Model 501 - Tomahawk Rigid Double Door Sparrow Trap

We had a problem with a flock of sparrows that had totally taken over our bird feeders. I ordered this trap, and while waiting for it to arrive conditioned the birds to expect a pile of millet and other small seeds on the patio, just underneath the bird feeders. When the trap got here, I took the feeders down, and put the trap on top of the seeds on the patio. I had the seeds arranged in a little pile, in the space beneath and between the two narrowed down entrance ports. The first day I caught four sparrows! In the days that followed I would typically find at least two, sometimes more, birds contained when I first checked the trap in the morning. In a two week period I caught and disposed of at least 18-20 sparrows. Moreover, I did not catch a single type of bird other than a sparrow: the doves would poke around and get the occasional loose seed from the entrance port area, but not get caught in it. The redbirds would sit on top of the trap and look at the seeds, but not try to get into the trap. The only very minor issue I had with it is that the wires in the end of one entrance port (where the wires narrow down to a sort of cone), seemed to be bent in a bit more than the ones than the other end. This made the resulting "hole" the birds would go through appear too small. So, I used a pair of pliers and carefully bent the wires out just a tiny bit, so that the diameter of that hole was the same as that of the other entrance port. I guess I did it correctly, because the birds went in both ends.

This product worked great the first week. I caught fourteen sparrows. Unfortunately, I still have sparrows around and haven’t caught one in 2 weeks. I believe I killed off the stupid ones and now have to deal with a smarter more cautious bird. I’ve mixed up the bait and the location, but the remaining birds don’t seem to want to go in. The trap is well built and I may have to just take it away for awhile and then try again. It was very exciting on how well it worked the first week

This thing works incredible had 30 days kept track from day one and one month 123 birds were caught The most I ever had was 13 in a two hour span you will notice when leaving cage out the birds have a schedule that will visit at the same time every day and you’ll learn when to check the cage if left in there too long one or two might find their way out very happy with results prior to the cage there was over 200 birds in my backyard I couldn’t even go on my backyard everything was covered in bird crap definitely changed my ability to use my yard And I never caught a different type of bird only what was supposed to be in the cage

My son was able to “relocate” almost 350 invasive house sparrows last summer using a similarly sized trap. The only significant difference in the design is that the other one used a single “cone” style funnel on the top of the trap rather than the two “rectangular pyramid-ish” funnels on either end that this one has. This trap allows the sparrow to get out once caught, but traps other species (finches) that we don’t want to catch. We tried different locations in our yard and tried adjusting the size/shape of the entry ports but the sparrows still didn’t stay trapped. It truly has been a complete waste of $100.

Ever since the group of common House Sparrows chose my property as their place my song birds have left. Every porch is covered in poo year round as they don't migrate. Finally I had to try something to get rid of these pesty bully birds! The trap is very simple. No assembly required. Baiting it properly is important! Simply put seeds under the trap. I let my other feeders go empty so this is the only available food. It will catch other small species too but easy enough to free them unharmed. The Sparrows however get transferred into an old birdcage I have sitting a few feet away until later in the day when I drive the captured birds of the day a few miles down the road in front of barns with livestock for their new home where there's food & shelter. I'm catching about 4-6 a day. I do check the trap multiple x as I've seen some figure out the escape route if left too long. They are pretty tiny so 4 can be held in 1 hand held against my chest for a car window release when I slow down near farms. At this rate I should be rid of them in a couple of weeks before they lay eggs. Yay!

Put mine out early spring and it was slow going. Using a wild bird seed mix with millet and I would catch two or three a month but now that it is summer I have caught up to 20 house sparrows a day.Once one goes in, the rest will follow so let a single sparrow sit a while before taking a single catch out. Sometimes one will get away but a decoy makes a big difference.I suspect it will work even better in the winter because of less access to natural foods. It may work so well in the summer because of the juveniles.I keep mine on a raised platform in the chicken run. Keep water in the trap on hot summer days.Don’t give up on the trap if you don’t catch right away. Sometime I catch 10-20 a day and then go a few days without any. Put your feed all around under the trap with a good amount at the entry funnels. It seems like a bag of seed will last years.I waited to write this review till I got a good handle on its effectiveness. I hope to get these house sparrows in check so we can once again harvest raspberries. The chickens brought the sparrows but they are also producing the best fertilizer for the garden so hopefully by next year the sparrow numbers will not be so devastating.