Thread: Bloody Magpies!!

Gaday @A-Bolt have a scroll through the "What pests have you got today" pages 43 to 45 might be helpful.
I got 1000 in 2010 and 900 in 2011 it certainly brought the native birds back after some good years culling the filthy Aussie bastards.
Had a wooden live capture trap made with netting on top,they walk in and trigger the trap.Bingo.

I used mutton fat as bait as it doesn't get fly blown.
Once caught your first live one use it as a decoy in another cage next to the trap,with water and shelter of course

Tricky part is catching the live one under the trap to be used as a decoy.Suggest you wear good thick gloves.
Change the live decoy regularly with a new one. And dispatch the original decoy bird.

Your mob of 10 will increase as you dispatch them.Its on going!!