Thread: Bird Predator Control

Got some new victors from these guys. Arrived today, very sharp price $4.80 +gst each



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Been a bit slack posting catches of late but walked my 2 estuary lines last night as the tide was right, catch was a bit lower than late 3 rats and a hog, and this hua in the sand dunes where its only been a few rats and weasels to date.


Also noticed @kukuwai was using a bucket to cart every thing so thought i'd give it a crack, man so much quicker than a backpack 27 traps at 100m spacings and 1km stretch in the middle all eggs and baits changed just inside 2hrs with know broken eggs inside the bag to worry about

That Puk looks to have been eaten by a hawk I recon but I don’t think it killed it eaten once dead. Why no surrounding feathers plucked and then carried to that spot?

Hard to say what killed the Puke @kukuwai but I have seen a few pheasant carcases carefully picked away to the bones - as per my pic - set a cage and get a cat most times - seems they are very careful to eat the good bits and don’t crunch the bones
I am getting sick of broken Snap-e traps so just got two boxes of Victors from Carol - I am going to soak them in boiled linseed oil to protect the timber before they go out and get wet - I took the treadles off first - oil is not cheap though - about $18/litre
I am going to cut a couple of new lines through about ten acres of bush that we have never trapped - it is steep so will have to poison as well as trap as I wont be over there often - I was going to invest in more A24s - but after reading this report I will just shift some from our well trapped out areas - give them some new work to do
https://www.naturespace.org.nz/news/...we4eM898rCAmRA
Our un-trapped area is producing our invaders on my perimeter traps - possums and rats seem to like to run along a log to a trap - great places for a Timms and seems to get them frequently
Seems to be plenty of young Quail around so we may be on top of the hogs and rats
This thread has had 22 pages of postings, 552 likes and 33,699 visitors, is it still interesting or has it become boring? - there are only so many ways to kill a bird predator - let me know if I should give it a rest

Keep up the great work, not boring yet

Keep at it time out we wouldn't be following the thread if it was boring.

It’s a great resource for people to look at and get ideas. No not boring


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Yep keep it up great thread there are little tricks to be picked up from your pics and info and it inspires me to get out there and check the lines if I might be feeling a bit lazy.

Took 2 new volunteers out last 2 nights to show them their new trap lines, they are both starting from scratch so I am gonna point them in this direction, it's a great resource with no frilly bits

First blood for the steve allen kill trap...



Target species too it seems

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Phark that would have been a bit ugly to clean out.

Originally Posted by PillowDribbler

Phark that would have been a bit ugly to clean out.

To be fair it wasn't that bad, no rain of late and its still pretty dry around here so that helps.

Its also a well designed trap and you don't actually have to get your hands right in there to set it !!

I was sceptical that a wild cat would actually walk up the ramp but it seems they will

Also had two very dried up rabbits in fens Mk 6's today so a reminder to get round the line at regular intervals as a fired trap with something in it can't catch anything else. my bad, been a bit busy lately.

Other than that only one rat and one hedgehog caught. Of all the clean outs its always the hog that's the worst. Gets me every time !!!!

Still searching for this years first tail in the freezer. .
@time out in regards to your last post, don't ever stop posting mate. This thread is 100% a phenomenal resource and I along with many others enjoy reading your stories. !!!




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Good work on the cat Kukuwai - wish I could do that around here but one is Bengal Tiger worth $1k
I have been a bit lazy with posting lately - but I am keeping busy trapping several places and the street
Predator Free BOP total is now 1198 - our street total is now 55 animals in four months - predominantly rats but a couple of ferrets, lots of hogs and some mice
The expensive cat is leaving a trail of destruction behind - but that’s life and there are plenty of Pukes to go around - although Quail are living in the same area - we had a family of six Quail shelter under our hedge a few days back - they must know our yard is fairly safe
I saw a mouse run in from the garage and under the dishwasher - full access to under a timber floor - first night he got the peanut butter off a mouse trap - couple of days later I got him in a Snap-E rat trap - they have an amazing hair trigger function that will get a mouse every time

I run a trap line in a Wellington park, but yesterday got one in my own garden...

good ol peanut butter.... nice work fellas same boat @kukawai with work being full on and my lines due a check hopefully this weekend i will find some past stinky remains, some one gave me one of those steve allen traps a while back but didn't know much about them and due to its medieval appearance was a little reluctant to install but i think i will now. Keep at it all

I had a short break from the bush last week due to a back problem - so most of my lines at the TPQ Park were two weeks since being checked - too long - what a mess
The last couple of days I cleared out 1 possum, 14 rats, 2 hogs and 1 ferret - many traps had already been cleared by cannibal rats - total predator kills so far this year is 128
The ferret I got this morning was fresh - lure was manky chicken necks, egg and PP Balls - medium size female - minimal smell so I cut off the tale, four legs and most of the skin - should be some good lure for my 15 doc250/200 traps - also got the tale in the freezer for the Swamp Comp @Dundee