Baited or run-through for stoats
- Thread starter Cullachie
- Start date
How the hell did you managed that?
baguio
Well-Known Member
OMG. This isn't a new law Smellydog. Where have you been? It's been in place for a few years now and makes it illegal to set a Fenn trap anywhere that you might catch a stoat. Note: you don't actually have to catch said stoat to be breaking the law. Considering that there aren't many places that stoats don't go, Fenn traps are now pretty much obsolete. Get caught setting Fenns and you will be in the brown stuff for wildlife crimes and we all know what that means!
Smellydog
Well-Known Member
Now don't start panicking.
First off, I've been in the woods, because there ain't no bull**** in there.
Secondly I've not got a trap line going except a single fen in the garden for rats.
Thirdly, has there actually been an enforcement of this bull**** law?
I used to use a 'blind' tunnel for trapping stoats by throwing a handful of wheat to the back of the trap, which attracted mice and then stoats.
Rail trap , doc inside a mesh box , some grass had grown through the wire and I was pulling it out , pinkie finger was just through the mesh as the doc went of , the jaw passed my finger tip like a little guillotine. 35 years of setting fenns made me a bit complacent.
tail captures do occur on stoats and rats using the Fenn , a lot less common with the rats . Anyhow we can no longer use the Fenn for stoats . If anyone needs an example of cruel though I would guide them to glue traps- which are also a favourite with the inexperienced and those who dont monitor their sets !
Ok let's set a Fenn very light to catch a Weasel. Perfectly legal. If a stoat gets caught in it on that light set I would guarantee it would be dead in the required time. All a complete load of .... . these trapping laws. Also the poisoning ones, why is it ok to inflict a slow death on a rat or mouse whilst illegal to use a quick acting poison on anything else. The whole system is nothing but politicians justifying there existence to the biggest population of woke W.....s ever bred in Britain.
baguio
Well-Known Member
How is it perfectly legal? The law is clear. Setting Fenn traps where they might catch stoats is illegal. People haven't spent £1000's on DOC traps for nothing. We all know that the tree huggers and antis are everywhere that they shouldn't be and will almost certainly know the law. They would love to send photos to Packman and create a shite storm. I'm not saying that I agree with the law because I don't. However, claiming someing is legal when it blatantly isn't is rediculous and asking for trouble. This is a public site FFS.
Squirrelbasher
Well-Known Member
In my experience fenns kill stoats more consistently cleanly than they kill squirrels. As it stands, stoats can’t be the targeted species, but that won’t stop stoats getting caught of course so it’s effectively unpolicable. Apparently fenns aren’t effective on stoats but are ok for mink, what a joke….who dreams this rubbish up. I wonder how much trapping they’ve done because they obviously have a lot of hands on knowledge. 
BenBhoy
Well-Known Member
Do you wash your hands in bleach???
Always used baited traps, squirrel, stoat, weasel, rat or midden for foxes. Larssens or ladder traps. So to me it makes no difference to the type of trap. I would probably buy the cheaper or have the occasional accident.
deerstalker.308
Well-Known Member
Is this market research per chance…? Sounds like you’re looking to bring something to the market?
Not bleach , at the time it was alcohol and moisturizer. COVID made my hands sparkle.Do you wash your hands in bleach???
BenBhoy
Well-Known Member
I'll try that!!
Attachments
Hmm , no I think you need to go straight to bleach there.
Similar threads
