Larsen trap call bird availability

[milkloss]

Out of interest how to you catch your first bird? (call bird)

Dead bunny or a few eggs in the trap to get a start.

 

[frustratedfarmer]

Or try and wing one!

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Would ladder traps work for pigeons?

Very effective against feral pigeons. Doubt that woodpigeons would fall for it.

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

Very effective against feral pigeons. Doubt that woodpigeons would fall for it.

Pigeons will fall for a trap. One with a pop hole at ground level or a pigeon bob on ground level or a combination of the two.

 

[ploughmen]

I know some are catching already. I'll hopefully start in the next week or two.
Certainly add me to a register if it gets going.

I know some are catching already. I'll hopefully start in the next week or two.
Certainly add me to a register if it gets going.

nick one at Bulkington pm me

 

[Nick.]

nick one at Bulkington pm me

Thanks, but I'm sorted now. Got a few crows and magpies catching now.

 

[Man_in_black]

Did this idea ever take off?

 

[whatnow]

Did this idea ever take off?

Not in the form of a register - as stated in the thread there are a few established schemes.

Be time to start again soon - bear in mind the rules have been updated this year (possibly thanks to Mr Packhams input?)

 

[Longlowdog]

Just a heads up for Scottish Larsen Trappers in case Mr Pis Chrackham has some northern worshippers.

Trap registration

Register the use of traps under our General Licences

www.nature.scot

 

[Ffermer Bach]

following on from the songbird charity thread, is there any demand for call birds for Larsen traps? Would ease of availability encourage more of us to run a trap or two? As a TFF collective we have the power to do a lot of good

I'll start the ball rolling by offering magpies and crows as available in the border area between Wiltshire/Dorset/Hampshire - pm me and I'll try and help

Should there be any interest in this, from memory I believe it is illegal to sell the call birds, so only available as a gift. To avoid giving out my location to antis I would only consider requests from established members

Perhaps people in other areas would consider offering the same?

I was in a facebook group, called The Corvid Exchange, for giving call birds away to others to bait traps however the group just disappeared. I wonder if the name was too similar to Covid? Or it was the fact that it was giving away live birds? Either way, it's gone.

 

[Kidds]

I was in a facebook group, called The Corvid Exchange, for giving call birds away to others to bait traps however the group just disappeared. I wonder if the name was too similar to Covid? Or it was the fact that it was giving away live birds? Either way, it's gone.

Facebooks policy on animal trading.

 

[PSQ]

Just a heads up for Scottish Larsen Trappers in case Mr Pis Chrackham has some northern worshippers.

Trap registration

Register the use of traps under our General Licences

www.nature.scot

Thanks.

It would appear SNH has rebranded, another feather in the cap for ScotGov

 

[Man_in_black]

I was in a facebook group, called The Corvid Exchange, for giving call birds away to others to bait traps however the group just disappeared. I wonder if the name was too similar to Covid? Or it was the fact that it was giving away live birds? Either way, it's gone.

That was thanks to a vicious online attack on its owner by some badger huggers

"Stop the Cull’s Own Goal – COUNTRY SQUIRE MAGAZINE" https://countrysquire.co.uk/2020/05/21/stop-the-culls-own-goal/amp/

 

[Man_in_black]

Not in the form of a register - as stated in the thread there are a few established schemes.

Be time to start again soon - bear in mind the rules have been updated this year (possibly thanks to Mr Packhams input?)

OK if anyone has one in East Midlands I'd be grateful thanks.