.). One thing for sure; you gotta keep changing things up because they seem to get used to your setup. I did set up a bait station with cornmeal and baking soda and I found at least one dead from that. I will use wheat flour, baking soda and sugar next time. Someone else said to blow cinnamon over your traps; forgot to do that on the ones I set tonight.
Weld slightly straightened 1/0 or 2/0 fish hooks around the outside of the killbar.
Be super careful when arming it.
You're welcome.
Australia
I'm going to try this, spot on. Thanks 👍
One thing I do with rat traps is some you can get a ring of 1" long panel pins around the outside and other you have to do it on the inside nailed through the wood base but not interfering with the snap arm. then cut the tops of the panel pins with wire cutters leaving a nice sharp spike. When the rat is trapped they are also impelled on the trap and cannot release themselves. This will catch them by the leg or anything else in the way of the snap arm should the rat just walk over the top of it sniffing the bait. As you say use wire to secure the trap to a brick or anything the rat cannot move or drag away, although it will try if not dead. Caught between the snap arm and impelled on the nails their is little chance that rat is going anywhere else, apart from bagged and in the bin, or become dinner for it's mates. Or it's pay back time for the damage they do when you dispatch it yourself, which a find a tickle across the neck with a sharp knife does the trick a treat. However always wear rubber gloves and clean the knife.
Lots of farming and livestock where I live so I kill rats often with a similar technique using 1in wood screws. About 9 or 11 of them just inside the kill bar zone spaced about 1/2in apart. I super glue a small piece of dog biscuit or crunchy granola bar works great and top with peanut butter. Lots of good ideas in video and comment section! Rats are so smart and tough!
Worked PERFECTLY. I'd like to suggest to coat the trap with a generous film of PU sealant, lacquer, etc. in order to avoid any "stains" (...). Plus it makes cleaning a lot easier and a bit more disease safe. Great vid. Thanks for the super tip. Get it? Tip, wingtip..?
Absolutely hysterical
Chocolate frosting, smear most of it under the trigger mechanism and let it dry some so the varmint has to work at it....BAMMMO!!!
Every trapper knows to anchor your traps so they dont get dragged away. A simple strong cord tied to trigger arm loop & anchored stops that.
Any chance of rodent chewing through cord, string , etc? Metal wire, cable, chain, etc better?
So we’ve had issues with rats eating our vegetables in the garden. I tried the chicken on the trap with the wire, and there was a dead rat out there this morning. Thank you for the info sir. Much appreciated.
If you drill a 1cm hole under the plate you can fill it with dry, wet or anything. The critter will have to nudge the plate upward to get at the bait. Drill the hole all the way through, then screw the trap to a board.
Omg it worked!!! We tried everything and couldn’t get this sucker. At first, with a metal bait hook, my glue didn’t want to stick the food very strong. I broke a couple pieces of dog kibble in a few big chunks and they held a lot better. Within the first hour we got it! Set it again and I’ll check it in the morning! Thank you so much for this video!! I have a channel as well about my farmhouse.
How did it go for ye?
Thanks.How do you clean for reuse? Used peanut butter last night. No Go. Will try this
Very good information! Just what I was looking for, wondering if the rat will flip around and get lost in my stack of donation clothes.
Worked like a charm!
I Appreciate your lesson....Awesome
I used to put the peanut butter on the bottom of the trigger. That way they are more likely to nudge it. Still didn't work every time, but was a bit more effective. My preference now are the electronic traps which shock them. There's no free meals with them.
Thank you for the great idea!
Great! Thanks for the help. Now I'm going to get 'em. I've been feeding them quite a bit with the peanut butter and Snickers pieces.
Used Dog Food and hot glue this morning before I left for work... got home this afternoon and BAM it was dead! Thanks for the tips!
I like to use greasy peanut butter and usually put a gob under the activator with a piece of popcorn on top. Our rats are very smart and if they escape a trap they will not come back. So the rat 1st gets the easy popcorn and then 2nd they will go for the peanut butter under the activator. Because their head is under the activator they don't have time to pull away.
"...if they escape a trap they will not come back".
So if you set up a static/un-set trap, laced with bait; then set it 'live' the next night, and it somehow misses, what would have been the advantage of giving the free food the first night???
If they're going to get caught, they are going to get caught: doesn't matter which night it happens on!
@@Sionnach1601 I guess my rats and mice are smarter than yours.
@@serchme54 Sorry mate I can't see the sense in it
Worked! Had a rat that was setting off the traps and then eating the peanut butter. Hot glued a big bit of soft dry dog kibble. Probably would work with any dog food. It was what we had on hand.
This video just made me hungry for peanut butter and slim jims.
Wil Morris: Sounds like a rat buffet.🐒🐒🐒😁😅
Lol , yuck
Aha, good knowledge. I've also had block baits disappear from a rat cage trap. But I guess if they can reach it and pick it up gently, then the door isn't triggering. Glue gun and Cherios at the ready!!!
