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Another 2 weeks finished. We split up this time and did a ridge each over 4 nights. We trapped a respectable 172 so now have a week off waiting for the fine weather to last longer than 2 days. But...

Last day today. Tallies this week have been 68,50,42 and 28 with a total of 188. Since we started we have trapped over 700 possums and we are still enjoying getting out there and doing the hard work...

We learnt very quickly to fill the jug the night before so at least we could boil water. In saying that some mornings it was sooooo cold the gas wouldn't light. It's amazing what you put up with -...

Had a week off trapping this week but thought I'd hunt out some older photos of when we were really tough !!! We lived in tents for a few weeks only going home once a week to replenish stocks. Some...

Finished the week with a sparse day. Only got 15 today but that suited us fine as we had to sort them and get everything in to town to the buyer before 2pm. Turned out a nice relaxing day instead of...

Well it happened - it rained all day. Makes plucking messy but you've gotta do it. Removed a few traps to make tomorrow faster so we'll be down to about 75 traps. We still got 62 possums today so...

Hi Sarvo, we use victa and dukes, ground set as we are in the pine forest - the catkins are just starting. We pluck within 5 mins of dispatching them or as soon as they let their fur go. We sell the...

We are averaging 13 per kg. Had some monsters yesterday

BeeMan, Mooseman and I have been out trapping again this week. We thought we would be adventurous and set 120 traps on Tuesday. Started our day yesterday at 9am and after about the first 20 traps we...