Thread: Magpie trapping - advice pls

Fellas.

As you will have seen, I shoot a lot of magpies. Couple of hundred a summer, starting at nesting / mating time. Use the Bluetooth speaker / distress calls. Have been able to keep the valley reasonably free of magpies for a good while now.

This summer I want to trap more. Due to land use changes we're going to have stock in amongst the areas I normally shoot, plus there will be long periods when I'm away.

What's the prevailing opinion on trap type? I've just spoken to the helpful people at Maintrac, and they tell me they sell more side opening traps than top opening "Larsen" traps, which is opposite to what I was expecting. The thought being that the birds more readily walk in to the trap than fly in.

Larsens seem to be very popular in Southland, side opening traps in Waikato.

The two options are:

https://www.maintracgroup.com/collec...ap-rectangular

https://www.maintracgroup.com/collec...al-trap-2-pack

If you're trapping, what d'ya reckon?

Cheers