col s10 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 hi guys when shooting rats,and you get akill do you remove the rat knowing there are more around, or do you leave alone so as not to spook them .or does the deadun spook them aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 When I shot a lot of rats as a kid I watched them dragging dead ones back down holes, other ones tucking into the dead ones. Never noticed it spook them at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Leave them there and clean up at the end of the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnold Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Hello, when im out shooting rats i bait the ground with blended mix of oils, smelly fish, cat food made into a gravy. place out beside walls and rat runs away from there holes, like pin says dead rats do get dragged back by others to be eating, i tend to leave them on the spot the clear up after using throw away gloves (not handling) bin liner, and a litter picking stick keeping rat at arms lenth away then after can be buried or burnt. burning is better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Leave them where they lay and pick up at the end of the session. I strongly advise against picking them up with your bare hands, I did this once, many years ago and still have the scar between my thumb and index finger where the rat turned up its tail and bit into that loose skin there. I had to kill it and prise its jaws apart to get it off, the anti-tetanus jab hurt as much as the bite. :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Leave them where they lay and pick up at the end of the session. I strongly advise against picking them up with your bare hands, I did this once, many years ago and still have the scar between my thumb and index finger where the rat turned up its tail and bit into that loose skin there. I had to kill it and prise its jaws apart to get it off, the anti-tetanus jab hurt as much as the bite. Ooooh that sounds nasty!!!! :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul in North Lincs. Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Leave them where they lay and pick up at the end of the session. I strongly advise against picking them up with your bare hands, I did this once, many years ago and still have the scar between my thumb and index finger where the rat turned up its tail and bit into that loose skin there. I had to kill it and prise its jaws apart to get it off, the anti-tetanus jab hurt as much as the bite. Ooooh that sounds nasty!!!! :look: Yes..be carfull, they can give a nasty bit.....We had a ferret blinded in one eye by a cornered rat in a drystone wall.....on another occasion one latched onto my uncles springers nose and made a hell of a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Yeah im careful, but when removing them from my fenn traps, the only real way is to use bare hands. ALEX :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul in North Lincs. Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Yeah im careful, but when removing them from my fenn traps, the only real way is to use bare hands. ALEX :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Unless you carry gloves every time you go and check your traps, one can usually shake them out without touching them anyway. Alex :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Unless you carry gloves every time you go and check your traps, one can usually shake them out without touching them anyway. Alex Alex, Buy a box from the carboot of those Latex throw away gloves, that way you still have the sensitivity of bare hands but you're protected. SS :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
col s10 Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 thanks everyone been doing it wrong for aboht two years.i was removing them each time igot akill still managed to do eight in a weekend in my own garden though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Costco sell 3x box of 100 pairs strong latex gloves for £7. I don't want to go into why I need so many pairs of latex gloves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 thanks everyone been doing it wrong for aboht two years.i was removing them each time igot akill still managed to do eight in a weekend in my own garden though. You haven't been doing it wrong mate, there is rarely a wrong way, just a better way! Well that's what I think anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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