craftycarper Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 Been playing about with a new trap this week and added a new bit to it and was wondering if anyone else had done this, probably a waste of time but i thought that i would make use of a galvanised roof on the inside of the trap instead of on top and have it set on a rod so that i can half the size of the trap to help when emptying it, just need to sort the mechanism out as its just running on a string at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2nd Barrel Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I read this a day or so CC and then couldn't remember where ! I think it's a great idea. I've seen something a bit similar before known as 'cage fingers' which you can use block things into a corner. I've never seen anything built in like this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 (edited) . Edited September 22, 2009 by JohnGalway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftycarper Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 cheers guys, i've seen cage combs before for say rat live traps where you can back the rat up to the end with a series of wooden combs inserted for an easy dispatch with a pistol. I had the divider idea purely by accident while fitting the roof, i found that obviously the bigger the trap and the more doors that were fitted created a problem with emptying. With the divider/roof you can cut down on losses by pushing all birds two one side if need be so you can concentrate on blocking one door at the front and give the birds less room to move about while you round them up. Its only in its early stages so i will let you know how it goes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 (edited) . Edited September 22, 2009 by JohnGalway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftycarper Posted August 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2009 sorry for the delay folks. It works fine in dividing the trap for ease of emptying just needs a bit of tweeking which i just have had no time to do. Not had great numbers in terms of catching about 16 woodies, 4 ferals and a crow....just can't seem to pull in the ferals which suprised me as i expected the woodies to be more wary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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