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Problems catching mystery beast in our ceiling
john b replied to Madcowz's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
So make sure your fingers are on the sides, not the top and bottom. -
Well LL there have been a few times I thought about banning you, but maybe this is the turning point. Perhaps if you can think before you post you'll be OK
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did you see that owl grab the fox on the arse ? Who needs a golden eagle
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Ahh - that will be the rifle you're using then
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There was a thread discussing this before and it's worth repeating that the Environment Agency provide a neat little pack on crayfish trapping and identification for free http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...ndpost&p=169095 That thread also talks about various commercial traps and the legal restrictions of trapping crayfish - even the pest Signal ones. This is a copy of the laminated card that comes with it. I hope I am not infringing any rules by posting it here for the common good.
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Alright. I cannot be bothered to go through an clean this thread up but as a general principle it is better if people don't jump in and start trying to set prices on other peoples items for sale. Overpriced items simply won't sell. Sometimes reasonably priced items don't either. If you are interested in buying something and you want to negotiate in open forum that's fine. And please don't resort to personal insults as that as good a way as any to get yourselves banned. Now play nicely
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I recollect once seeing an old Yorkshire gamekeeper catch a Fox in a very ingenious and, I should think, ancient form of trap, which lie called a "kist," probably a corruption of chest. He had traced the animal into a hole amongst some rocks, just after a fall of snow, and barred it in by carefully walling up every means of egress. This done, he levelled and roughly flagged a path seven or eight feet in length, and leading straight away from the hole at which the Fox had entered. Upon this path he built a substantial passage, nine or ten inches wide by twelve or thirteen in height, which n
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I asked HF to add his trap to this post because I think some interesting things came out on the journey from original design to final trap. After the first build the trap was catching, but after a short period the birds were getting out. Vertical plywood baffles were added 'hanging down' from the ladder but that didn't fix it. One of the things we spotted from the photos was that although there was a 15" section blocked at each end of the ladder they were blocked completely by plywood rather than by wire mesh. This meant that the the first gap that the bird perched on the side coul
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It's OK Ditch, it's for Crayfish
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Have a read of this, if you haven't already http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...showtopic=17850
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isn't it as likley to be a fox taking your catch ?
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OK Beagles - I've caught up with you now First off have you had a look through the design sub forum on here ? http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index.php?showforum=58
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come on Gary, you have to be able to take a joke on here.
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left or right handed ?
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watching it now - very sad.
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Not implying anything about RabbitHunter's products in any way, I think it's important to stress the difference between 'cheap traps' and good traps bought cheaply. This is a 'fenn' mk6 which I bought at a game fair last year and as you can see the spring has snapped. It broke on it's second time of firing.
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You only need a rabbit / nest to catch the first one when you don't have a call bird ! After that the call bird is all you need.
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I think that you have to be a bit careful with recorded sounds and MP3 players. If you look at this post http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...ndpost&p=224418 you'll see that the use of 'recorded' sounds is prohibited under the Wildlife and Countryside act. Now I know how the law tends to work - it's prohibits something in principle (like shooting birds) then grants special exceptions (like corvids and pigeons). I do not know what exemption the digital callers are legal under, it may be that the sounds are synthetic and not actual recordings. It might be that there are
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A four-year-old boy has been seriously injured after being attacked by a dog near Holywell in Flintshire. An off-duty policeman and the boy's father intervened and all three were injured. They were taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire. Both men were treated for bite wounds. The boy remains in hospital with serious, not life-threatening injuries. Police say the animal's breed has not yet been established, but it was not banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act. It was later destroyed by a vet. It is understood the youngster suffered injuries to his arm and to
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This is the best one I can find on my HDD. Any good ?
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LL Make sure that you use snare markers - you wouldn't believe how hard it can be to find snares again the following day. One way I make sure that is to take a set amount out with you - count them out and count them back as you collect them.
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'cos they have a fork in the top that you put your thumb in
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Most of mine are hazel. Holly and blackthorn are supposed to be good too. And I took a pic of the cartridge stickend. When the brass has worn through you just cut the plastic off and put another one on.
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Train her to sweep the chimney DS
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I jam a used shotgun cartridge on the end - I'll try and find a pic