Rolfe
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Does anyone have a 50yrd Trammel net they wish to sell in good condition (either traditional or quickset) or can anyone recommend a good supplier. The Brinded ones are too expensive for the quickset set-up in my opinion........although the traditional ones are a fair price. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Rolfe.
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When i used to use Blackthorn shanks for stick making many years ago.........I'd take the nobbles down a bit with a rough file then sand them smooth(ish) prior to applying linseed oil. The nobbles on a blackthorn shank give it it's character in my opinion.
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Doesn't really make that much difference in my opinion as long as you leave them to dry out slowly.........the old adage is........if you see a good stick.........cut it. Yes in an ideal world its better when the sap is down as they don't take so long to season.
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Just spent a nice hour in some private coppiced woodland cutting another batch of hazel long net pegs to get ready as replacements as and when required. I always cut them over-size as i find i can get some purse net pegs out of the pieces cut off when i reduce them to the required length. Whilst i realise not everyone has access to such an abundant supply.......it does pay to keep your eyes open for suitable places to cut a few wands..........Most landowners wont mind you cutting a few as long as you ask nicely
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I was checking some squirrel cage traps today........when a hare made a swift exit from just inside a small clearing (next to an ancient oak tree)......... and came from a small clump of briars. Looking into the "form" she had emerged from i saw the smallest leveret i have ever seen...smaller than a tennis ball in size. It could only have been a few hours old in my opinion, ( the fur didn't look completely dry) but may have been born during the night. It sat motionless.........as it's natural defence dictates.......and let me get a real good close up picture.........I am no photographer.....
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Safest way is to cage trap it then humanely dispatch it. The law says you musn't release it once it is captured but you have a duty of care to the animal whislt it is under your control. Rolfe.
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one said on here they be better off doing windows !.well at that price windows is all they have lesdo.charge what you want to. The simple answer is this..........I run my own pest control business and have done so for many many years........from experience I can look at a job..........work out a price............and charge accordingly. I then give the customer that price.......having taken into account how long I think the job will take, traveling time, a bit extra for the buggeration factor etc. The customer can take it or leave it...........I never deviate from that price. Basically
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£1.50 a mole You must have folk queing up for your services at that price Logun........
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A regular client of mine called me in tonight to dispatch a fox that had got caught in one of his fence-line cage traps. It had gone in to get at the trapped rabbit.........usually its badgers around here, but they tend to render the cage traps unusable. Some of the fence-line cages dont even require baiting as often rabbits will just go into them following the scent of another rabbit especially if you place two cages with the entrances facing in opposite directions.
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The Head Greenkeeper at the golf club where I have the pest management contract , gave me some "Irrigation Markers" to use to mark the location of my mole traps so they could avoid them when cutting the fairways. They come in bundles of 100 and in various colours (green-white-yellow-blue) about 15 ins long and the flags are polythene so will last ages. Just thought some on here might find a use for them as trap or snare markers........providing no one else has access to your land that is...........! Priced at £9.15 per 100 they are available from www.turfmachinery.co.uk Tel 01483 764467
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rolf,i would say the trap set up for stoats up on the moor and not mink.i dont think it matters what hight the tunnel is from the trap as long as the entrance is restricted in some way. The reason you only have the roof of the tunnel just high enough to allow the trap to fire unrestricted is that it minimises the chance of the target species being thrown clear from the closing trap jaws.......a thing that I have seen a few times when trapping rats. It can make all the difference between a clean kill and a foul catch. Rolfe.
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Looks like it is set for a mink ...........but the roof of the wire tunnel is way too high.........it wants to be high enough to allow the trap to spring and no more. Although the trap is in a remote location.......the capture of a non-target species is highly likely using that set-up.
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Got one brought down to me by my Cumbrian friend who makes them from yellow gas pipe........I use it quite often and it catches regularly........based on the old full-barrel trap design it is a very efficient trap indeed.
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Snare trouble help appreciated!
Rolfe replied to TWOTWOTHREE's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
Heritage is completely right in what he says methods do change and evolve over the years but this does not mean the old methods don't work anymore.......because they do, it's just that things have altered to improve your catch rate. Take setting heights for instance, the general assumption nowadays is that 6 1/2 inches is about the right height........and this maybe true, BUT in reality you can set anywhere from 2 inches off the ground (where a rabbit squeezes under a fence for instance) to up to 9-10 inches high in long grass and still catch rabbits cleanly.......and you can set at any heigh -
I have had pigeon cooked in many ways but one of the best (in my opinion) is to have it in a stir-fry. Simply slice very thin slices off the breast and fry in a wok with a little oil, soy sauce and and black bean sauce with all the usual stir-fry ingredients, bean sprouts etc. Takes about three minutes and is delicious. Rolfe.
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Exactly as has been said really .........when you get it right you should feel the knot forming beneath your thumb just as you tighten it. Keep practising..........there's not a net maker in existence who has not formed a slip-knot at one time or another.
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Yes.........As long as he has a shotgun certificate and he has permission to shoot on the land you are shooting on....!
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It's precisely because of people like you who make no contribution to the site whatsoever that Ian has seen fit to put up this post to sort out the arseholes. If you don't like the way the site is moderated.............do us all a favour.........go somewhere else to spout your bollox.
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you think most of the members give a flying f*ck about the mods tracey ..think again most of them don't even get on with themselves never mind an anonymous mod on here ..the place is full of sh*te and until someone pulls the flush it won't get any better Maybe a different mod team is needed then to flush the shite? A change is as good as a rest eh? Mods are fine on here..........but you are right there is plenty of shite that wants flushing.......
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Thanks Guys..........I had never seen a frost like so had to take a few snaps for posterity ........Glad your ok John
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I was up and about early on one of my contracts checking cage traps and couldn't resist snapping a few pictures of the fantastic Christmas card scene that I had walked into...........absolutely breathtaking. I have never seen such a wonderful winter display by Mother nature.........she never ceases to amaze. I am not a photographer by any means and these were snapped by my Canon A1000 IS.
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Your welcome anytime Tracey ........Hope your good at putting nets on lol........Bring your whippet Tip would love to meet her Bit parky up there today though ...........Need your long-johns on
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Thanks Annemarie..........My youngsters are all sivers...........stick some pictures up on this thread that fine .......it's nice to see dogs and ferrets all working together as part of a team. Rolfe.
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Thanks..........Yes as you say some have it some don't........these are from good working stock and are fiesty little buggers but they have started off well so things are looking good. They came back to the surface quite readily but I needed to gently pull a rabbit in front of them to coax them far enough out to pick them up gently.......patience is the name of the game.....it's all to easy to make a grab for them and then you end up with a skullker that is reluctant to come to hand........Nothing worse in my opinion.
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For the first time in many years i have started the season without any really established working ferrets. I lost three good and reliable workers this year.......just old ferrets really, but it left me with only a couple of part worked ferrets and two youngsters from this years breeding. The snow had shut the golf course where i have a long term contract to control the rabbits so it was a perfect opportunity to give the young and inexperienced ferrets a few hours work time. Using only the quickset longnet, i was able to encompass some old sweet chestnut trees that always contain a few bunnies