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Not much to report, but keen to see what others are using for rat and mustelid lure
I have been a strong advocate of Goodnature Possum paste – but kill numbers have been very low so I have been...

How to refurbish an A24 counter DIY - if you have been using the Goodnature A24 traps for a while – you may have a variety of views about their operation and the results that you have achieved.
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Lots of good advice Finnwolf – but its hard to compete with natural fruits if they are into it
Some of my best producing sites have been using some kind of ramp – local branches off the...

sore head stoat -
The red Timms “look-alike” trap is not a patch on the yellow Timms – they rust out, the rod caps often fall off, rods get rusty and get very hard to trip, - its hard to beat a real...

Thanks for sharing your experiences and especially your videos BillyXmas546 – we can all learn so much about pest control by sharing experiences. Since we started this thread, there has been 150,483...

The Possum Master on a sloping log continues to trip them up – caught by the claws is not a great way to die, but generally they put their head in to bite at the rabbit lure and the noose clamps...

Great videos BillyXmas546 – very clear in the dark of night in your wood shed – cute wee rats having their last feed of Ratabate paste on that piece of wood – certainly tells the story about rat bait...

A second ferret down in the garden – couple of days after the first one – the Fenn6 trap disappeared out of the tunnel – he was caught across the shoulders and had four feet on the ground so ripped...

I target lawn digging rabbits in the back garden using a Fenn6 in a couple of tunnels - I never know what might show up – a rabbit or a Norway – but I couldn’t believe it yesterday when I rolled back...

I have been very inactive for the last few months after a hip job – I still can’t touch my toes so clearing traps is out for a while – I have been checking a couple of traps down a track beside our...

Just to show you what can be achieved with intensive trapping around a 70 acre community reserve – approx. 200 trap sites – targeting all the animals seen on the graph below – we use approx. 160...

A learning experience about our compost bin – tucked away beside some garden shrubs. Decided to shift it and cut some shrubs back. Found about half a barrow load of fresh dirt under a shrub on the...

She didn’t notice anything odd – maybe the way it was screwed up trying to escape the noose – before rigor mortis set in

I am staying off steep ground while waiting for a hip repair job – so hope you guys can keep this thread going
My wife checked around 60 traps yesterday – not a single rat – this predator might...

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...

I have seen several situations lately where three rats are seen in broad daylight around houses and people ask for help – I have put three boxes where the rats were seen – but in a week or so no luck...

Interesting prints on the ink cards kukuwai – great for the kids to suss out what predators are around – what is the one with the big feet?
But it’s only when they put their foot on the trap plate...

Great to hear from you Guys - kukuwai – no doubt that the Victor Pro traps just keep on killing even as they rust – but I took all of them out of the Park and replaced them with Kness Snap-e traps –...

Nice cage sore head stoat – made in USA - they last better and work better than those Chinese ones
Best results I had with a cage is wrapping it in black polythene under a hedge – some rubbish on...

Thanks for the morepork info kukuwai - I never realised they regurgitated indigestible material – did you check out what it had been eating?
Just two ferret and two weasel tails this year in the...

I guess many of you have tried out most of the snap-back rat traps that are available on the market - there is a wide range of traps from good quality to junk – most of them work and either kill or...

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Tried and true – the trusty old Victor Pro – removed from a line at the Park as they were not popular - I struggle to biff old traps and found a place on my street...

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Great work Kiwi-Hunter
Not a lot of action for me at present with a bad case of PF in my feet a few days before lockdown – my two Mates that do lines at the Park had been unable to leave the City...

If you are locked down and want something to read – take a browse back through this Bird Predator Control thread – many skilled trappers from around the Country have contributed

But if you would...