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  1. john b
    As whin says they follow a fairly straight forward principle. This thread might help or PM me if you want the book. http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...showtopic=51075
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    well back today but not so lucky. There were 2 or 3 new hills so I've moved a trap and see what that does. They were a few small mounds which I can't decide if they were new ones barely pushed up, or old ones that I missed yesterday.
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    If we had three foot runs near me at the moment mate I'd have to use an aqualung.
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    I got mine from here https://id503.securepod.com/theflatpack.co....nager/index.php
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    Now it fair to say that all of my trapping to date has been above ground. I've had neither the need nor the opportunity to trap moles so it's just something I've never done. These last few weeks though I've had my eye on a quiet little patch where the hills have started to show and decided it was time to try my hand. Permission obtained, I set off yesterday with my three 'duffus' style traps from the Flatpack company. I bought them over a year ago because I thought I should have some in my collection but I think I must have been mulling this for a while because I got myself a mole-probe
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    Charlie Have you seen this thread ? http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...showtopic=44811
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    I am speaking as an individual here - not on behalf of the site or anything. But I'd speculate that it's covered by the Data Protection Act to some extent and maybe would require a warrant. I don't really know. To be honest though it's far more likely that anyone wanting to make a prosecution case would simply use the information some people freely post on here to 'catch you in the act' as it were. That along with the exif-data in the photos that get posted which give a whole heap of info about the time, date, camera etc. See here http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...showtopic
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    Ah, a shrapnel trap - very cunning. Kill 2 or 3 at once
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    I think this has the makings of a really interesting discussion - if we can keep it on track. Clearly we can't go back to methods that have been outlawed but understanding why the old methods worked may help us apply the current ones better. For example: I imagine that the gins were effective because you could set them on a 'beat' and know that this is where the rabbits foot would strike every time. If you read Snareman's articles you can see that his approach to snaring uses this same regular beat behaviour but the catching method has improved. And what about some of the 'old' tra
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    Great little cubbys you have there Teejay
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    me three , although it's coming away a bit on that one.
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    AGAIN: Please can we keep to the topic ? Less of this 'my mate's better than your mate' nonsense or we'll end up like the lurcher section and have to have a competition
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    I've edited this topic as an interesting thread had degenerated into a slanging match. I don't know what's got into you lot lately - this section used to be free of that sort of behavior and frankly it's not welcome. There is no problem with debate or opinions but personal attacks just aren't acceptable. OK ?
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    Ian The law is very definite, it's just that it's a little ambiguous and leave scope for interpretation. The law is here in the Spring Trap Approval Order. The problem as I see is that there is no definition of 'tunnel'. The Order states a tunnel 'which is suitable for the purpose' but is doesn't state what the purpose of the tunnel is as far as I can see. There has been some case law on 'what constitutes a tunnel' which some of the pro-pesters might able to remember. I think there was a case of an uncovered trap in a loft and the loft was unsuccessfully claimed to be acting a
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    http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/B...r%2C_Gunnislake
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    That looks a very good cage that Woodga. I like the top opening door for setting the trap - good idea.
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    As OTC says I do have some but it's a bit pricey - especially now the $/£ rate has changed. I was looking into bulk importing it but there didn't / doesn't seem to be much demand in the UK.
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    I know for a fact it has some Cornish heritage in it's provenance
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    Very nice example you have there. I have something similar, larger but nothing like as elegant
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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7795558.stm
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    That's going to cause confusion Brace yourself for all the PMs moaning about my moderating You might want to pick another name
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    I imagine it's historic but I don't really have any idea. There's a bit more here http://www.southnorthants.gov.uk/environme...Cat_control.pdf
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    I thought it might be useful to establish some of the basics around cats and the law. This first link is a leaflet produced by the Cats Protection league. As you would expect this is a pro-cat perspective but it does help to clarify the question of proprty, ownership and interestingly damage by cats. Also covers people who keep large populations of cats. http://www.cats.org.uk/catcare/leaflets/EG...tsandthelaw.pdf The RSPB have a slightly less positive perspecitive although mostly a political answer with little practical detail. http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/gardening/un..
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    Well done MT. Does that mean you can charge more now then ?
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    JaknMeg - PM me your address mate, I've got another one
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