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    Blimey that was quick - customer already. Come on then - in you go. That's it Nearly Bollocks. I think I spooked him.
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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 Luddites the pair of you Nothing wrong with Pyramids but a good bobwire trap is essentially a multicatch trap which is ideal where you have a feral problem. This is just a bit of an experiment. Anyway - had a few happily going in and out so phase 2
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    No Mark - not really. It's good question to ask though because no one should be trapping anything, foxes in particular, if they're not skilled and equipt to deal with the quarry once caught.
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    My working assumption has always been that 'nets' are banned but the Larsen is a 'cage' and thus unaffected. In fact I've even considered that a 'moving cage' like the hawk trap would technically be legal if used for a legal quarry. I must stress though that I have never validated that with any authority nor with a thorough study of the legislation.
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    Come on Holdaway keep up - we've done this one http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...showtopic=51566
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    Oh - wrong sort of clap trap. In that case the answer is yes Look on here http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.ibi...3-h/17093-h.htm search for THE SPRING NET TRAP; start from there and keep going for a page or 2
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    This any good ? Not sure it will be legible
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    bee hive

    john b replied to a topic in General Talk

    If it is Honey Bees then your best bet is to contact your local Beekeepers association. Someone will want them this time of year. http://www.britishbee.org.uk/local_associations_about_us.php
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    It's a standard bobwire door trap - with a door in each of the wooden ends. What's missing in this picture is the top and the sides. The whole thing is built to be folded away. If you click on where it says 'Take Down Pigeon Trap' in the first topic theres a thread all about it. But as an aside look at this - just when you think you've cleared the bloody magpies .......
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    I've been asked a few times if pigeon traps will work for Woodies and to be honest the answer I usually give is 'Not Reliably'. Recently we've had a lot of woodies feeding on the spills from the bird table - they sit under the grain feeder shouting at the sparrows to peck faster. Anyway this seemed like an ideal pre-baited test site so yesterday I dug out my 'Take down Pigeon Trap' and put it out. No sides or lid at this stage to let them get used to it.
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    LL I still think you have far too many outside the trap / infront of the treadle. There's a couple of meals worth there To be honest you have more inside the trap than I would use too but that's less of an issue.
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    Steve It's my book - he had it from me . Richie was one of the lads who tested the plans out for me after I'd put them together. It the same one as here £15
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    I'm not sure if you're back on line yet mate but Happy Birthday anyway
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    Where have I put my keys ? ............
  15. john b
    Right I now have stock ! Everyone who's prepaid - your books are in the post already (except one who knows who he is ). A few 'Thank You' copies are also on their way. If you want to buy on PAYPAL or send payment by post the details are Here
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    Squirrels are another occasional catch and I find that you get non-magpies particularly when the trap is baited rather than decoyed. One of the advantages of this sort of trap is that any unintended catches can be dealt with appropriately with blackbirds, starlings etc being released unharmed. This is another reason why frequent checks on the traps are essential.
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    Any chance or setting up a temporary hide a bit closer in ?
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    I see where you're coming from FR. Both will have things going for them but it just seems to me the 'small' ones have worked better this year. An fia - are you saying that you've noticed this too ?
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    Though not legally ofcourse. The modified rat traps are capable of killing squirrels but cannot be used in the UK for that purpose as they are not on the Spring Trap Approval Order.
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    Be careful mate - take a closer look at that rockery ....
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    Have you noticed that there are generally two 'sizes' of adult magpie ? There's the small skinny ones and the bigger, round fat ones. This picture gives you an idea of what I mean but could be better. Both are clearly adult with full length tails but the one on the right is the 'fat round' type. Does anyone know which is female and which is male ? Is that even what the difference is ? Could it be that the skinny one is a young adult from last year and the fat ones are older ? The reason I ask is that I've found the small ones to work consistenly better as decoys. Maybe somethin
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    There probably is a law against it - like everything else but I can confirm that it doesn't look like it's made illegal by the new fallen stock legislation See question 4 on here
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    I think we're in agreement on that - it all comes down that wording in the act. "Any form of artificial lighting or any mirror or other dazzling device" If they had written "no artificial lighting, mirror or other device may be used to dazzle" it would be a lot clearer. Without a test case it's down to interpretation. I'm not stating this as fact by the way because I don't know - just my interpretation
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    OK so that's part of the answer. The Act prohibits lots of things - that how the system works - and then specific permission is given to do some things in some circumstances. Significantly the words say ".... or any mirror or other dazzling device." So it states a 'mirror' specifically and although you could infer that it means if being used for dazzling it doesn't say that. The key here is the General Licenses which are the legal documents which allow you to kill magpies at all. Now I have just been through them quickly (they're here) and the one that usually relates to Magpies
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    Nothing wrong with that at all mate.
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