Checking traps

[willowbank]

That aside, a trap with a cadaver in it for a couple of days means you have missed a chance to catch it's best buddy!

Also worth squeezing some piddle on the plate….

WB

 

[Nickb]

Also worth squeezing some piddle on the plate….

WB

When I used Fenn traps many years ago I used to put 2 Fenns in 1 tunnel and had a few double catches , always used to squeeze urine on the plates.

 

[jall55]

3 crows in clam shells today
36 shot shot over decoys - will add that to the out today thread

 

[Smellydog]

When I used Fenn traps many years ago I used to put 2 Fenns in 1 tunnel and had a few double catches , always used to squeeze urine on the plates.

Couldn't you pee into a bottle the night before?

 

[Nickb]

Couldn't you pee into a bottle the night before?

Not from me but from trapped victims.

 

[muddy42]

just out of interest, does the law or any guidelines recognise any form of remote monitoring device - mink police, trail cam etc. ? Meaning if you check your trail cam daily, is that equivalent to checking the trap in person?

 

[VSS]

just out of interest, does the law or any guidelines recognise any form of remote monitoring device - mink police, trail cam etc. ? Meaning if you check your trail cam daily, is that equivalent to checking the trap in person?

The last I heard (some years ago, admittedly) was that remote monitoring was a no-no, despite it being possible to have a sensor on every trap to notify when it's sprung.
However, one of the big mink eradication projects (a Scottish island, iirc) was pushing for it to be given the thumbs up, so the guidance may have changed by now.

 

[shakey jake]

The burden of proof lies with you, remote may work great but can you prove you looked?
Hidden game camera by anti is evidence you didnt visit, flat batter on the monitor.
Not a risk i would take

 

[muddy42]

The last I heard (some years ago, admittedly) was that remote monitoring was a no-no, despite it being possible to have a sensor on every trap to notify when it's sprung.
However, one of the big mink eradication projects (a Scottish island, iirc) was pushing for it to be given the thumbs up, so the guidance may have changed by now.

Thanks. I know that the successful grey squirrel eradication programme in Aberdeen used mink police (excellent podcast below BTW) but I guess that might be different as it was live capture.

Outdoor Gibbon - 47 Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels: A Conversation with James Kennedy