I have pitted my wits against them rats many times, waiting hours on end with loaded rifle.....clever little fuckers they are, they seem to know.
I get this every year about this time Slim. All the little critters seek refuge under my floorboards and unsportingly some of them go and die giving off a foul stench for about a week or so if not retrieved.I remember one year I watched a stoat jump onto my window sill and disappear under the house, the next thing I heard was an almighty tear up under the floorboards as it despatched everything under there.
I heard one scratching beneath the floor boards tonight,,yes ,another has moved in
Excellent picture!Good clean humane kill.Its the look of surprise on their face that gets me