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can't work these things , seems to want two posts.you'll see S young and sons Misterton 1947. I have one such rabbit net.
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Hi guys, Now I know, I'm not swaying anyone, however, when I raised this topic a year or so ago, I'd nothing to back up what I said. However due to the computer wizardry of a friend, I managed to recover some old files. These are in the form of two scans of a book, but this should be legal as the book is out of print. I hope the resolution is high enough to read the scans.
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As an added reply, I had some copper, which was just by a couple of thou, thinner than snareman recommended for the breakaway rabbit snare, but it was annealed soft copper, and some rabbits were escaping, in fact some escaped as a last ditch effort as you approached, so I stopped using that, but will keep looking for stronger stuff, as one cat, is one cat too many. I've a limited amount of blood in me at any one time.
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Following such folks as have already posted I am pleased and relieved to say I agree with all previous posts. I might add, that with breakaway fox snares "courtesy of snaremans great mind" with added deer stops, I sleep better when they're out, as opposed to the days when I used the shop bought ones with the flat sliders. I can see the day approaching fast when fox snares will have to be registered.
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So what your saying is hes going for the humane way of preserving his stock of rabbits for the future generations? No mole catcher, I'm saying the guy's a tosser, with a hint of sarcasm on my part.
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What a cruel lot you are on here, and not very educated in the dark arts. It's fairly obvious to anyone whose eyes aren't painted on, that this guy is a master of the guild of pink clothespeg leaf snarers. Their purpose, by means of guile and espionage, is to preserve wildlife, by denying land to the capable. To render weapons unusable, and to signal their success to other guild members with a symbol of their creed. By denying use of the little rimmy, and ruining molecatching for two months, then openly displaying contempt for you by displaying the pink clothspeg leaf snar
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Will. Google ,, single sheet bend or knots and look for a single sheet bend. This is the knot you are trying to achieve when knitting. Practice should do the rest. The knots should be tight mind. If I haven't been knitting for a while, my hands get pretty sore after a few rows, I was going say it isn't a job for a wuss, but I remember a woman who could knit a hundred yarder in a fortnight. She also had eighteen kids, though while she was having the kids, she'd to stop knitting for a few minutes. They don't make them like that any more. Keep at it mate.
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It's the first time I looked at this post, thinking it wouldn't be of any interest to me, I mean I'm far from a pro pestie.. I'm absolutely gutted, I would have loved to have met everyone, especially snareman. It seems he lived up to his reputation though, Rolfe too, and all the lads. I could have dodged the Brinded bunch. I'll keep an eye out in future, bugger, bugger, bugger.
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I've nothing to shoot the foxes with. If the wind was different, I'm sure I'd get him, but last night With only one rabbit caught, he hadn't needed to come through the snared area. The mixie went through up here recently, so the numbers are low. Last year I'd no fox snares, or I'd have had a fox or two, as there are some cracking runs on the waste ground. You have to watch though as the guy sometimes puts sheep on, unannounced. I think I read that you can snare foxes in hoops just like rabbits and that will help prevent taking the local sheep A breakaway snare of Glenns would d
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If it's been a handled ferret, possibly someone with half a brain will notice that, before it's put down. Though if anyone ever needed a good reason to always use a locator, then this is it. Possibly this is one of the better fates that awaits lost ferrets. I'm sure that away from the camera's gaze, on programmes like this, there'll be people like you or Kay, people who care, it might still make it. Ps. In the bad old days when ferrets were fed on bread and milk, I tried mine on pedigree chum, "bear in mind if you couldn't get fresh food, there was nothing else available, no dried or day old
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How hi do yo set your tealers...
ianrob replied to hunter08's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
Yes mate, as Matt the rat says, up at the top of the page are some "pinned" articles, and in there you will find information that generations of people have been denied. There are no good books on the subject and mountains of bad ones parroting information that is misleading and wrong. You are very fortunate to have came here. read the articles that apply to the quarry of your choice, and start learning. Ps "a little advice, if you want it", text talking is not allowed on this site, but spell checkers are, says ian quickly checking his. Good luck mate. -
Oh well, you've obviously got snaring mastered in a night then.
