Havahart® Medium 1-Door Easy Set® Trap

A squirrel in our attic somehow manages to back out of the trap before the door locks. His reflexs are so fast he is able to do this. The trap design allows the door to be pushed open until it comes completely down and locks. Is there anything we can do to prevent this from happening..

We live in Winnipeg and purchased the Havahart® Medium 1-Door Easy Set® Trap on July 10, 2019, thinking we would catch about three or four pesky rabbits. At first we would bait the trap with rabbit pellets, baby carrots and flower petals. This worked and we would catch one rabbit a week. Then I moved the trap to a spot under our Siberian Cedar tree and used the cardboard box that the trap came in to fashion a house shaped structure over the trap. We covered the cardboard with garbage bags, to prevent damage from the rains. We also stopped baiting the trap with food and now lined the bottom of the trap with grass and leaf clippings. Bingo … there is now a steady flow of rabbits and squirrels. Total number of rabbits caught 18, squirrels 15, and 1 bird. All have been released in the wild. This is as of September 27, 2019. The trap is so easy to use and works great.

Sensitivity screw is very difficult to satisfactorily adjust. Bait's getting stolen or door closes prematurely. Still trying to figure it out.

Sensitivity screw is very difficult to satisfactorily adjust. Bait's getting stolen or door closes prematurely. Still trying to figure it out.

Product is a definite improvement over previous Havahart traps. It did catch a squirrel. seems well engineered and well made. Only reason I did not give it 5 stars is the relatively high cost.

Havahart traps are safe and secure for both the trapped animal and the person tasked with removal. Have caught numerous pests including a skunk (which we covered up before transport in a pickup truck) and deposited them to a wooded area several miles away. All animals were released unhurt including the skunk who just waddled away. Unlike a Disney movie the animals did not return. Woodstream Products were quick and easy to deal with, free shipping and the trap was $5.00 cheaper than Amazon.

After accumulating several thousand dollars of damage to my boat over two years I bought two of these traps. Within two days I caught two squirrels and a opossum. One of the squirrels was caught on my boat trap. I keep a trap on the boat and think I have removed the resident on the boat since no bait has been taken recently. I continue to trap squirrels and eliminate them from my property. Very happy!!!

Very unhappy with the easy set trap! I've used havahart traps for DECADES and have recently replaced my older model. Wellll.....this new thing has too tough a trigger. Does NOT flip closed as quickly as the older/original models do. It is not a better trap, it is worse.

I purchased the model 1084 Aug 2018. Mine did not come with the sensitivity knob adjustment but I read some reviews that told me how to add multiple washers in a stack right where handle rest when trap is set and I found the right combination of washers to let my trap catch small or large squirrels every time. I even caught a dove the other day eating my sunflower seed bait. In 9 months I have caught and relocated 50+ squirrels off my back porch. None of them escape once they are trapped