Does The Squirrelinator Work? - Squirrelinator Unboxing and Review
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My wife got me the squirrelinator for Father's day and I am sure glad she did. I have never caught this many squirrels this easily. I have tons of young squirrels running around eating my chicken feed and baby plants and wreaking havoc. I really wanted to find out, "Does the Squirrelinator work?" It turns out it definitely does and it is less dangerous for my small animals and child than the other spring traps I was using. I just wish I had gotten one sooner. My chickens even have left over feed in the morning now:)
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I have 2 1/2 acres with over 50 fruit trees all different to add to the problem I have 30 acres of open land around me so the squirrels was getting all of the fruit . I spent a lot of money an air rifles , traps and bait and continued to loose ground and I was buying smoke bomb at Tractor Supply when a salesman told me about the Squirrelinator so I bought it and 5 LB. of cracked corn and finally their is happiness in the orchard it caught 67 squirrels in 3 weeks , sometimes multiple catches at once.
I wish I had 50 fruit trees but the couple I have had get raided by the rodents and birds constantly. It has kept me from being motivated to grow more. Here in the desert, everything is working against you because the stuff you grow is so much more appealing food than the rest of the desert brush:/
I'm in Fresno County that is almost desert you have to run drip irrigation and the squirrels eat it so that is a challenge to keep them watered plus eating the buds before they can produce. And I was able to solve all of thes problems with one trap and a 5lb bag of cracked corn, I forgot I got 2 more yesterday i just move it every couple days.
Can the squirrels eat pvc if you run droppers from that? I have problems around here with the rabbits and squirrels eating drip line too.
I have my main line on each row about 4 ft high on vineyard wire and when they eat enough holes in it I pull a new line in, they have eaten through 1 inch electrical conduit under ground and shorted my power out I'm lucky I have a Bobcat because at my age I would never be able to dig it out to repair it.
I have so many rocks it is miserable to dig anywhere. I am thinking about buying an old mini excavator.
Got a Squirrelinator a week ago but it works so well that I had to modify it. It attracts and traps squirrels quickly and consistently. But what I found over and over is that, unlike in these videos, a second squirrel _will not_ enter the trap while there is one inside it struggling to get out.
So, what we did was, we cut out a 3" hole in the bottom (just have to snip a few of the cage wires), and attached a 3" PVC toilet flange and 3" pipe out the bottom, connected to a bucket full of water. What happens is that the squirrels try for 15 minutes or so to get out, then they get more and more interested in risking ducking into the pipe. Once they're in there, they slide right down into the bucket and drown.
If you don't wish to kill them (in our state, that's your only option -- you cannot transport and release them(, you could simply use a larger cage at the end of the tube. But in any case, you really need to get them moved out of the Squirrelinator before you can expect to attract any others. It seems that when they see their colleague struggling they know to avoid the Squirrelinator.
Numerous times I have caught 3 or 4 at a time!
I caught many at a time consistently.
The solid metal plates by the lift handles are there so when you reach for and grab the handle while it's down, you don't get bit in the fingers by a squirrel. They can be very nasty when trapped, like most animals. So, the plates are finger savers.
It's also a convenient location for the logo and .COM
Using sunflower seeds. Bought it with the plastic bin. Now working great! Caught 6 of them in a week. Will keep using it forever. Very glad I bought it ! 👏👏👏
Do you use the bin to drown them?
@@KetoKevin I didn't get the bin, I just filled up our wheel barrel enough to cover the cage, ONE interesting note, ALL but one gave up the Ghost pretty quick, BUT, I had ONE that kept swimming around and kicking up a fuss that showed he really DIDN'T want to die, so I felt sorry for him, pulled him back up, he just sat there having breathing issues, so I massaged his back etc, then pulled him out & placed him on the ground & you NEVER seen one run that fast, I wish I had of marked him because if I ever caught him again I'd let him live.
76 Thousand + views I guess I am not the only one with this huge problem!!! Thanks for posting.
I've had a squirrel problem since we bought this house. Now I have a solution thank you
This is without a doubt the BEST trap I have ever had!!! Come to think if it this is the only trap I've had...oh well. I LOVE this thing....squirrels were eating my plants, chewing on rain gutters, destroying my patio furniture cushions, chewing through my watering system, etc. etc. I thought I had a couple of squirrels that were a problem, but oh no...I've caught 14 and #15 is coming around and I'll have him soon enough. I've lived in this location 22 years and never had a problem with squirrels. They have been destructive varmits for a year, well that is over! I'm the Terminator and I love it! Can't say enough good stuff about this trap, hell I could start a business with this thing!! Easy breesy, set the trap and they walk right in. Thank you whoever created this!
