Thread: The Oldies possum trapping 2021

Originally Posted by BeeMan

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AKA "The sleepy stick"


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Another good week chasing money makers. Sure was some cold starts alright but good to be home by the fire. 140 possums for the four nights ain't to shabby.

Here I go again, hope you enjoy. A cold start A new helper for the day. A staple puller Keeping warm moving barrels Tough staple Grandad. Cutting out the bits required A job The END. What a cool day, our new helper impacted on us all day, no swearing, no arguing and plenty of laughing.

having recently used one of the flash fandangled ezy staple pullers I can highly recommend them, they lock onto staple and allow you to pull it out with ease,sort of like old school fencing pliers upsized except they lock shut sort of....unreal how easy pulling big barbed staples is when using them.

Sure was a neat day, our little helper was awesome, did a great days work and enjoyed his KFC for lunch. Many more to come.

Had a week off and went up north with @Mooseman and @Mrs mooseman for 3 days just to clear the heads and really relax. Had a wonderful time in and around Whangarei (my old town) ate and drunk too much but that's what life is about isn't it?


Back into it next week if the weather behaves.

Originally Posted by BeeMan

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Pluck it quick

Fun doing possums. No painted finger nails or mascara with the girl crew today. ... And no @Gibo I don't use mascara or finger nail polish.

that 4th photo...."oh crap,here they come"LOL

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

that 4th photo...."oh crap,here they come"LOL

Hahaha even ears down. Fkn sad..

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

I hope you made the "apprentice" pay for that flour. Looks more than the regulation handful.

After seeing that photo of all the prefeed in their shed I think they're fattening them

I'm not shy to spent a dollar to make 100. These trees that are lured become feed stations drawing possums from 100s of metres with a super strong aroma and highly visible lure blaze. Its not one night and move on, these trap for at least a week and sometimes more. The most I have done on one tree in one month is 28. Don't hold back on feeding or lureing it the cheapest and easiest part of the operation.

Thanks for sharing your adventures ..loving every photo and yarn.

Originally Posted by BeeMan

Bruce Dawson was paying $90 kg for machine plucked $95 kg for hand plucked and $2-20 kg for bodies heads legs n tail off gutted and glands removed. Works out about $10 a possum, heaps better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, or if you are a beekeeper it will keep you in bread n milk till the season starts again. We dont keep anything seperate and pluck every last piece of fluff we can get, face feet tail n willies.

Hard work. Those fur made garments sell crazy price in Qtwon. Is that your cat? Does he or she eat pussum meat?

Winter 2022 has been so busy or the weather has been crappy but with the dog food freezer nearly empty @BeeMan, the dog and I took the chance to trap 3 days last week and again this week before the rain. 40 traps out with an average of 20 per day so the dogs won't go hungry for the rest of the year. The pine pollen was so bad we both ended up with extreme hayfever but the rain will wash that away. Hope to get another few days in before Beekeeping takes over again.