Thread: Bird Predator Control

Originally Posted by Seventy Six

Well well, turns out it was magpies messing with my cat traps and tripping them, caught 2 in the end, they were released under fair play rules.

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

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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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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6 critters from 28 traps this morning (1 rat , 2 weasels, 4 hedgehog) not setting records but chipping away, one of my most successful traps unfortunately educated a lucky critters as the handle jammed against the opposite wall of that happens again I’ll take them off.

The dog then pulled out and bailed a possum right next to the last trap of the day, something I thought I had trained out of her a couple of years ago, however she presented it in such a way I could dispatch it quickly with an “ undersized “ crescent resulting in the start of my winter fur bag ang only a mild reprimand, fluff ace herself told off but still happy. . .

@Sparrow

Hey mate what's going on in the floor of that box, is it painted or have you got some foam in there??

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First rat for this year, caught in a cage trap with my favorite bait - sultanas.

Dispatched using a Crossman BB rifle, planted in the rat garden...

Must have been a day for cage traps today, I got a bloody pukeko in mine

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@kukuwai well spotted it’s actually just sand that blows in from the estuary, if I turned it 90 degrees it would swamp the treadle and render it used, buggered if I know why the weasels live around there , but they do!

The trap i won in the swamp comp (outdoor outfitters 150) had its first catch today.



That's two stoats and one weasel this week. I always seem to get a few in a row, patches of them.

Other than that a few rats and mice. I have been making an effort to round my line weekly of late and that sure makes a difference.

Plenty of traps to set each time, so its definitely worth it

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

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