Thread: Bird Predator Control

Got 2 hawgs at the duck pond first for the doc 200 and victor both caught using the muslite stuff https://www.traps.co.nz/mustilid-cat...rox-100-per-kg

Two cats the young fella has caught in leg hold traps now. Shot this prick on the way home from river last night waited for it to cross the tar seal then gave him one.

Nothing exciting to report - just rats and more rats
A steady stream of them at the farm - Victors, Snaps and Timms doing the job - usually 4 or 5 each day I go around the traps
There seems to have been a rat explosion at the Park - two of us really getting into them at present - 84 rats and 7 possums for April - 42 rats and 1 possum so far for seven days in May - many more to come as we trap new areas
During the last week or so I have been seeing rats stripped to the bone on a couple of trap sites - I wasn’t sure if it was a cat, stoat or maybe a big rat
On one site I had a ramp with a single trap - I caught several rats that were stripped - so I installed a second trap and more ramps - I got another rat that was stripped - back again a couple of days later and got a very large rat that was still alive - so I assume he was the cannibal - I left him on top of the ramps to see what might eat him - back again yesterday - the cannibal was untouched - but two of his mates had come to check on him - so I have left three dead rats on the site - will see what has come back tomorrow - all lured in with GN Possum Paste
I have tried moving more traps from near the ground, up onto ramps - often with instant results - I reckon they like something different like running up a ramp
Kill numbers at the Park are good but we are just scratching the surface at this stage - we just got 10 GN A24s with counters - so need to put them in some hard to access places - gulley’s are shit places for old fellas
I have been trying a few different lures - changed from Connovation blue stuff to GN chocolate paste but now gone back to my old favourite GN orange possum paste - they love it

Three rats stripped on this ramp


The big cannibal - still very much alive - for a few moments


The cannibal and two mates that came to check on him

@time out... big investment in A24's by your organisation, I'd be really keen to hear how they go. Are they the new model with auto lure pump?

You got climbing asparagus eh! we have been trialing different spray mixes on it with some success in my area.
Good work at the Park mate. I always go for a walk there when visiting Tauranga.

Another entry for the swamp comp

How did you get him @Dundee? - well done anyway

Took the Cooey for a walk today - did a closeup job on this cute little buggar - but they do the damage - fresh bunny must be very tempting - got a third bunny in the Fenn6 today - a big bucket of pieces in the freezer now


He looks odd without his tail Dundee - I wrapped this large cage in black plastic sheeting - warm and dark in there - he wouldn’t even get wet if it rained - bunny tied up on the back wall of the cage

Well done both of you guys @Timeout the black plastic over the cage is a good idea - cheers, I've been using a rug over mine but that's not too good in the rain!!
Only rats and more rats for me lately !!

I cheated again never shot or trapped it.It was found dead under a native tree on our section.Still fresh only two blowies on it and when I whipped the tail off the meat was pink so can't have been dead long.Got a few rat baits up at the shed,maybe it ate a poisoned rat.

Got any tips to stop the victor rat trap from rusting. I've just been wire bussing and then spray with cry zinc. @time out

They say zinc plated but it is more a mist.I just make sure the trigger is shiny and dont worry about the rest.

Giving them a good spray with fisholine oil helps, costs about $20 a can @ repo or 'lanalox' is another similar helpful product which is lanolin based.

Not sure I would worry too much about rust @FatLabrador
A year or so back I gave some of mine a spruce up - the main thing I was trying to do was clean up the saddle that the foot plate pivots on - when they get rusty the foot plate won’t move freely
I always have a tin of Prolan in my bag so if anything is stiff - they get a good squirt of lanolin oil
I understand the foot plate can be bought pretty cheap - the owner of this business offered them to me - Grantley Imports - Welcome to Grantley Imports
Some of my Victor Pros are four years old - they just keep on going - at present they are mostly catching mice so are very sensitive to small rodents

I understand the foot plate can be bought pretty cheap - the owner of this business offered them to me - Grantley Imports - Welcome to Grantley Imports
Some of my Victor Pros are four years old - they just keep on going - at present they are mostly catching mice so are very sensitive to small rodents
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@time out you wouldn't have a couple of theses left would you? And where do you buy your snap e traps looking at getting a few of those for the new place ( old man sold runoff for bigger runoff), has got 30 hectares in total of trees I think there blackwood trees anyway some habit for native birds, pheasants and quail. So gotta start traping this new place before spring. Shot 4 possums and caught 1 cat so far.

Cruz dealing with his last possum last Wednesday - he had a massive bleed from a tumor on his heart that night - he bounced back a bit in a few days - but ultrasound imaging and xrays yesterday confirmed an ugly tumor - he had another event this morning so we had him euthanized
I have had nearly 50 years of long living Labradors - Cruz was just 9.5 years - too short
Not sure how I will handle trapping without a dog - he was a great Mate
We had one last gentle walk with him on Sunday - he loved it.
Love your dogs while you have the chance - they don’t last forever!

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