This Trap Catches Squirrels!!!! 9 squirrels caught in 2 days. Love it!!
I like it too. You do have to move it around and change the bait sometimes as they seem to get wise if it is redundant.
No need to bother with traps. After installing Evictor Strobe Lights, squirrels leave on their own ( within 3 days ) and take babies with them. Attic must be totally dark.
The evictor worked for in one situation, but they went out and chewed the wires on a car.
Best thing I found for baiting squirrels of any kind and even chipmunks is peanut butter.
For my live catch traps I use a small pill bottle with , filled to the top with peanut butter. Poke a bunch of holes in the bottle so some peanut butter can ooze out. I wire the pill bottle with a small piece of wire and hang it behind the trip plate of my trap. I found this works better to trip the trap because they cannot just take the bait and run but have to work at it.
Also found the best way to humanely kill live trapped squirrels. You will realise pretty quick it's impossible to shoot then while they are in the cage.
I'd definitely check your local laws before attempting it, but where I am located it's perfectly legal to gas them with carbon monoxide.
Just throw the whole trap in a plastic tote that has a hole in the side. Plumb in a hose off a vacuum cleaner from your cars tail pipe to the tote, and let it idle for about a minute or two.
Much less traumatic for the squirrels. Where i live It is actually illegal to release squirrels after your trap them.
UPDATE: June 2024 we just caught 34 this week, was so pleased with the results last year & this year so far that I ordered 2 more, I wish you could buy the basin separately but I use a wheel barrel filled with water to get rid of the pests, our Red Tailed hawks, buzzards & Owls love to eat them.
I'm with you about using Explorer hood units of measure. I've never been too fond of either the imperial or metric systems.
Nobody puts Heavy in a box.
your little puppy is so sweet! he may not be the best squirrel catcher but at least he's adorable
Thank you:) He is very cute.
I tried to avoid having to exterminate problem squirrels that were causing serious damage to my house, which was located in a heavily forested area. After numerous live trappings and releases I realized that I was seeing the same squirrels returning to the property. Their ability to find their way home is remarkable. Even when released far away and across a lake, one particular squirrel showed up at the house less than 2 days later.
I’m impressed you could recognize them. But yes, they have to be exterminated.
I'm going to get this and release them 45 miles away at my job. If they make it back.....they are welcome to stay!!!
Better just to kill them.
shoot em
What if it was 10 miles away
I'm not surprised the terrier didn't catch any squirrels. Not only are squirrels rather difficult for most dogs to catch, but that terrier has VERY LITTLE prey drive. It's clearly not from working lines, because his interest in those trapped squirrels is VERY mild. I'm glad the trap is working for you though! :-)
If you look it up, most all terriers were bred to hunt small vermin. No prey drive my arse.
WNM1228 If you had any real life experience with Terriers, rather than just reading books written by people who don't know what they're talking about anyway, you would know that the vast majority of tarriers are now useless pets who for the last 50 generations or more haven't done anything more than crap in people's backyards and lay on the couch......
WNM1228 - I'm pretty sure they were bred for the size, they still need to be trained. Owners spend time telling dogs what NOT to do, seldom give much effort to show them what they SHOULD be doing. Not everything is instinct.
The Heavy Truth - Thanks for the video!
WNM1228 Depends on the Terriers and bloodlines. Prey drive can vary. Mine would have gone through that trap to get to the squirrels in a heartbeat. They take on opossum, skunk, raccoons even try coyote (that we don't allow) and win.
Yes exactly. A working bred terrier and a show or pet bred terrier are night and day different. But ignorant pet and show people will swear up and down that their useless dogs who haven't been tested or bred for ANYTHING useful, are some how equal to dogs who have been carefully tested and bred for hunting qualities. The idea is ridiculous and defies all reason!
The metal plates are likely there so the squirrels can't reach out and scratch your hand when you carry the trap with them inside.
That makes sense. I hadn't thought about that.
My Tomahawk trap has a big handle on top of the cage, so no problems
they don't "scratch" they bite
If you kill them, why waste the meat and the pelt? If the guts will increase egg production in your chickens, thats good too. No sin in that.
