Thread: Possum Traping In The Weekend

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Sunday the 1st of July I set off to check my possum traps once again. I shifted them on the Saturday around some native bush about 2kms from home. I had 11 leg hold traps set and used some new bait I made up. Thanks to Hunter308. This bait was flour and curry powder.

When I arrived to my traps I had found that I had caught one in the first trap I set Then down the hill there was another two.


After I had plucked them all. I heard a motorbike coming so I ran to the track and got a ride with our neighbour to where dad was. When he had finished feeding the cows I got a ride back home with him. I put my possums in the freezer for my Granddads dog tucker. The next day I got another one. Now I have a good amount of fur and its only the start of the holidays.

Good stuff Saving up for something?

Keep up the good work. I hope ya get heaps.

Make the most of your school holidays earning cash from the fluffy gold once again really good to see you young fellas getting out there and not wasting all your valuable time with the xbox, make your dad even prouder boys

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Good stuff Saving up for something?

yea I'm saving up for a 2 wheeler farm motorbike.

Good on ya Daniel, can't wait to meet you this weekend and learn a few things off you! Oh and you better say nice things about my baking

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I caught one n the rain on Thursday and it looked like a drowned rat. I plucked the fur I could get off it and dried it out.

Good to see you out there, what's the current price of fur, from your post I guess around $120/kg?

Its $125 a kilo now hillclima

I am trying to get my boys into this ... how many do you have to get to get a 1kg of fur ???

Depends on the area and average sizes of the critters I would say Johno. When I was doing some, south of the Haast it could take 18 to make up a kilo and North of the Haast it was around 13-15 during the winter months.
I was surprised how much I could get in the summer as well. Was just as good as the winter for a few weeks.

$130 now i beleave
cool thread young fulla, pester dad for some of this, tell him it wont break the bank(his) and give it a try
http://www.connovation.co.nz/index.p...cts/view/17/60
if the link has the whole page look at the smooth in a tube...

Good to see you knocking a few over , some thing I used in wet weather is Peanut Butter .Don't put it on the trap ,smear on the tree trunk or fence post behind the trap is good.If there some loose earth or dead leaves around sprinkle over the trap to hide it (also works for trapping bunnies).
My favorite lure is 80g Ground clove in 1.5kg of "Whole Meal flour" ,seems to get better catch rate than plain flour.