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Offline pritch

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You know, I hate rats as much as the next guy...
« on: August 24, 2014, 01:56:26 PM »
...Unless the next guy is the guy that invented this:




He took it to a whole new level!
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Re: You know, I hate rats as much as the next guy...
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2014, 02:04:44 PM »
Is it not a gopher or mole trap?
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Re: You know, I hate rats as much as the next guy...
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2014, 03:04:37 PM »
A bit overkill for moles -- it would do the job on the woodchucks trying to invade the folks'  (now vacant) farm house basement.  Not sure it would be tough enough for a badger. ( sorry Wisconsinites )

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Re: You know, I hate rats as much as the next guy...
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2014, 03:57:53 PM »
think that is a mole trap too.

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Re: You know, I hate rats as much as the next guy...
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2014, 05:48:02 PM »
Just don't catch a skunk in it....
Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

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Re: You know, I hate rats as much as the next guy...
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2014, 07:33:05 PM »
Yeah-the guy that gave it to me said he'd never managed to get a rat with it. I thought at the time a gopher was more likely, but they are not tooooo common around here, especially down in the City. Whatever it was meant for, the thing would have to arch it's back fairly hard onto the release mechanism to set it off. I just thought it was a cool old piece.

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Re: You know, I hate rats as much as the next guy...
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2014, 07:40:27 PM »
Mole trap, you stick it into the ground so when a ground mole tunnels under it the trap is triggered and the spikes drive down into the ground and kills the mole in his/her/it's tunnel. Kind of hit and miss but they work.

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Re: You know, I hate rats as much as the next guy...
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2014, 08:47:25 PM »
I will definitely be keeping my fingers away from that.
And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
~Lee Greenwood