Apparently the rodents here were really talented. Last year they managed to lick the peanut butter off the traps without tripping them. I took to wedging a peanut into the bait holder and that did the trick. Between last years trapping and the cats work over the summer I've not caught any this year, but I only set traps inside. Randy On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 9:35 AM, MARK MAZER AND FREDRIKA MAZER < markmazerandfm13@earthlink.net> wrote: > > So, focusing on voles, any suggestions aside from cats? (4 and counting > > from neighbors). > > > > Mouse snap traps baited with peanut butter under upturned pots. > > A pitchfork and patience. > > Groundcovers and deep mulches make excellent vole habitat. > > Mark Mazer > Hertford, North Carolina USA > Lachenalia aloides var quadricolor and bulbifera in bloom, viridiflora > fading fas > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- * * A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. - Thomas Paine --- * *