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Post by musher on Apr 28, 2005 14:42:34 GMT -6
The following is true for dogs and I'm wondering if there is something applicable to wild canids.
Dogs will not eat a shrew but will roll on it every chance they get. The smell seems to hold their attention longer than a fresh mouse (which they gopple up) or a rotten mouse (which they might/might not roll on a bit.)
Do you think a shrew in a dirthole would make a wild critter work the hole more?
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Post by vttrapper on Apr 28, 2005 16:46:58 GMT -6
Caught a bunch of shrews years ago that were eating my peas. They rot down to make a wicked strong scent, stronger and very diferent than mouse.. I caught fur on it, quit growing peas and have had none to work with since.
frank
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Post by Dusty on Apr 28, 2005 23:30:16 GMT -6
I've trapped a couple thousand shrews, mostly in pitfalls, and I've never had anything but a shrew _eat_ one of them. Fox, wolves, and coyotes (not to mention marten, mink, weasels, and bears), have taken mice out of my traps, ate my traps, crapped in my traps, but as far as I can tell shrews don't hold much interest. My guess is, wild canids encounter about 500 shrews a day, and finding one in a hole isn't all that interesting.
I had a captive tundra shrew for a few months, and my dog did think he was pretty cool!
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Post by walkercoonhunter(Aaron L.) on Apr 28, 2005 23:53:58 GMT -6
on my lines i have found lots of shrews laying on the roads dead..why i ask....my thought is a fox or yote caught it and is doing nothing with it excet playing with it...i dont use these for bait but i will let it lay and put a set in right beside it and usually will catch a fox almost every time...why i think it is a visual attractor they see and come work my sets...  |
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Post by gcs on Apr 30, 2005 7:31:50 GMT -6
Cats won't eat them either. They'll kill them, but thats it.
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