On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 21:59:53 -0000, "David Hill"
wrote:

"...........
Find a run between branches leading to two molehills and cut a square
of
turf just big enough to slide the trap into, right down to the run.

Set the trap with the trigger ring between the jaws and place it in
the
hole, carefully filling the top with grass roots etc and covering it
with
earth so that no light gets in, but making sure you don't obstruct
the free
movement of the 'handles'. (If the run is deep, you may have to allow
for
their springing out when you dig the hole.) .................."

This is good advice, but if you have bought a tunnel trap, which I
much
prefer, then you need to set it finely and set it into the run making
sure
that you haven't dumped a load of loose soil at each end as you do it.

BUT.. that's the easy part, I always dump new traps into a mud
solution for
a couple of weeks to try to get rid of ant oil etc smell from
manufacturing
then always leave them outside all the year round.
Never wash your hands with soap/ detergent etc before handling a
trap, I
will wash with mud, then crush something like sorrel to get rid of
any Human
smell.
If they are working close to the surface then tread down the run
where you
want to trap a couple of times so that when you come to set the trap
the
soil is firmer and less likely to crumble.
Normally I can trap well, but this summer has been really bad,though
I did
get one with a spade, saw the little B****r lifting the soil so very
slowly
stalked till I was within spade length then when he lifted slammed
the spade
in to the run on the back side and lifted fast, and out he popped.
Remember
they can move quite fast and dig very fast.

Said with obvious relish and sheer pleasure, and you complain when
people call you perverts!

How empty your lives must be to want to do that to an animal.


Jabus
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