Farmers prefer..........

[TrapBarn]

When it comes to vermin like rats and grey squirrels, do farmers prefer to use traps or poison?

 

[betweenthelines]

Poison

No way am I going anywhere near a trap with a live and very annoyed rat in it!

 

[Si85]

I prefer Traps

 

[Derrick Hughes]

what harm do squirrels do ?
they way down the list
arnt they

 

[TrapBarn]

Poison

No way am I going anywhere near a trap with a live and very annoyed rat in it!

Understandable, but I was thinking about Fenn type traps that kill'em rather than the cage/capture traps that keep them penned in..

 

[Paddington]

Farmers prefer....blondes ?

 

[DrWazzock]

Traps for moles. Poison for rats. Not sure there is time to keep on monitoring and resetting traps, nor as easy to use as poison.

 

[Dan7626]

Traps for moles, a good cat for rats and airgun and poison for squirrels.

 

[roscoe erf]

5 shot shotgun

 

[DieselRob]

I have really good success with traps for rats, the large mouse trap snap trap types, had a bad experience with dogs getting hold of some bait blocks so very reluctant to use it now, shotgun for squirrels/rabbits and pigeons

 

[tinsheet]

A good Jack Russell, for rats
Gun for grey squirrels.

 

[franklin]

Currently using fenn traps, cage traps, poison and a gun.

 

[Monty]

Horses for courses. I've used fenn traps and poison on rats both work ok. Rats are easier to trap than moles but crafty beggers all the same. Caught 40 or so one year. Poison is easier to administer obviously but it costs a fortune nowerdays. I think we paid £90 for the last big tub of bait and I swear one or two became immune to it so had to trap them (they left lots of blue poo in our corn loft) and I think soon you wont be able to buy any without going on a silly course.
This year we are looking to buy youngstock nuts in tote bags rather than individual bags and keep it in rat proof containers and clearing out the junk from that room where they like to hide so hopefully keep their numbers down this winter

 

[Pilgrimmick]

Traps, terrier and cats, Never use poison.

 

[DieselRob]

Traps, terrier and cats, Never use poison.

Ah yes forgot the deathly duo terriers!

 

[Lili]

Traps for moles
Traps for mice
Air gun for squirrels
Cat for rats or
traps for rats
or if above fail
poison for rats
Cat does not 'do mice' for some reason but he is excellent on voles, weasels and above ground moles

 

[Yale]

Traps for moles,except when the badgers steal them.

 

[Tarw Coch]

Don't like poison because my dog likes ratting, the cats have a few too although it's a big ask for a cat to tackle a full grown rat, but they can manage the young ones, anyway, there's more meat on a rabbit for the cats.

 

[7610 super q]

Pitfall traps for ramblers...

 

[CopperBeech]

Traps. I like knowing they are dead.