How to Make and Use Blaze
Blaze is a simple, inexpensive lure that helps attract pest animals towards your traps. Wildlife Management Associates' Cam Speedy, widely regarded as a guru in predator control and trapping, recommends Blaze as an effective way to encourage pests towards trap sites. Many pest species forage using both their sense of sight and sense of smell, so Blaze is designed to appeal to both.
The bright white flour acts as a visual attractant, while the added scent encourages curious animals to investigate the area around your trap.
Why It Works
Each ingredient has a purpose:
Flour provides a bright visual cue that catches the attention of foraging pests.
Icing sugar helps the mixture stick to tree trunks and other surfaces.
Spice or scented essence provides an attractive smell that draws animals towards your trap.
Blaze Recipe
500 g plain flour
50 g icing sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon, peach, eucalyptus or vanilla essence
How to Apply Blaze
Blaze works best when applied around, rather than on, your trapping equipment.
Sprinkle a light dusting of Blaze under your trap and on the surrounding ground.
Take a handful of the mixture and rub it onto the tree trunk directly below the trap to create a scented trail leading upwards.
Reapply after heavy rain or when the scent begins to fade.
Avoid placing Blaze directly inside traps or bait stations, as the flour can absorb moisture and become mouldy.
Blaze is an affordable, easy to make lure that can help increase the visibility and attractiveness of your trap sites. By appealing to both the sight and smell of foraging pests, it provides another useful tool to improve the effectiveness of your pest control efforts.