Thread: Bird Predator Control

Originally Posted by mikee

I had one run in front of the truck when taking dog for a walk down river last night. Nasty little f%^kers!

Bloody hard to hit them with the truck too ah Mikee. I have a couple of attempts tho

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I have been very inactive for the last few months after a hip job – I still can’t touch my toes so clearing traps is out for a while – I have been checking a couple of traps down a track beside our street – I have caught hundreds down there over the last couple of years but for the last few months it has been very quiet - a couple of good trap sites have caught nothing – but three days back I got a young rat and then another one the next day – so the young ones are out on a learning experience – they often come back in big numbers in February and March
We still run a couple of tunnels in the garden for rabbits and get a few – but the large Norways are suckers for walking over a Fenn 6 in an underground tunnel – they also check out a Victor pro in the compost bin
A rusty old Victor pro in a hedge up the street is still doing the job – even with no lure!

Hopefully you bounce back OK @time out.
I’ve noticed a real drop off in catches lately since October-November, I guess things will change when the weather gets colder and wetter.

time out that Victor on photo 3 looks well used

Hopefully that hip is being well looked after ?

Took my 7 month old buddy for a possum hunt
he was all excited and happy until I killed one of the possums
he took off and just sit in the car looking very sad...

I target lawn digging rabbits in the back garden using a Fenn6 in a couple of tunnels - I never know what might show up – a rabbit or a Norway – but I couldn’t believe it yesterday when I rolled back the cover and found a ferret.
About 30m away from our house and 10m away from our neighbours back door. About 200m away from the estuary where I got eight ferrets a couple of years ago – so it looks like they are back.
No doubt more family members around – but a wet night and nothing today.
A no smell female – so I put it in the freezer for PFBOP taxidermy.
I got a ferret at the park a couple of weeks back – lure was rotting rabbit and an old egg – haven’t seen one there for a year or so.

If you ever get a chance to hear Cam Speedy talking predator control, go and listen to him. Just had 1.5 hrs and it was blimmin brilliant.

A second ferret down in the garden – couple of days after the first one – the Fenn6 trap disappeared out of the tunnel – he was caught across the shoulders and had four feet on the ground so ripped out the ground anchor pins and gone – dog had a good look around but couldn’t find it in our garden or the neighbours garden – I was a bit worried about the size of animal that could rip out the pins – so didn’t ask all the neighbours – just in case it was a pet rabbit LOL
Couple of days later the neighbour shifted his car and found the missing trap and ferret under the car – thank goodness it was a ferret.
We have since ripped out 40m of hedge and replaced it with a wood fence - so I doubt the animals will be so keen to move through without cover

Feral cat caught a while ago - just by its finger nails! Then a hawk finished it off.

And a black bird caught - just goes to show not all traps are perfect or are they?

Great videos @BillyXmas546 – very clear in the dark of night in your wood shed – cute wee rats having their last feed of Ratabate paste on that piece of wood – certainly tells the story about rat bait preferences. I imagine the wood shed is now clear of rats.

There was a good programme on "The Sunday" about feral cats.We sat Max down and told him to bloody listen!

This pile was from Mt Cook National park.

I watched same show Dundee..the cat lady was classic..and you can GUARANTEE if all cats had to be neutered and kept inside she would be letting them out and still breeding them.

Originally Posted by Dundee

There was a good programme on "The Sunday" about feral cats.We sat Max down and told him to bloody listen!
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I never thought you have a cat, Mr. Dundee. But think back all your posts and threads, yes you are. I have similar one back home, 12 years old but still jumping around like she is still a kitten. Talk me all the time, just I can `t understand what she said beyond food, open the north door not the south, where is my toy, I do `t wanna go home now...etc.

To some people, a bullet in a cat `s head would have been too humane. Let `s look after our friends, no matter the costs. If I can send our cats away, or give them a "special treatments" once for all, I can have my residency years ago. But I can `t, I will not leave them behind. Do I agree to keep their number in control, yes I do.

Originally Posted by Black Rabbit

I never thought you have a cat, Mr. Dundee. But think back all your posts and threads, yes you are. I have similar one back home, 12 years old but still jumping around like she is still a kitten. Talk me all the time, just I can `t understand what she said beyond food, open the north door not the south, where is my toy, I do `t wanna go home now...etc.

To some people, a bullet in a cat `s head would have been too humane. Let `s look after our friends, no matter the costs. If I can send our cats away, or give them a "special treatments" once for all, I can have my residency years ago. But I can `t, I will not leave them behind. Do I agree to keep their number in control, yes I do.

We love our farm yard cat but know he is a predator,I will shoot all ferals and got a few of the neighbours ferals trespassing.

the photos above show the good the bad AND the ugly of trapping...a bi catch of a bird is unusual but not unheard of...a cat with long leg is same.... the fens shown have caught as they are supposed to do...I believe the issues with less than ideal killing is from traps that have been left set for long periods of time,spring not quite so strong...and or dirty/rusty steel so the bits dont slide past each other quite so good....