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Check your cable tied Larsens,


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I was moving a Larsen early this morning, a wire mesh one, the top is hinged and held closed by cable ties.

 

Anyway this morning 2 cable ties snapped, this allowed a gap in the top of the trap between roof and sides of about 70mm, it took the decoy under 2 seconds to escape !!.

 

Looks like the sun has weakened the ties causing them to fail, suggest you all check your traps and replace all cable ties.

 

A

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Could you perhaps use a hose type jubilee clip ?

If you undo it enough you can pull the end out and thread it through and back into the hose clip and tighten up as required ?

 

Makes for a more secure connection that can take years to be affected by the elements

And more resistant to the casual vandal.

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I was moving a Larsen early this morning, a wire mesh one, the top is hinged and held closed by cable ties.

 

Anyway this morning 2 cable ties snapped, this allowed a gap in the top of the trap between roof and sides of about 70mm, it took the decoy under 2 seconds to escape !!.

 

Looks like the sun has weakened the ties causing them to fail, suggest you all check your traps and replace all cable ties.

 

A

Been there, done that. Mr Crow is indeed a sharp character.

 

Blackpowder

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