This live trap cost more than double the multi-catch live trap I was using. It was worth every penny. While the other traps were good for mice we had several moles who decided our house was the place to spend the winter. They quickly figured out how to escape from the other trap; they're very smart. When the weather was mild and they could burrow I set the Havahart trap (only one door open because it managed to steal the piece of chicken I used for bait twice when both doors were open) we caught it right away. It's a little tricky to set it with chicken (peanut butter sticks to the bait tray and is harder to steal!), but worth learning to get the hang of it. Great performance!
Had a mouse in my truck....my new truck....for 3 days. Tried a glue trap....he actually moved it. Tried a snap trap....he ate the bait off it. I looked into no kill traps & came across Havahart 1020. Bought one & brought it home.....in less than 2 hours he was caught. Trap worked great! Didn't have to kill him....got to release him off in the woods. This will be the only way I control the mice.
Thank you. Had a mouse in my home for 3 weeks. Just got this trap a few days ago. The instructions were vague, but by watching you set it, I understood. Thank you.
I finally figured it out on my own but so glad I found your video, it will help people from going nuts trying to figure it out. On mine the little metal lever at the bottom is not shaped like yours at all and you can barely see the flat part I happened to get lucky and finally get it working on it for about 4 hours...gave me a headache, sure wish I would have checked it out with you, all the others had fingers in the way, or were too far or the video moved too much...thanks once again, I paid $40 for the little thing sure hope it works, will use a spoon or something like that to put food in there...will try cheese.
These are very difficult to set. The problem is that, despite what the instructions say, the bait pan triggers on the three traps I bought do NOT have a flat side. The looped trigger rod does. I may grind or file a flat spot on the rod, but this should have been done at the (Chinese) factory. As to baiting the traps, I use a plastic knife to place peanut butter on the bait pan.
When people buy Havahart traps, they should use a permanent black marker to write the model number(which is always on the box) somewhere on the trap. Then after you throw out the box and later decide to do a video, you will know the model number of the trap you are demonstrating and you can include that in the video name. I have no idea why Havahart does not stamp every trap with the model number, so people would have this info for later reference. WRZ 2024-01-06 Delaware County, PA
Every video or set of photos I've seen demonstrating how to set the No. 1020 have the same problem--fingers in the way. The printed instructions that came with the trap talk about "the flat part" of this rod and "the flat part" of that rod. The rods on my trap have nothing flat about them. Dum. Please have a heart and redo the video.
I just got one. I think it's to small because I wanted to trap squirrels. I did figure out to set one side open you have to extend the very bottom rod out and then you can put the curved rod underneath it. I'm going to try just baiting it for a few days and then set it. We'll see if I can catch anything. It was sold to able to catch squirrels but I don't think so
I hope you have figured this out by now, since it really becomes a matter of trial & error that takes about 5 minutes of your time at most (if at first you don't succeed). Lets *forget* about the *straight* rod on the trap. In the video at 0:25 notice how the bent looking rod (they call it the loop pan trigger rod) and the little rod that pokes out of the bottom and moves the pressure plate around (they call it the bait pan trigger rod) are positioned. The squiggly bent looking rod is precariously positioned UNDERNEATH the little rod that controls the pressure plate, if you look in the video at the time I mentioned (watch it a few times), you will see what I mean and how they do this, once you get it you can do it a million times easily.
@@highprodigy5063 thank you for your added remarks, which helped me a lot. When the trap is set, the "precariously positioned, squiggly-bent rod" is kissing the little rod (that controls the bait pan) from underneath (and slightly the right). The ends of these kissing rods are flattened; but the flattening is barely perceptible. This took 20 minutes of trial and error.
The squirrel that has been living in my fireplace for two weeks gives this trap five out of five stars. The trap only goes off after he has sat there and taken all of the nuts out of it. I think he even shot me the bird on his way out the last time he was in it. The first time I had a squirrel in my fireplace I trapped him with a cedar box and a string, didn’t take near as long, he was trapped and released the same day I rigged the box. I borrowed this trap from my mother-in-law because I thought it would be more convenient as I had to sit there and wait on the squirrel to jump in the box in order to pull the string and get the lid closed but this trap isn’t worth a flying squirrel.
Bama32, well, part of the problem for "this trap", as you called it, is sized for mice, moles, voles, etc. It is way too small for a squirrel. Maybe you intended to leave your comment for a different model of the trap. But as you have done it, it makes you an unreliable narrator.
The demonstration video neglects to show how to bait the trap. We bought one and are disappointed that the opening is too small for an adult to get their hand in to place the bait, and ours is disfuntional as it closes even if the wind blows. It is one of the traps made in China with the Havahart USA name. A piece of junk.
Does anyone know why Havahart does not stamp the model number onto the sheet metal portion of their traps ? This seems like common sense to me. Most people throw the box away without memorizing the model number for later reference. I have 3 different Havahart traps and the number that have a model number on them is ZERO.
