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It's sort of hard to explain, they really are pretty safe. Unless a kiddo got down on their belly and reached their arm pretty far inside the hole they wouldn't be able to access the trap.
You do have to take out a cylinder chunk of sod around the mound but if you keep it watered once a day or so you should be able to stick it back in when you're done. Set trap (we use the spring ones) and shove it in there attached to a chain. The longer the chain, the more distance you'll be able to put between the trap and the entrance of the hole. One of my dogs is a miniature pinscher. Totally into ratting critters out of holes. I was super freaked out about him shoving his snoot down the holes and taking a trap to the face but ours are placed a considerable ways in so he can't. Attach the chain to a stake and then leave it sit for a few days. You check it by simply pulling up the stake. Chain and trap and hopefully critter will come right up. To release critter you simply step on a lever. If you're empty, you can reset it and leave it a few more days or move it if they've started a new mound.
This year alone I think our number is somewhere in the 30's. We've gotten 6 this past week alone.
Our county pays a bounty for them because they're running so rampant right now. I believe it's $3 for a pair of the paws. Don't ask how they're removed, SO takes care of that business, I hunt, field dress and butcher like a champ but I can't bring myself to go that far with a bitty critter. I also know to keep the heck out of the shed freezer or run the risk of seeing the stockpile out there right now
Here's a pic of one of ours. It's hard to see the chain leading down to the trap because we got loads of rain today and the dirt started to mini-mud slide down. You could always stake and chicken wire off the small space if you were really worried about kids gaining access to it.
You do have to take out a cylinder chunk of sod around the mound but if you keep it watered once a day or so you should be able to stick it back in when you're done. Set trap (we use the spring ones) and shove it in there attached to a chain. The longer the chain, the more distance you'll be able to put between the trap and the entrance of the hole. One of my dogs is a miniature pinscher. Totally into ratting critters out of holes. I was super freaked out about him shoving his snoot down the holes and taking a trap to the face but ours are placed a considerable ways in so he can't. Attach the chain to a stake and then leave it sit for a few days. You check it by simply pulling up the stake. Chain and trap and hopefully critter will come right up. To release critter you simply step on a lever. If you're empty, you can reset it and leave it a few more days or move it if they've started a new mound.
This year alone I think our number is somewhere in the 30's. We've gotten 6 this past week alone.
Our county pays a bounty for them because they're running so rampant right now. I believe it's $3 for a pair of the paws. Don't ask how they're removed, SO takes care of that business, I hunt, field dress and butcher like a champ but I can't bring myself to go that far with a bitty critter. I also know to keep the heck out of the shed freezer or run the risk of seeing the stockpile out there right now
Here's a pic of one of ours. It's hard to see the chain leading down to the trap because we got loads of rain today and the dirt started to mini-mud slide down. You could always stake and chicken wire off the small space if you were really worried about kids gaining access to it.
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