Or ridding yourself of a nuisance, either.
GiGi W. I eat the animals I kill when hunting. So if I used this and was getting many squirrels I would eat them yeah but i would probably put some for coyote hunting bait.
Eating them sounds fine. Tanning the pelt sounds like a time consuming PITA since they’re so small. What would you do with it anyway?
Slippers
We have a mated pair of Red Shouldered Hawks on our property- would they eat my dead squirrels after I drown them? We have foxes too, would they eat the dead ones?
@@LD-dx1cw foxes would, im not sure hawks will eat something that they didn't kill themselves.
They might though
Metal plate to protect your fingers, so a squirrel doesn't bite the crap out of you when moving the trap
I see you took off the big shipping label, but you missed the little one UPS puts on the box, your address is visible in the video
I use peanut butter in conibears. Drill holes in opposite sides of a milk cap. Bend trap wires at 90 degrees 1/2" up from bottom and run through cap holes and crimp if needed. Set trap on a board or log at 45 degree angle (trap hangs on two roofing nails). I use sunflower seeds in my sqirrelinator which works great. I tried almonds the first time and caught a medium sized possum.
We don’t really have possums around here but I wouldn’t know what to do with it. Lol. I did catch a rabbit once. He looked to big to even have gotten in there.
I relocate all mine to the freezer!!!
Mark S Absolutely!, the only mistake your'e making Mark, is your'e not cooking them up FRESH. Although sometimes i would occasionally freeze some if i had extra. And once again, in my opinion the only way to is SLOW COOKING in a crock pot for tenderness......the meat is semi - pink and you can suck it right off the bone. I was born in Michigan and when i grew up there i hunted them with a .22 rifle and i must have eaten them by the thousands. Some people just aren't aware how delicious gourmet wild game is. Piss on the objectors!
shawn Oneil please don't piss on people, it's not nice.
Matt Pope You're right,.....my apologies
SuperGoldnut Mmmmm!, an all natural marinade!
Mine get fed to the hawks and ravens, lazy hawks and ravens! LOL
It works hallelujah! Ive got squirrels digging & destroying my yard.. laws suck but i live near a heavily wooded area.. ty for this🌹
The only problem is that the squirrels that get in there eat all the bait so I have to dispatch them and reload. Also, if you bait it overnight the mice will eat all the bait and then just leave because they fit in between the wires. I am thinking about making a rodent proof bait can so I can load it with peanuts and the bait sticks around longer. I will make a video if it works.
Gotta keep this in mind when I do my garden next year.
Love my squirrelnator! Used pecans, shredded carrots and raw sweet potatoe as bait and 72 hrs later, my squirrel problem was resolved.
Nice!
@@KetoKevin I bet this thing would work well for rats also
excellent way to help feed your family if groceries weren't a option anymore. live food doesn't spoil so I might add a couple to my preps to go with my kill traps.
Thanks! Thinking about this since I have a produce stand and the squirrels won't leave it alone.... So glad to find this "humane" trap so I can "relocate" the squirrels....
The metal plates are to protect your hands from the squirrels while you are moving the trap.
I guess they help people. I eliminate them before moving the trap so it hasn’t been an issue for me;)
I just now put water and seed in a 30 gal can. Half of my tomatoes gone in two days! Drastic measure for a drastic situation!! I will report success or failure. I have a larger can full right now, will use if the smaller can is a failure. And I thought deer were a problem! Enjoyed the humor in the comments!
I hope it works out for you. I never got around to doing it and I cut up my barrels for dog waterers so I don’t have a spare to use right now. It sounds messy too. Getting rid of dead rodents floating in a bunch of water.
May 26, 2021 -- Current price on Amazon using his link is $71.99. At my local Tractor Supply it is $49.99. My 9lb Terrier mix has killed 8 gray squirrels in her 11 years of life but her prowess isn't enough to deter the nasty vermin, so...
I thought I had a golden retriever that was killing them, but she was just tricking me by stealing them from my traps before I found them.
In a dry area like that you could also use the rat zapper ultra. If you’ve got $1300 the absorbers solution is the cheetah hand held carbon monoxide squirrel killer. You can take out a whole burrow in a 10min in the morning before they come out. I’ve eliminated ground squirrels from 40ac property and when they come back it does the trick.
I’ll check out the rat zapper! $1300 is a bit steep:)
Nothing like a big old pot of squirrel dumplins or smother fried squirrel and rice!🤤
I haven’t eaten them yet but if shtf I definitely will!
