perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 32 from one farm on saturday with 45 traps set late friday night i reset 32 traps and picked up 22 moles on the sunday 18 from a field of drilling on sunday from 25 traps set late saturday night, here's a few pics from the drilling field 1 Quote Link to post
perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 the van "of death" lol every thing you will over need rifles shotgun rabbit snares fox snares spades nets water proofs hundred traps rubber gloves a vast array of knives,knee pads walking sticks, bass gill net,turbot trammel net...just incase. frying pan salt pepper and cooking oil! you name it its in there! the only empty sprrung trap in the drilling field! almost 100% always mark traps well you dont only lose traps but the mole in them too! with barrel traps you can tell if you have him and even how well you have caught him by the angle of the arm as it sits out the soil Quote Link to post
perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 and a couple of "just incase" hare snares 6 Quote Link to post
Matt 160 Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Good going there fella You are doing better than me at the moment; the ground is like iron down here and times are hard..... Quote Link to post
perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Good going there fella You are doing better than me at the moment; the ground is like iron down here and times are hard..... thats why ive stuck to drillings its a bit fluffy-er! that and long silage grass it seems to hold the water better all the mown off stuff is like you say hard as iron, no good like. works slow hear at the min just the odd call out to mown off stuff Quote Link to post
andy67 7 Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 my sort of van . ready for the zombie apocolypse . Quote Link to post
MR TEA POT 1,287 Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 well done mate...............that bottom pic of fence snare you might want to lift wire up a fraction to allow hare to get its feet through,you might get a body catch there Quote Link to post
perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted June 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 well done mate...............that bottom pic of fence snare you might want to lift wire up a fraction to allow hare to get its feet through,you might get a body catch there yeah it looks that way looking back I pulled 4 rabbits from 11 snares none knocked, there were hares using these runs too and I wanted some for the pot and the farmer wanted then off the drillings. Quote Link to post
Giro 2,648 Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 Good post fella.. Cracking results too.. Quote Link to post
perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted June 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 my sort of van . ready for the zombie apocolypse . that included! Quote Link to post
Steve Albano 21 Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 Great pictures of mole trapping. I am always amazed at how many moles there are in the UK, the populations seem a lot higher than what we have here. What's with hanging the dead moles on the fences over there? Is that for the farmers to see them, or is that just an old tradition amongst mole trappers in the UK? Quote Link to post
perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted June 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 hi steve its both free advertising too, i once caught over 300 moles for two neighboring farmers both brothers.and neither could believe they has such numbers on each farm and as at the time i was not hanging them on fences they both got in their heads that i was taking both sets of moles to both farms and getting paid twice.....robbing them in short.. so refused to pay me. now i ether hand them on the fences ( if people get upset tough!) of leave each and every days with the farmer in person to dispose of himself, needless to say most like them hanging on a fence( roadside preferd) 1 Quote Link to post
air gun ant 1,666 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Excellent post and pics mate!! Really enjoyed that the back of your van looks like the back of my truck lol everything you could need lol Well done Quote Link to post
earth-thrower 493 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) 32 from one farm on saturday with 45 traps set late friday night i reset 32 traps and picked up 22 moles on the sunday 18 from a field of drilling on sunday from 25 traps set late saturday night, here's a few pics from the drilling field Enjoyed your pictures,my favourite is the ' surface run '. Edited June 21, 2013 by earth-thrower Quote Link to post
perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted June 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 32 from one farm on saturday with 45 traps set late friday night i reset 32 traps and picked up 22 moles on the sunday 18 from a field of drilling on sunday from 25 traps set late saturday night, here's a few pics from the drilling field I like this photo. which one is that bud? Quote Link to post
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