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| | | Live Animal Traps | Home » » Havahart 1078 Live Animal Professional Style One-Door Rabbit, Skunk, Mink, and Squirrel Cage Trap | | | | | | | Description: | | Ideal for trapping rabbits, large squirrels, skunks, mink, and similar-size nuisance animals. Havahart traps are designed and used by professional trappers. Animal control officers also trust and use Havahart traps -- so can you! Constructed of sturdy wire mesh with steel reinforcements for long life, and galvanized for maximum resistance to rust and corrosion. Mesh openings are smaller than competing traps of comparable size to prevent escapes and stolen bait. Spring loaded door and sensitive trigger ensure quick, secure captures. Solid door and handle guard protect user during transportation, while smoothed internal edges protect and prevent injuries to animals. Made in the USA. | | | Features: | |
• Constructed of sturdy rust-resistant wire mesh with steel reinforcements for long life and galvanized for maximum resistance to rust and corrosion
• Mesh openings are smaller than competing traps of comparable size to prevent escapes and stolen bait. Trigger rod is located outside of the trap so animal cannot damage it while in the trap
• Spring loaded door and sensitive triggers ensure quick, secure captures that target the specific animal's size, eliminating undesired catcheswhile smoothed internal edges protect and prevent injuries to animals
• Ideal for catching rabbits skunks, mink, large squirrels and similar-size nuisance animals
• Made in the U.S.A.
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 24.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 7.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 4.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 25.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 8.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 4.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 62 reviews |
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30 of 31 found the following review helpful:
 It works, what more could you ask for?Apr 25, 2008
By Jordan Edwards
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1P20D0EU2BYYT We had a nasty case of "Squirrels in the Attic" not too long ago. We set up a few of these traps (slightly shorter version) with little more than peanut butter sandwiches and patience. For the next four days we put the bait out around the traps to allow them to get used to them. On the fifth, we set the traps with a peanut butter sandwich stuck to the trigger plate. The next day we bagged our first squirrel which was released unharmed 10 miles away.
I have only one complaint. It seems black birds like peanut butter too but thankfully they never triggered the trap. At first I thought the trigger plate wasn't going to be sensitive enough for the squirrels, but I guess you can't argue with results.
19 of 19 found the following review helpful:
 Recommend a buyApr 12, 2010
By pilotman
I live within city limits -- in an area where squirrels flourish.
After reading many reviews I bought the 1078. A few of the reviews seemed to suggest that the trap had some kind of problem or was difficult to set. I disagree. The trap is well built, sturdy and easy to set. The spring trap plate mechanism presents no problems. I believe that priming the trap is what makes the difference -- here's my recommendation:
1)Place a strip of brown masking tape (I used 1.5 inch wide) along the floor of the cage from the entrance almost back to the trap plate.
2)Place a blob (1 inch cube) of chunky peanut butter outside the door of the trap, and smaller blobs spaced about 3 inches apart along the tape leading back to the trap plate.
3)using a wire, hang a small mesh sack (i.e. garlic packaging) filled with peanut butter from the roof of the cage behind the trap plate so that it hangs above the trap floor but also hangs behind the trap plate. The squirrels cautiously get into the trap and when they get to the sack, get aggressive trying to pull it down. They have to stand on the trap plate and when they do -- bang!
I've had the trap 6 days and have bagged 10 squirrels, no problems with the trap and -- 10 less problems than I had last week.
18 of 18 found the following review helpful:
24x7x7 Pro Cage TrapJan 20, 2009
By Charles R. Leatherman
This trap works great once you make sure the trigger plate works and the plate lifts up enough to be triggered by a squirrel. I had to slightly bend the rod in order to obtain enough lift on the trigger plate. It worked when I originally tested it but after one encounter with Rocky (we named the squirrel) the plate did not release the trap door. After Rocky had 2 free meals of crunchy peanut butter I figured it out and Rocky was soon released in the park. Then there came Rocky II, III, IV and V. The trapped worked perfectly and I'm now Rocky free. The reason I'm giving this a 4 star rating rather than a 5 star is I had to make the minor bend in the rod before it worked correctly. It should have been correct before it left the factory.
16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Works Like a Charm!Oct 03, 2010
By Matthew F Miller
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RUDL74410ZFPE Caught 2 squirrels in the first 12 hours. Keep the box it ships in. That way you can put the cage with squirrel back in the box for easy transport.
19 of 20 found the following review helpful:
 Works but is awkward to get animal out of trap.Jul 10, 2009
By K. Brooks
I bought this trap to catch some squirrels that were eating all of my wild bird food. The trap worked well, the first squirrel was caught in a couple of days. The difficulty came in getting the squirrel out of the trap to release it. There doesn't seem to be a way to fasten the door in an open position so you can walk away and let the animal find its own way out. You have to hold the door open and tip the trap in a way that sort of "pours" the animal out. While this is not difficult with a squirrel, It could be a lot harder with something like a skunk.
We had to adjust the latch for the door to make it more sensitive, but it was easy and now it only takes a very light touch to trip the door. We even caught a curved-bill thrasher that ventured in to eat the peanuts we left for the squirrels!
This is an inexpensive trap to catch an occasional animal, but if you plan to do a lot of trapping I would recommend purchasing a trap that has a more user-friendly way to get the animals out of the trap.
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