Putange mole trapping

[stormyboy 1,352]

1 hour ago, earth-thrower said:

Nah Deker,  i really do need to go instead of rising all the time to the provocation here,......its getting unenjoyable now ( remember your posts too , & always something of interest, there)

Off again is it? Fecking groundhog Day here! 

 

[earth-thrower 493]

2 hours ago, lifelong cumbrian said:

I have just started trapping moles, i find interesting. I been around hunting and countryside all my life and i though i would give it a go. Like i said i bought either type of trap to try and i have had more success with the puntange trap. As far as i know i am setting the duffus trap correctly and have caught in them. Im just enjoying something different and helping a farmer friend out who lets me hunt and shoot on his land. Just as a bit of interest what does my post illustrate to you? you have to learn somehow, trial and error for me i am afraid, ATB.

Good on you ,.. (its just my personal feelings on the Putanges) ,....no reflection on you at all .    ATB

[earth-thrower 493]

2 hours ago, Nicepix said:

There are some professional mole trappers who would prefer to keep the dark art of mole trapping secret from people like you who just want to trap a few moles and not go into it full time with full and paid for accreditation from the self-appointed Guild. They are living in the dim and distant past.

How many of us do our own decorating, or service our vehicles, or know someone who will do that for cash in hand? How many have looked on youtube or a specialist forum to find out how to fix something?  Anyone who has never taken bread from a tradesman's mouth step forward now......................  What - nobody?

That is modern life and it is only the old fossils like McWhinnie still cling to what has long gone.

"Old Fossils",......f**k sake , Clive,. im only in me late 40s,....what age are you ?    lol       & im independent,.......could  have got involved with these clubs, for a bit of financial gain for myself probably, in whatever capacity ?    (chance to be  Scottish representative, etc, in one too,  possibly), & declined......but the moling was NEVER only about the money for me, you see ? (thats how im still skint then ?  lol)

Edited April 1, 2019 by earth-thrower

[earth-thrower 493]

1 hour ago, stormyboy said:

Off again is it? Fecking groundhog Day here! 

 

No mate,....i will go ,.....enoughs finally enough,.....(at least you could deal with it with a bit of humour, partly),.......im off,.....good luck to you ALL.

[earth-thrower 493]

4 hours ago, Dave74 said:

I have learned here you've to watch what you say or your picked up on it, but with the learning on a few videos the stainless are best for a cleared ground and you use them in the main runs for back up for longer periods of time so they don't erode on you, but still need regular checking when customer reports hill activity, the steel ones are great for active land

Dont worry about "watch what you say" Dave. lol,....f**k them. Sounds like youve learned this off a certain person, mate, & thats fair enough,.......but its only one mans approach, so not the only one.

[earth-thrower 493]

4 hours ago, Dave74 said:

Thanks for the thanks lads it means alot, I've learned so much on thl so much so I don't set in the feeding ground no more and can find most runs a fair bit away were the putange is lethal, seems to me they don't question there run for food and that's were you get them when there in a hurry to get there 

Again Dave, yes thats one way to go about it,... but its not 'set in stone',......

[stormyboy 1,352]

It's like I said, I don't take all this seriously, you've gotta see the funny side of all the arguments and pissed off folks! I don't give one about who likes what traps, who's got the best dog, who's the best at being best and all of that shit. Life's too fecking short.

[earth-thrower 493]

2 minutes ago, stormyboy said:

It's like I said, I don't take all this seriously, you've gotta see the funny side of all the arguments and pissed off folks! I don't give one about who likes what traps, who's got the best dog, who's the best at being best and all of that shit. Life's too fecking short.

You are wise & talk sense ,.......but , no ones claiming to be the "best" here , mate . Plenty catch more than me, etc,......& have better business sense, etc,.....doesnt bother me in the least,....i still get the satisfaction (probably more with my interest in the old bygone styles) i always got from the game, since  around 94.     Right mate,.....im off.  (promise )

[Torquemada 288]

About 25 years ago (before I worked in pest control) I had the misfortune to work with a bloke who guarded his technical knowledge very closely. He was hugely insecure about losing his job, I was in my mid twenties and he was forty or so then. Well, this fella was the biggest shit I probably have ever met, he constantly tried to get everyone around him in trouble, he even went so far as to sabotage other peoples work (this was in the reprographic sector) and resisted ANY innovation to make the work easier and quicker and better. Anyway, after a few years there the company went into administration, and we all got laid off. I'm not saying he was solely responsible but he definitely contributed. He would be coming up to retirement now, and I have no doubt that if he is still alive (he was a fat f****r and smoked like a chimney) that he is still a miserable bitter wanker, and that makes me quite happy indeed.

So here's to all the old school, never changing, the hard way is best, I'll take you all down with me b*****ds.

[Deker 3,478]

3 hours ago, Torquemada said:

About 25 years ago (before I worked in pest control) I had the misfortune to work with a bloke who guarded his technical knowledge very closely. He was hugely insecure about losing his job, I was in my mid twenties and he was forty or so then. Well, this fella was the biggest shit I probably have ever met, he constantly tried to get everyone around him in trouble, he even went so far as to sabotage other peoples work (this was in the reprographic sector) and resisted ANY innovation to make the work easier and quicker and better. Anyway, after a few years there the company went into administration, and we all got laid off. I'm not saying he was solely responsible but he definitely contributed. He would be coming up to retirement now, and I have no doubt that if he is still alive (he was a fat f****r and smoked like a chimney) that he is still a miserable bitter wanker, and that makes me quite happy indeed.

So here's to all the old school, never changing, the hard way is best, I'll take you all down with me b*****ds.

Nothing to do with Putanges but your post just reminded me of this!

[Dave74 107]

Still catching, on the flat packs now, thanks to advice on here