Anyone ever carry a rat trap?

Good idea!! but for te trouble of drilling drywall screws and wiring a trap down I could rig up several snares, or a deadfall.... but props for thinking outside of the box.
 
snareaman said:
I must respectfully disagree with you. I know people who have caught thousands of animals with unbaited snares. A huge percentage of the North American fur market is harvested with snares set in trail sets and no bait what so ever is used.

Have you ever used a rat trap for squirrels? In a wilderness setting,not in a park with half tame grey squirrels? I'm not being confrontational, I'm just trying to get a read on your line of thinking.

I'm just making observations based upon my personal experiences, as animal behavior is much different in different habitats and regions.
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The squirrels I see everyday in my woods are fox squirrels, I have cought (in town) and released a few grays out at the farm now and there are a few of them around as well, they seem to be spreading! Before I did this we had no grays. The fox squirrels seem to be alot dumber than the grays, for one they dont always go into a tree when your chasing them (sometimes I come up on them and they just run and hide in the weeds) the grays always go into trees and get spooked easier. Maybe I will give it a shot soon, I have the trap and PB and I walk in the woods everyday. Squirrel stew anyone?:D

PS. The fox squirrels like to keep an eye on you when spooked, almost watching you. They grays just sort of run away in typical squirrel manor.
 
For survival.......eh. If I am going to go so far as to pack things of that nature, I'll just bring a gun.

I also wonder about the legality issues associated with that. I don't know if you could get in any trouble with carrying animal traps during non-trapping seasons but for some reason I could see the potential for a bored ranger trying to stick it to you.
 
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