This morning I didn't catch any squirrels...presumably because there was a small rabbit in the trap. Maybe it would work well for them too. They don't cause me problems...so he got let go:)
The Heavy Truth because that piece of trash was made in PRC - people republic of China. kakakaka
Jack Nguyen almost everything is.
Google User, Vietnam. Nguyen is a Vietnamese name. It’s pronounced “wen”
Tomahawk traps are Made in the USA , I have model # 103 for squirrels, but slightly smaller model 102XL works great too. I also bought the separate remote control so I only catch squirrels, not songbirds. Plain old cheap peanut butter behind the spring plate is all you need to attract them as peanut butter has a much stronger smell than nuts and squirrel use scent more than visual to search for food.
What do you do with the squirrels
The thought of a squirrel meal doesn’t excite my palate and I would never burden another by relocating those squirrels. What is your preferred form of execution?
I like mine, but I do feel a bit uncomfortable carrying live squirrels through the living room on the way to the garage from the patio where I feed my birds. 🙂
Huge thumbs up! So happy the trap worked for you. Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure! I love this trap. Though some dogs got in my heard the other day when I wasn’t home. My wife said they were trying to get the squirrel inside. They tipped the trap over and then the doors fell down and the squirrel got out. I hope they ate him.
72 vegans who's favorite reptile is a squirrel disliked this awesome video.
(And yes, I know squirrels are mammals)
Matthew Dacosta 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Really thanks for the info. Ordering 50 chicks, ducks and guinnie hens next week. Hate to feed the varmints
I think I will eventually make a new chicken coop out of hardware cloth or expanded steel and convert my dog kennels into goat pens. The chainlink is very secure against predators but allows too many rodents and birds to pilfer my feed.
it is working for me. only had it for 5 days and I have caught 4 squirrels.
What are you using for bait? I use chicken scratch and I have caught up to 4-5 squirrels at a time, but we have a huge squirrel population.
Do you release them and if so, how far away from your property? If not, how would I dispatch them?
.177 pellet gun, or drop the whole cage in a water tank til the bubbles stop
I wouldn't release them, there just going to destroy someone else's property, exterminate them, they are not a endangered species!
I used a pellet gun.
Tractor Supply is where I got mine. Chicken scratch works well.
Good tip!
bait will get the squirrel drunk lol
17 so far ! Great invention ! Sunflower seeds work best for me. Will use it forever against these rodents. 5/28/21
Great bait. Their cheap in bulk at the tractor store too.
I got one of these and it works okay i guess but they are really really nervous about going inside. They try hard to reach in there and move the bait to the edge of the box. I caught a couple though. In my state you're not allowed to move them so you have to dispatch 'em. The drowning tray works fine for this purpose and it only takes a few seconds but still not pretty.
You must have smarter squirrels than me. They would go in without bait sometimes.
The cheapest and most effective way if you don't mind killing them is to use a large 50 gallon drum or garbage can . Fill halfway with water and sprinkle a bag of sunflower seeds to float on top of water . The squirrels will jump in and drown. 11 squirrels in 1 day.
I will try it. Do you have to bury the barrel or just give them a ramp?
Keto Kevin Either way's fine from what I can tell. Apparently, the little buggers can levitate right in. Lol
I wouldn’t doubt it. Those little chuckleheads are magicians. Do you have to cover the whole top of the water or will they jump in even though they can see its water?
Fasted Friends With Keto Kevin put it near a tree
Put GC near tree
Grain feed squirrels I would imagine have a great flavor.
The squeaks on the squirrels sound like TNG communicator badges. :P
Imagine hearing that crap in your yard ALL DAY LONG!!! They are so loud!!!
Does it come with the squirrels?🤣🤣🤣
I don’t need any more!
Aha! Those look like California ground squirrels. I love eating the gray squirrels, but the ground squirrels are so nasty they will nest under an outhouse!
I baited some live traps for squirrels and they didn't work. I'm overrun with squirrels and they are tearing up a lot of things.
Maybe use bait they are already eating around your place.
I live in Georgia we have gray squirrels years ago i was given one similar I tried it for weeks i put cracked pecans fire ants ate nuts never caught anything your squirrel must be different they dig hole’s live in ground
Yes, they are ground squirrels. For tree squirrels I would set up a 2x4 against a tree with a line of conibears going up it.