I hope you have figured this out by now, since it really becomes a matter of trial & error that takes about 5 minutes of your time at most (if at first you don't succeed). Lets *forget* about the *straight* rod on the trap. In the video at 0:25 notice how the bent looking rod (they call it the loop pan trigger rod) and the little rod that pokes out of the bottom and moves the pressure plate around (they call it the bait pan trigger rod) are positioned. The squiggly bent looking rod is precariously positioned UNDERNEATH the little rod that controls the pressure plate, if you look in the video at the time I mentioned (watch it a few times), you will see what I mean and how they do this, once you get it you can do it a million times easily.
Agree with others - almost impossible to arm, it trips if you look at it cross eyed. With that said it does the job if you can get it to stay armed and not trip.
The mouse I trapped got out!!! I can't understand it. Twice so far. I set the trap and make sure that locking bar is swung back over the top of the door. The next morning the trap has been tripped and both doors are down with the bait GONE and the one of the doors now has that bar swung over to the open position so the mouse gets out. The other door still has the lock over it. How the heck??????
Did you hand test the pressure plate first, to make sure you have the rods in the right position? If your locking bars swing down like they are supposed to, it should be quite impossible for the mouse to escape until you release it.
I caught a mouse twice as well and both times it had a great meal and then left. The mouse is costing me $585.00 today because he decided to chew a sensor harness in my Jeep, which caused the check engine light to come on. Really don't want to kill the mouse / mice, but today I'm giving it some thought.
I hope you have figured this out by now, since it really becomes a matter of trial & error that takes about 5 minutes of your time at most (if at first you don't succeed). Lets *forget* about the *straight* rod on the trap. In the video at 0:25 notice how the bent looking rod (they call it the loop pan trigger rod) and the little rod that pokes out of the bottom and moves the pressure plate around (they call it the bait pan trigger rod) are positioned. The squiggly bent looking rod is precariously positioned UNDERNEATH the little rod that controls the pressure plate, if you look in the video at the time I mentioned (watch it a few times), you will see what I mean and how they do this, once you get it you can do it a million times easily.
I'm almost afraid to ask but ..... does the EZ set version have a model number ? It seems like this video would have said something about an EZ set version if there is one.
It’s not so much that it’s complicated, but instead relies on luck and chance that the rods stay in place. The physics involved with it holding are precarious.
One of the least intuitive, least effective devices ever created. It would be hard to imagine creating something less likely to accomplish what it was designed to do.
The only problem with these "live traps" is that in the hot summer months, people working normal jobs would probably put the trap out in the early AM and return to check the trap 8 hours later (depending on whether the animal being trapped is nocturnal or not). Doing that would cause the animal to suffer a slow torturous death. I am retired and I make sure to check my traps at the very least, every 2 hours, which is easy since they are at the base of my bird feeders and I can see them from our screened-in porch. Grey squirrels are only active during the day and when it is extremely hot, they tend to stay in their nests; so I take my squirrel traps back to the garage when it is over 80 degrees out. Thus most of June, July and August they are only set from about 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM and I still caught 23 grey squirrels in June with 2 Havahart model 1083 EZ-set traps. The 1083 is the best trap for grey squirrels by a wide margin. WRZ Delaware County, PA
Does not show exactly how to open and keep the flabs up properly, it also doesn't explain how to put food inside and exactly how to catch mice then how to safely release them, poor demonstration.
يجذب الفئران تحب الفئران الفاكهة ذات الطعم الحلو والطريّ، مثل: التوت البري، والتوت الأسود، كما أنّها تحب مجموعة متنوعة من الفواكه؛ مثل: التفاح، والخوخ، والكمثرى، وليس لديها ...
They don't make these like they used to. I am still catching mice with one I purchased approx. 25 yes ago. In 2013 I bought another only because the first one was so dirty. I have yet to catch anything in it. It is made of thinner gauge metal, is very difficult to set, and if I get that far, the doors always malfunction. I am writing this now because it's that time of year and once again I am using filthy old faithful instead of the newer clean useless trap. Don't waste your money.
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This live trap cost more than double the multi-catch live trap I was using. It was worth every penny. While the other traps were good for mice we had several moles who decided our house was the place to spend the winter. They quickly figured out how to escape from the other trap; they're very smart. When the weather was mild and they could burrow I set the Havahart trap (only one door open because it managed to steal the piece of chicken I used for bait twice when both doors were open) we caught it right away. It's a little tricky to set it with chicken (peanut butter sticks to the bait tray and is harder to steal!), but worth learning to get the hang of it. Great performance!
