Hammergun Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 On part of the land I shoot over, the farmer has a rabbit infestation and so has asked if I can have a go at trying to reduce the rabbit numbers. The rabbits are burrowed in a thick hedgerow unsuitable for ferreting, and the land is unsuitable for using a .22 rifle. Up to now I have been shooting them with a 12 bore, averaging 3 a night. I have been recommended to buy rabbit cage traps, but have heard conflicting accounts of their effectiveness. One advantage is that I can get a better price for the unshot meat. Has anybody got any advice on rabbit cage traps? Where to situate them? How to bait them? etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 We use to use rabbit cage traps. You don,t "bait them". We placed ours in the rabbit runs, where they entered/left the field. It was usual to place them in the morning, go shooting, check them at lunchtime and pick them up when we went home. You might also consider snares. They are less obvious, if you have people walking about. Apart from offending "antis",if seen, rabbit cage traps do get stolen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elma Fud Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 Hammergun Please look at the following web page: http://www.rabbittrap.co.uk/ Then scroll down the page and click on: METHOD OF USE The trap is placed beneath some rabbit fencing at a known / well used run. If you have such a fence on your ground block all the holes which pass through the fence. Thus allowing the rabbits only one entry / exit point to where the rabbits wish to feed. Leave the trap locked for a week or two to allow the rabbits to pass through the trap. Then on a chosen day pull the pin so that any rabbits that pass through the trap will fall into the cage below. Multiple rabbits can be caught in one day. Best of luck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammergun Posted July 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 Unfortunately there isn't a fence - just a hedge. I have seen these traps in action and they are good, but alas, not suitable for my application. I have had the use of carrot as bait for a cage trap. Does anyone know anything better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 Hammer Wait while after harvest an i'll come up an sort it for ya mate . all the best yis yp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 Hammer Wait while after harvest an i'll come up an sort it for ya mate . all the best yis yp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 HammerGun: 1/2 and apple placed in either a live trap or on the trigger of a 220 conibear has killed many a rabbit. Or so I hear, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elma Fud Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Would a long net be any good. The best way I've found for knocking a hole in a rabbit population is shotgunning them from a landrover at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbus Polumbus Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 If anyone has got any plans for such a trap I would like a copy. I can swop for other trap design plans etc. Or if anyone knows where I can buy a set that would be great also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammergun Posted July 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 I have been given plans and will post them later when I have made it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon Pieman Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 .22 at night is very effective. We sometimes use traps and bait them with carrot - now and agin get two or three in one trap!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbus Polumbus Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 Thanks HH much appreciated, cant wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbus Polumbus Posted August 21, 2003 Report Share Posted August 21, 2003 You made your trap yet HH?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.223 Posted August 21, 2003 Report Share Posted August 21, 2003 i have been using a cage trap at the local stables for quite awhile now and after i got back from scotland i caught a rabbit every day for 2 weeks then i caught a fox which had gone in after a rabbit since then i have not caught one all the bait has been going from around the trap but they wont go in i think it is because of the foxy smell so i was wondering if anyone could tell me how to get rid of the smell any advice will be welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbus Polumbus Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Try soaking it in walnut husks, this seems to work on traps .223, it will also send it a real dark colour. If you really desperate I could look in my trapping catalogues and see what our friends across the pond use. Let me know if you want me to. As a favour, you wouldn't have the plans for your trap would you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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