How to Make ● a Simple HUMANE TEETER-TOTTER Squirrel Trap
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2017
- Make this simple wooden humane grey squirrel trap that's kind and live release. Easy to build, easy to bait, easy to release and best of all, it's humane and there's no springs or levers to wind up or load! The grey squirrel cannot escape or chew his way out of this trap. The grey squirrel is not harmed in any way during capture. Simple operation makes this diy kind humane grey squirrel trap fun and easy to build and adjust for easy trapping and best of all easy release. Use peanuts in the shell or unshelled, to bait the trap. It's the best do it yourself humane live release grey squirrel trap you'll find! Check with your local authorities to see if squirrel trapping is an option in your area.
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=====================PARTS LIST=========================
use 3/4" thick wood
2 sides- 24" x 5"
2 sides- 24" x 6.5"
2 end pieces- 6.5" x 6.5"
1 small hinge, 3/4" x 1 1/2"
2 neodymium magnets, 8mm x 3mm (ebay)
2- 1/4" thick wood pieces ,1" x 2"
1/2" mesh screen 11 1/2" x 3"
cut side opening 10 1/2" x 2 1/2"
coat hanger to make handle and trigger
1 1/2" deck screws to assemble box
1- 2" deck screw and 5/16" wing nut for door screw
3/4" wood for base
3/4" screws
washers 
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Will it work if i made it a bit bigger for a possum?
The way that squirrel jumped out of the trap is me leaving work on Fridays
Clever and cheap!
I really like that you put the parts list and the video was very well done. I'll be making one of these in the next week or so. Thanks a million!
Good idea
Absolutely brilliant. I love building traps.
TY! This is exactly what I was looking for to Trap feral cats. Will be making it larger and with Chicken Wire around all-weather Fence wood. The Wood will only be the skeleton of the Rectangle Box while the chicken wire wraps around it. The Base will still be solid wood. Will be adding a Handle that is comfortable off of Amazon.
I like this even more than your pvc version. Both are really cool. I was actually starting to design one in my wood shop today.
genius! thx
Pure genius! ❤
This deserves a thumbs up!!
Good simple design, excellent craftsmanship...perfection!
Thoughts of a squirrel:“Ah, this is a bad ideaaaa....there is a nut inside....ahh no, bad idea.....but the nut is calling my name!!!... (crawls inside) no...bad idea....but a little closer and I can (clunk!!!) DARN IT!!! I knew this was a bad idea!!!”
He fell for the window trick 😊😊
Thank you
You're welcome
Great video thank you the detail in this video was amazing clear video straight to the point thanks again
This is awesome, first squirrel in 45 minutes...worked perfect!! Now about 7 more to be relocated to save my bird feeders.
Best squirrel trap idea. Made one. Had to tweak it a couple of times and now it works 100% of the times. Added a roller catch at the bottom side plus 2 tiny neodymium magnets. No door bounce. Thanks.
Good stuff! I"d love to see a pic of it! You can send it to me if you like to chrisnotap@gmail.com Thanks!
Wow brilliant I made one as instructions I caught three squirrels in two days thank you
Glad it helped!
Brilliant
Great mechanism design , GJ
This is really cool. What a gift.
How cool... Chris!
Wonderful design, I appreciate that.
Brilliant!
Very nifty idea
Awesome design. Very effective! Been catching at least one per day :) got tired of them digging in our garden. I simply use a little peanut butter on a piece of cardboard placed in the back of the trap and lay out some empty peanut shells at the entrance. They can't resist PB ;) Thanks for sharing your trap design!
Yes, they do like peanut butter also.
What is the best rabbit bait in summer time?
I like that intro!
EXCELLENT.
Genius
I recently made a copy of this trap and found it very well thought out and effective . Could I be bold enough to suggest something that might make it simpler again. I fitted a 2" screw on the roof of the box close to where the door hinge is, then I cut out 1" square sections of roofing lead sheet, drilled a hole in the center so that the finished product resembled a washer. All i have to do now is to pop whatever number of these required over the screw which will give me the perfect balance needed to operate the trap. No need to reposition the " fulcrum" screws or the "doorstop" on the base. Thank you Chris for sharing your invention. I am now in the process of making your plastic pipe version of the invention as this will be lighter and easier to transport. Thanks so much
That's great! I will be uploading another trap soon that uses an easy to find 6" furnace vent pipe and uses a simpler different type of door and is just as fun to make. Stay tuned!
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You're right Chris, better unit for sure. I think the wood is more natural and won't crack like pvc. .Great job.
+Steve T Thanks.
Chris Notap are you in Massacusettes. I just built the pvc version, now i want to build this.
Merci from Montreal, Canada.
Thanks for this video
I made a stripped down version of this and have caught five squirrels so far (in about 4 days), and it looks like at least two more to go. Works well; do use quality screen though as mine is getting thrashed.
Peanut butter is irresistible to squirrels
That squirrel launched like a javelin missile
He got out of there fast!!
still love this design !!!
Very nice thank you for sharing
Real Nice trap... Pure smatness ! 👍👍👍
wow thank you so very much for this nice explainable video.
Very clever thank you
BRILLIANT 💖👍
this seems very clever and thought through ...so well done..congrats
really smart.. and so simple..
Nice
EXCELLENT!
