Dunno, gifted this one to the Taxidermist down the road, rare to get them not flattened!Quote:
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Dunno, gifted this one to the Taxidermist down the road, rare to get them not flattened!Quote:
Originally Posted by Black Rabbit
IF you come cross the snow white ones, it `s good idea to keep fur.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintie
3 hedgehogs and a possum in the cage trap in front of the cottage this week. Trying to keep the quail babies alive.
No cats yet, but I know there are some around.. what bait are people using for cats?
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Could try a baby quail?Quote:
Originally Posted by StrikerNZ
I was saving them for the Sunday roast..Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe_90
Fresh rabbit.Quote:
Originally Posted by StrikerNZ
Yep fresh rabbit for sure. Even better if its hanging so it moves in the breeze.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
If its a tricky cat. Cover the cage with a old sack or tarp to make it look like more of a tunnel than a cage.
In my experience that helps [emoji106]
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Fresh rabbit for me but replace every evening this time of the year.
I have had success with tying the bait to the back of the cage so your target can maybe get a bit of a taste from the outside but it cant have a meal. I would also place rabbit bits around the cage and a trail of bits inside the cage taking the target to the big bit it already has had a go at ? at the end of the cage. I remember seeing a Cam Speedy video of a tiger hitting the rim of a size 1 trap and feeling the cold steel and holey hell did it lift its back foot off that trap quickly.. I also think tying the bait makes it hard for the target to get the bait off the back wall easily and if it has touched the treadle and not liked the feel of it , I feel the focus will be on the big hunk of meat and not the treadle ? Concentrating on getting the meat and it hits the treadle firmly and then its in for the bad news. I also make sure the steel mesh floor of the trap is covered with surrounding floor litter but not so it interferes with treadle operation.
All good info, thanks fellas. Had been using the sack over the top periodically, so will stick with that.
Another hedgepig in there this morning.
I’ve used leftover roast chicken frames in cage traps for catching feral cats. Likewise oily fish (tinned or smoked) that won’t get fly blown in hot weather.
Some tinned mackerel did the business on the possum and 4 hogs over the last week. That’s the first way I knew I had something in the trap, could hear the can being rolled around..
My first for 2025
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Nice skin
1885 30-40 US circa 1890
Remington no5 303 circa 1902
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