The Worst Trap,..... Ever !!

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

 

 

 

 

Send me your address Perthshire keeper and its yours

wow realy? pm inbound

if you loose a finger with it and decide you no longer want it give me a shout lol

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[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Brings back memories of the old poletrap so beloved by our forebearers .Im old enough to remember the time they were just legal.We used to try to beat the local keeper to his catches as they could be saved if fresh .

[Yokel Matt 918]

Rodent Glue Traps. If someone can explain how these things were ever passed on welfare grounds i'd love to know.

 

http://www.gluetraps.co.uk/mouse-glue-trap-boards-1-c.asp

[OldTrapCollector 377]

Foxdropper - You can remember back when the pole trap was only just legal? Are you sure??

 

Crikey I didn't think you were that old ... that would make you over 110 years old ...

[randombadger 26]

_{Interesting trap Mr Teapot, it looks pretty much Identical to some old pole traps (well apart from the woeful build quality), indeed the teeth and the way the spring prevents the jaws opening once closed are suggestive of a leghold trap. A truly nasty design, and badly made.}

[micky 3,325]

The worst trap ever was the Gin trap , it was simple, efficient, and deadly . It caught in large holes and unlike Fenns , Juby and Imbra traps it caught in small holes too , i have nothing against modern legholds but it was a good days work when the gin was banned

[perthshire keeper 1,239]

The worst trap ever was the Gin trap , it was simple, efficient, and deadly . It caught in large holes and unlike Fenns , Juby and Imbra traps it caught in small holes too , i have nothing against modern legholds but it was a good days work when the gin was banned

i think for that reason it was one of the best traps ever made....infact if i could only use one trap from now till the day i die legaly it would be a 4 inch plate spring gin....

if i could use 2 traps...they would be the 4 inch gin and the 6 inch gin............

[Steve Albano 21]

 

then there's the 'catch alive' mole trap....

I don't believe they work at all, but if you ever did catch a mole in one of those it would probably be the least humane trap on the market.

[Nicepix 5,650]

I keep coming across those green plastic Beagle 'Easy Set' traps.

 

One of my customers had three and while I was waiting for him to come home one afternoon I set about playing with them. They were God awful and it would take a Shire Horse to trigger the trap. Also, I noticed that the profile of the trap was square, not round like a mole tunnel (I pride myself on being observant), and had unnecessary corrugated ridges along the bottom that would be guaranteed to alert Mr. Mole as he tripped over them. When the customer arrived to pay me he let me take the traps free gratis. I got them home and cleaned them and still couldn't get them to trigger cleanly so I looked the company up on the web and noticed all the suspiciously similarly written glowing testimonials. I wrote in and gave them my views which weren't exactly glowing. Within a day the inventor contacted me by e-mail trying to convince me that I was wrong and that all the traps needed was washing in soapy water, rinsing an letting them dry. Apparently soil isn't good for their trigger mechanisms - In a mole trap FFS? Not only that, he had obviously looked me up in the Yellow Pages, found my location and phoned the nearest guy to me who was on their books as having bought these traps. Coincidentally he is a friend of mine and had promised to let me have a look at his traps, but then put them somewhere safe and has never been able to find them.

 

When I replied to the inventor explaining the various faults; square profile, corrugated wire, sticking trigger he adamantly refused to accept that the traps were not fit for purpose and kept trying to sell me some. The guy is an idiot on a major scale. Oh and by the way; he had read this thread and described you lot (and probably me by now) as "Dinosaurs" who thought that his traps were a serious threat to your livelihoods.

 

So, my nomination for world's worst trap is the Beagle Easy Set mole trap

[Matt 160]

The APMC thoroughly tested the Beagle trap and refused to endorse it

 

If using an effective, humane and efficient trap makes me a dinosaur, then so be it

[moxy 617]

There's so many points I could highlight in your post Nicepix to agree with spot on

 

But we all knew it was never going work. The only threat to my livelihood would be to use them and not catch anything.

[Tiercel 6,986]

I keep coming across those green plastic Beagle 'Easy Set' traps.

