kania squirrel traps

welsummer

anybody know where you would get the kania squirrel traps here in ireland. i got mine in england and a few people have seem them and wants to know where to get them. they are much easier for the generaly public to use as you dont have the bother of having to dispach a live squirrel.

Dusty87

They ship to Ireland.
kania.net

Rovi

How 'species specific' are they?

I'm waiting for the day the greys appear in my forestry and I'll be taking measures against them when they do, but I don't want to be killing other species while I'm doing it.

LostCovey

Rovi wrote: »

How 'species specific' are they?

I'm waiting for the day the greys appear in my forestry and I'll be taking measures against them when they do, but I don't want to be killing other species while I'm doing it.

Also how safe are they for children sticking their hand in (as they will)?

LostCovey

johngalway

LostCovey wrote: »

Also how safe are they for children sticking their hand in (as they will)?

LostCovey

For squirrels they're usually set so as to render them inaccessible to people, precisely because as one experienced trapper told me lately "Catch your fingers in one of those and you'll not play the piano again my boy". Meaning out of reach, accessible via ladder/step ladder type arrangement. Normally the Kania would be attached to a board, which in turn would be secured to the tree trunk as opposed to a horizontal branch, tacked onto the board would be some wire mesh to aid in the squirrels climbing.



A tunnel would be placed in front of the trap with it's entrance suitably narrowed to exclude non target species should the trap be used against mink or rats. Usual rules would apply, as in if you don't know what's about, then don't set a kill trap. Also, most if not all traps set at ground level would be pretty effectively camouflaged in out of the way places. I'd challenge most people to find any trap I've ever set, again, common sense.

For a trapper to place a spring trap within sight or reach of the general public would be extremely foolish.

meathstevie

Personally I'd deploy them in grey squirrell only areas.

Tackleberrywho

meathstevie wrote: »

Personally I'd deploy them in grey squirrell only areas.

Thats almost everywhere these days. Anywhere there are reds people would have it well publisied.
I have NEVER seen a Red in the wild, only grey. :(

Dusty87

Couple in a very small woods near Mucklagh Tack. Its on the grounds of a house we were working at. No greys west of the Shannon AFAIK.
Plenty around where i am, just no permissions on the lands unfortunately. Some are Coillte

Tackleberrywho

Dusty87 wrote: »

Couple in a very small woods near Mucklagh Tack. Its on the grounds of a house we were working at. No greys west of the Shannon AFAIK.
Plenty around where i am, just no permissions on the lands unfortunately. Some are Coillte

Coillte might not be an issue if wildlife ranger gives go ahead.
Be careful giving away locations, we don't know who might be reading this.

Couple of reds or greys by the way?
I is confoosed

Dusty87

Reds. I said near Mucklagh;) Theres a lot of small forests on private land around there.