Thread: Possuming 2019

Originally Posted by akaroa1

Return dipped under 25% on the trap line this morning.
So when I vlear it tomorrow i will pull the traps out.
I did get a bonus this morning though.
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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.

I hope everyone is skinning the good possums and only plucking the shit.

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

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.

I hope everyone is skinning the good possums and only plucking the shit.

Nope. Plucking the whole lot and suitable bodies for pet food.
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.

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

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.

I hope everyone is skinning the good possums and only plucking the shit.

No rabbits at all in the area I'm trapping.
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...







Just on 400grams, left the traps out so hope for a bit more tomorrow

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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.

Originally Posted by BeeMan

@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.

Excellent !!!

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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

Originally Posted by madjon_

And yet his previous post says you are wiser at 60 plus

It was this one in the other thread that made me chuckle the most....

Originally Posted by BeeMan

Thanks fullas, we are both wise old men.

Given the context, I instantly thought geeze it would be the 'old' part I'd be worried about

Best wishes by the way @madjon good to see you've got access to some light entertainment



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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 .

I got 9 from 15 traps this morning so that's a kg in two days (on the way to work)



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.



9 possums, 2rats and one misfire today
Some more unlucky than others....



Noticed a couple of piles of yellow shit about the place and this might be why...



Anyway that's another kg + in the bag by the fire so its all starting to add up now.



My aim is a centre fire by the end of winter !! Almost there



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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?

My efforts trapping for weekend. Bought 10 on Saturday, put them out for a big 1...



These ones were shot.



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