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    f***ing hell mate, that thing would survive a f***ing nuclear holocaust
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    Won't happen lad. There is a large population of otter in Ireland. Probably best in Europe per square mile. Mink can live on rabbits, mice, frogs etc. Can feed happily without entering the water. Otter will spend most of his time hunting the water. The competition ain't that fierce. Mink numbers may fluctuate but they always come back. If it were gonna happen, it would have happened here twenty years ago, and I'd have nothing to trap lol
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    Yes I can happen, but don't bank on them making much of a difference. Most places have enough food to go around, and don't forget, both their diets vary.
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    They won't do anything about otter numbers either. Lots of problems here with Pine Marten killing everything, but the powers that be, won't entertain any notion of controlling numbers. There was some heat put on the government to do something about it from farmers and poultry keepers getting pissed off, and the Vincent Wildlife Trust wrote an article in the national newspapers, saying experts have said that Irish Pine Marten were predominantly vegetarian. I kid you not?
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    Nah, we got loads of Otter here lad, and still plenty of mink. Some places are walking with mink.
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    Think Ireland is the only Country in Europe, that has no invasive crayfish species. I think I read somewhere, that fish grow huge in rivers that have a large population of signals. They must like the taste of them too?
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    That's a monster!! We only have the little native ones here. Plague hit them about two years ogo, so don't know what numbers are like now, but where the plague hits, it wipes them out.
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    Well if you can find the time mate, no worries if you can't. I like the concept of it. Maybe it does have its faults, but the idea of a lethal trap built into its housing, with a simple push of a leaver to set it, means even butter fingers are safe to use it?
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    Lads, how did the Fuller Garden Trap work? How was it set, and how was it triggered? It says guillotine mechanism. Was it similar to a Kania? It reminds me of a modern type of Norwegian mink trap, which looks very like The Garden Trap, and has a type of guillotine mechanism.
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    Wolfdog, here's a read for you. It'll probably seem very foreign to you, but this is how it is in the UK The Spring Traps Approval (England) Order 2018 WWW.LEGISLATION.GOV.UK Under section 8 of the Pests Act 1954 (c. 68), it is an offence to use or knowingly to permit the use of any...
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    Yup!!
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    Set in pipe
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    I have a bolt on mine. Stick through a hole in plastic pipe, and wing nut to hold it solid. As regards legality. If its not on STAO it ain't legal I suppose. You could argue that the small ones are rat traps, but that's a risk the individual has to take. I'd rather not personally.
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    Leaving legalities aside, the round traps ain't got the same power, as BMI, Belisle etc. But it's more that dalm trigger mechanism. One notch, that can be hard set, or keep set, and then, it never seems to sit right. Always seems to lie somewhat in or out. Yea I'm sure you can modify to improve, but you shouldn't have to do that. On a plus side, yea they fit nicely inside a pipe. A pipe makes an excellent tunnel. So it gets a thumbs up for that aspect.
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    Check see if your one has a willie mate??
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    I have some 110 sized ones. Their o.k, but ain't no BMI.
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    If its no longer being manufactured, it would be considered an old trap
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    Jesus christ lad. I'd log out now, whilst you still can!!!
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    When we were youngsters we'd call then Fell's. Never even seen a working Border around here.
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    Nice build wolfdog ?
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    As far as I know, you can only have WhatsApp on one device at a time
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    Very interesting. I'll have a proper read later, cheers!?
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    How old would this stuff be Wolfdog? Guy on here. Kens Deputy, knows a lot about this sort of stuff, from this side of the waters. Has a nice collection of catalogues, and other types of ephemera on trap, pest control and hunting gear.
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    How much Border would be in the breeding TonyT?
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