Thread: Bird Predator Control

Nothing in the rat trap yet after 2 nights out, but my also-bodged mouse trap has finally earned a gold star after a week or so sitting in the corner of the garage..

Two floaters today..


I gather the best setup for a bucket trap like this would actually be a drink bottle or can on a wire (as long as it can spin freely on the wire), but on my way to track a bottle down I spotted an old funnel while walking past some shelving "That'll do for a test". Popped a couple of washers over the bar, that tuck into the tube of the funnel slightly. Any movement dislodges the washers and causes it to drop slightly, hopefully enough to shake them off. Hopefully it will also spin them into the water if they depart from the centreline by much. Pop a bit of peanut butter on the outside so they have to reach for it and unbalance the whole setup.

The real benefit of a trap like this if you can get it working correctly (Don't use mine as a good example..) is that it's essentially unlimited in how many it can trap, and doesn't require resetting between kills.