Thread: Bird Predator Control

No way he s getting out of that trap alive.Good prize there.

That’s a nice simple doc150 box @kukuwai – the internal diversion board might be more effective than a mesh – especially for hogs that might struggle through an internal mesh – the nest egg looks great
My doc250s are placed around the external boundary lines and seem to be catching large hogs from adjoining properties – like you @sore head stoat – they are mostly head shots but they seem very dead when I see them – I reckon large mesh holes at the entrance and even larger at the internal is best – they just need to divert them to the foot plate
My doc200s are placed around internal roads and just seem to be catching rats and the odd hog – we have reduced hog numbers considerably and Quail breeding has gone well
I have a few rat few traps around our street track – just starting to get regular rat kills again – I have a specialist cannibal on one site – he usually eats out the head but last night he just chewed out the brains and left the rest of the head – I will get him soon
Bloody rabbits digging and peeing around our lawns have been driving me mad – I got a few with the slug gun but mostly when hit they keep on running – I have given up and reverted to a Fenn6 in a tunnel – fantastic medium sized animal trap – first night a rabbit, next night a big rat then a break until digging began in the lawn yesterday – then a second rabbit today – they cant resist running through a tunnel – I extended a short length of tube on one end with an open box and a dirt floor – a bit safer for the neighbour’s cat – dirt is the most attractive entrance end and easy to scratch fresh dirt each day around the entrance – they love fresh dirt
Great work trappers – keep the reports coming in – they are so interesting

Yep that's how i will make all my Doc style trap boxes now. Heaps easier to make and uses up all the scrap bits of wood.

Also it is so much easier to clear the trap of a kill. You don't have to wiggle it out thru the hole in the mesh.

If its a bit nasty you can even just flip the box upside down with the lid open and let it fall out. Great for hogs, i hate touching those buggers !!

Had a good catch here today, couldn't find any rabbits the other day for cage bait so I shot a spur winged plover and thru that in.

Worked a treat



Its only the second one we've ever caught so Im no expert but was surprised by the size of it. What do you guys reckon ? For a female, normal size or bigger than average??



Anyway its back in the trap for bait minus its tail


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Originally Posted by Sideshow

What was the pass word that you released them with? PULL!

Now theres an idea with some merit Bit like the old fashioned clay bird shooting, when there was no clay involved.

Guys watch RNZ podcast " Fight for the Wild" incredibly beautiful it will make you want to get out there trapping straight away.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/fight-for-the-wild - copy and paste into your browser

Originally Posted by BillyXmas546

Guys watch RNZ podcast " Fight for the Wild" incredibly beautiful it will make you want to get out there trapping straight away.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/fight-for-the-wild - copy and paste into your browser

Excellant post, thanks Billy !!

I had not heard about it but have just finished watching it with the whole family. Great viewing I'll be keeping a look our for part two.

Cheers heaps

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Pests use farm fences as 'highways' to reinvade native forests.

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/natio...?ocid=msedgntp

Another strike for the old school fenn today fellas



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Thats an interesting entry hole into that trap... because its a fenn trap or ??

Originally Posted by sore head stoat

Thats an interesting entry hole into that trap... because its a fenn trap or ??

The box is on its side in the photo. Its actually just more of a wooden tunnel (no floor) that has two fenns in it.

One at each end with an egg in the middle. The entry hole is usually on the ground but it is quite a small hole as i wanted to keep the hogs out of this one. They are an absolute pain to get out if a fenn !!

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Is this going to work ?.. A mate gave me a few [as in lots] of parries which i breasted that will end up in salami and bier sticks. I like using fresh feathers in selected dry and not windy traps and as i was breasting the birds i thought what about using the feathers with skin on. I remember Time Out telling me about a fella trapping in the Manawatu and he liked rabbit skin in a trap. Now the bit will this work... I am putting a bit of skin with feathers on in the bait end of the box with my egg bait but also putting in the entry chamber a bit of the skin/feather to entice the animal in the trap. Will this entice the target further in the trap or will it just bugger off with the skin ?? Thoughts please people.

Well I reckon it has to be worth a try....

I had never put a spur winged plover in a cage trap before as bait and look what it lead too

Let us know the results

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will let you know if i think its worth mucking around with.

Originally Posted by BillyXmas546

Guys watch RNZ podcast " Fight for the Wild" incredibly beautiful it will make you want to get out there trapping straight away.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/fight-for-the-wild - copy and paste into your browser

Part 2

Up on youtube today

https://youtu.be/omq1zYDJUYA

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Sparrow, this is how I stop the handle from jamming the corflute end tells me if the trap has gone off when it's down a bank so I don't have to climb down to check it till its time to bait and it has enough resistance to hold the handle back