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    Not much predator control to report – just the odd kill on our lines at the Park, although my Mate is still getting good numbers on his side using egg Mayonnaise
    We had a couple of ferrets check out doc250s a few weeks back – boxes about 200m apart
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    Saw a rat run into our woodshed one day – so closed the door and tried a doc250 and some Victors – but no luck – thought I would have to empty the shed to find the smell of death – but Mindie found it in the wood bucket – rats walking around in daylight are often sick
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    An old lady down the street had sleepless nights for a couple of weeks until she asked for help – a D Rat trap above the manhole got him first night – not sure why people grow vines up their walls – ladders for rats
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    I got a big Norway in a Victor Pro down a street track line yesterday and today – nothing like the smell of blood on some peanut butter to bring back his mate – both whacked on the head and trying to get out the wrong end of the box – the rusty old Victors are still doing the job
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    Hope all you trappers are staying warm – the rats can wait for a month or so

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    Thats one fat rat,good trapping.

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    Anybody noticed is there more/less rats and mice around so far this winter?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Finnwolf View Post
    Anybody noticed is there more/less rats and mice around so far this winter?
    Our local predator trapping group figures are way up on both rats and mice.

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    The biggest issue in this wet weather is mouldy bait, which catches bugger all !!

    Definitely need to visit the line and refresh the baits regularly in the winter if you are serious about catching rats



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    Massive increase in mice locally, traps are full in the morning and after work, just when I think Im on top of them a couple of empty traps another run occurs. This is an urban sleep out.

    Moving to a new pad next year, will be picking peoples brains for info, new home backs onto a hill side planted in native seedlings, long grass , and a small trickle of a creek. Expect it will be rat / mice central.
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    Pretty cool package arrived in the mail today
    Excited to set it up, test it out... see how it goes !!

    Will have to wait till the weekend tho...



    Reckon I will need to read the instructions

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    Quote Originally Posted by kukuwai View Post
    Pretty cool package arrived in the mail today
    Excited to set it up, test it out... see how it goes !!

    Will have to wait till the weekend tho...



    Reckon I will need to read the instructions

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    I think if you feel around with your hand Kukuwai, you'll get to work it out.
    These are going be tried soon in a large number, cost wise I don't know, but I suppose if its paid labour then may be.
    Personally cameras give a very good indication of what's happening and then targeting that area.
    But we all have our thoughts, as one size does not fit all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kukuwai View Post
    Pretty cool package arrived in the mail today
    Excited to set it up, test it out... see how it goes !!

    Will have to wait till the weekend tho...



    Reckon I will need to read the instructions


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    Happy flying
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiwi-Hunter View Post
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    I have got a few cameras about KH. I will set one up on this trap....once I get my hands in there and see how it operates

    Also I agree with you on price. Fortunately this one was a gift so very grateful to have the opportunity to try one out.

    Personally I would be keen if it caught feral cats as well !!!!



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    [QUOTE=kukuwai;1339179]I have got a few cameras about KH. I will set one up on this trap....once I get my hands in there and see how it operates

    Also I agree with you on price. Fortunately this one was a gift so very grateful to have the opportunity to try one out.

    Personally I would be keen if it caught feral cats as well !!!!


    Personally I agree.
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    find out where the mynar birds are nesting. get there just before light with a mate and a couple of shot guns. just as you hear them getting started up for the morning, ( just on light) put a shot into the tree and be ready! they all lift en mass and let them have it. usually about 3 months or so before they head back in. works a treat. First did it up kaiwaka on a mates farm I was working on a few years back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kruza View Post
    find out where the mynar birds are nesting. get there just before light with a mate and a couple of shot guns. just as you hear them getting started up for the morning, ( just on light) put a shot into the tree and be ready! they all lift en mass and let them have it. usually about 3 months or so before they head back in. works a treat. First did it up kaiwaka on a mates farm I was working on a few years back.
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    Do your best, we don't need them coming down south.
    So that puts you on the coal face so to speak.
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    arnt they down south? lucky you. they're a major annoying pest, competition for food that native species eat. I hate them. same with rosella's and I'm not keen on the kukabura's around wiarewa way. ( released by govener gray way back. fortunately they haven't spread and are few and far between. yes I have seen one, and can confirm they do exist there, all be it years ago.) crows in hawks bay. its a sad state of affairs for natives in nz.

 

 

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