Trapping Corvids

[Countrykid 1]

When trapping corvids with say a larsen trap do you think if you offered to do it for farmers they would pay you?

And how much like 50p or £1 a carcass you show them you've dispatched in a trap.

I was just thinking it might be worth me doing

[Dakaras 3]

I dont know chap...At 50p or £1 a go you would have to be doing it for the love of it, would it be worth the fuel of going daily to check it?

[Countrykid 1]

well at my nans there is lots of farms and she is a farmer herself and we got there daily because my mum keeps her horse there and to see nan and to help out and stuff with the sheep etc;

[Dakaras 3]

Well if you can cover a few traps everyday and a few farmers are prepared to pay you give it a go....Id say a £1.00 a bird would be very reasonable I pitch for more....|You can always come down but you cant go up

[Countrykid 1]

Ok Thanks,Ill look into it

[slingshot82 32]

Do you already have larsen traps? If you dont, they will cost a bit to buy, Usually between £70-£100, or you could make them but some of the materials may take some finding. Good Luck matey

[Countrykid 1]

No I don't have any but have looked at prices thanks though!

[slingshot82 32]

  On 20/02/2010 at 12:44, Countrykid said:

No I don't have any but have looked at prices thanks though!

 

most of the materials you need to make them are easy to get your hands on and and pretty cheap. If you struggle to find springs, you can use inner tubes from a bike. Ive used them before and work pretty well. Also make sure the bird you use to attract the others is fed and watered and has cover from the weather. (be aware of the laws)

Also youre best off using a bird from a different area to where you use it because it will make more noise in a place its not familiar with, which will attract more corvids.

 

Hope this helps

[salukiwhippet 6]

Just a thought, if it's rooks and jackies you're after rather than carrions, give a ladder trap some thought...

 

James

[waidmann 105]

  On 21/02/2010 at 10:45, salukiwhippet said:

Just a thought, if it's rooks and jackies you're after rather than carrions, give a ladder trap some thought...

 

James

 

 

 

spot on

you can get 20-30(and more) a day in these things( check at night,at £1 wach its worth it ) you will need a calling bird( mark it with wire on one leg so you can identify it when dispatching the unwanted birds.some call well,some don't)which will speed up the catching

 

if making them yourself knock it up so that you can trasport it(in sections) and you can take it from one farm to the next.put a lock on the door so no one can let them go(farmers take them out so they won't have topay you so much ).

good to see some capitalistic thinking

good luck

waidmann