Fool's cap trap

[Meriln2008 0]

Has anyone else made use of these?.

Used them years ago.But in those days double sided tape wasn't around.Had to use bird lime or sometimes treacle (both messy)

After a conversation with a good friend the subject of trapping birds came up, and the merits of different traps(mostly transporting).

That's when I remembered these little suckers.

Kev(my friend) wouldn't believe they would work well enough to be worthwhile.

1st demo on his chickens caught every one of them(32) in less than half an hour.(all unharmed)

2nd demo in the field caught 3woody's,4 crows,2 pheasant and 7 feral pigeons after setting 24 traps. all in two hours.

A child can make these in no time and the heaviest thing you need to carry with you is the bag of bait.

I'll scan in a pattern next time I make some and post it here.

[00taz11 39]

never heard of anything like that get some pics up if you have any

[Holdaway 2]

A very old and good poachers tool. Although illegal as it falls under the same laws as bird lime. (Don't ask me which ones though, there are folks on here much better at sorting out the actual paragraphs etc.)

 

An excellent tool in the olden days for taking all corvids and as I said, used by poachers for pheasants etc.

 

I even bought in several of those rolled fly papers to try until I found out you can't use them...

 

Oh well.

 

H

[Meriln2008 0]

Sorry should of given a description...

Basicly its a cone made from thin card(we used green 'cos we have some)

we cut the circle from A4 card as big as you can get(1 per sheet)the cut a segment out ( 45degs ish).

Then added 1 strip of double sided tape for the join the 4 more from the center outwards.

make lots then stick 'em in flat your pocket.

when you want to 'set' them peal of the strip for the join and form the cone the removeal the other strips,poke a hole in the ground with a stick and stand the cone in it put a small amount of bait in it.we used raisens simply because we had a box in the Kitchen cupboard.put out plenty cones a few feet apart and scatter a little more bait inbetween.

walk away for a while and see what you get.

[00taz11 39]

im sure i seen that on danny the champion of the world film

[Meriln2008 0]

A very old and good poachers tool. Although illegal as it falls under the same laws as bird lime. (Don't ask me which ones though, there are folks on here much better at sorting out the actual paragraphs etc.)

 

An excellent tool in the olden days for taking all corvids and as I said, used by poachers for pheasants etc.

 

I even bought in several of those rolled fly papers to try until I found out you can't use them...

 

Oh well.

 

H

 

 

Didn't think they'd be illegal as they do no harm.worst I've seen is a few loose feathers when removed

[riohog 5,893]

think you might just get aay with it they used to smear bird lime on inside of cones at one time

[Meriln2008 0]

think you might just get aay with it they used to smear bird lime on inside of cones at one time

 

 

Yeah,Ithink it's the bird lime thats illegal now.But I'll try and find out if this is illegal using a different adhesive.

[Guest ferret feller]

sorry i dont understand what you use can you pm me with how too make bird lime and this other stuff for the cones chears

[riohog 5,893]

think you might just get aay with it they used to smear bird lime on inside of cones at one time

 

 

Yeah,Ithink it's the bird lime thats illegal now.But I'll try and find out if this is illegal using a different adhesive.

 

yep bl is illegal i think ill plead ignorant on any substitutes

[Guest ferret feller]

right got my scissors and my paper now i need some lime or sticky stuff how big do i make the cones man?

[Meriln2008 0]

sorry i dont understand what you use can you pm me with how too make bird lime and this other stuff for the cones chears

 

 

Birdlime is the old smelly messy way of doing it.don't bother with it.

We just used double sided tape,Its quicker simpler and cleaner.

I'll draw up a pattern and post it here with some pics of them in place.

[riohog 5,893]

sorry i dont understand what you use can you pm me with how too make bird lime and this other stuff for the cones chears

 

 

Birdlime is the old smelly messy way of doing it.don't bother with it.

We just used double sided tape,Its quicker simpler and cleaner.

I'll draw up a pattern and post it here with some pics of them in place.

 

 

be carefull!!!

[Guest ferret feller]

ok chears mate

[Meriln2008 0]

right got my scissors and my paper now i need some lime or sticky stuff how big do i make the cones man?

 

 

To make a cone draw a circle as big as you can on your A4 paper,cut it out,then from the circumference to the center make a straight cut.You can then form the cone to the desired shape.