Nice. I just need a deerinator to go along with it.
Get some good meat that way:)
Has anybody ever heard of Aguila ammo ? Check out the super colibri .22 long rifle, very cheap, makes way less noise than a pellet gun. Don't think 550 fps is not enough velocity either I have eliminated 17 Ferrell cats in my neighborhood, the next door neighbors can't hear it even if their outside and 50 feet away. At 50-70 ft they are super accurate but not good for long shots, if you have an auto you will need to load one at a time as they will not cycle, I use a bolt action single shot w scope
2 were delivered May 20, 2023 @ 4 pm and at 4 pm on May 23, 2023 I had already captured & extinguished 24 total, 16 males & 8 females, in Nawth Central Florida where here in the rural area if you DON'T have a carport to in close your vehicle you better do something, they got so bad the birds couldn't get to the bird feeder because of the tree rats, I found it was better for me to NOT let more than 3 get in there at a time because they were putting up such a fuss I didn't want that to scare off the others. NOW, since those that hung out closer to the house have been removed I think I'm going to move the cages further out to capture the ones further out, the red tailed hawks & I are now on a 1st name basis
Nice!
My squirrels love peanuts!
Yes it w0rks quite well on California Ground Squirrels. My father would catch them and thendrive them to a distant location for release. I imagine if you kill them in the trap other squirrels will smell the death and stay away. The trap was used until two different Skunks were trapped. A professional had to come out at $250 a pop to take the skunks away
If you catch a skunk first put on some old clothes you don't care about, just in case. Then approach the trap holding a plastic tarp or heavy plastic sheet in from of you and gently cover the trap. Place the trap in the back of a pickup truck and haul him away. Carefully uncover just enough of the trap to open the door and get out of the way. Skunks don't want to spray unless they have to but inside a trap will be stressful. I have released skunks several times without them spraying.
Yes it works I’ve caught five at a time
It works for me consistently.
I used to think that Squirrels were cute, that was a few months ago, not they are running around in the ceiling and chewing I can't get to them. I live in a city with no plans to take them for a drive anywhere once they are in the cage.
The plates are to keep your hand from being bitten by the angry squirrels as you carry it.
I suppose they would work for that, though the handles hand above the plates and the top is just wire. I’m sure now that was probably the idea but I doubt it is too effective if that’s the reason.
The ones I've caught have all tried to bite me and that plate has kept them away from my hand, it's for when you're picking the trap up and the handle is resting against it.
I don’t pick the trap up while they are alive. I shoot them before I move it. I’m glad it’s protecting you though. Do you eat them?
No, I dispose of them. I shot the first one I caught, but it bled all over the trap and ground underneath which I thought might deter other squirrels, so I decided drowning was a cleaner solution.
I want to buy a meat grinder and feed them to my chickens. If I do, I will have to stop shooting them because I am using lead pellets and I don’t want my chickens eating the lead because I am afraid it will get into their eggs and then I will eat it. I didn’t really think about the blood deterring other squirrels. You may be onto something.
Might work well with ground squirrels. Not so much with eastern tree squirrels.
Makes sense. Make a board with conibears lining it for them to run up and get trapped.
That Terrier has absolutely no interest in catching squirrels... I blame the schools. Anyways, yea your chicken feed expenses are gonna dwindle, however your cereal costs are gonna go thru the roof,!!!! You can't win
So, you take them about 25 miles away and dump them? I still want to see a trap that will launch them about 100 meters away. Don't care if they live or not.
Khadijah Brown that sounds exciting, but this seems a bit more practical.
Here are a few DIY launchers. ruclips.net/video/M5-d3rZZ-_M/видео.html
oh the video got me so hot!
Omg!! LMAO! great video! i freaking hate, hate hate squirrels!
Lol squirrel launchers are a thing
Was working just great, then the squirrels , all of a sudden stopped going in , any ideas? Thanks
I move it around so it’s in a different spot every few days.
Bought it. No luck. Using sunflower seeds and dog food. They eat the bait outside and flee. Do not try to enter to get the rest. Help!!!
I hope it started working. Mine still works well!
55 and counting. It’s terrific!!!!
That’ll put a dent in the population for sure!
I have two of these and they work like a charm.
Also works as a diving cage for them ;)
That works wonderfully.
It really does!
I had a jack russell schnauzer mix that actually caught a squirrel, that squirrel kicked his butt! His ear was shredded, it took several hours to get the bleeding to stop. He was done.
