This specially designed bodygrip box was developed by D. Fineren to support his work controlling grey squirrels in Cornwall. A full time trapper employed by the Cornwall Red Squirrel Project. A simple, effective and safe way to use the BMI Magnum traps which are a very effective and humane killing trap for squirrels. Trapping mostly in woodlands Dave was particularly looking for a trap housing solution which would, as much as possible, prevent accidental catches of birds and other non-target species.
The Fineren Squirrel Box fulfills the two essential requirements for use with bodygrip traps; they support the trap to hold it in the correct position and also exclude any non target animals from the trapping area. Access to the trap is through a double, offset baffle which means that a squirrel has to get right inside the trap before triggers the trap. Most birds don’t like going down into holes and usually won’t go further than the top chamber if they enter at all.
The box screws closed making it safe from casual interference and can be mounted to a tree, fence, pole or other surface – either horizontally or vertically.
Assembled from a marine grade plywood with all joints glued and pinned, these boxes can be used straight away but we STRONGLY RECOMMEND that the boxed are treated a with a wood preservative before use and at regular intervals.
