larsen supprise

[slyfox-mal 1]

hi guys i got given two big chinchilla cages a bit back about 4 foot by 3 by 3 and thaught maybe i can do some thing with em so i have been reading up on traps on here and i decided to make one into a larsen.

lol nowt to do but put a spring on the door really anyhow i found some old trampolene springs on our dump on the allotments so fixed one on to the door and cut a foot long piece of brush handle for the split perch and wedged the door open .

i went into the shed and got a couple of hens eggs and put them in a madeup nest and broke one just out side the door i came home for my tea and when i got back down there an hour later there sitting in the trap was a nice maggie.

i was expecting it to take ages to catch my first call bird and got one in a couple of hours now im really getting the hunting and trapping bug and guess ill be making the other larsen up tomorrow . cheers mal

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Nice work, Mal Now ye want to use the bird ye have to lure his mate in. That may take a bit longer but ye should get the b*stard.

 

Thing to do then is either swap both of them with different people from elsewhere in ye vicinity, or else take the traps to elsewhere and use those two birds as Callers. But either of the resident pair won't serve much further purpose within their own patch. They already own that and no other bird's liable to come looking for an arguement inside that ground. Mile down the road though and they'll be dynamite!

[slyfox-mal 1]

cheers ditch for youre input mate there are about 40 pairs of maggies over our allotments always scrapping and causeing a fuss

i have to be careful where i set the traps as im the only one sorting em out and alot of tree huggers on site so ill have to be covert in doing my bit to rid the place of a few more.

and if i can trap some more id be more than happy to give em away to people round my way for there traps as you say a strange bird is always an advantage cheers mal

[slyfox-mal 1]

hi guys just to keep you posted less than a week and i have have 6 magpies in the one larsen so far and it still got loads of activity around it i have kept 2 for call birds the rest have gone to maggie heaven

pity they are vermin as they really are a beautful looking bird and pretty aggressive when you get them out of the trap lol they have a nasty beak on em lol .

ps any one in cleveland area need a call bird you are more than welcome to one all you have to do is come get it cheers mal.

[fishfish 17]

do you have any pics of the traps?

[slyfox-mal 1]

not as yet but i can take some tomorrow but basically its just a two large chinchilla cages put together and a large coil spring attached to one door and a split perch as the trigger

im supprised its working so good as it is side opening and not top but i have raised it off the floor on a platform but hey im not complaining its working a treat cheers mal

[slyfox-mal 1]

two more today

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g110/sly...al/IMAG0025.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g110/sly...al/IMAG0026.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g110/sly...al/IMAG0028.jpg

lets hope i keep getting them 8 down 70 odd to go cheers mal

[Knifebar 0]

two more today

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g110/sly...al/IMAG0025.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g110/sly...al/IMAG0026.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g110/sly...al/IMAG0028.jpg

lets hope i keep getting them 8 down 70 odd to go cheers mal

Keep up the good work, since I have culled the Magpies I have brilliant coloured finches in the garden. I now have 4 Green finches which I never seen in these parts before.

 

My goal would be to have Yellow Hammers back as its been some 20 years since I last saw them.

 

P.S. I have trapped a good few birds but every day there seems to be the same number flying about they don't seem to be gettting less in numbers or is the counryside saturated with them? Opinions if someone knows more info on them(MAGPIES).

 

 

Knid regards

 

 

Knifebar

[Holdaway 2]

Read the other day that there may be as many as 600,000 breeding PAIRS in UK alone.

 

H

 

PS, Nice going Sly

[slyfox-mal 1]

hi guys been a bit quiet around the trap the last couple of days however today i got another pair

i got one this morning and i shoved it with the callbird as i saw its mate hanging about and i reset the trap and this afternoon i got its mate so im going down there now to dispatch them and reset the trap cheers mal