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    Anyway , here goes, the relevant agency in Scotland, as far as vermin traps & current legislation, etc. They had a stand & the Imbra & Juby were featured on a poster. Got yapping,...& asked why were these traps, now banned, & explained that although im no rabbit trapper, a heard they were effective enough traps, for the purpose ? The representatives there reckoned that because those types hadnt actually been manufactured for a long period (how long, be interested to know, few decade , maybe ???),..then this went some way , in discontinuing their 'Approval' ?,....logic bein
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    Relax,..lol the recipients response, plays no part,....
  3. earth-thrower
    It was 'above board' anyway, mate,.....?
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    Yes, i initiated the conversation, & will only discuss, my part ?
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    A just remembered there, mate,.... a had a PM conversation with 'Micky' on here, year or so ago,...& it was regarding them traps, & it was some info a found out, from a 'body' at the Scottish Game fair,....a will look at my old PMs & update, you ? (as a say, its cause am no serious rabbit catcher, like some are, or have been)
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    Again, thanks for posting this, mate. Really, interesting stuff. Im very late, at trying rabbit catching (too busy with moles for years) But, i did start to learn with a few Fenn mk6s, last year. Some of the other folk on here, who have done alot more rabbit trapping, etc,....im sure will appreciate this. Apparently, as has been conveyed before, by experienced folk, the imbra & juby rabbit traps, were meant to be well up to the job ? So who in their infinite wisdom, decided that these traps were no longer suitable, for it, or whatever ?
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    Aye , your not wrong, helluva lot of effort, to try & get your moles, that method ? lol,.....but it WAS used, (or something similar) i learned ( & possibly as far back as the Roman empire, too !,....cause examples were excavated,etc),.....these 'pots' or whatever, had a small hole in them too, to let water drain out, it seems. Jeff Nicholls, is the man, who done alot of research on this sort of stuff,........controversial,...Mole catcher, he is,....ha ha ha ,......(& to some on here, as well ! ?),....but still PROBABLY,..the most intelligent mole man, ive come across ? (i said t
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    A will tell you, (even though ave been moling 28 year, started at 24 years old) when i learned about Bob & his plastic mole trap, etc ,....a thought , 'old mole isnt even gonna enter, never mind traverse, no plastic pipe, to get caught !' lol ?,......how WRONG a was ! ? ha ha
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    I was just about to ask , could he expand on that ?(his statement you quoted),....so "plastic pipes for the prototypes" ? aye,..a could believe that, alright ? Apparently, when the earlier catchers used the full wooden barrel mole trap,...they realised if they adapted it into two halves, you then have the wooden half barrel,....which was a bit easier to set, than the 'full barrel' ( i know through practical experience, of using Bob Merrins wooden whole barrel,type, presently) Of course its also said, that these wooden ones were the forerunner,... of the metal Duffus ? (actually Bob favours
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    Its interesting you say that about 'original duffus variants',...cause, there was some right good threads about that , few years back, now. A collector, had catalogued & provide photos on here, of all them variants, & possibly provided in what order, date wise, they were produced (cant remember, fully). So, i wouldnt be surprised if your presumption, is correct.
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    Matt the Rat, off here,..... (who chucked this site, at least a couple o year ago now) was a real advocate , of the original Duffus trap design. So much so, that there was serious discussions & potential plans, to get some modern copies, produced. Sadly, it all didnt come to fruition.
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    Thinking about it..... its personal preference, whether you make just one adjustment to the duffus type,....or ALL the tweaks, you can, etc,...depends, what your results are with them, i suppose ?
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    I assumed, he just set them all, without modifying them ? lol
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    Some catchers squeeze the trigger loop, a bit, to try and avoid, that.
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    & you wont get much better advice than that folks, for altering the duffus type, to help improve capture rate, or address any humaneness issues. Only thing i would add is, when i used Bethel Rhodes , half barrels, the trigger latch hooks, were a bit too long, so i would often reduce them slightly , with snip pliers. Dont have to do this so much now, with the Flat pack, ones, though. (although it might apply to some other duffus style makes, im not sure ?)
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    Well done, mate.
  17. earth-thrower
    This latest version, with that new trigger ?,...if so, i agree.
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    Forgot to add, nobody pay that price, adverised, in that advert. You can purchase for less than half that, elsewhere !
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    If you aquire a couple, & get them in the ground, id be curious to see what kind of results, you get with them ?
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    Cheers, bloomin heck ! ?
  21. earth-thrower
    Thanks for showing, mate. Interesting, seeing the different trigger variations, on these.
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    "Talpex are the daddy pal",....Aye, a tend to agree with you, now. ?
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    Wouldnt mind having an "original", right enough,...
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    As the others have expressed, the scissor mole trap isnt the first choice, for most mole catchers, nowadays (with its two different spring types, that perhaps could be manufactured, stronger ?). But, at one time it was them & the half barrel type, mainly, only at your disposal. Ok, there was the Fenn loop type for a while, & the smaller Fenn scissor, too. Now, the fenn loop type, a dont rate highly,...shame really would have liked it to have been better,..compact little trap, that it is too. More powerful spring maybe, for starters. That new trigger modification (since they brung the t
  25. earth-thrower
    Aye, the farm boys,...lol theres another moley appears with the quad, on my patch, every year,.. & they try and 'stir' & wind me up, etc.... "He doesnt need to come up this far, near you, etc, do you want us to puncture his tyres, or start nicking his mole traps" ? ? (im still on foot, like) lol,.....a says " NO, a f****n dont !!, what do you think , i am ?",....(they would do it , an all ! ?) the guys entitled to work , just the same as me, & he isnt deliberately trying to 'stand on my toes' or anything, lol.
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