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Everything posted by ianrob
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Good idea Rolfe and away from prying eyes too.
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Doesn't mess about does our Glenn.
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instead of playing around at snaring use proper snares , and get to it , and do it properly , to many on this site are kid on merchants , always wanting to know where to get the stuff , and when told where to get proper snares , they don,t want tp pay for them, then they go and buy cheap sh#te and wonder how they can,t get big kills of rabbits , remember we are dealing with animals here therefore the humane factor should always come first . Well said Glenn.
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very well caught
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I take it that you'll be using bait in these, is that why you've closed off one end?
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Worst of the lot sue, and thats a fact.
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Why exactly did your dad bite him in the first place, and had you dad been innoculated. Seriously though, he'll be fine, once the spring "rut" is over things should settle down. It's crap I know when you have problems and not enough accommodation to split everyone up. If no-one is getting brutalised, they'll cope. Kay and Stubby are great, just PM them. hope it works out. I once slept in the car with a ferret that was getting picked on, wasn't allowed in the house, and woke up with it inside my jumper, sound as a top. A friend of mine took it and all ended happily.
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seems a bit inhumane to me, as it was obviously staged.
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I use these a fair bit and find an "onion hoe" or indispensible. They are a small swan neck hoe and are easily sourced at garden centres for a couple of quid. You can also use kitchen roll paper or tissues, not the scented ones to cover the trap prior to covering it, and use the onion hoe to tuck it in. This stops earth getting under the plate etc. As Rolfe said disengage the safety catch as you last operation, if you want to keep playing the piano.
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Timeout, You know how well a brand new snare sits up, perfect in every way. That's because the wire is straight. start at one end of the snare and with your first two fingers inside the loop and the thumb on the outside, gently go round the snare trying to remove the curve from it, one end to the other. Don't dent it just enough pressure to straighten it out. It works, good luck.
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looks like 11 to me, I use 18.
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hi mate, just pm woodga, he'll not bite.
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Excellent job Rolfe, but have you used the Vauxhall leaf green Glenn uses, it's a great colour. It annoys me terribly when people nick stuff, snares, moletraps, anything, and it'll just hang in some shed gathering dust, yet if you were to kill them, it would be you that went to jail, sad really.
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Nice pic Rolfe, I had a rabbit in a cage trap last week, and something had been tumbling the trap about to the extent that the rabbit's nose was bleeding, the trap was upside down when I got there, and the bale twine it was tied to a bush by was stretched like a guitar string.
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Hi woodga, I snare an area of rough ground about the size of a decent field. I do it a couple of times a year, and it's fairly easy to do as the runs are clear and it's a dark area at night. I only get perhaps 40 rabbits over two or three nights, but I lose a quarter of them to foxes. I did think about putting fox snares on the down wind runs to see if I could get them as they home in on a squealer. Do you think it would work or would the snares need longer for the scent to go. The reason I'm asking is that I would have to buy snares and get pegs or make up earth anchors, as I've no fox gear t
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I couldn't afford to, anyway, it's a bit extreme is it not.
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Hi mate, I would think the 410 will be full choke, thus making it a bit difficult to use for close in action, though great for an evening stroll, where it'll kill them out to 30 yards or so. I'd opt for a twenty, choked imp and quarter, failing that a twelve choked the same, and I'd use fibre wads as that opens the patterns even more. The extra spread helps as most ferreting shooting is under 30 yards. for sitters, aim at their feet as most guns pattern slightly high. Good luck, and be safe in the heat of the moment. As all the rabbits ever bred won't repay for one man dead. take care ian.
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Good pic well done, I've had a few things in my rabbit snares, but never a squig.
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That brought back memories Magwitch. I used to have a white jill which I called Alison. She was a maniac, lovely when unaroused but could turn into demon and bit me proper once. I was young at the time and thought I'd "take a litter off her" then get rid of her, Well if I thought she was bad before, she was a hundred times worse once pregnant, then worse still when she had the kitts. I'd to block her into her bed to clean her out. One of the kitts turned into the most beautiful little jills I've ever set eyes on, I christened her Rosie, but you've probably guessed it, she
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I'd love to be able to help but can't, though I'm sure one of the pro pesters like Stubby will be able to tell you, as they have to do it all year. Couldn't you shoot some with a rifle or air rifle, that's what I tend to do. I also feed some dried food, eggs, and tinned sardines in oil, even roadkill if it's fresh.
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Hi folks, At the moment I have two hobs, and over the years I've had two hobs together quite a few times without a problem. This time is different. The two I have are albino from the same litter. One is twice as heavy as the other and a calm chap, the other is hyperactive and full of fun and loves chasing me round the garden chirping all the time. The problem is that the big one has got the wee guy's neck sore like they do with a jill. I think it's just with flipping him and don't suspect any "Broke back mountain" type antics. The wee guy isn't afraid of the bigger one and often initiates a pl
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All good points well made, and it's reassuring that most of us are still sensitive about some aspects of trapping. I'm not a pro, but I'm clearing around a garden for a woman at the moment. I started off snaring with few caught, for a few reasons, firstly, the womans brother has educated them by using snares you can see 100 yards away. Secondly there aren't good runs, and the garden, basically all lawn is brightly lit by street lights, so I'm using Mk 6 Fenns and even set up with the pall fully engaged, I'm getting tiny babies as well as adults and all sizes in between. Killing h
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Just the job that is fish, I used to use a single action twister made from welding wire and wood, now I use a foot pedal controlled sewing machine motor. I do still hanker after one of those you have though, the sewing machine motor is very fickle. It sort of buzzes as you push the pedal and nothing moves, then whoosh. I owe Geordie on here a sale, as when I was looking for cheaper snare wire, I got pointed in his direction and he sent me some excellent samples, and I'll get round to getting something. One question, how do you deal with the other end of the snar
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Hi mate, give the mono nets a try, I don't know what they handle like, but I use 2 1/4" mesh in hemp so it'll probably be ok in mono. Shop bought nylon nets seem nowadays to be 2 1/8". Let me know how you get on. ian.
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Excellent John, best two posts I've read in ages.