Thank you great idea.
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Hi, I put one sunflower seed under the hook bit on a trap similar to this so it slotted in under that hook bit pretty tightly. This morning it's gone and the trap hasn't gone off. I super glued some to other traps and they are also gone without setting off. Would you have any ideas how they do this without triggering the traps?
You either have really really super bad traps or somebody's messing with you. try playing with the traps trigger mechanism to get it to be a little more sensitive.
@@z-hut1663 ha that would be funny if someone was, but no one around. I baited around 7pm when it's dark so no birds and gone by 6am.
I've even got one of these too.
www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/times-up-one-touch-rat-trap/p/296780
And I squished seeds into the holes on the trigger platform so you would have to pull them to get them out and something has taken them out without triggering the trap.
I've tried chocolate, peanut butter, seeds, cereal, and it likes them all. Glue gun one night, super glued last night.
Possibly the little lizards smaller then a finger outside are light enough to eat things without triggering the traps? Or some serious night ants.
Operator fear of rat trap. Set it "fine", after the first few self captures it's either worked out how to do this the simple way or get the children to.
A relatively fine set rat trap smeared with peanut butter works well enough to get mice if they are positioned correctly (they will fit between the kill bar and bait & get missed, or caught by the tail)
You method worked....with one modification. I had a bunch of the new style victor traps with the plastic triggers/bait hooks. It seems the plastic triggers are optimized for a certain amount of weight and adding a bunch of cheerios or nuts or whatever bait and hot glue alters the load and balance so the trigger is either too sensitive or worse you can't set the trap at all with out it springing right away. My solution was too wedge a rolled up ball of paper towel underneath the trigger. Well that worked....
Why do Americans keep saying "hot" glue??? Would it not suffice just to say "glue"?
It's like saying "I took the groceries out of the Ford Taurus sedan....", when "I took the groceries out of the car...." would have done!
So many glue types generate un-necessary questions, hence the specificity of the description... @@Sionnach1601
How do you clean hot glue off of metal bait tab for next use?
Brilliant! The glue slowed the rats reflex to defend the trap and SNAP one dead rat.
I also added a glue board under the trap to slow the rats escape.
We have pack rats. Had used PB mixed with oatmeal & a piece of sausage link with a different type of trap (Duke 110's) - very hit & miss. They work great for ground squirrels though. I set 2 of these up last night (glue gun & cat food), even used a latex glove. This morning, new "building material" was by the traps, but neither of them were triggered (I screwed the traps into pieces of scrap wood). Any ideas on what's going on?
Setting traps with the correct trigger presure for teh target species will sor tehm out. With peanut butter. If bodygrip traps something that will impale firmly onto the bait prongs can be smeared with peanut butter, a corn husk, cork etc. works. Not a good choice of rat trap though.
Thank you. I didn't have wings but I did have some drumsticks. I cut the nobby end off the drumstick,drilled a hole thru it and zip tied it to the trip pedal. Put the trap out last nite and this am the pack rat was caught. I also did what you recomended and screw the trap to a piece of plywood and added a rope to keep it from walking off by predators ect.
I bend the tang up a little and put a piece of tough beef jerky cross-grain under the tang and press it back down tight against the jerky. It can't be pulled loose without setting off the trap. The jerky doesn't attract the rats very well so I put a little bit of peanut butter on the jerky. They will lick the peanut butter off then set the trap off when they bite or pull on the jerky. The jerky is always still in the trap with the peanut butter licked clean. I just put a little more peanut butter on it and set it again. A small piece of green Scotch Brite pad infused with peanut butter can be substituted for the beef jerky.
Z Hut you have out smarted master splinter. I'll try it. 2/1/2019: Update: Damm it worked like a charm whacked 11 of these pests! Mad props to you Z!!! 100%. I mixed dry cat food with peanut butter and used hot glue to cover on trap. I got the yellow plastic traps they didn't have the metal ones. I used a screw to lock the trap on plywood and set up at a 45% angle used 6 across in a row.
Great video!! Well done! Is that a Michigan accent?
jeremy thole Ha ha I’m in Melbourne Au trying to work out if it’s an American or Canadian accent! Guess it’s American?! 🥴
Sent the pic. Notice the rat is larger than the trap. I'm sure the standard box traps were too small. Also note rats have sloping shoulders & can back out of the barhold if not screwed to large board as you showed. Thanks for the tutorial.
Good tips. Another way to keep them from running off with your trap, is to drill a hole through the corner of the trap, run a string through it and tie it to a brick, or some other type of anchor. They’re not going to get too far, lugging a brick along with them.
Thank you. It worked!
Does this bait technique work on t-rex snap traps?
Do you test the traps on your thumbs?