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  1. Matt
    Don't do that; it's illegal to add 'attractants' to baits and also quite dangerous
  2. Matt
    Bedale/leyburn as stated in title? TC LOL I'd just come from another section of the forum where stupidity seems to be in vogue.... That's my excuse anyway Apologies to the OP, my advice would be to check with your local authority first; most of them offer free or at least subsidised pest control.
  3. Matt
    It might help if you tell everyone what area you are in?
  4. Matt
    That was a picture of my last ticket. I started doing pest control in 89, and for the first two years I did nothing but trapping and a bit of rat baiting. I was very lucky, and landed a big estate job where I got to do rabbits, squirrels and rats..... As time went on, I needed to do more work, and make more money, so I started doing insects (first job was a wasp nest with Cymag, lol). Whilst I was quite happy to trap moles (no mole no fee) on garden jobs, the only way in to the farm side was to go down the strychnine route. For two years, I was the biggest user of Strychnine in
  5. Matt
    Whilst I only trap these days, there was a time when I both trapped and used Strychnine:
  6. Matt
    D&N, to a degree, I agree with you My favoured method with big jobs was to dive in with the dogs first, kill what I could, and then mop up with bait. I'd then use traps to monitor and pick up the passing rats before they had chance to get established. BUT... toxic products (OK, 'poison' if you insist) has it's place, and is only really effective when it's properly applied. It always makes me laugh when you hear of 'traditional' mole catchers that only use traps. The old boys (as mentioned above) loved to trap, but the economics and practicalities of the job often meant that it was easi
  7. Matt
    LOL @ Nod... Funnily enough, while I'm tramping around Exmoor in the winter I rarely stop to look at the view and often find myself wondering what the hell I'm doing scratching around for a few moles... Then the spring comes, the doubles increase, and on those lovely spring mornings I get to look right across the land I love and it suddenly feels right Those old boys certainly earned their coin.... Randal riding his bike 14 or 15 miles to put down traps and then going home to skin the catch... Yep, they earned their living alright
  8. Matt
    Love that Nod Do you ever find yourself looking at willow trees and wondering?
  9. Matt
    Thanks for the kind words. I haven't done any filming for a while; I should probably have done some when I was apple pressing.... I'll try and get some pics of my cider over Christmas.
  10. Matt
    Sadly, the pesticide legislation is very different You can't pass on liability for pesticides you've applied. Government grant? That really has made me laugh. The government that promised to 'cut red tape' has done nothing but add restrictions and paperwork to the pest control industry, while the cowboys and amateur users can just carry on regardless Happily, I don't use any toxic pesticides these days. I'm just a mole catcher.
  11. Matt
    Sadly that wouldn't work You can't pass that liability on to anyone, with or without a carbon copy. The person who applied the product remains liable whatever you do
  12. Matt
    That's what I thought. Anyway, what is a 'traditional' mole catcher? Someone like Arthur Randal? He often used strychnine when the skins weren't worth selling..... This attitude of looking down on anyone who uses poisons of any sort is silly IMO. There's a place for the toxic option and it often requires far more skill than some folks give credit for. Anyway, back to the topic in hand.... personally I don't think that modern products are any more dangerous than the people applying them.
  13. Matt
    I've caught a few foxes in badger traps baited with peanuts The major advantage of the string triangle is that it's passive. You aren't asking the quarry to do anything. If it pushes pulls or even just trips on the string it's game over. Cheap, simple and very, very effective.
  14. Matt
    Mole trapper by name, mole poisoner by nature... shame on you lol mass poisoning usually goes against the grain of any traditional mole trappers Ive spoken to. Is it as you say, just to save yourself time and money? Not quite sure what you are saying here... as far as I'm aware, Mole Trapper has been just that for some years now... You talk about saving time and money, but for whom? When you get called in to deal with a serious rat infestation surely the quicker it's brought under control the safer it is? If it saves the pest controller time and money, then it also saves the
  15. Matt
    Yes, so if the contact dust is less toxic than a SGAR bait, then which would COSHH suggest should be chosen first? It's certainly an interesting discussion Makes you wonder if what goes on now is really any safer than what we used to do before COSHH...
  16. Matt
    The safety of using a 'toxic' dust is relative to the alternative. COSHH says use the least toxic product first. If non-toxic options are going to have a limited effect on a serious (and potentially harmful) infestation, then you have to go in with a toxic product on day 1. Given the fact that Racumin contact dust was far less toxic than, say, Difenacoum grain bait, then surely that would be the best option? Especially if you are going to apply it direct to rat burrows where non target species are highly unlikely to come into contact with it? Food for thought...
  17. Matt
    I disagree. When you describe a product as being 'banned' you imply that it was taken off sale because it was considered to be too dangerous. Products that are 'withdrawn' are usually removed from the market for commercial reasons. Strychnine is a classic example. It wasn't 'banned', the importer chose not to support it through the new Biocides legislation for purely commercial reasons. That would depend on what active it was, and how severe the infestation was. Which is better? Using a first generation contact product, or a second generation bait? Which i
  18. Matt
    Here ye go: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/347537/badger-cull-cage-trapping-guidance-2014.pdf
  19. Matt
    Banned? I thought it was withdrawn under the Biocides rules, not 'banned'?? Perfectly safe when used properly. I used to keep a DR5 to push it into burrows. Very effective.
  20. Matt
    Neither. String triangle, completely passive, cheap, fast and effective.
  21. Matt
    Both deleted because they didn't comply with the rules (no price).
  22. Matt
    What's it gotta do with you? Why keep trying to trip people up and let them incriminate themselves online? He didn't say anything illegal. Depending on how he answered your question however, that may of changed. A hunting man like you is a bigger threat to the game than an anti. What's it got to do with me? Well, I'm a moderator on this venerable forum. He did actually admit to illegal activities. Taking game birds at night is illegal. Now if you want to start an argument, go elsewhere to do it. Likewise, if you don't like the rules of this site, again, go elsewhere.
  23. Matt
    You are wrong. This is a hunting forum, not a poaching forum. Poaching is illegal, and posts about illegal activities are not allowed. If you don't like it then don't log on. You know full well I'm not wrong. Most hunting is illegal now anyway and if all the members were law abiding this forum would have about 3 members. So we gonna talk about rats and mice? You are wrong. And if you keep trying to stir up trouble, you'll be wrong with some warning points. Most hunting is NOT illegal and most hunters act within the law. Some, however, seem incapable of g
  24. Matt
    What's it gotta do with you? Why keep trying to trip people up and let them incriminate themselves online? He didn't say anything illegal. Depending on how he answered your question however, that may of changed. A hunting man like you is a bigger threat to the game than an anti. What's it got to do with me? Well, I'm a moderator on this venerable forum. He did actually admit to illegal activities. Taking game birds at night is illegal. Now if you want to start an argument, go elsewhere to do it. Likewise, if you don't like the rules of this site, again, go e
  25. Matt
    You are wrong. This is a hunting forum, not a poaching forum. Poaching is illegal, and posts about illegal activities are not allowed. If you don't like it then don't log on.
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