Marten trapping

[Shiftyhun 1]

Hello! I have a problem with martens here, in Hungary. They are everywhere around here, in the city, they used my attic as a toilet for a few years, and now, they moved inside our car, killed thy neighbours chickens, etc. I'm trying to trap them with cage traps (unfortunatly, it is illegal here to use killing type traps like conibears) so I made a wooden, double-door box trap, a cage trap, and I even bought a double-entry cage trap. In the last two months, I've caught 8 hedgehogs and 7 cats, but the martens were smarter than me again so I'm asking for help now. I've tried eggs, bacon, sausages, sardinella and fresh fish as bait, but no luck so far. I would be glad If anyone could help me in this thing. Where to place my traps, what to use for bait, etc. ?

Thanks in advance, and sorry for my spelling mistakes.

Shiftyhun

[Ideation 8,216]

Hello! I lived in Budapest for years and always saw the Martins everywhere at night, it's mental having them all over the city, never seen anything like it. What type are they?

 

With regard to trapping, what about a chicken carcass, and the trap placed a long the edge of the chicken pen?

[Shiftyhun 1]

Thx. I doesen't know the correct english name of them, they are similar to a pine marten, but they has white fur on their chest/neck, instead of yellow, this is the biggest difference between them. Thanks for the tip. I've tried chicken meat in the first days, but the animal triggered the trap from outside, I've run out of chicken and forgot to buy an annother one, but I think I'll visit the butcher soon

Oh, and what scent should I use? I'm making something like fish-oil (fish+used cooking oil), is it good for martens, or should I try something else?

[Lab 10,979]

Try a piece on jam....

[martin 332]

Strawberry jam sandwiches.......really!

[Holdaway 2]

According to the Mendeley website the Hungarian Stone Marten lives mainly on small rodents, tree nesting or roosting birds but above all fruit. So try some local fruit in your cages and remove all other food stuffs available to them. Try covering some traps and uncovering others to determine if they prefer cover or not.

 

Holdaway

[Ideation 8,216]

Stone Martins.

 

 

Always used to enjoy watching then chase the rats (and cats!) around the streets.

[Shiftyhun 1]

Thanks. I'll try this jam and fruit thing. I rarely gets the opportunity to see one, as they are hiding most of the time. I thihk I saw 3 of them in the last 2 years, but I can find broken egg shells, sometimes bounches of fearhers, so they are working busily during the nights.

[Ideation 8,216]

Thanks. I'll try this jam and fruit thing. I rarely gets the opportunity to see one, as they are hiding most of the time. I thihk I saw 3 of them in the last 2 years, but I can find broken egg shells, sometimes bounches of fearhers, so they are working busily during the nights.

 

Where abouts are you matey? I was in Budapest, in Buda, at the end of Bartok Bella Utca.

[Shiftyhun 1]

I'm in Pest, the XVII. district, Algír utca.