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    Here's an idea for someone. Have you seen those home made stun guns and cattle prods on Youtube? They use the capacitor from a flashgun to discharge 400 volts or more. I had an idea of making one using an old flash gun for mole killing. Once the capacitor is charged anything like a mole or rat bridging the two wires would get a lethal dose. I can't find a cheap enough flashgun out here and with one thing and another didn't get around to looking in Cash Converters last week. I'm sure there are some on here who would be able to knock one up properly (and a few who will try anyway )
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    Yours and Stormyboy's parcels are shown as being with the courier for delivery. I don't know why it has taken so long for them to get to Wigan. Probably the cobbles on the M6 slowed the mule down.
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    Yes, the Detauper. They work on a 9mm blank and by the amount I find laid around my customer's gardens, they can't be that effective. One guy I met while picking up a trailer load of compost reckoned that he had 'killed' over 40 moles in his front garden in 6 months. No bodies and the only evidence for his 'kills' was the cartridge going off. Another bloke known to a customer of mine now has two perforated eardrums when he accidentally activated the device whilst crouching alongside it. The village handyman makes his own using wrought iron and a 12 gauge cartridge with the lead emptied
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    The most common cause of them going off when new is either the ends of the triggers aren't aligned or the trigger hasn't been positioned square in the jaws. Darcy's tip sounds spot on if you are struggling. Jamie: Force 8 cross wind. The other crossing was a Force 10 headwind. Last night the bleeding bed was like a bucking bronco. And that was without any lager
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    I'm on my way back now. Best if luck lads. I'll catch up with you all on Wednesday. Don't forget to tie the triggers on.
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    The whole trip has been somewhat eventful. Extra security at the Belgian border. Gales caused a cargo ship to break loose from its moorings in Zeebrugge harbour entailing a five hour delay. Then lost an hour in the crossing and finally another 90 minute delay in Hull because their tugs were fully employed pushing drifting ships about. Flatpack was closed when I eventually got there. Similarly Killgerm. Van went kaput on Friday night so I missed going on the shoot and have been marooned up here in the midlde of nowhere for two days. I had to walk 6 miles back from the garage to the hotel in the
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    I had a bit of bad luck after delivering the remaining Putanges to my brother-in-law the van developed a serious smoking habit. I returned to the hotel where the car park was full to overflowing with cars from a weekend wedding ceremony to find smoke pouring out from under the bonnet. I managed to get it out of the way (imagine the insurance bill for the French insurers if fifty cars had been burnt out!) Next morning I had a look and it seems the alternator has burned out. Van is now in a local garage, arriving an hour before they closed for the weekend, and hopefuly will be ready by lunch tim
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    Certainly not! On two counts, the first being the girly pink wool............
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    They make three attempts at delivery so don't worry if you miss them first time round.
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    Courier thought most would arrive by Saturday. Those to locations further away might be later. But they have experienced delays due to the recent bad weather. According to the blurb they make three attempts at delivery.
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    Well, no offence. But my money is not on you being the first
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    They are on their way now. Who's going to be first to post a photo of a Putanged mole?
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    I'm having a bit of a mare with communications at the moment. My mobile doesn't work in the UK and Yahoo have decided that my logging on over here is a security threat! For some reason though they don't think using my phone to log on presents the same threat to world security so I'm still picking up messages but the fecking predictivetext for replies is doing my head in. Not only that but because of the bad weather the ferry was delayed 6 hours on departure, lost another hour or so mid crossing and a further hour docking at Hull. As a result I missed out on picking up traps from Flatpack a
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    In some gardens they are in situ 24/7 for months at a time. I check them two or three times a month whenever I'm in the area and part of the check is to move the trigger so make sure that it is moving smoothly. If it isn't I either pull the trap out and change it for another one or give the legs of the prongs a rub with a small wire brush dependent on whether I've remembered the wire brush. Some of the traps have been underground longer than a pit pony. If you put the traps in the main runs you can leave them to mop up any incomers before they start creating molehills. I seal the holes wit
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    Unbelievably the French pro's don't tie their triggers on. I bet they lose a lot of them When the traps are brand new and shiny it is vitally important to set the trigger square in the prongs and to have the straight part of the trigger and not the rounded corners between the jaws. As they age you can be less cautious with them. I must have around 50 or 60 out permanently in gardens where I have monthly contracts. Six traps here, another eight there and so on. Every now and then I'll bring some of them in for a scrub up with a wire brush and then put them back in the box for the next
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    Sorry - No more orders can be accepted at this time. If anyone else is interested or anyone wanting to buy some more please PM me and I'll pass on your details to my Brother-in-Law who will have the remaining stock to sell from next weekend onwards. I'll be posting the orders below out this coming Thursday by Hermes Parcels. If anyone has any queries about their order please PM me. Thanks to all concerned, and remember: Tie the feckin' triggers on!
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    Hi Torchey, I think that we had this discussion before. When the traps are on their backs, prongs up, the moles almost always rotate sideways on to wriggle through the trap, scrapers at 6 and 12 O'clock. Obviously if the trap was set on its side the mole wouldn't have to do this so logically that would be the best way. For myself, I've tried both ways and I really don't see any difference in catch rate. But again, for me personally, it is easier to set the traps on their backs the exception being when the tunnel curves away to one side or the other. There are loads of French videos on Yout
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    Just been out to the local suppliers and there are no pliers or setting levers to be had. I still have some levers to include free with any orders for traps, but can't afford to let any go as spares until all the traps have gone and I know how many are left.
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    I've only got traps and spare triggers left now. No spare levers or pliers. If I can find any more before Tuesday I'll leave them with my Brother-in-Law along with any unsold traps.
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    You aren't joking! I've just found out I'm coming across Thursday to Saturday next week, if you fancy a quick spin up to Brittany I'll save you carrying one parcel, lol.Incidentally, I checked a job this morning where I had two putanges in one hole, both had caught in exactly the same way, and I do mean exactly! Directly behind the head and left paw forward, if the customer hadn't been there I would have photographed it. I'll be in Angleterre while you are over here. I get on the overnight ferry from Zeebrugge to Hull on Tuesday. Most of my Putange trapped moles are caught that way.
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    I reckon that a week next Saturday will be like Christmas Morning.
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    What do they taste like?
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    Thank Mick. Anyone not yet paid or who wants any of these, remember the cut off date for orders and payment is this coming Sunday.
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    The first time I did one large garden I took 3 moles out of 12 traps with barely anything else disturbed. After checking the traps there were two days of continual heavy rain and I got 12 out of 12 the next time I checked, including several doubles. I've never caught more than the odd 1 or two 2 since in there. That garden is the highest one in the hamlet and I reckon that the neighbouring moles moved uphill due to the flooding. But, like Jamie and others I've also had moles in traps that were set in running water. When you think about it, worms will be washed down those tunnels.
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    Mate, I feel you pain. I really do. A month ago I found a fouine (Beech Marten) nest under the eaves while I was doing some guttering work. It was obviously old and we hadn't had any problems in the two years we had been here so I dragged it out and chucked it. A few days after I finished the guttering we heard something clambering up the drain pipes and then it was like a bloody carthorse galloping across the ceiling. Bearing in mind the loft is lagged with 6" of fibreglass how the Hell a 2 kilo animal could create so much noise I don't know. You are not allowed to trap them in our ar
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