Ratsmasher 36 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Well after seeing the rat spring snare design on here I thought that I'd have a go because the rats had figured out the times at which i lamp them and im not staying up till who knows what hour to get a few skanky rats. So I got all the stuff and after about 2 weeks of tinker time, fiddling, about 25 yards of trace wire and who knows how many crimping sheaths I had my first success thismorning and he wasnt a bad sized one either. dont think that the fact that ive hit them pretty hard with the air rifle and lamp helped my chances but the run which i set on I only noticed yesterday afternoon and its certainly well used, dont know how i missed it before, but hopefully it will provide a few more yet atb Ratty 2 Quote Link to post
killbilly 17 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Thats a good seized rat - are you near a river/pond/canal?? Quote Link to post
MR TEA POT 1,287 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Got a stiff neck now looking at them pics Well done mate keep at them Quote Link to post
Ratsmasher 36 Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Thats a good seized rat - are you near a river/pond/canal?? keep chickens, pigs and geese, they get fat on the high protein feed Quote Link to post
killbilly 17 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Thats a good seized rat - are you near a river/pond/canal?? keep chickens, pigs and geese, they get fat on the high protein feed Just asking cos the biggest rats my Terriers have got are always in and around ponds, canals etc. Quote Link to post
Ratsmasher 36 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 yeah, you normally see some real fat ones round fishing lakes, I always assume that they eat all the bait Quote Link to post
micckey 106 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Well after seeing the rat spring snare design on here I thought that I'd have a go because the rats had figured out the times at which i lamp them and im not staying up till who knows what hour to get a few skanky rats. So I got all the stuff and after about 2 weeks of tinker time, fiddling, about 25 yards of trace wire and who knows how many crimping sheaths I had my first success thismorning and he wasnt a bad sized one either. dont think that the fact that ive hit them pretty hard with the air rifle and lamp helped my chances but the run which i set on I only noticed yesterday afternoon and its certainly well used, dont know how i missed it before, but hopefully it will provide a few more yet atb Ratty wellgel :hmm: i cant master this ,,maybe i will try again this year ,,, Quote Link to post
logun 91 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Well after seeing the rat spring snare design on here I thought that I'd have a go because the rats had figured out the times at which i lamp them and im not staying up till who knows what hour to get a few skanky rats. So I got all the stuff and after about 2 weeks of tinker time, fiddling, about 25 yards of trace wire and who knows how many crimping sheaths I had my first success thismorning and he wasnt a bad sized one either. dont think that the fact that ive hit them pretty hard with the air rifle and lamp helped my chances but the run which i set on I only noticed yesterday afternoon and its certainly well used, dont know how i missed it before, but hopefully it will provide a few more yet atb Ratty well done rat smasher ,there some good boys in a group were in who snare rats some top men there just talking about traps and trapping etc . just click the link Quote Link to post
MR TEA POT 1,287 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 yeah, you normally see some real fat ones round fishing lakes, I always assume that they eat all the bait The rats eat more of my bait then the fish do Quote Link to post
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