Thread: Feral Cats

Some good comments in this thread – in my area, cats are at the top of the predator list that require control. I have seen them devastate Pheasant and Quail populations at nesting time – they just take them off the nest. Most cats I get are large and full of fat so live very well as feral.
I agree with @kukuwai – the cage is the most effective trap – and it will also catch a mustilid – but if you can’t check it daily – the SA2 and Possum Master work well – usually! – one of our members has other very effective walk-through tunnels.
I checked a trap line yesterday and was hoping to have a nice picture to show you – but alas – it escaped from the possum master that I have mounted on a log ramp – so all I had to show was the Possum master on the ground and a small handful of hair in the noose – I guess it reached in with a front foot and got caught – but managed to pull its way free. Pity it didn’t try out the SA2 trap about 50m down the track. So, it will be a bastard to catch in the future.
I placed the fur on a branch for the picture. Plenty of other pictures in the Bird Predator Control thread.

Originally Posted by time out

Some good comments in this thread – in my area, cats are at the top of the predator list that require control. I have seen them devastate Pheasant and Quail populations at nesting time – they just take them off the nest. Most cats I get are large and full of fat so live very well as feral.
I agree with @kukuwai – the cage is the most effective trap – and it will also catch a mustilid – but if you can’t check it daily – the SA2 and Possum Master work well – usually! – one of our members has other very effective walk-through tunnels.
I checked a trap line yesterday and was hoping to have a nice picture to show you – but alas – it escaped from the possum master that I have mounted on a log ramp – so all I had to show was the Possum master on the ground and a small handful of hair in the noose – I guess it reached in with a front foot and got caught – but managed to pull its way free. Pity it didn’t try out the SA2 trap about 50m down the track. So, it will be a bastard to catch in the future.
I placed the fur on a branch for the picture. Plenty of other pictures in the Bird Predator Control thread.

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Did that 5x on a very cunning bugger but then I finely tuned the trigger mechanism. Caught his paw and he caught a large piece of wood at midnight.