Guest little_lloyd Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Ive got a few bits and pieces spare from my new realase pen and i was thinking what to use them for earlier so i though i needed a good crow catcher in the orchard,, So im to make a ladder trap but funnel rather than the ladder,, But im not as sure on the size of the funnel for crow size to drop down in but cant get back out,, Anyone kind enough to share with me the size of the funnel i will need on my trap? Quote Link to post
Rolfe 2 Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Ive got a few bits and pieces spare from my new realase pen and i was thinking what to use them for earlier so i though i needed a good crow catcher in the orchard,, So im to make a ladder trap but funnel rather than the ladder,, But im not as sure on the size of the funnel for crow size to drop down in but cant get back out,, Anyone kind enough to share with me the size of the funnel i will need on my trap? 9 inches Lloyd for a cone in the roof (Top Entry).........if you make a nice long cone you can fit a perch across and above the entry point. Rolfe. Quote Link to post
Guest little_lloyd Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Ive got a few bits and pieces spare from my new realase pen and i was thinking what to use them for earlier so i though i needed a good crow catcher in the orchard,, So im to make a ladder trap but funnel rather than the ladder,, But im not as sure on the size of the funnel for crow size to drop down in but cant get back out,, Anyone kind enough to share with me the size of the funnel i will need on my trap? 9 inches Lloyd for a cone in the roof (Top Entry).........if you make a nice long cone you can fit a perch across and above the entry point. Rolfe. Yes thanks rolfe,, I plan to put a perch arcross the top as i feel it encourages the flying vermin in more than just dropping down. Carrion Crows will be my main target in this trap,, the larsons work the maggys. Quote Link to post
OldTrapCollector 377 Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Don't forget the curtains at the bottom of the funnel - just like the ladder - or the black-jacks will just fly straight back out again, they work well for these and rooks but not so good in my experience for carrions Lloyd. Get in under the nests in the pitch dark and shoot them - that is the best thing for those black marauders. OTC Quote Link to post
Guest little_lloyd Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Don't forget the curtains at the bottom of the funnel - just like the ladder - or the black-jacks will just fly straight back out again, they work well for these and rooks but not so good in my experience for carrions Lloyd. Get in under the nests in the pitch dark and shoot them - that is the best thing for those black marauders. OTC Thanks for your advice OTC. Would a funnel like the ones in use for catching up pheasnts on ground level be any better for the carrion crows? You know they go in and can not get back out. I would get under the nests and shoot them but a trap works for me 24/7 and to be honest with you as much as i would like to get out and shoot them of the nests i dont have all the time i would like on my hands. The area im thinking of trapping is a small glade and orcahrd with large popular trees the carrions and varous other corvids will spend most of thier time during the day here,, no nests present in this spot anyway. Quote Link to post
OldTrapCollector 377 Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Carrions are very suspicious birds Lloyd. I have caught them in all manner of traps including the Larsen but I think that there are better ways of dealing with them rather than trapping them (as stated previously) before the bandwagon of 'I caught a carrion once in a cage trap so you are wrong OTC' starts up. The old 'hoodie' type spring net traps were very effective as a trap for carrions because they don't physically have to walk into a cage as such which is what they don't like doing. They will do it, but not willingly. They are highly territorial birds Lloyd - get a decoy owl and sit in wait, or a half stripped rabbit on a woodland edge, or find the nest and you will get your crow. OTC Quote Link to post
Guest little_lloyd Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Carrions are very suspicious birds Lloyd. I have caught them in all manner of traps including the Larsen but I think that there are better ways of dealing with them rather than trapping them (as stated previously) before the bandwagon of 'I caught a carrion once in a cage trap so you are wrong OTC' starts up. The old 'hoodie' type spring net traps were very effective as a trap for carrions because they don't physically have to walk into a cage as such which is what they don't like doing. They will do it, but not willingly. They are highly territorial birds Lloyd - get a decoy owl and sit in wait, or a half stripped rabbit on a woodland edge, or find the nest and you will get your crow. OTC Yes OTC,, they certanly are!! I have had a few in larsons but not many. I think it would be easier to shoot them as you said with the owl decoy rather than waste time building a trap. Have not got an owl decoy,, but would a Heron Decoy work? Quote Link to post
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