Coypu

[Waz 4,293]

I did hear that they didnt do as well as they could of due to them not liking the hard winters, Im not sure how cold it gets there, but down with me it gets to -10 for a good period and still see coypu out and about feeding/swimming?. About 15 years ago in the UK I saw a lot of ex ministry coypu traps being sold off, so I assume they done ok with them.

 

Yes Plong, the teeth are very sharp, a good chisel edge on them, so a staple gun can come in very handy.

 

They get to a good size. Some thinning out been done around my way, so not been busy on them for a while. Ok for a hunt when other things are maybe out of season and when the water is low.

 

[Simoman 110]

Thanks for the input fellas, as waz said it surprises me they died off in winter as France can get as cold in winter, be nice to think to think a few surviced...........

[thebarredrocks 2]

is coypu just another name for nutria ? we have them here there arent that many where i am but there are a fair amount in other states i know some people hunt them with terriers to http://jagineb.ERFujikolp;'/index.cgi?board=alltypesoftoothedcritters&action=display&thread=269 scroll down a little you will see all the nutria the dogs got

[erik 71]

Thanks for the input fellas, as waz said it surprises me they died off in winter as France can get as cold in winter, be nice to think to think a few surviced...........

 

they get more resistand to the cold every generation. same in german ,,and the best breeding stations are the city's where people feed them and give them hay to fill up there drains&den's to stay warm.

[just jack 998]

none round here as all the big cats have finished them off

[AKA-BRINDLE 879]

Lads, i know the coypu was common in east anglia until the harsh winters and thought to have been extinct since the 80's but has anybody seen one, or caught one since, were they totally eradicated or do a few still survive on the broads and surrounding areas?

 

 

I grew up & worked and fished around the broads...coypu where a very common sight around the 70's...they was all shot and trapped around here...cant think of anyone who worked them with dogs...i know they would some times come up on the sugar beet fields to feed at night but it was rare to even see them on land...think everyone i ever seen was swiming...would be hard to work the dogs to em in marsh and around the dykes...they was rodent that bred like rodents which was the problem...you would soon know if there was any left around...i havent seen one since the early 80's...they definatly long gone...i never heard that about the cold winters before and i dont belive it to be true...they certainly thrived here through some harsh winters until an effort was made to get rid of them

Edited October 2, 2011 by AKA-BRINDLE

[Plong 21]

Im sure I read some where Brian Plummer dug some with his dogs.

[ginga john 268]

Im sure I read some where Brian Plummer dug some with his dogs.

 

Must be true then, just like most of the rest of the stuff he wrote

[Plong 21]

Im sure I read some where Brian Plummer dug some with his dogs.

 

Must be true then, just like most of the rest of the stuff he wrote

Fair point

[fish 148]

we dig and trap them here(.france}have traps out for them most of the time summer and in the snow of winter there a big problom.

[jeppi 49]

good pics fish

[old timer123 367]

we dig and trap them here(.france}have traps out for them most of the time summer and in the snow of winter there a big problom.

shit my self if one a them ran at me lol

[old timer123 367]

jack price an terry duggan dug them well thats what it said in hunters all by plummer an i think he only wrote in there what he was told ??? cant see duggan an pricey lieing about it

[lurcher330 2,301]

would they carry the same desaises as rats

[Waz 4,293]

would they carry the same desaises as rats

 

yep lepto.