Thread: Bird Predator Control

Nice paint job FL - good to whack them where they die quick - I have had a few lately in Kness Snap-E traps that confirm it would not pass the NAWAC requirements - I understand that under NAWAC a strike in front of the eyes although it may kill the rat, is not fast enough - a strike behind the eyes or on behind the head or mid thorax is pretty rapid death and is generally NAWAC compliant - but I have seen a few lately caught by the tail, a foot or today one across the back - he was very much alive - for a while - Cruz got to the trap site first and was barking his head off at this poor rat



Not a lot to report - just a few rats - but a few young ones starting to come out now - couple of pics below of today's 4 rats - and a big Norway rat shit on a log above a trap site - I guess that is telling me something - the bottom rat picture is in a Gorilla trap - it just would not set again - they are all failing - bastard traps - we have got the Park spreadsheet up to 474 predators - 43 possums, 417 rats, 13 hogs and 1 stoat - I had a goal of 500 by Xmas - should get there
The Goodnature A24s are still a challenge - the best of the eleven in service over six months has 8 strikes - the worst has 1 strike - but rat numbers are low