how do you catch call birds?

[beagles 0]

ive made the larsen and i need to catch a call bird now and i was wondering what they like for catchin crows theres alot on the farm i go and what bait would you use?

[Guest little_lloyd]

I probaly told you this before on that MSN malarki But i set i at the end of my garden one evening baited with a fakenest and Woke up to find a jay ( not what i was after but went with it lol) He got me a crow tho

Edited June 12, 2007 by little_lloyd

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Beags; As I intimated on ye other thread mate; Just get a couple of handfulls of hay and make a rough little ring of it. Put a couple of hens eggs in it and strew a wisp or two over them, as if some bird has made a token effort at hiding them. (I don't like to make things too obvious to the 'pies). Then just stay clear of the trap till ye have one. That could happen in hours. May take weeks. But one'll come along

[beagles 0]

cheers ditch someone said if i want to catch crows use a dead rabbit :thumbs-up:

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Eggs for magpies. Anything with eyes for crows, mate. Rabbit would be fine for a carrion crow, only make sure it's eyes are wide open and at least one is well exposed and showing

 

Thing is; Hooded crows, which is all I get here and of which there's only the one ~ if he's still alive ~ in Wales. Anglesey, to be exact. Lived out on some headland. Anyway, Hoodies are said to like to land on something off the ground. Immaterial to you, I know. Just opening up the discussion. But I suppose the top of a Larsen would cover it?

 

Carrion crows, in my experiance, prefer to land nearby and walk over to and around their target. I therefore wonder if a Larsen is best suited to them?

 

I'm sure someone here will say they've taken carrion's in a Larsen. But I'd ask how consistantly? Larsen's probably the finest magpie trap there is. I can't help wondering if a ground based, horizontal Funnel Trap wouldn't do better at the Joe's?

 

Are ye innundated with Joe Crow then? Not enough Pies to keep ye busy?

[proper job 1]

Top or side entry for magpies, side/floor entry for the crows . Edited June 13, 2007 by proper job

[john b 38]

As ditchy said - this works for me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

next morning

 

 

 

 

[john b 38]

A quick footnote to this. My larsen has been on loan for a week baited as described above. (Well more or less like it but not as good. )

 

There we no takers at all, all week. So this afternoon we threw a few handfulls of while bread cubes around and added another 'nest' outside the trap up against it.

 

Had two by the time it got dark.

[Guest little_lloyd]

Well since i lost my call bird I moved my larson last night to a new location where i counted SIX yesterday, baited it with a fake nest and woke uo this moring and went over and checked it to find 2 adult magpies humanly dispatched one and saved the other as a call bird. Set the trap again went of for a mooch and managed to shoot a rabbit Went back to the larson 15/20 minitutes alter an another one had bitten the dust Puts a smile on me face knowing ive taken 12 of them in the past 2 weeks. (few days without trap set) And i hope to see more tommorow moring

[Leon 0]

Do you want a call bird beagles?

[beagles 0]

Do you want a call bird beagles?

 

yes mate

[Leon 0]

Got one going spare if you want it, pm me if you do