.22 cal Pack rat exterminator

[Brians356]

Never any luck with the Victor on rats.

I have, on Black Rats (Roof Rats, Rattus rattus) but much better are the newer plastic jaw traps such as my choice, Tomcat brand. Never had one fail to kill and hold tight. I bait with peanut butter.
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[snert]

I have, on Black Rats (Roof Rats, Rattus rattus) but much better are the newer plastic jaw traps such as my choice, Tomcat brand. Never had one fail to kill and hold tight. I bait with peanut butter.
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Is that my mother in law?

 

[Brians356]

Is that my mother in law?

You'd know best about that.
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[TTE]

Very smart Rodent. These traps and pepperoni slices have worked on the sly ones.View attachment 1488483

Well what do you do with them now ?

 

[Kracken McGraw]

La

Well what do you do with them now ?

They bought themselves a ticket to the apple Dunkin’.

 

[Brians356]

La

They bought themselves a ticket to the apple Dunkin’.

So why bother with the holding cell? Why not catch and kill it in a single step?
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[Rick in Oregon]

For packrats and just plain old RATS, my Beeman R10 .20 cal has done a pretty good job, but unfortunately it's only useable in daytime, and the RATS are most active after dark. We also get the occasional CA ground squirrel out back to jazz things up a bit.



I'm hesitant to put a thermal scope on a pellet gun, but I've given it some thought considering how much RAT activity we have here at the moment.

 

[TrapperBR549]

So why bother with the holding cell? Why not catch and kill it in a single step?
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When I have used live traps it was to avoid collateral damage.

 

[Brians356]

When I have used live traps it was to avoid collateral damage.

Ah, makes sense. Like dogs, cats, raccoons, etc.

You could put a snap trap inside the cage, so that only a rat-sized critter can get in to the kill trap. (Wire one end gate open. Havahart brand shown.)
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[Kracken McGraw]

So why bother with the holding cell? Why not catch and kill it in a single step?
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Because they are smart and you have to get them used to eating out of the trap for a while before you even set it to actually trap.

 

[Brians356]

Because they are smart and you have to get them used to eating out of the trap for a while before you even set it to actually trap.

Maybe pack rats are that smart, but roof rats certainly aren't. They can't resist peanut butter in a snap trap, and every trap set caught a rat, a dozen or so total, until there were no more in my crawl space. I finally found and sealed up all entrances they were using, which is critical. We never had any rats in our residential area until a few years ago, then suddenly an invasion, likely from the influx of Californians' moving vans, and also the razing of a nearby shopping mall and restaurants. We all had to wise up quickly. They'll always be around now, but keeping them out of your house is not rocket science.
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[Mark W]

I like .22 birdshot for rats but have been unable to locate any an I’m down to my last 8 rds……anyone seen any?

CCI has these on their website now.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Put a thermal scope on those air rifles or cerment mix flavored with Kool aid powder NO WATER of course. Not even a laxative will save them.