Thread: Bird Predator Control

Round the trap line after work today with the boys.

1 hedgehog, several very wet and rotten rats. Most traps set off but many were mice.

There was however this fella. First one for ages...



Tails in the freezer



Also decided to put a new trap up at the house, will see if it manages to get something.



The boys loved it...fully entertained and so excited by the catches

Love it !!

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Had a few of the new & not so new lures dropped off today will be interesting to see how they go....



This is a great deal from pics, there is a lot of peanut butter in that tub.

https://shop.predatorfreenz.org/prod...eid=a307591495

Treacle gold (green) looks interesting, claims to be mold resistant we will see. Most things mold in the wetland I'm trapping.





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The steve Allen trap takes no prisoners this is its 3rd ( and a big bastard) in just over a month i have a timms about 100m away that has caught zip!

Cat #25 in 19 months at work now have the target to make 30 in 2 years its crazy where they keep coming from

Estuary lines by head torch tonight as need a low tide,
7 rats
2cats
1 weasel,
24 doc 200's and 4 trapinators
Was the 1st time using the Good Nature Stoat lure instead of meat just to give it a try (no stoats) results were on par with usual but thought it did speed things up.
Amazing what can fit through a 60mm hole caught by a couple toes

Some have just got to go and some just got to stay.
KH

Great to see you @Kiwi-Hunter - I always learn from you!

Still doing my trap lines at the Park - putting out a lot of Contrac bait at present - but mouse droppings in the bait stations, so they may be getting most of it
I got a big Norway in a doc250 a week or so back - poor buggar had his tail and legs chewed off - so I left him on top of the box to look out for his mates - checked him a couple of days later and found the rat gone and a good size cat in the box - hard to believe they can get right in - a dead rat on top of the box works really well as a lure
Still getting the odd rat under the A24s and a few new strikes on the counters - so they still work but not great value for money
Also a couple of albino hogs for something different
Ants stealing possum paste so fast - I have changed over to Connovation blue stuff - blue seems to be working well










Backyard trapping around the street is going well - 124 pests in six months - a Guy down the end by the estuary got his third ferret last week - he was a big buggar
I got a big Norway last week - got a whack on the head with a Victor - confused and went down the wrong end of the box for a rest
I tried out some PCR Trappers Feeder Paste - Aniseed flavour - but it is very soluble and runs all over the trap in wet conditions - but I did get a rat on it
Quail are coming back - 20 walking around the lawn most days - back yard trapping is working well!

Originally Posted by time out

Great to see you @Kiwi-Hunter - I always learn from you!

Still doing my trap lines at the Park - putting out a lot of Contrac bait at present - but mouse droppings in the bait stations, so they may be getting most of it
I got a big Norway in a doc250 a week or so back - poor buggar had his tail and legs chewed off - so I left him on top of the box to look out for his mates - checked him a couple of days later and found the rat gone and a good size cat in the box - hard to believe they can get right in - a dead rat on top of the box works really well as a lure
Still getting the odd rat under the A24s and a few new strikes on the counters - so they still work but not great value for money
Also a couple of albino hogs for something different
Ants stealing possum paste so fast - I have changed over to Connovation blue stuff - blue seems to be working well
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Backyard trapping around the street is going well - 124 pests in six months - a Guy down the end by the estuary got his third ferret last week - he was a big buggar
I got a big Norway last week - got a whack on the head with a Victor - confused and went down the wrong end of the box for a rest
I tried out some PCR Trappers Feeder Paste - Aniseed flavour - but it is very soluble and runs all over the trap in wet conditions - but I did get a rat on it
Quail are coming back - 20 walking around the lawn most days - back yard trapping is working well!

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Kind of you to say so timeout.
Good results with the your pictures, thought your line may have slowed down a bit.
I was out on another line today and happened to have a walking bang stick with me.
KH

He called and I answered him, cheeky little fella to come to where I live, now he doesn't.
Hopefully the rest will understand if they come to the pigeons tree.
But anything that sees two moon's has a problem.
KH

hit my target yesterday of 30 cats at work in 2 years .... with nearly 4 months to spare , this one was the biggest fattest yet hence the pic with the vineyard work horse for scale.

I wish i had kept better record other than count but, only 5 were shot outright with the other 25 mostly trapped in live capture and dispached (like this one). A couple did fall foul to a timms and more recently a few to a Steve Allen.

I would say all but maybe 7 or 8 were tabby.
It has slowed a bit of late so bring on nesting season and lets see if there any noticable improvements

Had to get the rain jacket on and go make a few rescue's today.....





The joy's of trapping a wetland i guess

Pretty bloody wet in there today

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Plenty of mice under the A24s today







Good to see that they are working

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

Had to get the rain jacket on and go make a few rescue's today.....





The joy's of trapping a wetland i guess

Pretty bloody wet in there today

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Thats dedication going after the swimmers
KH

I have been away for three weeks - so decided to get around my lines in the Park - checked about 80 traps - most were still set but lure was gone - just two rats - so numbers are low
I have eleven Sentinels around the bush edge along with some Timms closer in the Park - I went back yesterday to check a couple of Sentinels on a perimeter ridge - one site keeps on catching them - maybe they come back to check on their old mates that I leave hanging in a nearby tree
My Sentinels are about six years old, rusty and the covers are mouldy and breaking up - so I am giving them a fresh look with new core flute covers - most are on pine trees so they should get some visitors while the pines are in flower - fantastic traps with solid state lures on the bait tray - set them and forget them - a trapped possum will wait to be cleared
I removed my street traps while away - put five back out a few days ago - one rat first night, left him on top of the box - another rat in same box second night - left them both on top but nothing more - they often come in pairs - hard to beat a pile of old toitoi for a rats nest

Good to have you back

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