Smart design.
your a genius!!! going to build one now. thanks!!!
Have fun!
Thank you so much
Good idea!
Très bonne idée. Bravo!
caught two squirrels with this
looking forward to catch more
Thank you for the great idea, great video on how it works, and how you built it. I built one similar and captured a pesky chipmunk in 2 hours after building and found him a new home. One thing I did a little different was I put a hinge on both ends and used latch hooks to hold it when moving. The ability to open the other end made it easy to load and clean out.
Excellent idea!! Hinges are a buck anyway. I am about to make my second and will go with a double door. Thanks for the tip dude!
Hi Chris, thank you for sharing this wonderful trap. I’ve read a lot of comments but you have too many. Anyways, I have a squirrel in my attic and I will build your trap design and see if to wrks. I like your design and admire it very much much, well thought out 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I love your precision and practicality.
If only you ran the world...
Brilllliant!!!!
Nice trap.
ingenious
This is a cannon and the squirrel is the ball!
Un sistema genial. Muy inteligente.
Very nice.
If you change the location of the pivot point you will need to adjust the wire trip, and the wood stop. The more adjustable you make it the better. Great design I might try it.
Hi Chris,
My name is Becca and I was hoping you could help me out.
My son is in 3rd grade and they are in the beginnings of their 3rd grade end of year projects. They have to choose one of three different subjects - woodworking, fibers, or cooking. There will be a written report, a construction, and oral presentation. My son chose woodworking.
We came across your teeter totter squirrel trap video and loved the idea! Do you happen to have written instructions that my son could read to build this project? Or maybe any recommendations on books or online articles that give information/ step by step instruction? The video is great, but his teacher is expecting the students to read and learn about their chosen project.
Thank you so much and appreciate your time!
Becca
Hi Becca. I did get your email. I would say this is a bit advanced for a 3rd grader. There are power tool involved, measuring accurately, cordless drill for screws and then getting it balanced properly would be difficult. I'm thinking a mouse trap might be easier. Have a look at one of my other videos where I make a mouse trap from a 2 litre pop bottle. Here's that video.....ruclips.net/video/ABffYDM9EwU/видео.html or there is this one I also made......ruclips.net/video/EjsBV25Z5rU/видео.html
Great idea... as long as they don't jump on top of it first.
Yes that's correct. I found after making the video that a small cardboard box placed over the rear half works perfectly.
@@chrisnotap You are correct... as I saw in your other video.... you are ONE SMART CAT....LOL.
cool thanks al try it out great job
nice trap good job.
Moved 8 this fall. Works Great!
You probably moved the same squirrel 8 times, genius.
Muito bom! Show.
BELLA trappola
BRAVO
👍👍👍👍
👏👏👏👏
so smart!
nice ... thank you
i like , simple and eficient
perfectionist good
Bagus..bermanfaat.terima kasih
Liked!
perfect👍👏
Muito legal , obrigado pelo vd
good
Very nice job with this.
Thanks!!
excellent
very cool
Thanks.
Great job 👍
I will be making this as well,
I can't wait 👍👌😃😎.
Hope you enjoy
Nice😀😀😀😀
good complet traps
"I knew it !! I knew it was a Trap!!
So why'd you go in?
'Cause maybe it wasn't a Trap.
Cool
Great vid man Smile More God Bless Stay Safe man 👍
Thanks!
Made this the other day- 1st squirrel in 10 minutes
Muy interesante la trampa ratones
Built this last Friday. Put it out with peanuts and door propped open for three days. I observed the peanuts were taken in early morning or early evening. Caught the first one this morning! Drove him about 6 miles away and released him. He was apparently stressed from the experience and didn't want to leave the box so I had to tilt the box to encourage him to leave. Only change I made was with regards to the wood block that holds the door shut - I used a stiff piece of wire as a spring catch instead. The wood block was too sensitive to setup and would occasionally prevent the door from closing. You can see the design by looking up video called "Improved Rabbit Box" by The Meat Trapper.
3 squirrels in 3 days! A successful project indeed!
Another excellent one Chris. The Squirrels in my garden keep digging up and killing my two to three year old palm tree crop that I grow and give out to the public for the environment. I could build one of those and relocate the villains to a park about 5 miles away. Hmmm! Can I do that? Is it cruel? I have already given out about 1300 trees so I cold just live with it. All my trees now have plastic collars on them that does stop the villain squirrels. They do still irritate me though and I did lose about thirty trees to them. I am torn, still not certain whether to relocate them!
Simple but brilliant, nice job Sir
Thanks man!
Muito interessante, fiz uma de forno de microondas pra capturar gatos, a tampa é nesse estilo, vendo seu invento vou adptar uma aste para disparar, obrigado
Would work great for skunks too!!
if it wasn't a trap it would be a great squirrel home!
rat trap more
It would have to be bigger tho
Very clever idea.👍 What type of camera did you use inside the trap?
👍 Great video...Were any squirrels fooled more than once (while testing)?
That is amazing. Thank you so much.
I am going to try to make a larger one to catch ferral cats.
Would you have any suggestions in that regard?
Thanks again
I would say you could probably scale this to what ever you want to catch. Yes, just make it bigger.
Put a squirrel inside.
Two words... Tuna Fish..!! : ) !