Squirrel Ouell Traps Outdoor (Big)

The media could not be loaded. We feed the birds everyday, which in turn attracted Squirrels. We didn't mind feeding everyone, until the squirrels decided bird seed wasn't enough and started chewing electrical wires. Almost $4000 later, we made the decision to buy a non lethal trap for catch and release and a lethal trap as we weren't sure which trap, if any, would work best. We set up both traps and sure enough, both work amazingly well!This lethal trap dispatches squirrels extremely fast. Once the trap hits, the nervous system of the squirrel reacts for literally less than a minute, which happens to everything on this planet with a nervous system after it passes away.I've read other reviews about this trap that said the squirrel was not "killed" right away. This trap has literally caught 5 squirrels and everyone of them was done quickly. We have a camera out back because it also shows our car as we live in the City. Even if the squirrel entered the trap at different angles, the squirrel did not suffer much, if any, based on how strong this trap is. I captured some video from our out back parking area so you can see how the squirrel died quickly. I take no joy in killing anything, so if it wasn't a fast kill, I would have sent the trap back. Watch the video and make the decision for yourself if this is the right trap for you and your family.Below are some tips on how to use this trap as the first two weeks were a bust until we modified some things:1. Make sure you use the safety hook when setting this trap. This trap will require some strength to set. Once you get the first trap bar pulled back, the second bar goes pretty easy. Make sure you use both trap bars or the animal might suffer. (Maybe that's what happened in other reviews where people said the animal did not die right away? Not sure...) ALWAYS Use the safety latch when setting and baiting this trap.2. Instead of mounting the trap onto something with the mounting hole at the back of the trap, I weighed the trap down with some pavers to anchor it as other reviewers said to make sure it was weighed down or mounted to avoid the trap flying in the air. Any weight on the back will hold this trap down.3. I tried putting the bait in the back of the trap like the demo video and had no success, so I started putting a handful of peanuts in the front of the trap just beyond the tripping mechanism inside the trap. I did not leave any food outside of the trap as recommended. I found that putting about 20 shelled peanuts inside worked better than even peanut butter which would wash away in the rain, attract ants, and just overall make a mess on the patio parking area. Sometimes Bluejays would take the peanuts directly at the entrance but would not set off the trap. I learned quickly to use 20+ shelled peanuts (handful) as the first 5 peanuts would be taken by the Bluejays and the trap was bait less after that. Bluejays are very smart and will rob your trap without setting it off. The Bluejays rob this trap often, which is why I recommend using a handful of peanuts spread out from just beyond the tripping mechanism inside the trap. Make sure the peanuts go all the way back to the nail inside the trap. Make sure to set the safety latch, BEFORE BAITING, if the trap is set while you bait it!!! Using this method of baiting, I have caught 5 squirrels in the last two weeks. 0 in the first two weeks trying the video recommendation baiting method.4. Use gloves when setting this trap to hide your scent. I do not use gloves on the peanuts, just when setting the trap or handling the trap. I also leave the trap outside so the rain washes away any scent including any urine from the dispatched animals, etc... Once it rains and the peanuts get soft/soggy, I empty the trap and use fresh peanuts as bait. Fresh peanuts make a world of difference compared to soggy watered down peanuts (squirrels would not even look in the trap with soggy peanuts). Fresh peanuts the night before usually ends up with a catch the next morning.That's about all I can think of at the moment. I posted a pic of how I bait this trap also. This is a great lethal trap for squirrels and other possible rodents. It works quickly and seems quite durable so far. Highly Recommend this trap if you need a lethal squirrel trap!!!

these are seriously the best traps on the market, they will catch and dispatch anything that fits into the metal tunnel (rats, squirrels, racoons, skunks, nutria, can hurt domestic pets if you are not careful, anything), just the right size overall, their other model is just like this one, but with the round tunnel and better suited for mounting on an angle, this one is better for flat mounting, although either one can be cross interchangeable, very good build quality, very strong springs, don't confuse them with standard rat traps, these suckers have some major power, high sensitivity, will trip, easy to refill with a separate sliding door and has a good refill capacity, very easy to use, awesome traps

Great trap and will definitely kill squirels!The video showed to put some kind if granola bar on the nail. That bait did not work.Then, I Googled what do squirels like, which was nuts and seeds, and I put some peanuts in the back of Unit. Now, every time i walk out, there is another kill!It's a huge relief to get rid of these things that have made my life miserable because the made their way into my atticI had tried other traps in my attic and could not kill them, but this thing kills extremely well.Pros: Finally a trap that will effectively kill big squirels!Cons:* It seems that the squirel suffers for a while before dying, not always instant* Wood seems to be breaking up with every kill* Most of the squirels were clean kills, but one kill was messy and bloody. I tried cleaning it, but it still has some blood and something else soaked in the wood.....grossIt definitely works and would highly recommend it!

No squirrels encountered any threat of death or injury from this trap because it would not stay set -- usually not even long enough for me to walk more than a few steps away from it, much less for squirrels to consider approaching it. At worst, they might have been a little startled the first few times they heard the kill bars spontaneously slamming down onto the wooden platform.After multiple fails with this trap over a period of days, I tried adjusting the angle of the wire loop that the hold-down bar goes into. Bending it back toward the end of the bar did not solve the problem. Either the bar or the loop still kept sliding away until there was not enough contact between them to hold. Trying to adjust the angle toward the end of the hold-down bar and further efforts to reshape things into functionality resulted in screwing up the whole assembly. When I saw that the lower wire loops that hang just inside the trap entrance were unintentionally bent out of their proper orientation, I gave up and threw the trap away.It was all a waste of time and money. Wish I had returned it as soon as I saw that it didn't work right, instead of ruining it further in failed efforts to make it operable.