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forgotto mention some areas there are more stoats than weasels, the estate i work on i only know of one person catching a weasel in their traps this is a big grouse estate so theres a fair few traps, but my mate who works in a different set of hills catches nout but weasels
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shes fine thankfully, obviously shes not going to be fine overnight but iv been feeding her the babyfood and mashed rabbit meat and shes perking up, still not useing the waterbottle so shes got a little dish as for the folk on about milk she wont touch the stuff normally so shes not getting it when shes ill, i wouldnt even eat bread and milk so i wouldnt feed it to a ferret
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lorelei the soupy mix sounds like a plan iv just put some in with her warmed it up a tad so hopefully itl fill her up maybe give her a boost, the water must be hitting the spot though shes getting a bit more life back now and shes starting to turn it away after a few syringe fulls shes in with 2 others so at least shes gona be able to stay warm the otheres are huddling round her caught up with my brother now aswell warmed more than his ears
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thanks guys iv got enough rabbits to shake a stick at so il start feeding her a liver when im out and the baby food, im gonna nick down to the shops the now and try that il buy a few just incase but is there any particular flavour theyd like?
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ok im not a pest controller the professional lads might have better ideas, but what you want to be doing in my opinion is instead of just trying to kill the rats find out whats attracting them first, loose feed on the ground, feed not stored correctly etc, sort that out first then worry about dealing with the rats, when it comes to poisons your better off just getting a professional in from the word go i recon when i worked on a big pheasant shoot we used to get them round the feeders and gamecrops, the headkeeper was trained up in the poisons and what not hed deal with
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not too sure abput weasels, but stoats those r the little shites u want to be trapping, a rabbits head in the box with the trap should do, if ur after stoats, or somtimes rats dont put the trap too close to the bait cos the little gits reach over and pull the bait into the trap iv caught more thn one stoat in a fenn tunnel chewing on the bait in the trap
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thanks for the fast replys lads, iv just been out to check on her, no change so far but il keep giving her water, and been giving her little bits of shredded rabbit meat each time im out fingers crossed!
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ok whats happened was iv been ill for a few days and havent been able to get near my ferrets havnt been able to got out of bed or anythng, my brother said he would look after them for me, well 4 days on iv managed to get out of bed and went out for a look at them, cage is absolutly manky, not a drop of water in the bottle (and it takes them 2 days to empty it) and the dish was still next to the bag of food in the shed the little shit hadnt looked near them my 2 sandys thankfully wer just eager to get at the bottle and the food but my wee polecat jill is a bag of bones w
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bough an escort for my first working gun, glad i got rid of the fecking thing now! mind mine did nothing but jam and bits fly off it nothing as serious as the barrel going like that, a few lads on teh estates round here have them and strangely enough for a peace of crap everyone seems to shoot well with them although i know it was a kids first gun but anyone looking for a decent working gun steer clear of an escort a beretta benelli or the new winchester auto (what iv got) are all the best in my opinion the winchesters probably the best because its built to last but not expensive eno
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they look a bit like goshawk kills to me
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RE - tradesmans entrance, its easyer to get forgiveness than permission ;P
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what do u call a paki with 2 rabbits and a fox hanging off his belt? osama bin lampin
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grain 243 at about 10 yards?
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iv got one but its only used this time of year when theres young rabbits, it locates them fine but dont trust the depth thing on them iv found with mine it will say between 4 and 6 feet and after cutting the turf off the ferrets not even a shovel depth down also its a pain in the arse to get collers for them because im sure deben stopped making them and iv never found anyone selling any
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the same kenny laidlawsent a pic to either SS or shooting times a while back with his kids in it going pigion shooting, and im sure a picture appeared of him in the shooting times recently with something else, and it was the same lad witht he cammo jacket and wide brimmed hat, this guy dosnt live far from me either
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bunch of saddos lol heres me with a cub
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use a cat cage we use them instead of mink cages, forgot to mention it, not had an otter in one but guess it wud hold one
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aye i recon its an otter, one way to find out, cage trap then if its a mink cn shoot it if its an otter it can be let out
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nah mate dont wash nout, burn everything, even water bottles iv had that before its not nice, i wouldnt take the chance, burn hutches bin bowls and bottles and start again, one thing iv found thats quite good is to get some vircon S (high spectrum disinfectant) and when u clean out the cages give it the once over with some of that in a scooshy bottle and let it dry, its safe as i use it on my cages and it gets used on the drinkers for the partridges
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weiraugh hw97k or something like tht, bit of a weight for humping round fields, and the bsa lightening those are both the bollocks, get an ox spring aswell and get it fitted pumps up the power!
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it is aye u can usually see the rearing field from the road down from the east linton road
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yeah i couldnt think what they would be called the suns baked my brain
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some of the portable cages we use have a lengh or rabbit letting which is halved long ways fixed onto the bottom of the ladder and can either hang loose or get a bit of snare wire to make a small funnel i prefer to use a peace of rylock instead of a funnel or ladder
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bow-net trap, are they legal in uk?
murraywatt replied to greenman's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
we had a talk fromt he wildlife crime police at college not too long ago and they said the bow net trap was still legal for corvids but they were pushing for a ban as people were using them to catch raptors dont know if that could have came in as the talk was before the new general lisence came out -
it looks like it would make a good cover for a rail trap, might be rong size like, just needs something to reduce the entrance