Trapping With The Kids

[Welsh_red 4,298]

Brilliant mate. Trying to get my nephew out and about with me now he's seven. What adjustments did you have to make to start catching? I may try using the live taps with my nephew, but less brutal than a fenn lol.

I've shown my kids my fenns and bodygrip and shown them being triggered and told them to stay away from them , that their for when their older. It makes it a more stress free environment with live traps . Absolutely nothing bad can happen if they do something wrong with them or f**k up . I couldn't settle or enjoy being out of the kids were with me and I had kill traps around. I'd be on edge all the time . They've helped me dig pocket sets before but didn't get involved with setting the traps

 

 

[Welsh_red 4,298]

We closed up and pulled in all the traps yesterday . I'm off on holiday this week .

 

[EDDIE B 3,118]

Some excellent pics there red!

[bar l dan 1]

good to know im not the only one hunting grey squirrels with my kids

[Welsh_red 4,298]

I reset the traps yesterday only this time i took my small dog with me . She was awesome at all times , didnt give a shit about a field of annoying enquisitive horses either . Stuck near me but still having a root around down the woods. She did have a very big interest in the peanut butter i had tho. I went back tonight to check with my little girl and dog (boy was at a afterschool club) . Id set a few multicatch mouse traps for a bit of snack size ferret food and also the kids can see the mice up close aswell . The dog ignored the scurriyng mouse which was a weight off my shoulders . I had visions of her going bananas at a trapped animal and i know its not a large squirell but its a good start she didnt care about the mouse . My girl told me tonight was her favourite time ever going to check the traps . I think it was because it was just her and the dog and me and no brother there but she felt very grown up when i told her her job was to look after the dog . I gave her a bag ot dog treats and told her if the dog wanderes off to call her and reward her with a treat . Her recall is spot on anyway but theirs a whole new world down the woods and fields for her to sniff and explore i thought it good to reinforce it down there , And in the case of a emeregency if i needed her with me sharpish i had her squeaky ball in my pocket as backup . She will run away from anything to get to her sqeaky ball. My girl was given a backup lead and straight away put it around herself exactly like i do . A few pictures if anybody is interested

 

 

 

Mouse trap

 

 

 

 

 

Rewarded her good behaviour with a spin round the yard in the car

 

 

Edited June 14, 2017 by Welsh_red

[EDDIE B 3,118]

Those dog's are in great condition red. Excellent photo's once again.

[Welsh_red 4,298]

Those dog's are in great condition red. Excellent photo's once again.

If only I could stop the big one moulting year round I'll be happy . Did you notice the mink raft in the background ?

[EDDIE B 3,118]

 

Those dog's are in great condition red. Excellent photo's once again.

If only I could stop the big one moulting year round I'll be happy . Did you notice the mink raft in the background ?

I certainly did. Nice looking stream that.

[Jonjon79 13,340]

You're a lucky man to have all that to roam in

 

The 5th picture, your little 'un with the dog, is a belter mate

 

Atb

[polonose00 21]

great read

[Tyla 3,179]

All kids should get the chance to spend that kind of time with their parents but so few do. Well done

[Staffy1 52]

Nice to see kids with a healthy outdoor interest rather than sitting on face book or x bx all day. well done

[Welsh_red 4,298]

Few pics of my girl out and about with me . My boy comes sometimes but is all about football these days and can take hunting/trapping or leave it . My daughter comes out with me and the gun sometimes but I've told my boy he can't come and he's ok with that , he's got short attention span and would end up being bored and wanting to climb branches or jump off mounds of earth or something and it's a recipe for disaster . My girl will spot rabbits for me , she can be a hindrance with her loud footsteps but it's all learning for her 

This he her helping me find a snare I dropped while walking back to the farm . Looked for it for a hour on my own and couldn't find it . Few minutes with her and she's found it 

Her helping me stick box traps up in the trees with ratchet straps to catch squirell 

 

[EDDIE B 3,118]

Those the ones you made up Red? Is this the first time you've put them out?

[Welsh_red 4,298]

1 hour ago, EDDIE B said:

Those the ones you made up Red? Is this the first time you've put them out?

Yeah only got them out 2 weeks ago.  Fuckall for first week  even tho I baited with a bit of Darcy lure . This last week they've started getting used to them and I've had 2 already . Possibly 3 . Mrs just came back from the farm and she checked traps and she thinks one is triggered so Im off down in next hour to check . Ideally I would have screwed them into the tree but the day I put them up I didn't have a drill handy so I used ratchst strap .