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    No need for a larsen ! I've been chucking a bit of white bread around in a spot of the garden to prebait it for my pigeon trap. Just 'on spec' I left the ouside run that we built for guineapigs in the same spot; left the lid off the covered end and scattered some of the bread in it as well as around. Came back home from Sunday lunch to find this Must have dropped into the open section and pushed it's way under the cut out arch. Anyway once discovered this magpie was not left in this cage.
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    Julie - I am so glad you posted that. I have a wasp nest that I need to sort out during the dark hours and I keep forgetting. I'll go and do it now. ... In fact it gets better. Done the wasps nest and in so doing discovered the neighbours cat locked in my garage. :thumbs-up: Let out now, but that will teach it.
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    crying out for a longnet then ?
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    well it's open to all comers FD I know that these do work for ferals but round here we have some woodies that are fairly used to a semi urban environment. I'm baiting the roof of my shed and will see what happens. Woodies will push their way under netting round cabbages etc so it will get deployed under the netting in the winter too.
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    very good.
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    Inspiration ! Rooting about in the shed I found an old wire breadtray that I must have picked up from somewhere. The width is a perfect fit so having now trimmed the poles down a bit I now have the lid sorted - easy to lift off and heavy enough to stay put. What's even better is that it doubles as a packing tray to store all the bits in and the bungess that keep the bits together also keep the ends tight on the poles. Just need to work out the sides and then see if it catches anything So here it is assembed with new features: and here it is tidily packed away:
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    Now it seems to me Madcowz that you have the very makings on an ideal situation there Have a look here and you will see several designs for a jackdaw trap. You don't want to much about with a larsen and catch ones and twos, you want to get a good number. Your chicken run is already effectively a pre-baited trap - you just need to put a lid on the thing and keep the chucks out for a day or two. Or cover part of the run with a trap 'roof', the rest withchicken wire and put a temporary fence across it to keep chooks and jackdaws seperate. In fact if you make yourself a 'lid' that wil
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    Don't worry Ditch - sticky backed plastic for the base
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    Bucknut My inspiration for this was a trap posted by IVAN on another site and reposted by me in another thread. Not sure how similar you meant, but there are some good examples pictured there, including an all wire version by BOBNETS
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    As you can imagine my 'shed' gets pretty full and so I wanted a pigeon trap that didn't take up as much room as the Larsen does. Instead I have built two 'ends' - each with a set of bobwires, and a temporary frame that can be dismantled when not in use. I thought the detail might also be of interest to anyone else making a pigeon trap for the first time. For scale, these bobwires are 10 inches long. In each corner of the end pieces I have nailed an empty 12b shotgun cartridge, (blue in the pics) with the opening facing inwards. These carts act as sockets for four garden supports c
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    well done Andy.
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    this any good ? http://www.torbayfishing.com/rigs/pulley-rig.htm or this - it's got animation on this one http://www.geocities.com/tony2kuk/rigs.html
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    I'm no expert Fletcher - there may be more to it than that ...
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    Foxtrack - could you maybe take some photos and post them up ?
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    nice going Haf. You're getting quite a collection of trophy pics now.
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    see if you can get a bayonet
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    Ahh garden gun type of thing. Heard of 'em now
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    What the hell is a 22 shotgun then ? I never knew they made those. According to my BASC handbok of shooting you can have a 20 or a 28 ......
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    What law is that then? I guess it's down to interpretation. The DEFRA Snaring code of practice includes this section: Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is an offence to set in position any trap or snare calculated (intended) to cause bodily injury to any wild animal included in Schedule 6 of that Act which comes into contact with it, or to use a trap or snare for the purpose of killing such a wild animal; relevant species listed in Schedule 6 include badger, polecat, otter, red squirrel, hedgehog and pine marten. You could argue,
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    I remember you on the borridge last year - always gives you some sport. well done Teejay
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    There have been a couple of instances lately where people have asked how to post a 'link' into a thread, so I thought I'd have a go at a set of instructions. First off, you're best to have two internet windows open, one where your source material is and one with your forum post open. Collecting the Link Start with your 'source' page and right-click (click one with the right hand mouse button) on the address bar near the very top of the page. Up where the navigation buttons are. When you do this the address text with highlight in blue and you will get a drop down menu. Left-click t
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    Come on Ditch be fair, not all the Bloody Moddies are on at quarter to one in the morning. And surely I get some credit for posting a link in this thread to the same reference material nine posts and 16 days earlier Martin - if you have 'how to' questions post a topic in the general section mate and you'll always get help. Here you go: How to Post A Link
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    Go on Apollo - try the 'sticky hat'
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    Oh come on CH it's not that hard. Here is an extract from the DEFRA best practice guide - don't all start on me about the washing the snares bit either Legal obligations for snare users in England and Wales Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is an offence to set in position any trap or snare calculated (intended) to cause bodily injury to any wild animal included in Schedule 6 of that Act which comes into contact with it, or to use a trap or snare for the purpose of killing such a wild animal; relevant species listed in Schedul
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    I know that we often get requests for plans for a larsen trap, so here are two resources that people can use. First there is an excellent article on the main site, written by Big Fish. This shows step by step pics for a traditional top opening larsen particularly suited to magpies. http://www.thehuntinglife.com/html/section...arsen-trap.html An alternative plan can be found on a New Zealand website. This has four catching chambers but more importantly shows the door mechanism for a side opening trap - more effective on crows and jackdaws. http://www.landcare.co.nz/policies/file
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