mole trapping in the snow

[bobza 910]

time to try and find all them snow covered traps lol , I was caught out last year and again this year , we have had a lot of snow over this last week which has made my work hell , how is the rest of yous getting on ?

[dillydog 8,463]

Good luck, I lifted all of mine before the snow, I lost enough with the barrels being froze as it is

[earth-thrower 493]

4 hours ago, bobza said:

time to try and find all them snow covered traps lol , I was caught out last year and again this year , we have had a lot of snow over this last week which has made my work hell , how is the rest of yous getting on ?

Not gettin on,...its terrible !  lol

[earth-thrower 493]

4 hours ago, dillydog said:

Good luck, I lifted all of mine before the snow, I lost enough with the barrels being froze as it is

I got most o mine lifted, too (although i wont have as many as some  ?)

[3175darren 1,101]

Best to lift them, I was caught out I have traps on one farm, I managed to lift, two other farms, the thing is they are well marked, I am not scared of loosing any, they will have to be repositioned anyway, when the snow clears as the frost heave will close most wet runs, so the moles will only fill the traps when they clear them out anyway,

[Rowan 308]

Mine are in and still working for me , i'll find most and loose some , oh well .

[trappa 518]

Ive still got 200 sat under the snow in a farm i just started prior to the snow coming. Cant see me pulling them out this week. Been a pish poor trapping season so far, nowhere near last years numbers.  Heres a couple of photos of last couple of weeks though.

[earth-thrower 493]

Like the photos, Trappa.

Edited March 4, 2018 by earth-thrower

[trappa 518]

cheers bud

[Rowan 308]

Nice one Trappa , i thought i was doing well today , 5 moles for the first 12 traps , ( there was more ! ).

 

[Torquemada 288]

Not sure on the wisdom of a gibbet these days.... ?

[earth-thrower 493]

I don't mind them,....but any time i display them like that (not often) they tend to start disappearing off the line ?   (& sooner rather than later ?)

[trappa 518]

17 hours ago, Torquemada said:

Not sure on the wisdom of a gibbet these days.... ?

I don't particularly like the gibbet either, its very victorian, but it keeps the farmer happy and it gets me a lot more work. 

[Rowan 308]

Haven't used a gibbet line for years , it used to be the way to prove you where doing your job. If they don't believe me , and they should by looking over the ground, it's the last time i work for them.

[earth-thrower 493]

23 hours ago, trappa said:

I don't particularly like the gibbet either, its very victorian, but it keeps the farmer happy and it gets me a lot more work. 

Looks good displayed like that, especially a good long line of them ? (& you've got the ground , for that, I'd bet ! lol)