Thread: The Oldies possum trapping again

Originally Posted by BeeMan

Oldies on the move again, . This is how I do it . Attachment 93090. thumb under jaw, jaw up n set plate. Attachment 93091. 75mm-100mm placement from tree. . set lured n waiting. Attachment 93092Attachment 93093. SMOKO. Attachment 93094

I set my traps pretty well the same ... maybe not so much lure but the same technique.
Have done 10kg of fur so far this winter trapping and thermal / spotlighting myself.

One thing I have discovered from using the thermal a lot at night is just how much warmer it is in an exotic pine / douglas fur forest compared to the native forest in my area.
I'm using "white hot" and the native forest is fairly bark black. Whereas pine forests are fairly light and the trunks are a ghostly cream colour.
I used to think the possums moved into the pine forests in the winter for some sort of feed that was there !
But I now think that its because its so much warmer and I'm trapping and shooting them as they come out to feed on the adjoining pasture.

One other tip is that I have a lot of my traps on a heavy para cord lanyard with a dog chain clip on the end.
That makes it really fast to run out a trap line along a fence line around a pine or native bush block.
Also makes it easy to un clip the trap when the possums get the chain hopelessly tangled up in the fence wires.