Traps

[The one 8,587]

How come in Britain all the grouse moors sold off there Fen Mk4s are they aren't legal to kill stoats , Yet i have just watched Mountain men and they are killing stoats in a box with a wooden rat trap

Same animal takes the same time to die  

[Bendigo 943]

On 18/07/2025 at 21:05, The one said:

How come in Britain all the grouse moors sold off there Fen Mk4s are they aren't legal to kill stoats , Yet i have just watched Mountain men and they are killing stoats in a box with a wooden rat trap

Same animal takes the same time to die  

Fenns are very effective at catching. They are very easy to set, they are also very easy to set badly. Unfortunately they don't in my opinion kill quickly in a lot of cases. When set badly it increases the chances of a bad catch..... and as said they are easily and often set badly.

In the vast majority of cases there is a better option offering a quicker kill. Unfortunately these options often aren't as effective or easy or they take alot more thought to set. They are often a lot more expensive as well.

The law just stopping there use on stoats but not other things is badly thought out.

[EDDIE B 3,170]

On 18/07/2025 at 21:05, The one said:

How come in Britain all the grouse moors sold off there Fen Mk4s are they aren't legal to kill stoats , Yet i have just watched Mountain men and they are killing stoats in a box with a wooden rat trap

Same animal takes the same time to die  

Well its a different Country, with different laws. They can also use foothold traps in the USA for stoat.

England signed up as part of AIHTS, (Agreement On International Trapping Standards), and in doing so, ruined the art of Trapping in the UK. The versatility of some of the now banned methods for Trapping stoat, will at some stage be lost to history. 

[comanche 3,293]

I have an unusual  Fenn MK 4 that was either a mistake on the production line or ,more likely, an experimental  model designed  to produce more power .Note the springs( approx 3mm gauge) on the standard MK4 on the left. Then look at the springs on the green MK4 (approx 4mm gauge).  They are the same gauge as those used on the MK6 in the backround.

The thing is not quite impossible to set but you have to be brave . Wouldn't  like to do it with cold hands!