Thread: Bird Predator Control

Two rats today one in cat trap and other in doc 200.

Looks like a wonderful project Kukuwai - I would be keen to see how your TNZ recording program works for you - I am just using a spread sheet at present
I did morning prayers at the Park yesterday - 10 rats and a hog - numbers are ramping up from 5 and 8 for the last couple of trips
I am also shifting traps off the ground - onto ramps and branches - I am thinking that pests get used to what they have been seeing for the last few months and also taking note of paper I saw on PFNZ -
Tree traps - a good alternative? - Predator Free NZ

Not much point posting pictures of dead rats - one squashed rat is similar to another - a week in the life of a dead rat in a trap is a long time and they get pretty ugly - the scary thing is that some of these rats are very big and must be producing plenty of off spring
Picture below of my spread sheet graph - two of us working on the job at present - but most kills are coming out of my area at present
If anyone round Tauranga is interested in predator control or knows someone that might be - please let me know - I want to get this job done before the next bird nesting season - I expect that graph will hit several hundred in the next few months