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  1. OldTrapCollector
    Very nice Rolfe - I would have that cleaned up and waxed on my wall if it was mine . . . OTC
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    Speed dip will stop the rust and help the trap to fire faster, and TrapWorks sell a type of safety device for the BG - have a look OTC
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    You need to tension the snare properly so the eyelet presses back to the tealer of its own will and the wire is a natural pear shape, that way it will bounce back if knocked. How you have it there will slow its running down and reduce its effectiveness. OTC
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    Will your 9" pin take a full 100 yard net easily? OTC
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    Try helpful 'Helpful Holidays' - I stayed in a nice place on the North edge of Dartmoor year before last, I cannot remember the exact name of the cottage though but it wasn't too far from Newton Abbot as I remember OTC
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    I was just wondering how long your longnet endpins are - do they vary according to your technique or soil type? OTC
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    Rob Why not make your own tealers and wires? OTC
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    It would have been baited with an egg OTC
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    As I thought - that one was made for Quadtag which is what became of the legendary Gilbertson & Page company from Hertford It was sold during the 's and 90's and is a copy of the earlier produced 'Hoodie' Crow traps I am still not sure how they got away with using a 'spring trap for birds' which is a contravention of the Act which got so many other trap makers into trouble OTC
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    John - Any chance of seeing a couple more pics of that one sprung so I can see the mechanism - I will tell you what it is then? OTC
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    Here you go Comanche - Illustrations from a 1914 trap makers catalogue (Aurouze Paris) showing your trap. I can be sure because of the size and the additional bar above the spring on one side to fix the net away from the spring coils. This is the same trap (and illustration) from a later 1925 catalogue showing the period it was made That Irish thread that Netter has there is the same stuff I used to make my net - the original ones would have been handmade netting sheets cut down to fit the the trap but I have made them this way and by knitting direct to the trap for a bes
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    That sounds like the story of my life!!! Mrs OTC has long since given up on me . . . OTC
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    I have it listed as a 'piege a filet' (net trap) in my old French trap catalogues. I made some nets for the Young's Misterton bird traps of a similar design using 3/4 inch mesh board and fine irish linen cobblers thread and they came out nice. I think hemp would be too heavy for it. I will have a look for a few pictures and that for you tomorrow if I get chance OTC
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    You'll be happy with that then A? A few beers on NYE?? OTC
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    Nice trap Comanche! What size is it?? OTC
  16. OldTrapCollector
    Can you still see where they pass through the fences to get onto the fields?? If so there's your answer! OTC
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    Bang on D-N-N Golden Plover OTC
  18. OldTrapCollector
    How would you make the handle for it Netter? By sliding on washers of leather/bone/plastic etc and then sanding it down?? How difficult is it to do? OTC
  19. OldTrapCollector
    Got it sort of sorted now through Explorer controls OTC
  20. OldTrapCollector
    I need to set up an Internet filter so that children can use a PC without accessing unmentionables on the WWW Which ones do you use and recommend please? I need to get this set up pretty quick so I would appreciate your responses OTC
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    Once a day should be sufficient for checks, they will go in if they are there OTC
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    Traps, old hunting books and traps OTC
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    Have one on me Rew OTC
  24. OldTrapCollector
    The size of the trap is definitely the key to its success - they don't like going into small cages at all normally (although I have had them in the Larsen!) I have found that a good shovelfull of earth and or shavings out of the chicken run on the floor of the cage helps a lot. And a handful of feathers thrown in adds to the set. OTC
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    I don't like it either. If it wasn't for my kids then I wouldn't bother at all. Total commercial enterprise and overpriced rubbish. The shops today were like the last day of the world - and for what? The shops are only shut for a day. Moan moan moan . . . OTC
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