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Sheep prices at market where high for a while up here, maybe dipped slightly now.
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Aye, it's all changing now though, that we are out of Europe. Some new grants (England) a heard, might be geared towards , environmental/conservation, as a requirement ? (maybe moles will be preserved in future ? ?)
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They are struggling too, but, look at the price of fertiliser, now ? ? ?
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I'm feeling it alright, too, with the fuel prices,..?
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Few o ma farmers, are still greeting over it, anymore than £10 , they are upset
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'Coining it in',...yous are , mate £12.50 a mole now, mind ! ?
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Thanks for showing, got to be a rarity, now, only know of one other, who got one made,..
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"winter caught moles fetched a higher price",...read them being referred too, as "best winter clears "
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I think I could get a moleskin coat out o that lot, now, mate !
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Too right , they migrate back in , through main runs,...interesting account there, & multiple catches ! heard random somewhere, young moles can travel up to 1km, too find a territory, whether that's through existing tunnels, or partially above ground, I wouldn't know,..
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& I don't want to be differing with the modern 'experts' anymore,..just get my 'fingers burned' , again ! ???
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Aye, they come back into them alright,...a can't set the traps they way I want, when runs 'burns' full flow,...but as you say,...you can still catch, some of the time.
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Back out for at least a day, with no rain forecast. Playing with my latest, mole spud (can't resist a bit of kit), see how it holds up,..
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Our regions got to be in contention, for having the most consistent rainfall, over the whole of the UK !
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It's just getting the heavy rain to cease here ! had one gap for half a day, & traps out , & caught in 75% of them,..rest not even touched, cause deluged with rain in no time, again ?,...I find local, if we get a week or two dry (rare),..we always pay for it with two or three weeks of constant rain, afterwards ??
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Aye, it's working well, for yous ?
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I do understand you, (don't get me wrong),...but my attitude nowadays is , when I set a trap I want a mole in it (a won't f..k about on flooded ground, where I might get 4 or 5 out of 12, say) ,..I average 1 miss out of a dozen set, in good conditions (roughly 3 trap types)) or rarely (now) no catch , cause mole didn't come too it....& it's important , cause on foot I get nowhere near the amount set ,...say that you would, for example ? (in a day) ?,...& price per mole, & all that (I was never the fastest at laying a trap either ?, compared too some, I reckon ? ....always took my t
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I agree with that approach, mate, & excellent advice, too ?
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A don't know, your average rainfall, where your working, but here in the West of Scotland,...its just not practical , on saturated ground, which is often.....too many misses, when the ground floods,...even on hillsides, traps getting sprung premature with water & debris,etc (barrels,...mines are set 'fine')...far more productive for me too wait, for it easing, & drying up a bit
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Thanks for sharing this, mate ?
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" 650 traps "?,...thats good going, that ?
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I can't justify my own (financially), (not on moles alone, here, anyway) & the trailer & a suitable vehicle to tow it, to be honest ....never mind reasonably secure storage, etc,...
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Good system, it sounds,..
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I'm on foot, & f....d to be honest, carrying all the gear, etc...I'm 52 now, & starting to feel it !
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Same as you two, lately. Can't believe it,.. good run of dry weather, & unusually mild up here.
