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  1. Rolfe
    Your wasting your breath Axe me old mate........I have already pointed this out to the pen pushing barrack room lawyer.........but he knows best....! I'll have a bet, a pound to a pinch of shit, he wouldn't know a the difference between a Fenn trap and a mouse trap, and has never set either. He can show me no legislation that says a cage trap has to be inspected daily or even when shown the law regarding the inspection of spring traps.......he still denies it. Be very wary of people that cannot back up there claims with hard facts.......And he gets paid for his advice.....ffs...lol..!
  2. Rolfe
    I wont be wasting anymore time arguing with someone who has clearly no idea what he is talking about. For the umpteeth time It is a legal requirement to check traps on the spring approval order once during a 24 hour period WHETHER THEY HAVE CAUGHT OR NOT.....! you keep spouting about checking......well check with DEFRA...Have a look on the BASC website.....check the CPS website.......they all say it is a legal requirement. But i am obviously banging my head against a brick wall......there will be no more input from me on this subject.......and you profess to offer expert advice.......I don't t
  3. Rolfe
    Yes, and this includes Fenns. All live catch traps must by law be inspected once within each 24 hour period, not once a day or daily, as is often quoted (checking 'once a day' could easily mean the law is being broken). This includes Larsen traps. Failure to do so could also land the offender on one or more charges under the many animal welfare laws. It's refreshing to see a couple of posts relating to common sense and ethics. If only the people making the laws could use a bit of common sense and put things in plain English it'd be a simpler world. Fenns being on the spring trap
  4. Rolfe
    Yes, and this includes Fenns. All live catch traps must by law be inspected once within each 24 hour period, not once a day or daily, as is often quoted (checking 'once a day' could easily mean the law is being broken). This includes Larsen traps. Failure to do so could also land the offender on one or more charges under the many animal welfare laws. It's refreshing to see a couple of posts relating to common sense and ethics. If only the people making the laws could use a bit of common sense and put things in plain English it'd be a simpler world. Fenns being on the spring trap
  5. Rolfe
    Yes, and this includes Fenns. All live catch traps must by law be inspected once within each 24 hour period, not once a day or daily, as is often quoted (checking 'once a day' could easily mean the law is being broken). This includes Larsen traps. Failure to do so could also land the offender on one or more charges under the many animal welfare laws. It's refreshing to see a couple of posts relating to common sense and ethics. If only the people making the laws could use a bit of common sense and put things in plain English it'd be a simpler world. Fenns being on the spring trap
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    The Inspection of traps comes under the Protection of Animals Act 1911 Section 10. Section 10 requires that where spring traps are used, they should be inspected at reasonable intervals and at least once every day between sunrise and sunset. Failure to do so is an offence. The Animal Welfare act 2006 superseded this act, but as far as I am aware the legislation still stands, I have checked on the CPS website (Crown Prosecution Service) http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/v_to_z/wildlife_offences/ and the law still applies, even stating that the offence carries a £2000 fine. The law does
  7. Rolfe
    Badger.......In my opinion....!
  8. Rolfe
    Nice post John......it would take me months if i did all my traps.......it is something I have never done and i would be interested to hear if it makes any difference to the catch rate etc. Kania's are easy-peasy.....Trip to Halfords.......green and brown spray paint.....disruptive cammo design all over! ATB....Rolfe.
  9. Rolfe
    Lab......I tend to agree with you...... that was my first thought, they were a lot smaller than the the light coloured ones, they had gone too far over the fence by the time i had got there. They were all with the hen pheasant without a doubt.......could a red-leg and pheasant laid in the same nest I wonder? I am slap bang in the middle of a shooting estate and there are hundreds of pheasants and red-legs about. I'd imagine its lost its mum somewhere or she will be about but saw you coming. She'll be back for it........... Lab.....the majority of the brood were red legs then in tha
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    Lab......I tend to agree with you...... that was my first thought, they were a lot smaller than the the light coloured ones, they had gone too far over the fence by the time i had got there. They were all with the hen pheasant without a doubt.......could a red-leg and pheasant laid in the same nest I wonder? I am slap bang in the middle of a shooting estate and there are hundreds of pheasants and red-legs about.
  11. Rolfe
    No Lab........all the same brood...they were all with the same hen, a few bright ones like I am holding and the rest were the colour of the top picture one......that top one was other side of fence and I had to zoom in.
  12. Rolfe
    Was lucky today i helped one out of a brood of a dozen or more pheasants re-join his brothers and sisters, it got stuck behind some rabbit netting, so lifted it over the fence lol.......!
  13. Rolfe
    Looks like Utopia to me Chalky.........(no wire) A man could die happy there.....!
  14. Rolfe
    From the pictures, that land looks more suited to ferreting with a few long nets and a good running dog.
  15. Rolfe
    The seven strand stainless steel bird wire I have yet to see chewed through, but you make a valid point about judging the length of the snare wire, it must be long enough not to be able to let the squizzer get back onto the pole.
  16. Rolfe
    Were you using the stainless steel bird wire as described.........I have caught many many squirrels using it and never had one chew through it yet...?
  17. Rolfe
    Just use crimps no need for added eyelets if you make a nice small tight eyelet using the wire alone it puts a wee bit of drag on the noose keeping it open. The freezer bag tie wants to hold the snare on the side of the loop towards the top end.
  18. Rolfe
    The birdwire snares you can fix a swivel to but you will only use them once anyway. You can buy spools of 100 or 500 mtrs from http://www.networkbird.net/ you will need to buy the small crimps and crimping tool........but they will last years and the crimping tool and wire spool are small enough to fit in a coat pocket to fashion wires on site. They are not robust enough to stand on their own but use a freezer bag wire tie to lightly hold the noose at the correct height below your hoop on the squirrel pole......I have caught a lot of squirrels like this, but make sure there is enough brash aro
  19. Rolfe
    Bird wire.......7 strands of stainless steel wire in a uv protected nylon coat...0.7mm thick with a breaking strain of 22 kgs. Virtually invisible,friction free, and easy to fashion into snares using crimps. Rolfe.
  20. Rolfe
    BASC doesn't cover you if you get paid for the job.......!
  21. Rolfe
    Public Liability is a must, you should be using no more than a air-rifle indoors, unless you want to ventilate the roof only shoot pigeons with a girder or wall as a back-stop, and most importantly inform the police the times you will be on and off site.......an armed response unit call will not go down to well.
  22. Rolfe
    Firstly MOVE your trap........then either false nest (with boken eggs) or young rabbit as bait...!
  23. Rolfe
    Like the Vid..........That's how it is............They love it don't they?
  24. Rolfe
    Took the rabbiting lurchers and the ratting terrier for a bit of a play-day, walking around the conservation strips of the rape fields rapidly coming into flower after this latest wet spell. The old black and white lurcher bitch never leaves my side now (unless a bunny gets up) she broke her front leg a couple of years back and it is pinned and plated, it has never stopped her working though. The other two Herberts.........the terrier and the Bedlington cross couldn't stop working if they tried and pretty soon got soaked hunting rabbits amongst the tall rape crop.........Good fun was had by a
  25. Rolfe
    The 2500 is still an approved trap but must be set in a natural or artificial tunnel, which in both cases, must be suitable for purpose....!
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