Thread: Possum Trapping

Thanks for the replies guys. I think I'll look into the poison.

Guess I'll update my thread on how I'm doing like I said I was going to do.

So basically I knew almost nothing about possums before I started doing this.
I done my research online, got a lot of help from this forum and asked as many questions as I could think of to people that had experience. Then I got the basic gear and started trapping.
(12 traps)
First day I went out I found a track and thought it looked good so on that bases I laid all my ten traps along it (it was about 100m long lol).
First day nothing, was pretty gutted!
Second day I got 1!
Third day 0
Forth day 0
Then it rained. and rained. and rained.

After the rain i moved all my traps and started spending time while i was in the bush looking for signs of possums and good trees etc. I guess just from all the stuff i've read, heard and seen I had started to piece the puzzle together and make more educated decisions on that basis. And its been working I'm still on 12 traps but this is how its went since.
mon 13th- 2
tue 1
wed 2
thur 2
fri 3
mon (today) 4!

For anyone that's getting into this. From my 2 week experience lol

Keep trying, its trial and error, trial and error. Every trap that isn't catching isn't a loss because its information that possums aren't there. Use all the information your given and act on it.
Look for signs on the tree's (scratch marks) they are very easy to spot once you actually study the tree for a few seconds. You'll soon start realising if they are fresh ones or not.
I've found that google earth is a very helpful tool, lets me see the land and mark each of my traps on there and also keep a record of how each one is doing.
Keep moving traps that aren't catching! I've had to move every one of them bar 1 that I put up after the rain (some more than once). You can see how my numbers each night are getting better this is because of this I'm sure. I've got about 7 that I'm happy with now some of them need more reassurance but they are getting kept even if they don't catch tomorrow. The rest of them are getting moved unless they catch tomorrow but even then, I feel like there's better places to be sticking them from the information I'm getting from my other traps deeper in the bush.

I've still barely even scratched the surface of this land , ill need to see what the numbers are like by the end of the week but probably going to get 15 more traps next week.

Anyway I better stop babbling before I put somebody off, I'm getting right into it maybe even becoming slightly obsessed. Back out in the morning cant wait!

Scotty