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Cool BeeMan good to have ya back [emoji106]Quote:
Originally Posted by BeeMan
Be keen on seeing some of those pictures.
Also good to see there's a new post in the 'oldies trapping again' thread.
Good luck this week [emoji41]
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A couple I found of a buck possum satisfying his passion with a dead doe. Attachment 113594Attachment 113596
Priceless !!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by BeeMan
Bottom photo.Quote:
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Will you feck off,I'm busy
Possum porn !Quote:
Originally Posted by BeeMan
Pretty fringe market
How's that a bonus? Now someone needs to kill three rabbits every week. Even doc now admit ferrets aren't an issue with natives.Quote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
I hope everyone is skinning the good possums and only plucking the shit.
Nope. Plucking the whole lot and suitable bodies for pet food.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wirehunt
Once I saw a ferret chasing a fantail middle of the day. They might of being friends who knows. Ferret got shot. No regrets.
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If I was abit more onto it with You Tube I would show you a trail cam vid of a stoat jumping at a fantail several times.
No rabbits at all in the area I'm trapping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wirehunt
But lots of native birds so good to get the cat
Plenty of rats and mice i guess but i expect the winters knock them right back
Set 10 traps on my way home last night, decided to set them in sets of two so 5 stops.
All renegade/roadside but no banditos here thankfully. @BeeMan are you two any wiser after last nights cruize?
Anyway five caught so was happy with that. 2lots of two so setting in pairs seemed to work out ok.
Heres a few pictures from this morning...
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Just on 400grams, left the traps out so hope for a bit more tomorrow [emoji106]
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@kukuwai, yep we are heaps wiser,when you are 60+ the cold is colder. We shot 6 possums, seen no poachers ( that was a relief as we had no plans for if we had ) @Mooseman was a total mess by the time we finished, we looked at 5 deer in various spots, I had to tie one of his arms to the door pillar. You remember Scrooge Mc duck with the $ signs in his eyes, @Mooseman has been tripping over things all day he has deer burnt into his vision. We need some rain, that should help.:D
Excellent [emoji41] !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by BeeMan
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@BeeMan hasn't told the story about tackling a possum today in the blackberries. I was sitting up on the dog box when we stopped at a set of two traps. I looked back and saw a possum walking into the scrub and yelled at @BeeMan thinking it had pulled a trap. He dived on it just as it walked into the blackberry and by the time he pulled it out found it was just walking around but actually blind. We surmised that it had been following the one caught in the other trap and had become lost. We plucked it but it was very skinny so left the body for nature to take it's course. Wish I'd had a video of @BeeMan catching it...priceless.
And yet his previous post says you are wiser at 60 plus:sick:
It was this one in the other thread that made me chuckle the most....Quote:
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Given the context, I instantly thought geeze it would be the 'old' part I'd be worried about [emoji23]Quote:
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Best wishes by the way @madjon good to see you've got access to some light entertainment [emoji106]
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Week over, perfect timing looking at the cloud build up. $360 possum bodies and 11kg prime possum fur. Not bad for three geriatric pluckers . :P
I got 9 from 15 traps this morning so that's a kg in two days (on the way to work)[emoji106]
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Was gunna pull the traps but decided to leave them out despite the rain forecast over night as it just makes the morning drive way more interesting.
Not expecting much tomorrow but you never know.
I put a dollop or peanut butter on the trees as thought it might do better than the flour if it rains we shel see.
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Put 20 traps out on Friday after work.
5 possums, 1 rat and two misfires on saturday morning.
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9 possums, 2rats and one misfire today [emoji106]
Some more unlucky than others....
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Noticed a couple of piles of yellow shit about the place and this might be why...
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Anyway that's another kg + in the bag by the fire so its all starting to add up now.
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My aim is a centre fire by the end of winter !! [emoji6] Almost there [emoji106]
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Thanks for posting the yarns and pics guys. You have got me pretty keen to give it a go. What is that powder you put at the base of trees? Corn flour?
Do you need DOC permission to lay traps on public land?
