Thread: The Oldies possum trapping again

Looking at the finger right now, it's looking worse than it is …..just don't want to bump it.

Last day today. Tallies this week have been 68,50,42 and 28 with a total of 188. Since we started we have trapped over 700 possums and we are still enjoying getting out there and doing the hard work (although yesterday @BeeMan and I had a little tiff which resulted in me walking away for about 1km to let off steam, I nearly got sacked!!! but all good today again )
its good to have a laugh while you work
showing off the new plucking accessory

Number five for the night so far....young fellas pretty stoked as he shot this one



Good fun being had by all

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Thats a good sized coon.

Originally Posted by berg243

i'm picking the possie on the back of the ute isn't enjoying the nights activity

I dont know mate...stripped naked on a saturday night. She should be stoked

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

Just dropped this lot off....



Not quite to the same extent as you guys but a good bit of extra spending money



Good motivation to go get some more

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Nothing wrong with that. I sent some in a couple of weeks ago. Only $120 worth. Still better than slap in the face with a wet fish..


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Hey oldies Bees Moose I been following and enjoying your results.Bloody good and hard work..

I relocated a few traps tonight took me longer than expected...

Jeez @Dundee you need to catch up with @Mooseman or me sometime for a cuppa, we will teach you how to set traps before you go.

Originally Posted by BeeMan

Jeez @Dundee you need to catch up with @Mooseman or me sometime for a cuppa, we will teach you how to set traps before you go.

So next time you guys are out there doing it.....how about a few pictures of your sets?

I'd be keen on that, might be a good learn for a few of us.

Pretty sure I've got the basics sorted, ie dog against the tree, plate flat, trap well bedded etc.

Maybe a few tips on tree selection, lures, runs or just anything you have learned from your experiances.

Any info you can pass on would be awesome. Always keen on learning something new

Cheers

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Originally Posted by Sarvo

Lisa buying ??
Still $120

I just started 2 days ago
Fur good this year - so not just me thinking its a cold winter after all

How you getting on Sarvo??

Rumor has it they are thick on the ground over there in the sounds

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

How you getting on Sarvo??

Rumor has it they are thick on the ground over there in the sounds

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@kukuwai

Not thick here as I have done them religiously for 20 years
Ran traps for just 1 week and got a grand total of 1.5kg
Got a few pigs back ready to have a crack at - they took until yesterday to arrive so not many of them either
Will rerun traps again next fine spell
Barely covering the Quad petrol - hungry bitch she is

So I know these Zip fellas have come in for a fair bit of critisism lately but there is some really interesting stuff in this PDF.



Just google zip leghold its on the first page

Take home points are....

1). They found a visual lure (white corflute/real estate sign) to be as effective as a food lure.

2). Trap platforms with ramps were far more successful than platforms with no ramp.

3). Leghold traps for possums proved more successful than possum kill traps.

They reckon they won't have any platforms for sale to the public for 12-18 months.

Bugger that, i made some rudimentary ones out of some left over ply...



Main reason for this is....One of the places i work (where i know there are possums). The owner won't let me trap as he's worried about the wekas.

Ive tried convincing him that two nails in the tree trunk or a forked stick will keep the trap off the ground but to no avail.

Reckon when he sees these he will finally let me have a go
@Sarvo you must have wekas what do you do??

Anyway i couldn't wait until I'm back on said owners place. Blasted up the hill and am conducting my own trials...


@BeeMan see told you I'm always keen on trying something new

Next is to make a corflute lure




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Bloody hell that is dedication @kukuwai. I've been trapping for 30 years but the way we learned as kids was bait the plate not the tree then the cook of the house would have more flour for home cooking.
Stole a bit more flour and spice tonight as it stopped raining and did the @BeeMan splash up the trees.

That bloody awesome camo rifle is in the pics if you look hard

Looks the part @kukuwai but I would have to cart a tandem trailer to carry a 100 of those, you would need a couple hundred 4 inch nails to secure them to the trees so they don't get knocked over with possums fighting on them, or playing ring a ring a rosie. I would expect the odd catch getting twisted up in them and giving one a little practise for fishing. Nice neat job, well done. Hope to see some pics of catches.

This is a splash @Dundee. Ya better off to use your flour and eat the possums, they're gluten free.