I got a cat and a squirrel bit the tip of his nose off. So I bought a spring loaded BB gun that shot those little plastic balls, just to scare them off... nope that just made them mad and come at me barking and swinging that tail. I was done with that. I tried bottle rockets and they just sat there eating unfazed. We have some serious gangster squirrels around here.
I use to think squirrels were sooo cute until I moved to the country. I hate them now with a passion! They have done so much damage to the soffits all around my house, just to get in the attic and damage everything of value I had stored up there. They have chewed their way into my closed in porch and set up a home. They tear up the wood around the vents to get under the house. They have chewed through lawn mower wires and the seat. A few years a ago they chewed a wire on the air conditioner completely shutting it down in the middle of July! I Have seen them raid a garden, take one bite of the stolen veggie and throw it to the ground, they do the same thing to the pecans. Wasteful demons of destruction! Last year they got into some rat poison we had stored on the porch shelf... they finally did themselves in. I will be keeping rat poison around for a long long time.
I am afraid o use the poison because of my other animals. I am with you though..:I used to think they were cute. Now we are at war!
You need to have gloves on.. they don't like the smell if humans. If you touch it. Just rinse with water.. This is tg6e greatest ever. Caught 55 last summer.
55? Wow!
Dead squirrels make great fertilizer when planted near the drip zone of a Cannabis plant. Dried squirrel tails with string tied on, make great cat toys.
I did let my cats play with the tails. 🤣
$85.00 plus shipping!! Need to STOP false advertising this product, you could be sued!!!
What are you talking about?
They are undermining my flagstone patio. This means war. Tractor Supply, $59.00. baited with wild bird. seeeeeed. now we wait!
They tear up everything.
Great video!! I have my unit now woop woop!! What was the rock on top of the squirrelinator for? Did they initially get out of the trap before the rock was placed on top?
Squirrels tend to flip traps over.
03-06-2022: Wow $48 4 years ago, they’re $80 bucks now!!!!!
Wow!
Intentional debasement of the currency does that.
Squirrels are a nuisance, even out here in the desert, they tunnel under homes, chew up the wiring in cars and make a mess. Eliminating them sometimes seems like a full time job. We've been using the the live traps but have to reset it after each catch so maybe this would be better. I have found that peanut butter is about the best thing for all rodents including squirrels.
Does this work with southeastern tree squirrels and flying squirrels?
I don’t know. I only had ground squirrels 🤷🏻♂️
I set it up tonight. Using peanuts for bait. Trying to get ground squirrels. I will see if it works.
Good luck!
No luck. Actually we didn't see any ground squirrels today, so wondering where they went. But certainly none went in the cage. The peanuts I scattered around were happily eaten by birds.
Mice can come overnight and eat them too. I bait in the morning and then catch the squirrels during the day.
Update. I got one ground squirrel today. We were all gone from the house, maybe that made the difference. I'm hoping to catch the other ones soon.
I hope you catch them all. They are so destructive!
Works okay but found I had a chipmunk stealing the bait. As many nuts as I placed out that's how many he stole. So squirrel...no nuts for you.
Yes. Chipmunks, rats and mice will steal the bait. I am going to make one out of hardware cloth so I can catch those smaller rodents too.
First try - used cat chow as bait- they ate it all out the next day - do I have a mutant strain of squirrels? No catches
Maybe you have mice or rats. They can fit through the holes.
If the door is to stiff, continue to "play" with it untill it loosens up
You may have already answered this question, but I could not find it in the comments. How do you kill them after you catch them? Or do you relocate them somewhere else. I have a bunch of ground squirrels/chipmunks tearing up my yard, but if I catch them all, I don't know what to do with them? I don't want to relocate them and give neighbors the same problem I have.
Did you figure it out? If you buy the one with the plastic bin you can fill it with water and dunk the whole trap in there.
Get some wits. With conibear traps bait with a dried marshmallow coated in peanutbutter, or hot glue a peanut(with shell) on to the conibear trigger. You won't be disappointed.
I like conibears but they only trap one at a time.
the squirrels bit thru my squirrelnator and bent the metal an got in...sucks
Those are some BA squirrels!
I caught a squirrel in a groundhog trap once using apples.
Nice. I’ve caught rabbits in the squirrelinator, but I don’t know why they go in there.
Wish you had done an update! This is a cool contraption ;).
