Thread: Bird Predator Control

Great to hear from you Guys - @kukuwai – no doubt that the Victor Pro traps just keep on killing even as they rust – but I took all of them out of the Park and replaced them with Kness Snap-e traps – the trapping team were not happy with the Victors and don’t complain about the Snap-e traps - although I keep finding filthy broken ones in the trap cupboard waiting for a sucker to clean and repair the triggers – which still keep breaking
I injured an abductor muscle about six weeks ago doing a careless lift and run – so having some time out from the Park – first time back this morning doing some easy stuff and shifting three doc200s that is put in one place for some kittens – fortunately my wife just took over my lines, she checks all the traps on my lines every week – she has accounted for 33 victims so far this year (4 rats and 2 hogs yesterday) also taken a couple of possums out of Sentinels. No cats on my lines at present, so she just has to put some fresh rabbit in the Steve Allen and a Possum master setup for cats and top up all the doc200s – all with fresh rabbit
Its hard to believe that a couple of years ago we would have had about 200 predators by this time in February – total to date this year is 2 possums, 35 rats and 17 hogs from around 200 traps
Don’t you just love cleaning up hogs after they have been in a doc200/250 for close to a week – Yuk! The reduction in hog numbers is showing up in a continually increasing Quail population – but Quail make an easy feed for cats when they turn up
I continue to check a few old Victor Pro traps around the edge of our subdivision – switching from peanut butter mix to Possum Paste now and again – the lure change to possum paste is almost always a winner – they are suckers for a change in lure – four young rats in the last few days
Most of my recent trapping success has been on the back lawn catching bloody rabbits - they visit at night and dig and shit all over the lawn – but sometimes they walk through my tunnel and step on a trusty old Fenn6. The Fenn6 just keeps on keeping on. I get a rabbit every two or three days. I have a box full of chopped up rabbit bodies in the freezer for the doc traps at the Park. The residents round the street seem happy to breed rabbits and have them on their lawns - but they move around and often make a mistake at my place. I find it a lot easier to get a head shot in the Fenn6 than using the air rifle – but I had to take a knife to one this morning
Amazing work on your high-country lines @sore head stoat – well done!