Had a mouse in my truck....my new truck....for 3 days. Tried a glue trap....he actually moved it. Tried a snap trap....he ate the bait off it. I looked into no kill traps & came across Havahart 1020. Bought one & brought it home.....in less than 2 hours he was caught. Trap worked great! Didn't have to kill him....got to release him off in the woods. This will be the only way I control the mice.
Thank you. Had a mouse in my home for 3 weeks. Just got this trap a few days ago. The instructions were vague, but by watching you set it, I understood. Thank you.
I finally figured it out on my own but so glad I found your video, it will help people from going nuts trying to figure it out. On mine the little metal lever at the bottom is not shaped like yours at all and you can barely see the flat part I happened to get lucky and finally get it working on it for about 4 hours...gave me a headache, sure wish I would have checked it out with you, all the others had fingers in the way, or were too far or the video moved too much...thanks once again, I paid $40 for the little thing sure hope it works, will use a spoon or something like that to put food in there...will try cheese.
Thanks! I could not for the life of me get the damn thing to set! And now...we wait.
These are very difficult to set. The problem is that, despite what the instructions say, the bait pan triggers on the three traps I bought do NOT have a flat side. The looped trigger rod does. I may grind or file a flat spot on the rod, but this should have been done at the (Chinese) factory. As to baiting the traps, I use a plastic knife to place peanut butter on the bait pan.
If you can get this trap set with these horrible instructions you are a genius. After 15 minutes I gave up. Left the trap in the store.
When people buy Havahart traps, they should use a permanent black marker to
write the model number(which is always on the box) somewhere on the trap.
Then after you throw out the box and later decide to do a video, you will know
the model number of the trap you are demonstrating and you can include that
in the video name. I have no idea why Havahart does not stamp every trap
with the model number, so people would have this info for later reference.
WRZ 2024-01-06
Delaware County, PA
Every video or set of photos I've seen demonstrating how to set the No. 1020 have the same problem--fingers in the way. The printed instructions that came with the trap talk about "the flat part" of this rod and "the flat part" of that rod. The rods on my trap have nothing flat about them. Dum. Please have a heart and redo the video.
I agree.....not easy to understand.
I just got one. I think it's to small because I wanted to trap squirrels. I did figure out to set one side open you have to extend the very bottom rod out and then you can put the curved rod underneath it. I'm going to try just baiting it for a few days and then set it. We'll see if I can catch anything. It was sold to able to catch squirrels but I don't think so
I hope you have figured this out by now, since it really becomes a matter of trial & error that takes about 5 minutes of your time at most (if at first you don't succeed). Lets *forget* about the *straight* rod on the trap. In the video at 0:25 notice how the bent looking rod (they call it the loop pan trigger rod) and the little rod that pokes out of the bottom and moves the pressure plate around (they call it the bait pan trigger rod) are positioned. The squiggly bent looking rod is precariously positioned UNDERNEATH the little rod that controls the pressure plate, if you look in the video at the time I mentioned (watch it a few times), you will see what I mean and how they do this, once you get it you can do it a million times easily.
@@highprodigy5063 thank you for your added remarks, which helped me a lot. When the trap is set, the "precariously positioned, squiggly-bent rod" is kissing the little rod (that controls the bait pan) from underneath (and slightly the right). The ends of these kissing rods are flattened; but the flattening is barely perceptible. This took 20 minutes of trial and error.
The squirrel that has been living in my fireplace for two weeks gives this trap five out of five stars.
The trap only goes off after he has sat there and taken all of the nuts out of it. I think he even shot me the bird on his way out the last time he was in it. The first time I had a squirrel in my fireplace I trapped him with a cedar box and a string, didn’t take near as long, he was trapped and released the same day I rigged the box. I borrowed this trap from my mother-in-law because I thought it would be more convenient as I had to sit there and wait on the squirrel to jump in the box in order to pull the string and get the lid closed but this trap isn’t worth a flying squirrel.
Bama32, well, part of the problem for "this trap", as you called it, is sized for mice, moles, voles, etc. It is way too small for a squirrel. Maybe you intended to leave your comment for a different model of the trap. But as you have done it, it makes you an unreliable narrator.
The demonstration video neglects to show how to bait the trap. We bought one and are disappointed that the opening is too small for an adult to get their hand in to place the bait, and ours is disfuntional as it closes even if the wind blows. It is one of the traps made in China with the Havahart USA name. A piece of junk.
Linn Mar I use a long spoon. Still fiddly but you definitely can't do with hand!
Does anyone know why Havahart does not stamp the model number onto the sheet metal portion of their traps ? This seems like common sense to me. Most people throw the box away without memorizing the model number for later reference. I have 3 different Havahart traps and the number that have a model number on them is ZERO.