How many have you caught in total? Did you do a review on Amazon?
I didn't keep track but I probably caught over 50. Now they all seem to stay out away from my house and sheds. I am sure in the spring I will have to get after it again. I can't remember if I did an amazon review or not. I should do one if I didn't though. I like this trap a lot.
Thank you for your video. If you cannot relocate squirrels, why did you nee this Squirrelinator for?
I kill them. It’s just the best trap I’ve used as the other traps get set off without catching them.
Used mine for weeks. They refuse to enter the trap
So how do you open it to release the squirrels? Seems like it's not too easy since they could be in any part of the trap.
I dispatch them while they are in the trap and then turn it upside down to shake them out.
I saw this video and figured what the hell I’d give it a shot. This thing worked outstanding! Better than your traditional box like traps!👍
I’m glad it worked for you! I love mine.
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OK catch squirrel, but what about moose?
Do they make these in bigger sizes for larger invasive species?
I don’t know l, but I Cauchy a rabbit and I saw someone catch a skunk.
Are these ground squirrels? I have to deal with larger gray and red squirrels...don't think it would work with those tree rodents.
Mike Howard yes, these are all ground squirrels.
I have a Tomahawk trap model # 103 and 102XL, never had a single one escape yet. You can get a remote control trigger if you want to be "in control" of the trapping or like me, who do not want to accidently trap songbirds, only squirrels
What's the rock on top of the trap for? Thanks!
I put the rock on it so ravens don’t drag it around.
I have the smartest squirrels in the world, they eat bait and chew through zip ties and throw snap traps on the ground, they get bait out of regular traps and get away without getting caught, these little suckers are smart. It's winter now, it took a few days but we finally caught one of the world's smartest squirrels. My dogs went out to pee and alerted me to the fact that there was a squirrel in there. Woo hoo, celebrate. I know we have one more squirrel for sure so I am putting it back out to catch more. They are damaging up all corners of our house and new roof so I am leaving that thing out indefinitely. It works! So happy finally something that outwitted the little destructos. Gonna catch and release that squirrel into the wilderness about 10 miles out. We used sunflower seeds...Little piles that led from the nook in the tree down to the bottom of the tree and over to the squirrelinator. Score!
I’m glad it’s working for you. They definitely are a clever bunch!
I bought a Made in the USA Tomahawk trap ( Model 103 and 102XL) and I just used plain peanut butter behind the trip plate. ALL GONE in days. All of them, even the one that ate through our attic and caused us $1000 in wire damages. I had fun drowning that one. Keep the trapped squirrel in the cage and dunk entire cage by the handle into a giant plastic storage container or beverage tub filled with water from your garden hose for about a minute, easy. (If you even THINK about trap and release- they return and you have caused your own problems)
See my post above
lrd lrd Tomahawk makes great traps. 😎🖒🖒
Apples aren"t a good bait for you, but I am looking at this because I am so sick of the squirrels completely stripping my apple tree.
Will it work on roof rats, and Norway (regular) common rats, or are they too smart? Saw comment below, not an answer. What’s the optional tray for, holding more hiding them, security or drowning them? Doesn’t say. I need a rat trap method see planks, but look like all mouse ones.
It won’t work for rats. They can fit out the wire holes. The basin is supposed to be for transport, but I would use it for drowning them.
So once you get to Trap full of squirrels just take it down to throw it in the river give it a few minutes pull it back out and feed the catfish a bunch of Dead Squirrels right
At least kill them quick geez psycho
@@abc-yr8nf why. But you up wiring insulation ductwork they will even bring disease into your home. They're filthy little rodents that deserve to die. Have you ever watched a squirrel catch a bird and eat it. There's nothing quick about the birds death bird chicks as well so why should the squirrel get preferential treatment
Sorry I bought one of these traps had it for 3 weeks didn't catch a thing. thank goodness tractor supply took it back so I could get my 70 bucks back. I use a crossbow now and my problem is going away. Don't waste your time with this.
It worked great for years for me.
Hey guys! What's the best way you've found to dispatch them? I'm a new homeowner and they're what's keeping me from gardening and moving toward food independence.
I use a pellet gun.
Use a .177 cal pellet rifle. Otherwise dunk the trap (with your catch) into a container filled with water.
Your worried about birds stealing the trap? Where the heck do you live? Bedrock? :)
has your little doggie got in rabies from the squirrels biting his feet
No