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  1. salukiwhippet
    Chalkwarren - rabbit curry's cracking! Sorry to hear about your trap losses, makes you mad don't it! Trapperman - if you want to offload a couple of traplines, I'd like to give them a go, drop me a PM and we'll see if we can come to an arrangment! Where in Oxon are you? James
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    I saw the talpa ones at a gamefair, I was quite impressed, but those handles did put me off a bit. I spose there's always the grinder... Maybe I'll splash out on some, they're a bit cheaper than talpex. James
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    Because when I set talpex on iffy places (playing fields etc), I either set them in a run where the top of the trap is level or below the ground, or I build up a little "molehill" on top of the trap. I find duffus need quite a distinctive shaped hole,long and thin, and I never like building up too much soil on top of a duffus. Therefore when (if!!) the duffus fires, the kill loop sticks up above the soil. Just the way I do things, works for me. I have decided in the last couple of days that I'm going to give duffus more of a chance (mainly cos I've just taken on a big contract and can't a
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    I do use the duffus in shallow runs, talpex is the daddy for me for most trapping though. I reckon 70% of the traps I set are talpex, and probably 90% of the moles I catch are in talpex. Still use the scissor type very occasionally. How do you rate the trapline ones? Quite intruiged by them I have to say. James
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    Just had a few from them, very good service and the genuine article. Postage cheaper than Killgerm too. They've paid for themselves already! Thanks for the heads-up Dave. Collieman: Yeah I prefer the talpex, I find them quicker to set than the duffus, also less likely to get pinched and I have a much higher catch rate with the talpex. A mate uses duffus (I showed him how to use them so techniques presumably similar), and he gets on better with them than with talpex. Trapping's such a personal thing. James
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    Duly noted!! James
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    Saw one at PestTech. They're bloody enormous. My moling bag normally has 30 odd talpex, duffus and scissors in it, I reckon I could maybe fit 6 of these things. £15-£18 according to the young lady who was promoting it. (She was the best bit!!) James
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    Putting out mature birds pre-shoot is immoral and very possibly illegal. No market there chap, sorry!! James
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    Yep, plenty of mole work here too! Anyone selling some genuine talpex???? James
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    As said, hornet and a loading kit. My reloads cost me the same as factory HMR ammo, will do 1/2" groups at 100yds, headshots on bunnies and hares leave a clean carcase. I did have some S&B 45grain softpoints for £7.50/20 and they were ok for chest shots on lagomorphs for the table. Nosler BT's are the daddy on charlie though. .22H will do everything the HMR will do, but much better! James
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    Don't be bloody daft.....Got to be a strawberry milkshake ! Cheap and stinky dog food on a treadle trap or chicken carcase if a hook type. James
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    Peg wires are as easy to set as fencewires in my experience, if not easier. The only thing that can be more tricky is reading the runs. Multiple bunnies will use the same run. If you can get out with someone experienced it will help no end. Whereabouts in the country are you, there might be someone local to you. James
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    Perfectly edible, though in the later stages there doesn't tend to be much meat on them! That said, I've never fancied it, so they tend to go for ferret food or fox/crow bait. To the OP, you'll soon tell if they have myxi, puffy and pussy eyes, swellings at the base of the ears. James
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    I've got a starlight NV100 mono, real cheapie and I'd pretty much written it off, til I tried a mate's lightforce with an IR filter. Hares are identifiable out to yards ish, fox eyeshine visible at up to 200 in good conditions. It really is only eyeshine at that range. James
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    I've got a BRNO model 2 made in 1973, I paid £125 for it. It'll do 1/2" groups at 50 yards all day long. Every bit as good as a modern rimmy. Just worth checking the condition of the crown and rifling. James
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    Paypal order sent - I think!! James
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    Good little plinker, but only about 5 ft/lb IIRC. Stick with the Webley! James
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    Dont think it qualifies as exotic but certainly unfashionable but I've gone from .243 for everything to a .22 hornet for vermin and fox, just as deadly out to 150-200 yards but very quiet, as cheap as a .17hmr, no recoil, and rifles as cheap as chips 'cos no-one wants 'em! I've shot one fox with .243 since I've had the .22H, and that was only 'cos I'd run out of hornet ammo! .243 gets kept for bambi now. James
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    Jack, Maybe I've missed it, but where were the snares from? The green hairy twine jobbies from gunshops etc are so loosely wound that they are very difficult to get back into any sort of shape. James
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    First up, does it have to be a semi? Pumps are cheaper, more versatile and more reliable. If it does have to be an SA, then I'd look for a secondhand beretta 303 or similar. My mate got one, multichoke in good order for about £350 and I reckon it will outlast any escort. Two of our beaters have escorts, one has had no trouble with his, the other bust the firing pin first time out. Seems most are OK, but if you get a friday afternoon special, you're in for trouble. James
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    On the basis that last year I had a rat chew INTO my big ferret hutch, I'd say not! Took me ages to get all the ferts back, don't think ratty had a good day though! James
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    Glad they've seen sense Phil. Bear in mind that 'normal' (NGO, BASC, CA etc) insurance won't cover anyone if they're being paid. They'll need an open ticket too, of course. Shame you're so far away! Let us know how you get on James
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    Tricky one. Certainly wouldn't shoot without the pitch owner's OK, or use a live rabbit for bait! A rimmy with NV if you can persuade the owners, from an elevated position (and assuming you're on an open ticket) would be the best bet, if not, try to remove all sources of grub and persevere with the cages. Would electric fencing added to existing boundaries be an option? James
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    There did used to be a law obliging landowners to prevent 'their' rabbits causing damage on neighbouring property, but NE decided last year (or the year before) not to enforce it any more. See here for details: http://www.shootingtimes.co.uk/news/284784/Rabbit_culling_law_scrapped.html James
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    John B on here (fourteenace) - genuine fenns and top service to boot! James
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