Thread: Predator Free

Originally Posted by quentin

The whole community based predator free thing seems to be getting legs. I literally had a meeting with one of guys in our community who is really good at managing people, planning, etc, to get the Te Horo trapping underway.
Being largely rural, a lot of trapping and shooting already takes place. But just a handful of properties not doing their bit means there are large corridors for critters to move through. The thought that making it easy to get involved, shown how to use the respective traps, and given traps at no cost, will mean there should be a a noticeable uptake of those actively involved.

We are very well aware of the impact of trapping and cats in our suburb. Death threats, police, social media uproar from around the world, all because a pet cat was caught, and later release unharmed. In our case easier to just leave feral cats off the list of predators.

@ANTSMAN - do you have any advise for those starting out? Things like how you manage records of catches, location of traps etc.

yeah mate- records- most/all in NZ
use Trap.nz website- create a login for yourself- then search for projects close to you- then ask to have access- or do same but can start you own project- and maybe get people close by to join,,,,

Trap.nz is a great tool- was revamped a couple years ago, so functions way better now for recording trap checks-kills-sex-size-baits used... yada yada.
Easiest is prolly to join an exisiting group- the one you mentioned in Te Horo, request access, meet people get on board, start trapping in ya backyard, then traplines.I did this May last year and discovered Im now the pusher behind our projects Trap.nz system.
All traps recorded in a project you have access to on Trap.nz can be found by using the app while in the field.