Rabid 1,936 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 I need to get a call bird for a Larsen trap, my place is over run with magpies and I need to thin them out some, any suggestions best way to go about it ? Quote Link to post
MR TEA POT 1,287 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Put the area you live in fella somebody on here might have a call bird ? 1 Quote Link to post
cragman 2,766 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Make a rough nest in the trap, stick an egg or two in it, one of them cracked open or add some white bread, you'll soon catch one of your own. 3 Quote Link to post
tong po 129 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) As cragman said ????? Edited April 17, 2016 by tong po Quote Link to post
Rabid 1,936 Posted April 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Cheers, will do that I reckon as I have so many around I doubt it will take too long Quote Link to post
bell 3,591 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 I need to get a call bird for a Larsen trap, my place is over run with magpies and I need to thin them out some, any suggestions best way to go about it ? Yes mate, you go out at night and shoot them off the roost apparently.......your bound to wing one then you gota run dead quick as they can run like Usain Bolt..... 1 Quote Link to post
ploughmen 0 Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 got one call 02476313632 Quote Link to post
tong po 129 Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 The problem is as soon as you remove magpies from the area others quickly take their place,so you never really solve the problem. Quote Link to post
EDDIE B 3,162 Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 The problem is as soon as you remove magpies from the area others quickly take their place,so you never really solve the problem. It would work of course, if all area's were trapped. Unfortunately, and obviously, this isn't possible. Quote Link to post
Nicepix 5,650 Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 The problem is as soon as you remove magpies from the area others quickly take their place,so you never really solve the problem. It would work of course, if all area's were trapped. Unfortunately, and obviously, this isn't possible. The way we looked at it was that if you can shoot and / or trap the corvids after they have established their territories and paired up, there won't be any newcomers until after the breeding season. And by that time the game birds should have got their first brood off. 1 Quote Link to post
EDDIE B 3,162 Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 The problem is as soon as you remove magpies from the area others quickly take their place,so you never really solve the problem. It would work of course, if all area's were trapped. Unfortunately, and obviously, this isn't possible. The way we looked at it was that if you can shoot and / or trap the corvids after they have established their territories and paired up, there won't be any newcomers until after the breeding season. And by that time the game birds should have got their first brood off. That does make sense. Quote Link to post
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