Baited or run-through for stoats

[User00053]

Would not set any trap or snare of any description outside of my house no matter how much I was paid nor keep a terrier or lurcher as system open to abuse (mine) and consider myself lucky that I do not have to do so and be regarded as a criminal by some with a target on my back and having a search warrant served as some have with in some cases nothing found which should not have been there.
Total respect for those that do and whose livelihood depends on it.

 

[User00053]

Hmm , no I think you need to go straight to bleach there.

Lady chatterly types find this quite attractive apparently though could understand the need to scrub-up pre op.

 

[BenBhoy]

Hmm , no I think you need to go straight to bleach there.

To be fair, in few weeks we'll be lambing & then my hands are clean (relatively!)

 

[Smellydog]

To be fair, in few weeks we'll be lambing & then my hands are clean (relatively!)

Is ewe fanny juice that good Ben?

 

[BenBhoy]

Is ewe fanny juice that good Ben?

I've got very shiny teeth!!

 

[Smellydog]

I've got very shiny teeth!!

 

[Smellydog]

Can't stand wool on my teeth!

 

[User00053]

Is ewe fanny juice that good Ben?

Bestiality carries a custodial sentence (penetration ) but ok if animal dead so shinney teeth would I think be ok

 

[mudman]

The government wildlife agency, forgot which one but based near York I think, we’re paying very good money for live stoats.

the unfortunate stoats were then used in official trap testing to see how long they took to expire.

 

[Pelyma]

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?

This is why you need to make sure. The estate had completely compliant traps and cable restraints and he blatantly trespassed.

Anti-snare campaigner cleared of damage and theft on dukeâs estate

Doug Maw posted videos of animals caught in wire nooses and was charged with damaging and stealing snares and traps

www.theguardian.com

 

[crow killer]

Its a stupid rule, still ok to set fenns for mink and greys, which are far stronger than stoats, crazy law, ive caught a fair few stoats a long time ago in fens and all seemed hard caught and I would think dead pretty damn quick. Ive also a long time ago trapped mink in fenns, a few of them were just by a front leg, they were set on a long lead and then jumped into the beck and were drowned, I gave up using Fenns as soon as otters came back, now theyre more numerous than mink. Many mink were head caught in a fenn, I dont think theyre ideal for trapping mink, cages are the best thing, then a shot from a .22 rifle. Ive trapped over 400.

 

[Freeforester]

Oh, and is it ok to fart in my own home whilst reloading or is that now foul of some dumb ass law?
Is it ok to shoot a magpie stood in Wales but the bird is in England?

FFS

I believe that’s covered by new EU Methane emissions directive, and mind out for any discernible ‘carbon footprint’ (even a trace!) in your EU issue pants, Ursula knows best, and she’ll be along to check, just as soon as she’s filled her mattress with her Pfizer bunga wonga…

 

[Freeforester]

Aye they can sting a bit!View attachment 348332

Sorry for your pain there mate, but I don’t think a Fenn Mk 4 would’ve done that to you. The sledgehammer and nut come to mind in this scenario, so much concern for the dying seconds of a predatory stoat, yet the same wordy, worthless types are silent about the welfare of deer when shot with unsuitable ammunition, indeed they’ve actually reduced the bullet weight permissible for red deer by 20%. #hypocrisy

 

[Drum123]

Sorry for your pain there mate, but I don’t think a Fenn Mk 4 would’ve done that to you. The sledgehammer and nut come to mind in this scenario, so much concern for the dying seconds of a predatory stoat, yet the same wordy, worthless types are silent about the welfare of deer when shot with unsuitable ammunition, indeed they’ve actually reduced the bullet weight permissible for red deer by 20%. #hypocrisy

It was an unnecessary and expensive change in legislation but it was forced on us so we used what's legal to use now. Takes a bit to get you're head around it but you can only **** through the cock you're born with so you adapt.
Losing my finger tip , that's on me. Carelessness with a fenn is a painless affair , not so painless with the new breed of traps.

 

[bogtrotter]

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 biggestpopulation of woke W.....s ever bred in Britain.

Stoats were usually equally dead when caught in a gin.
How do I know? An old man took.me so of course! Lol.

 

[Ratel]

Stoats were usually equally dead when caught in a gin.
How do I know? An old man took.me so of course! Lol.

Join the club Boggy.

 

[steve sxs]

The issue with stoats and Fen traps was the stoat was often caught in a none lethal way

Mole traps next then! Beam us up scotty!

 

[Doodles]

If the trap that your on about is the quill trap,that has just been added to the spring trap legislation, it’s basically a knock off doc trap with a hole on the plate to place an egg. Nothing exciting about that.

 

[LeoReggie1]

I have it on good authority that there is a new type of spring trap going through the approval process at DEFRA.

It is specially designed for use on stoats and will retail at around £12 each plus £10 for a tunnel.

It is much smaller and lighter than a DOC150 and so many more can be carried out in the field. One person should be able to carry 8 traps and tunnels at a time.

It is designed as a baited trap rather than a run-through. Given that it would cost a fraction of the cost a DOC150 or Tully, is there a market for a baited trap?

Did anything ever come of these new traps been tested?