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 Rats!
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10/18/20 03:21 AM
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MeanGreen85
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I can’t remember which one of y’all posted about these homemade traps a while back, but they work! Got the first one today in less than 24 hours. Hoping to catch the second later tonight. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2020/10/full-42020-258621-bc4423fe_8f8f_4462_b063_8dd7a38c5fbe.jpeg)
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/18/20 03:27 AM
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Good luck hunting! 
Funny thing about getting older:
Your eyesight starts getting weaker but your ability to
see through people's BS gets much better.
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/18/20 03:30 AM
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I can’t remember which one of y’all posted about these homemade traps a while back, but they work! Got the first one today in less than 24 hours. Hoping to catch the second later tonight. That’s genius.
Proverbs 2
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/18/20 03:34 AM
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Bee'z
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Damn, was that mudshark that posted that first? That is awesome MG
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/18/20 10:58 AM
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TEXASLEFTY
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Have to keep your dog away from it.
Let us know how it works
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/18/20 11:16 AM
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I have never seen a rat or mouse anywhere inside my house over the years. I've see lots of tree rats in my pecan trees.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/usergals/2017/07/full-3669-105539-full_16668_105507_image.jpg)
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/18/20 12:24 PM
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Get a couple of rat snakes....problem solved
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/18/20 12:34 PM
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I was hoping this was going to be about the rock group Ratt
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/18/20 12:35 PM
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We had one that was made from a Pringles can. It worked good.
![[Linked Image]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54081282725_0a0191f2f4_t.jpg) "Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/18/20 01:15 PM
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/18/20 01:51 PM
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NORML as can be
^^Cut the Cord^^
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(R-TX) .-- " TCNN CURL CRLB VRNO AYR SNDL CGC TLRY MSOS "
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Re: Rats!
[Re: Bee'z]
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10/18/20 02:16 PM
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Damn, was that mudshark that posted that first? That is awesome MG superduty was trying this earlier this year. i dont think he caught any, just scared em off!
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/18/20 04:19 PM
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Post up some picts of your catch..
Funny thing about getting older:
Your eyesight starts getting weaker but your ability to
see through people's BS gets much better.
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Re: Rats!
[Re: bill oxner]
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10/18/20 04:22 PM
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I have never seen a rat or mouse anywhere inside my house over the years. I've see lots of tree rats in my pecan trees. If those tree rats can climb to the top of one of your 4 ft. trunk diameter trees they would have to be on oxygen.
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10/18/20 07:27 PM
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Post up some picts of your catch..
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Re: Rats!
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10/18/20 07:41 PM
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Post up some picts of your catch.. Hold it out away from you to make it look bigger.
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/18/20 08:38 PM
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MeanGreen85
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Post up some picts of your catch.. Hold it out away from you to make it look bigger. lmao will do. The second one eluded me last night - ate everything on the ramp, moved the can closer to the edge of the bucket, but didn't take the plunge. Going to reset the bucket and add a glue trap to where it's sneaking in under the garage door.
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/18/20 08:48 PM
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Do you think scooting the soda can closer to the edge so they can get to it would help? I am thinking walking the wire is deterring them, but then I am not mouse a expert.
Our Pringles can was longer and went right to the edge of the bucket. Mice could just walk right onto it.
That trap would keep catching mice for a month, pretty cool.
"Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/19/20 02:25 AM
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MeanGreen85
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Well the second one outsmarted the soda can a couple of times - even ate peanut butter off the wire but not the can. This kinda felt like cheating ...  ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2020/10/full-42020-258769-8e81bd60_cb4e_4dd3_8892_a77786435cca.jpeg)
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Re: Rats!
[Re: Simple Searcher]
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10/19/20 02:25 AM
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MeanGreen85
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Do you think scooting the soda can closer to the edge so they can get to it would help? I am thinking walking the wire is deterring them, but then I am not mouse a expert.
Our Pringles can was longer and went right to the edge of the bucket. Mice could just walk right onto it.
That trap would keep catching mice for a month, pretty cool. I bet a pringles can would work way better than my original setup. I was wondering the same thing.
Last edited by MeanGreen85; 10/19/20 02:26 AM.
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Re: Rats!
[Re: SnakeWrangler]
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10/19/20 02:45 AM
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Get a couple of rat snakes....problem solved They eat my chicken eggs.
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/19/20 11:00 AM
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TEXASLEFTY
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Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Rats!
[Re: TEXASLEFTY]
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10/19/20 11:08 AM
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Yep.  And a much quicker stalk than a certain recent San Antonio racoon circus.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Rats!
[Re: MeanGreen85]
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10/19/20 06:15 PM
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don k
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you should put food in the bottom of the bucket so they will have something to eat while they are waiting for you to kill them.
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Re: Rats!
[Re: don k]
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10/19/20 06:45 PM
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MeanGreen85
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you should put food in the bottom of the bucket so they will have something to eat while they are waiting for you to kill them. Honestly I was worried more about dehydration, so I put several inches of water in the bucket for them.
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