Caught Today
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Good on you both ... cant trap magpies here
tend to deal with the rest with rifle or shotgun.Keep up the good work and hope you get some more useful posts
Good on you both ... cant trap magpies here
Keep up the good work and hope you get some more useful posts
Get the crows in the Larsens Mike
I cant possibly do that...I have all the decoying kit for them and that is the best shooting I can ever think of...apart from in Wales where I have to leave magpies and rooks alone...
I cant possibly do that...I have all the decoying kit for them and that is the best shooting I can ever think of...apart from in Wales where I have to leave magpies and rooks alone...
Cant beat multiple aproachs
The ones caught in Larsens tend to be the dominant pair that mop song birds up in area
Decoyed ones tend to be mobile in groups
Get them all - Im out Sunday with the decoys actually
I used to do a good bit with Larsens and Magpies ...it sort of broke my spirit when they were protected..just havent really bothered since.Was thinking of decoying on the cleared silage fields in the morning but last session after fallow and need to catch up on some chores at home...maybe on second cut
BenBhoy
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@jall55 yeah good thread mate. Not checked mine yet today, got all 3 larsens up and running now, 6 magpies so far. Will put a crow in my ground entry one in couple of weeks.
Also on Monday I'll be moving my fenns from catching rats around yard/feed out to hedgerow & dykes after weasel (will have sign warning stoats not to enter obviously!!)
Also on Monday I'll be moving my fenns from catching rats around yard/feed out to hedgerow & dykes after weasel (will have sign warning stoats not to enter obviously!!)
Squirrelbasher
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I've given up with Larsen's for a while. Kept getting them smashed up, never found out who it was. Might start up again and see how it goes? Still running plenty of fenns though
BenBhoy
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You've always done well on musselids with your fenns mate. Sort you a call bird if you needed.I've given up with Larsen's for a while. Kept getting them smashed up, never found out who it was. Might start up again and see how it goes? Still running plenty of fenns though
Caught 30 grey squirrels in February, Fenn traps in boxes up trees in a wood.
The boxes i made out of 6x1 timber and like bird boxes but the hole big enough for a squirrel and importantly the hole faces the tree trunk and the box is spaced off of the tree with 3 long screws.
Not had any bi-catch.
A couple of screw eyes screwed into the box for paracord to go through to strap to the tree. Roughly chest high up the trunk and baited with whole maize.
I do similar but mine are top opening. I found that birds were nesting in them at chest height but when I moved them down to knee height that put the birds off. Maize is the best bait by far I've found
Bo Diddley
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Big brother got five in one go this morning... well worth the effort to get the old ladder trap back in working order
tony rentokil
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Larson 2x3 feet,,,£10 collect only,,,Bridgnort,Shropshire.
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