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  1. Holdaway
    I have been on there for a couple of weeks now Matt and I think it's really good. Open and helpfull too. Have managed to post a few myself and have good access to the site, great idea! H
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    Any more news Alimac? What the charges might be etc? H
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    Maybe if the food prices continue to increase people will return to good old rabbit/pigeon pie. I used to get 50p a pound for rabbit meat, £2.10 per pound for salmon and seatrout, 25p a tail for stoats, (we had no grey squirrels back then). And UP to 40p per pigeon from the local game factory. I recently asked about current prices and was told 20p each! If the meat is worthless then the skins are too. How many of us would skin and cure mole skins or fox skins now for a market? Not I. H
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    Used to. Not sure now. Most money was made by selling to a taxidermist! About £6 per fox that was around 25 years ago though... H
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    An excellent result. The first of many I shouldn't wonder. Hopefully we can beat the antis at their own game. Smug b*****ds. Anyone not sure what your up against should see this. http://www.againstcorvidtraps.co.uk/ H
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    Excellent feedback Axholme. Nice to know a bit of history behind the company too. Have you tried the springs for larsons at all? I recently purchased a few pairs from Solway Feeders (not the cheap ones) and found them to be very good. I don't have any experience with moling except when using strychnine a few years back, and am thinking of using the talpex, any advice? Worth going with the talpex or should a beginner start wih duffus? H
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    I've been lucky so far... I always take a big stick to my traps/snares, but as you say in a confined space with young about? Rather you than me! H
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    Poor Rolfe attacked by... A NINJA Squirrel! Sounds funny, but actually they have the most horrendous teeth and if bitten you should seek medical assistance immediately, after locating the shotgun first of course. Good post Rolfe, informative as usual. H
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    Er...don't. Much as you might feel like revenge, the law is on your side...so far. Sorry to hear about the trap, like already said, catch them/see them/video them, whatever, then get the law in and prosecute. No holds barred, teach the silly unknowing idiots that we have rights as well as the 'hard done by magpies'. Go for it, but legally. Good luck. H
  11. Holdaway
    Ooooh so close... guillotine next? Now with a pyramid you would have had that... Only kidding John. Is it worth pinning up every other bob for a day or so? let them struggle in and struggle out? Then reset all and bingo! Leave one in as a decoy? BTW is it legal to decoy with a live pigeon in a cage??? Bet it's not... Looks good John, tomorrow is another day. H
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    That would be my first choice too little_lloyd. I have made one with bobs and it has caught, but in the time I made it, I could have made a dozen pyramids traps. H
  13. Holdaway
    Can only echo whats been said already. I stay a minimum of 30 yards from the edge a ny highway or public footpath same as a shotgun. Telling the police who you are and where you are going is never a bad thing; even if the swat don't turn up, mr plod has no finesse and if he turns up thats the quarry gone for hours, it has happened to me. Last time I was out with a mate, the local bobby on a bike saw us, took details in case of phone calls and I have never heard from them since. Written permission would go down well if you do get stopped too. Cheers H
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    Saw last night on the telly what I saw all those years ago....A Teucter! Otherwise known as the Scottish Wild cat ( see link http://www.scottishwildcats.co.uk/) but what was it doing in the lowlands of Kirkcudbright? Only just hit me when I saw it on springwatch last night! All the best H
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    Well done mate. I had four woodys and a squirrel today, no pics though. H
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    Thanks OTC. Do you have a pic of the venus anywhere? What I am really after is the catches and mechanisms, when making my own traps I like to look at other options when it comes to the trip or pan. The Goshawk trap I refered to in batemans book doesn't show the mechanism, but does show the 'arming' arms. Cheers H
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    You can still buy them on the net too, even in britain. I don't intend using them, I like to build traps and see if I can improve the design somewhat. I think it silly that the clap trap and others can't be used for catching magpie call birds. jays, pigeons and rooks, when I can legally use a larson, or pyramid drap. Even a trap such as the sparrow or starling trap can be used, just not for those species anymore. I think that very soon the government will issue a cull on inland seagulls and which trap do you use then? The larson and the ladder trap are both a type of net trap althou
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    Come on Holdaway keep up - we've done this one http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...showtopic=51566 Sorry John.. Delete this post please? H
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    Cheers John. Looks extremely simple. Why cant I stick with simple? H
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    Looking for plans for a clap trap (made one already) and a bow net trap. Batemans book shows a Goshawk trap but not the workings. Don't need a swedish one as this is just a single catch larson. Anyone got any old plans they can post or scan from a book? Without netting attached H
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    Deep breaths guys. Some people will always make a pile of money from a bad situation, take the cash and run has always been the cowboys way. I know nothing about who did what and when, but I am sure the man at the bottom who did the graft got the least. It's always the way. H
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    well that was short and sweet! Cheers H
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    Can you legally use a duffus trap to catch other animals apart from moles? H
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    Saw a big cat years ago in kirkcudbrightshire. Massive tabbyish looking thing. Not big enough to be a panther, lynx or whatever, just a great big cat almost 3 feet long. H
  25. Holdaway
    Need a claymore...peck, peck BOOM!!! Heh heh. H
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