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My efforts trapping for weekend. Bought 10 on Saturday, put them out for a big 1...
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These ones were shot.
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Pines just starting here as well. :thumbsup:
Good looking traps, if they are Dukes you wont have many problems. Years of trapping in them. They set and bed easily and hold well.:thumbsup:
Get stuck onto em Sako851. Fur is currently worth $130 per kg (aprox 13 possums)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sako851
The white stuff is the cheapest flour you can find. I put some icing sugar with mine, also a few drops of liquid cinnamon but you can use other essences ie anniseed etc.
Check out the info in either of these youtube channels if you haven't done it before you will no doubt find it helpful. Especially the stuff about tuning and setting traps.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Z...jc4Tphc5xg6vPA
https://www.youtube.com/user/possumpeter
There are heaps of cheap chinese made traps on trade me and although they work ok you get what you pay for.
As BeeMan mentioned Dukes or Bushmaster are a far superior quality [emoji106]
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I really enjoy the young fella's vids on the Keeping It Wild channel you listed. Just seems a good, down to earth guy who doesn't need all the flash bush gear that so many regard as essential :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
Took a load of bodies through to pet food today. Stacked outside was a new consignment of three tonne of possum carcasses from one supplier... Apparently that’s a pretty regular occurrence.
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I totally agree mate [emoji106]Quote:
Originally Posted by bumblefoot
There is also loads of good info in his clips.
Good bugger indeed !
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@kukuwai awesome thanks for the response. Yeah I have come across that fella before but I only watched his deer stalk video (if it’s the same guy I’m thinking of)
Is there much use laying in summer or does that just cut into your winter game?
I’m sure the southern Ruahines haven’t had a 1080 drop in yonks
Just confirmed yup I like that guy, he does the old barefoot stalk in one of his videos. Haven’t seen his possuming ones yet but will get onto it
This would be a question for a fur buyer, or someone with more knowledge than me about the end product.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sako851
My understanding is that during summer the possum fur is less desirable for the buyer as it is shorter.
This said however, i did receive text messages from the buyer all last summer saying they were buying fur.
From a trapping perspective, given that the possums are carrying less fur in summer. The only thing i can see is that we would need to catch more possums per kg.
@BeeMan may know more than me [emoji3]
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That. More possums per kg.Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
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Sounds like a cool hobby to make some coin on the side. Too bad you can’t night shoot them on public land. “It’s not a spotlight officer it’s just a torch”
I heard recently of a buyer paying substantially more than $130 for sorted fur.
I am listening ???Quote:
Originally Posted by Woody
I think the fur market is there 12 months of the year, as @kukuwai said more possums to the kg of fur. Our fur is probably at its heaviest right now. It is running between 12 - 13 possums to the kg. With the pine catkins really being targeted now the fur weight drops off like a moult, but the bodies increase in weight with the high protein. Bodies have been averaging 1.8kg soon they will bee 2 or over. Summer fur is around 18-20 per kg, this is all dependant on climate location and food sources. One thing for sure in the summer is longer days to pluck and no brass monkey mornings. Get a big block..:thumbsup:
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So it's started already, should help when we do the next big run by the native block.Quote:
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We not even close here - Pollen I meanQuote:
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Have been shooting a few around the yard lately, had a friends kids up and we shot some, did a few little jaunts on the 4 wheeler and shot some more. All up have got 77 for the past 6 weeks. The first kilo or 2 takes a bit, but once that bag starts filling up, its not too difficult to get motivated and add another 10, then another 10 etc. Took it to the buyer on Monday, 77 possums, 5.6 kg of fur, approx 14 per kilo, $730. Good coin for a few nights shooting.
Started pissing down about 4 in the morning. The full works... thunder, lightning, wind.
So had a few wet ones to sort out this morning...
First time ever I have thought something other than the flat deck hilux would be useful [emoji106]
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Yep, rather you than me @kukuwai. Only one thing worse than plucking a wet possum, that's plucking two. :P . Pulled all of my traps, looks like another week before they go out again. Happy plucking.
