larsen trap bait.

[parttimer]

Move the trap to the other end of the field over the hedge or any territory boundry you have spotted the birds fighting around. I move mine the minute I have caught the resident pair, untill I have been right round the estate with the traps, then start again.

 

[biglongdarren]

yea i moved it yesterday 150yards till the next field and had one a short time after it,going up now till check on it. where it is now there is a small bog where they roost at night,could be up on 50 magpies in it at night,theres a house right beside it so i can really shoot it,the trap will hardly catch them all will it?
Darren

 

[Teemore]

Watched a Magpie raiding a Song Thrush's nest this morning.... had been trying to figure out where the nest was out of interest as they are a resident pair, but the Magpie beat me to it.... I reckon that the chicks had just hatched within the last four or five days.

 

[biglongdarren]

magpie number 13 this morning,the trap has only been moved 200yards at the most each time,all within three small fields.
have only had one double catch so far though.
Darren

 

[betterbee]

larsen trap

PLKEASE BE SENSITIVE TO NEIGHBOURS WHEN SITING THE TRAPS,MY NEIGHBOUR PLACED ONE JUST OUTSIDE MY BOUNDARY FENCE,WHEN LOOKING OUT AT BIRDS FEEDIONG AT MY FEEDING STATIONS ALL I NOW SEE IS THE FLAPPING MAGPIE IN THE CAGE

 

[Teemore]

Something tells me that there are few neighbours where Darren has the cage sited....

 

[biglongdarren]

there's a house over the next field from the trap but they cant see whats going on, not that it would bother them anyway. i had bird number 14 in the trap this evening but it got away when i was trying to lift it out.
fair play to it.
Darren

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

PLKEASE BE SENSITIVE TO NEIGHBOURS WHEN SITING THE TRAPS,MY NEIGHBOUR PLACED ONE JUST OUTSIDE MY BOUNDARY FENCE,WHEN LOOKING OUT AT BIRDS FEEDIONG AT MY FEEDING STATIONS ALL I NOW SEE IS THE FLAPPING MAGPIE IN THE CAGE

At least there will be less of a chance of their nests being raided

 

[baybee]

try some duck or hen eggs----break one open- as though an accident happened in a nest

 

[biglongdarren]

Bird number 25 yesterday evening and still to check today, all in an area of no more than 4 acres. when the birds get smart white bread on and around the trap and some inside works brilliant.
Darren

 

[david fox]

Hi They say they taste like chickhen

 

[biglongdarren]

Hi They say they taste like chickhen

and probably better for you.
Darren