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    Yes nice and quiet - no of the usual inflamatory comments ........
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    I'm sure someone on here was using bits of spring steel from building site materials - the banding stuff. I tend to use stands and then just pop a cubby on without the hanging hooks. And before anyone tells me I know that the BG isn't in the stand properly but it's the only photo I have handy.
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    No Richie I think he means a 'funnel trap' like the one Holdaway made for magpies. Same sort of idea but the door is a open ended wire cone set into the trap side
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    Those are called skirts - well done MW I forgot to mention them
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    Your rungs want to be only about 3 inches apart for Jackdaws.
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    Made a bloody good job of those mate - nice one
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    what with ? specifically ? That will be a very useful precedent.
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    Everyone has one and if it's at 0% then that's just normal. Having the bar is not an indicator of anything. If you click on the % it may show you what it's for and who done it. It does that for the MODs but not sure about the normal view. John
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    I recently bought myself a new telescopic inspection mirror and it suddenly occured to me that I've never heard anyone on here mention using them. Am I the only one ? I know that light levels are poor inside a tunnel but with a 'through' tunnel it can allow you to see if the tunnel is clear or used quickly and easily without bending over or moving the set. I've taken a pic while I was inspecting a see-saw this morning to give you an idea what it's like.
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    It's hard to see from the pics if there is a spring or not - personly I'd prefer there to be one. It wouldn't need to be as strong as a normal larsen spring but caught birds can bounce about quite a bit and could open a light mesh door like that. I'd also be concerned that without a spring there wouldn't be enough tension to hold the trigger in place - one gust of wind the wrong way and it's sprung. As for the trigger that seems simple enough. The long perch is hinged at one end and at the other is connected by a wire to the smaller block. This in turn is placed between the back edge of t
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    There is no legal limit that I am aware of but if the bird is showing obvious signs of distress, illness or other deterioration it should be humanely killed. For example if it's losing lots of feathers, or just sitting listless in the bottom of the cage, or has injured itself on the wire or frame. Any signs like that and it's no longer OK to use the bird.
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    I would - yes. definitely Particularly given that you're in Scotland where you now have the registration rules. It would be quite interesting if the first prosecution was for interfering with a registered trap rather than any infringement of the license.
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    Come on guys he's not the first person to roll up and ask questions without searching the forum and he won't be the last.
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    Here you go - read the articles in here http://www.thehuntinglife.com/html/section...ping/index.html And brace yourself for Snareman when he reads 'An inch off the ground'
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    These things ? Yep I do You need atleast 5 though to make each 'door'
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    Nice going Richie - that looks a really tidy job. Very solid and very clean lines. Is that an access slot in the roof ? or a baiting access ? Is the frame construction the same as we did on the larsen ? The joints look the same - uprights set into the rails.
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    I'm sure you're going to be very popular on there with that Be great to get a 'moment of capture' video wouldn't it
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    Welcome Dan I look forward to seeing some pictures of the hunting in Sweden - it already sounds like your have some interesting quarry up there.
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    ?????????? I'm sorry CC99 - I didn't realise you were actually waiting for me to explain this. In all the time I've been using one it's never really been a problem. Ususally by the time you get back to the car, house of whatever most of the mud off the bottom of the boot has worn off and it's just the shit up the sides, round the edges and over the top that's a problem. If you're still standing in the muck when you're trying to get your wellies off you're going to be standing in it anyway. But in any event, to answer your question, all you need is a couple of sheets of newsp
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    Andy the pictures were never loaded onto THL and have disappeared off Photobucket. However we have managed to salvage them. Ian has them at the moment and hopefully they'll be back on soon. John
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    Andy there's this one http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...showtopic=33388 or were you after more modern 'how to' books ?
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    Calm down - that's my ten year old in her mum's wellies.
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    I don't seem to be able to stop making plans for things now that I've started. This is a very simple project that anyone can do, probably won't cost you anything and will be surprisingly useful - particularly after all this rain. This will probably be in some book in the future but for now you guys can have it for free. Here the plan welly_puller.pdf
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    The type of H7 bird flu found in hens in Oxfordshire is "highly pathogenic", the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has said. This means it can cause serious illness or death in birds. People coming into close contact with it also run a slight risk of being made ill. Previous cases of H7 in Britain have been "low pathogenicity" - meaning the symptoms in birds are not severe. All birds on the infected premises, near Banbury, have been slaughtered. The H7 strain is regarded as a much less serious threat to human health than the highly virulent H5N1 strain.
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