Thread: Bird Predator Control

Predator Free BOP backyard trapping is growing well - 705 pests now dead - https://www.predatorfreebop.nz/
We are making some progress in our street with around 20 traps amongst 29 houses - all sections are about 1 acre and the street boundary is estuary and orchards - total pests trapped to date is 21
Most of the action is on sections closer to the estuary - one Guy woke up with a screaming noise on his lawn at 3AM - he went outside to find a ferret in his kids rabbit hutch - he beat it up with a garden stake but it escaped when he opened the hutch and tried to grab it - it was a bit big for his rat trap so I set up a Doc250 and a cage - but it never came back
Another Guy had his Snap-e trap smashed by something big - I replaced it with a Victor Pro and he got what I thought from his picture was a young stoat - but maybe it was a Weasel - he reset it and got a big Norway
I have had a four hogs and one rat around my section - hogs in a cage - the Guy next door loves hogs in his garden
I often see rats run across the road at the top of the street - maybe from the orchards but maybe they come up the underground concrete highway from the estuary - the stormwater system (currently very dry) with sumps all the way up the street - last sump is at the top end where they come out for a look around
We are starting to see a lot more Quail with chicks around the subdivision - so maybe backyard trapping is working
If you live in the BOP and would like a free trap in your back yard - just contact the team - they need a trap every five houses down every street - eventually 12,000 traps