Thread: Bird Predator Control

I lent a couple of DOC 150 traps to a mate.. they have just bought a 10acre block..
The traps are set and for a week nothing. Then Sat morning he has a stoat in one of the traps. Sunday morning another stoat is in the same trap. He checked the traps this afternoon and both traps have dead stoats in them ! Be interesting to see what happens tomorrow ?

Making a few of us look like amateurs, lol.

Tomorrow , which was yesterday he had another stoat in each trap !!

That is 6 stoats in 4 days from only 2 traps !!!

A little bit of advice please...... Which live capture rat or mouse traps are the best bang for buck? I don't want anything that will rust out but also haven't got megabucks to spend on them either..... It's hard as there are so many on the market and you never know whether it's a good model or not.... Thanks :-)

I wouldn’t want to be a mustilid anywhere in your neck of the woods “sore head stoat” - you are no amateur! - I love getting your text messages with a picture of the next victim in a trap - I can’t resist posting your pictures of your 65 tails on the top of your freezer and your last stoat (hope you don’t mind) - good luck in the Swamp Comp - you should do well - you do some amazing work for the birdlife around your patch - hope you can tell us more about how you do it




Not much to report around here - I strained a medial knee ligament - almost repaired it but tripped on the sore leg and tore it all apart again along with some inner knee parts - I never realized how critical knee ligaments can be - had a steroid jab on Monday so hope that fixes it
So if all else fails - draw up some plans for some easy trap lines and send my Wife out to check them - not sure why she can’t follow simple instructions cause it seems she is doing a bit of bush bashing - but the dog is loving all the new places she gets to go - my wife can manage a Doc250 and a Timms but thank goodness she hasn’t had to reset a Sentinel yet - mainly hogs in doc200/250s - yuk! - buggar all rats around at present
I got itchy feet one day last week and decided to drive around all the easy doc200s - no victims but found a young possum in a Timms on my favourite log - Mindi is not sure about possums - so in the freezer for dog training later - she is not keen on fur yet