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I have noticed that ferrets fed exclusively on dry feed, or in the bad old days on bread and milk, have less interest in eating whole rabbit, so possibly that is where this notion sprung. They will however, kill it very dead very quickly, if they catch it, just the same. The two ferrets I have just now are only getting to the point where they'll happily eat rabbit, after being raised on James Welbeloved. When I was younger, and I used to get about more, shooting rabbits with a moderated .22 rimfire, my ferrets were fed rabbit, or birds, and I feel they were worse for laying up. Then the indiv
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Good advice from OTC, and you couldn't have found a better place to start learning. Glenn Waters, "snareman" is an expert, certainly the best I've known of. All the pinned articles on here should be thoroughly studied before you start. Woodga, one of snaremans friends is also exceptionally good, and there are loads more on here, too many to mention by name. If the article is pinned at the top, then it's worth studying thoroughly. Good luck. ian
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A really old poley I inherited from a guy, God love it, it slept all the time, it was ancient. I put it in the shed while It's hutch dried out. Somehow it got onto the top shelf and into some creosote, it was covered, hissin and spittin. I managed to get it "unbitten" into the kitchen sink, and got a handful of Swarfega onto it. That was when the fun started as it was as slippery as an eel. Somehow we both survived and we were better friends afterwards, it sort of bonded us together. As an added bonus, though I changed his bedding every couple of days for a while, for weeks, he smelled of creo
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No electronics expert mate, but notice my Mk3 works correctly in air, ie stand up on a table or similar and hold it up, and it'll be correct on the dot. Use it underground it can overestimate by varying degrees. Probably caused by the varying density of the soil, and possibly even the water content of the soil. I usually take a bearing by turning the sound down till just audible, I've also got insulating tape over the sound holes, " That f*ckin racket does my head in" and move it from side to side till I'm right on top. I then look at the depth, if it says 2 or three feet, I'll dig carefully.
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They were made of fine hemp, or linen, about 2" mesh. I think about 30 yards wide and 10 to 12 yards deep. Sometimes a canvas tail was added to stop the back wearing away. You had two people , one each side, and you used a stick to lift the front of the net to about 9 or 10 ft high. You dragged it into the wind over known partridge roosts. You obviously dropped it on a covey errupting, trapping them. The keepers would scatter cut down thorn bushes in the fields to thwart their efforts. This was obviously done at night in a wind to hide your approach.
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I've nothing to shoot the foxes with. If the wind was different, I'm sure I'd get him, but last night With only one rabbit caught, he hadn't needed to come through the snared area. The mixie went through up here recently, so the numbers are low. Last year I'd no fox snares, or I'd have had a fox or two, as there are some cracking runs on the waste ground. You have to watch though as the guy sometimes puts sheep on, unannounced.
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Chris Jones said, You have to dispatch them and humanely. The Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 states that any person mutilates, kicks, beats, nails or otherwise impales, stabs, burns, stones, crushes, drowns, drags or asphyxiates any wild mammal with intent to inflict unnecessary suffering he shall be guilty of an offence. (Highlighted Bold Bit is done for the purposes of a certain Lancashire local authority, who's 'technicians' still routinely drown captured animals.) So if you're a pest controller, use Kanias instead of cages. You could argue, as did Donald Rumsfelts' legal
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Well, no good news I'm afraid. The rabbits can't be there in numbers like last year. In two or three days, I had about thirty to forty, though I lost a third to foxes. Last night only one rabbit right on the boundry with the next door farm, and nabbed by Charlie again. I'll give it one more night, as I'm on holiday anyway, then I'll lift them. It's a lot of hassle for nowt.
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near Gretna
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I went for a walk on some rough ground I've got permission on, and there's one or two rabbits about. I set a few snares, about 10 or so, though didn't expect too much, as the weather is a bit still, and the snares were close together. It's an awkward little bit, as the rabbits are going in all directions. I find it awkward anyway, trying to remember where they all are when they're all over the place and not in a straight line. This morning, I'd had three and one knocked, not too good I know. Even worse, old Charlie was away with two, and had torn the one I got. I went back down today and set
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I don't think you've convinced the sheep among us
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If you check out snaremans article on earth anchors, you'll get an idea how cheap it can be to tether traps against casual theft. Obviously determined folks need a different approach.
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I understand what you say, but steer clear of the books. Listen to Snareman, and anything that you find unclear, then ask. You won't find any more accurate tried and tested info, than you will in snareman and Woodga's articles. Knowing nothing of snareing is an advantage, soak it up on here. You will remember forever that the info you got on here was the business.