 

One of my customers had three and while I was waiting for him to come home one afternoon I set about playing with them. They were God awful and it would take a Shire Horse to trigger the trap. Also, I noticed that the profile of the trap was square, not round like a mole tunnel (I pride myself on being observant), and had unnecessary corrugated ridges along the bottom that would be guaranteed to alert Mr. Mole as he tripped over them. When the customer arrived to pay me he let me take the traps free gratis. I got them home and cleaned them and still couldn't get them to trigger cleanly so I looked the company up on the web and noticed all the suspiciously similarly written glowing testimonials. I wrote in and gave them my views which weren't exactly glowing. Within a day the inventor contacted me by e-mail trying to convince me that I was wrong and that all the traps needed was washing in soapy water, rinsing an letting them dry. Apparently soil isn't good for their trigger mechanisms - In a mole trap FFS? Not only that, he had obviously looked me up in the Yellow Pages, found my location and phoned the nearest guy to me who was on their books as having bought these traps. Coincidentally he is a friend of mine and had promised to let me have a look at his traps, but then put them somewhere safe and has never been able to find them.

 

When I replied to the inventor explaining the various faults; square profile, corrugated wire, sticking trigger he adamantly refused to accept that the traps were not fit for purpose and kept trying to sell me some. The guy is an idiot on a major scale. Oh and by the way; he had read this thread and described you lot (and probably me by now) as "Dinosaurs" who thought that his traps were a serious threat to your livelihoods.

 

So, my nomination for world's worst trap is the Beagle Easy Set mole trap

Well, thats not what Cambridgeshire mole catcher David Anderson (cambridgeshiremolecatcher.co.uk) who has been accredited as a 'master mole catcher' by the Guild of Master Mole Catchers thinks.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Doing-battle-Mr-Mole/story-25427100-detail/story.html

 

TC

[Mr Muddy 141]

I'll like to have a look inside a beagle trap, but I'm certainly not paying £15 for the privilege.

 

Nicepix; if your three beagle traps are just taking up space would you consider smashing one open and posting a picture of the mechanism on here?

[Matt 160]

 

I keep coming across those green plastic Beagle 'Easy Set' traps.

 

One of my customers had three and while I was waiting for him to come home one afternoon I set about playing with them. They were God awful and it would take a Shire Horse to trigger the trap. Also, I noticed that the profile of the trap was square, not round like a mole tunnel (I pride myself on being observant), and had unnecessary corrugated ridges along the bottom that would be guaranteed to alert Mr. Mole as he tripped over them. When the customer arrived to pay me he let me take the traps free gratis. I got them home and cleaned them and still couldn't get them to trigger cleanly so I looked the company up on the web and noticed all the suspiciously similarly written glowing testimonials. I wrote in and gave them my views which weren't exactly glowing. Within a day the inventor contacted me by e-mail trying to convince me that I was wrong and that all the traps needed was washing in soapy water, rinsing an letting them dry. Apparently soil isn't good for their trigger mechanisms - In a mole trap FFS? Not only that, he had obviously looked me up in the Yellow Pages, found my location and phoned the nearest guy to me who was on their books as having bought these traps. Coincidentally he is a friend of mine and had promised to let me have a look at his traps, but then put them somewhere safe and has never been able to find them.

 

When I replied to the inventor explaining the various faults; square profile, corrugated wire, sticking trigger he adamantly refused to accept that the traps were not fit for purpose and kept trying to sell me some. The guy is an idiot on a major scale. Oh and by the way; he had read this thread and described you lot (and probably me by now) as "Dinosaurs" who thought that his traps were a serious threat to your livelihoods.

 

So, my nomination for world's worst trap is the Beagle Easy Set mole trap

Well, thats not what Cambridgeshire mole catcher David Anderson (cambridgeshiremolecatcher.co.uk) who has been accredited as a 'master mole catcher' by the Guild of Master Mole Catchers thinks.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Doing-battle-Mr-Mole/story-25427100-detail/story.html

 

TC

 

 

That's not how I read it TC

 

The mole catcher that's been interviewed didn't mention any brands; he just said that he prefers traps to gas or 'poison'.

[heritage 202]

 

If your looking for the worst trap ever made then in my opinion you have to think bigger...

I have a trap here that beats your beagle hands down,....

The trap in question being a queensbury