Apparently, these people are not too smart
Bad video - naming things without showing what you are naming and then getting fingers in the way - redo it please
I hope you have figured this out by now, since it really becomes a matter of trial & error that takes about 5 minutes of your time at most (if at first you don't succeed). Lets *forget* about the *straight* rod on the trap. In the video at 0:25 notice how the bent looking rod (they call it the loop pan trigger rod) and the little rod that pokes out of the bottom and moves the pressure plate around (they call it the bait pan trigger rod) are positioned. The squiggly bent looking rod is precariously positioned UNDERNEATH the little rod that controls the pressure plate, if you look in the video at the time I mentioned (watch it a few times), you will see what I mean and how they do this, once you get it you can do it a million times easily.
Agree with others - almost impossible to arm, it trips if you look at it cross eyed. With that said it does the job if you can get it to stay armed and not trip.
almost impossible to set
The mouse I trapped got out!!! I can't understand it. Twice so far. I set the trap and make sure that locking bar is swung back over the top of the door. The next morning the trap has been tripped and both doors are down with the bait GONE and the one of the doors now has that bar swung over to the open position so the mouse gets out. The other door still has the lock over it. How the heck??????
Did you hand test the pressure plate first, to make sure you have the rods in the right position? If your locking bars swing down like they are supposed to, it should be quite impossible for the mouse to escape until you release it.
I caught a mouse twice as well and both times it had a great meal and then left. The mouse is costing me $585.00 today because he decided to chew a sensor harness in my Jeep, which caused the check engine light to come on. Really don't want to kill the mouse / mice, but today I'm giving it some thought.
they now have the "EZ set" version of this trap, but its like $40 on amazon. this version is complicated!!
I hope you have figured this out by now, since it really becomes a matter of trial & error that takes about 5 minutes of your time at most (if at first you don't succeed). Lets *forget* about the *straight* rod on the trap. In the video at 0:25 notice how the bent looking rod (they call it the loop pan trigger rod) and the little rod that pokes out of the bottom and moves the pressure plate around (they call it the bait pan trigger rod) are positioned. The squiggly bent looking rod is precariously positioned UNDERNEATH the little rod that controls the pressure plate, if you look in the video at the time I mentioned (watch it a few times), you will see what I mean and how they do this, once you get it you can do it a million times easily.
I'm almost afraid to ask but ..... does the EZ set version have a model number ?
It seems like this video would have said something about an EZ set version if there is one.
It’s not so much that it’s complicated, but instead relies on luck and chance that the rods stay in place. The physics involved with it holding are precarious.
@@highprodigy5063 - still very obscure! Mine does not have a "flat" end
I agree with the comment about the hands getting in the way. Would have been better done with animation, even though that would have cost more.
Thank you.
Dose it work for cat's too?
Does it trap rats too?
Likely not the super small one. Need the next size up.
Just see the back of a hand still can’t make out how it’s done.
One of the least intuitive, least effective devices ever created. It would be hard to imagine creating something less likely to accomplish what it was designed to do.
The only problem with these "live traps" is that in the hot summer months,
people working normal jobs would probably put the trap out in the early AM
and return to check the trap 8 hours later (depending on whether the animal
being trapped is nocturnal or not). Doing that would cause the animal
to suffer a slow torturous death. I am retired and I make sure to check my traps
at the very least, every 2 hours, which is easy since they are at the base of my bird
feeders and I can see them from our screened-in porch.
Grey squirrels are only active during the day and when it is extremely hot,
they tend to stay in their nests; so I take my squirrel traps back to the garage
when it is over 80 degrees out. Thus most of June, July and August they are only
set from about 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM and I still caught 23 grey squirrels in June
with 2 Havahart model 1083 EZ-set traps. The 1083 is the best trap for grey
squirrels by a wide margin.
WRZ
Delaware County, PA
Does not show exactly how to open and keep the flabs up properly, it also doesn't explain how to put food inside and exactly how to catch mice then how to safely release them, poor demonstration.
يجذب الفئران
تحب الفئران الفاكهة ذات الطعم الحلو والطريّ، مثل: التوت البري، والتوت الأسود، كما أنّها تحب مجموعة متنوعة من الفواكه؛ مثل: التفاح، والخوخ، والكمثرى، وليس لديها ...
Doesnt work with shrews, the lil guys escaped from the top where theres a big gap between the door and the roof when the doors are locked
They don't make these like they used to. I am still catching mice with one I purchased approx. 25 yes ago. In 2013 I bought another only because the first one was so dirty. I have yet to catch anything in it. It is made of thinner gauge metal, is very difficult to set, and if I get that far, the doors always malfunction. I am writing this now because it's that time of year and once again I am using filthy old faithful instead of the newer clean useless trap. Don't waste your money.
Very unclear. Doesn't clearly show or pronounce terms like "trigger wrap"?
This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. I've been trying to set this goddamn thing for the last 20 minutes and I still can't figure it out!
Ah good. Now I can put the pests in a bucket full of water afterward
Horrible explanation...