How can I talk him out of getting a Rodenator?

[liongeorge 7]

I was asked a year ago to sort the rabbits out on a 300 acre ex mod site that was heaving in rabbits. I was chuffed to bits and got stuck in heavily over the summer with the HMR shooting over 600 then this winter ferreting nearly every weekend (another 300+) concentrating on the more difficult to shoot areas.I have even kept right on with the ferrets till now.

The rabbit population is much reduced and the owner is generally happy but there are certain places( particularly around where he lives) where there are some deep open burries that i repeatedly ferret and the rabbits still seem to remain or return.

he now wants to get a rodenator to do a 'propper' job (his words) , he is a bit of a full on character and difficult to talk to. I really don't want this to happen for many reasons.

What reasons can I give against them? he won't listen to humane arguments.

Do they actually work on deep chalk burries?

 

 

 

ATB George

Edited April 28, 2012 by liongeorge

[paulus 26]

defra and natural england have rules concerning there use here : http://www.warrenater.co.uk/natural_england_18.html

[The one 8,507]

For your problem burrows try a bucket full of creosote and crumple up papers or the cones from a scots pine soak them in the creosote and put them in all the holes except one ,and the rabbits should move out into easier burrows ,i use this and put a line of snares out . But if hes got it into his head mate what can you do there a fair lump of cash but haven't the burrows to be cleared first ?so your going to have to ferret them first ?.

[Tug 168]

Tell him they are a waste of time, if he wants to collapse the warrens use a digger.

[reddawn 2,173]

For your problem burrows try a bucket full of creosote and crumple up papers or the cones from a scots pine soak them in the creosote and put them in all the holes except one ,and the rabbits should move out into easier burrows ,i use this and put a line of snares out . But if hes got it into his head mate what can you do there a fair lump of cash but haven't the burrows to be cleared first ?so your going to have to ferret them first ?.

 

 

iv used pine cones soaked in creosote to move residents from there holes to easier ones im sure ye have to make sure holes are empty before ye use the rodentator

[torchey 1,328]

I,m pretty sure they are illegal to use unless you can prove the warrens empty how the feck you can prove a warrens empty i don,t know..got farmers that use them on some of my permissions but theres still rabbits there...

[paulus 26]

its not the safest thing to use even for pro`s

[northern lad 2,292]

feckin hell that looks safe

[billybaltic 308]

Wow that seem's a bit much, just throw a grenade down the hole.

[tegater 789]

its not the safest thing to use even for pro`s http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=SG&feature=related&hl=en-GB&v=ESHDxOCTbxY

....an they definatly dont look like pro's

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Seen them in action,...absolutely useless ....

[paulus 26]

they are crap but people get sucked in by the hype, like most things the reality is far different from the mythe

[reddawn 2,173]

that explosion was nowt ffs, i had worse off the ratatack smoker hahaha

 

wow chalkwarren, i would kill for a day on big open burys like that, thats some testing ground

[The one 8,507]

Im thinking the weather must be calm the soil type's got to have a lot to do with it so its limited in its use so how can it compete with a boy ferreting for free ?.

[Tug 168]

If he's a farmer, tell him how much they cost...