Wildlife Control Consultant

02/26/2026

12/10/2025

Do you think you know USDA-Wildlife Sertvices? https://youtu.be/q9qrhi17WDI?si=F5OhnkVhh5PM-BkY

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of the Wildlife Control Consultant podcast, interviews Mike Hoggan, author of Between Predator and Prey, memoirs of controlling mo...

12/05/2025

Lazy deer as it didn’t pick its feet up while walking thus the drag marks.

11/29/2025

Deer are moving.

11/25/2025

My review of repeating rodent trap Thanos MK-47

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of the Wildlife Control Consultant podcast, discusses his review and pilot study using the Thanos MK-47 battery powered multiple strike rodent trap. This trap is designed fo

11/19/2025

I’m not certain this claim is true. Of course this group provides no evidence for this assertion. Questions include, how much poison did the mouse eat? Which poison was used? How big was the owl?

Owls, hawks, and eagles are dying not from hunters, but from poisoned prey.

When a mouse eats rodent poison and doesn’t die right away, it becomes an easy target for predators. A single poisoned mouse can kill the owl that eats it silently, painfully, and without a trace.

Every year, wildlife centers across the U.S. report hundreds of dead raptors found with rat poison in their system. These are the natural pest controllers of our ecosystems and we’re poisoning them one meal at a time.

⚠️ Skip rodent poison.
Use humane traps or seal entry points instead.
Save the hunters who keep nature in balance.

11/16/2025

Northern pocket gopher mound.

11/02/2025

Best bait for cottontails?

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of the Wildlife Control Consultant podcast, discusses the findings by Jonathan G. Young and Scott E. Henke and their research published in the Effect of domestic rabbit urin

10/28/2025

How much should PCOs be concerned about peanut allergies?

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of the Wildlife Control Consultant podcast, discusses the issue of peanut allergies and the use of peanut butter as a bait for con...

10/20/2025

Are you using your bait stations to the best advantage to manage rodents?

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of the Wildlife Control Consultant Podcast, summarizes the research of Christopher B. Burke, Niamh M. Quinn and Paul Stapp in thei...