The rat trap as part of a survival system.

[Spear Dane]

Wondering if anyone has used or considered integrating these into their bags? Seems like a no brainer for avoiding the pitfalls of the more primitive methods of food sourcing.

 

[dprimm]

I am finding that those wooden ones don’t last very long. I use them for chipmunks that mess us my garden. Being outside, some last a week before pulling apart. Others last months

just giving a heads up that you may want to reinforce the staples holding it together.

 

[rosejm]

These are also useful as triggers for snares or security devices.

Cost/Weight to usefulness ratio is pretty high.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

What exactly would you use that for? I may be missing something or uninformed but are we taking about eating Rat's?? Don't laugh I'm just curious...lol

 

[IndyDave1776]

What exactly would you use that for? I may be missing something or uninformed but are we taking about eating Rat's?? Don't laugh I'm just curious...lol

Nail it to a tree, load it with peanut butter, eat squirrel.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

Nail it to a tree, load it with peanut butter, eat squirrel.

Ahaa learned somthin new..Thanks

 

[Old Bear]

They work great on any small rodent and possible small birds. Make excellent triggers for snares, boobie traps and other perimeter devices as stated above.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Ahaa learned somthin new..Thanks

Happy to be of service!

 

[bwframe]

Think you need them or not, they don't cost much. It pays to have a half dozen of rat traps and regular Victor mousetraps stuck away. In the spring and fall, traps get scarce in the demand for them.

I've loaned out my rat traps a couple of times for squirrels in attics and such.

 

[CampingJosh]

Nail it to a tree, load it with peanut butter, eat squirrel.

So yes, eating rats.

 

[1nderbeard]

Nail it to a tree, load it with peanut butter, eat squirrel.

is that enough to kill a fox squirrel?

 

[IndyDave1776]

I would think so unless the traps are not made like they were in the old people's stories.

 

[printcraft]

Don't get caught with these in D.C. - they are considered destructive devices.

 

[snorko]

I seem to remember reading a few articles in survival magazines (ahh, the '90s) and their uses were as described above.

Several years ago I pulled into my drive late one very rainy night and saw what I thought was a rat run across the drive. Picked up some large traps and set them out. Caught two birds but no rat.

 

[MCgrease08]

Caught two birds but no rat.

Did you let them go, or try to kill them both with one stone?

 

[snorko]

Did you let them go, or try to kill them both with one stone?

Oh, at that point stoning would be superfluous.

 

[MCgrease08]

Oh, at that point stoning would be superfluous.

Yeah, that's true. But two birds in traps are worth four in the bush, right?

 

[snorko]

Yeah, that's true. But two birds in traps are worth four in the bush, right?

But not as good as seven with one blow!

 

[cosermann]

They're inexpensive, but they don't hold up in use long term.

A Conibear style 110 cost approx. 2x as much (in round numbers) than the good Victors (with the paddle trigger) and will do a similar job, but last far longer.

 

[GIJEW]

Don't get caught with these in D.C. - they are considered destructive devices.

The rats on capitol hill legislated that?