Thread: Bird Predator Control

Hard to say what killed the Puke @kukuwai but I have seen a few pheasant carcases carefully picked away to the bones - as per my pic - set a cage and get a cat most times - seems they are very careful to eat the good bits and don’t crunch the bones
I am getting sick of broken Snap-e traps so just got two boxes of Victors from Carol - I am going to soak them in boiled linseed oil to protect the timber before they go out and get wet - I took the treadles off first - oil is not cheap though - about $18/litre
I am going to cut a couple of new lines through about ten acres of bush that we have never trapped - it is steep so will have to poison as well as trap as I wont be over there often - I was going to invest in more A24s - but after reading this report I will just shift some from our well trapped out areas - give them some new work to do
https://www.naturespace.org.nz/news/...we4eM898rCAmRA
Our un-trapped area is producing our invaders on my perimeter traps - possums and rats seem to like to run along a log to a trap - great places for a Timms and seems to get them frequently
Seems to be plenty of young Quail around so we may be on top of the hogs and rats
This thread has had 22 pages of postings, 552 likes and 33,699 visitors, is it still interesting or has it become boring? - there are only so many ways to kill a bird predator - let me know if I should give it a rest