Baiting Squirrel Trap

[Steve-Maine]

What is a good bait to use to trap a red squirrel in a Havahart trap? Thanks

 

[JD2ACWD]

bird seed!!!! it seems like I have more squirrel's in my bird feeder's than bird's.

 

[GordoSD]

An ear of corn.

Gordo

 

[Anonymous-0]

The ones here pick the peanuts out of the critter feed first...

 

[fpt]

peanut butter on a corn cob,put in the back of the rocker pan. makes them work at it ,they will trip the pan.

 

[Jack345]

Peanut butter works best for me.

 

[ArkanDan]

The Grey's and Foxes here like the sunflower seeds. If they're not on the ground picking up the crums from the feeder, they are taking turns hanging on the suit cake feeders (no squirrel guard on them).

 

[MasseyTodd]

Get a squirrel proof bird feeder, hang it high, fill it with bird seed. The red's always seem to get in, but not out. Twice this year.

 

[Scott.ID]

You could always try this.....

Scott
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[1936]

Apples or most any thing when the snow is on the ground. Latest I fed them was stale chips.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Showem' yur nuts..............

 

[Anonymous-0]

Meijers brand unsalted Salmonela peanuts.

 

[IHC Red]

Unsalted peanuts in the shell always works for me... don't usually need more than 3-4.

 

[da-bees]

I traped for 2 months with every bait I could use without catching a one. When I finaly caught one,I set a secound trap beside the first and caught another within 24 hours. Long story short,I caught 5 more over the next 2 weeks by leaving the most recent bodies in the traps as lures. When a friend borrowed my trap I told him about using a dead squrillel as a lure. He shot one at a nearby orchard (not safe to shoot in his yard) and used it with good results.

 

[Harvey3]

Sliced apples worked well for me.