Holdaway

It is illegal to snare ANY bird in the UK.

Copper brake pipe is the way to go, use a plumbers pipe cutting tool to cut to length. Set at 6 inches from the eye. H

The wire should be .457mm brass spun into a 6 strand snare about 24 - 26 inches long for hares. Set em high. It sounds like your snares are being hit and flattened by whatever is passing by. Set them high and cross the middle of a beat with a large noose. Think rabbit but bigger. H

From what I have been told - mostly hearsay but who knows - the Fenn will not be banned, but the mark vi may lose its ticket for rabbit trapping and mink trapping. I don't believe the Fenn will be banned altogether. I do know that all traps which have been approved (even recently) are now undergoing EUROPEAN testing (when they can all agree on the criteria). This may affect some of the traps currently approved. Some info I know for certain and as I say some is merely hearsay. As for this thread...wow... Should we all perhaps agree that ALL traps including cage traps and snares should b

Exactly...

I think replacement wires run at about £20 or so. I make my own using 4mm bowden.

Just received a call from a distraught lady in my local area of Hampshire who has foxes in her garden. They have attacked her dog twice resulting in a vets bill for stitches, she also has small grand children which she feels she cannot allow out into the garden. The garden is large and secluded. Now the problem. Her daughter is an anti and does not want the foxes harmed in any way. I do not have cages so cannot remove them alive. The other problem of course is there are cubs. Any one who wants this paying job contact me via PM to receieve the customers conatct details. H

Have taken a Jay in a body gripper when after squirrels and can catch them regularly with a larson at the back end of the year using acorns. We have a lot of Jays and magpies round here. H

A full refund is better than nothing, but it takes very little to let someone know there is a problem with the order. H

Have a look here http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/34844-rat-snaring/

I have used 4 ply rabbit snares for squirrels, single strand stainless steel and bird wire. They all work but you must leave enough wire so that when the squirrel falls from the pole it cannot get purchase and climb back up or roll up the wire. I have had 3 squirrels break out of the single strand wire but not out of any other kind. H

Jay

You stole someones traps and used them to catch pheasants? Muppet indeed.

According to the Mendeley website the Hungarian Stone Marten lives mainly on small rodents, tree nesting or roosting birds but above all fruit. So try some local fruit in your cages and remove all other food stuffs available to them. Try covering some traps and uncovering others to determine if they prefer cover or not. Holdaway

From all those that know him, I think we all wish him well and a speedy recovery. H