ladder trap. grey crows

jimbrowning

our club have just started traping for crows and mags. we made a large ladder trap and a few larsen traps. the mags are no problem, we,v got about 10 mags in a week or so but cant get a grey crow to get the ladder trap going. we tried a mag as a call bird but just caught mags. any tips
thanks.

Terrier

Go to your local butcher and ask for offcuts, leftovers etc is one way.

Another I found is use a feeding trough outisde the pen for a few days then once the birds have started feeding move it inside the trap.

landkeeper

you shouldnt need a decoy bird for a ladder trap .If you are building any sort of multi live catch trap for corvids it's a good idea to leave the ladder etc out of it for a while and prebait it ,let them get used to going in and out unhindered, then when it's being used on a regular basis set it
one tip empty it under the cover of darkness or you'll never catch another grey crow in it and they are much more effective in winter when the birds are no-where near as territorial and tendd to buch into large groups

terminator2

Any photos

dermot218

i caught 15greys in one week.plenty of old meat from the butchers .in a few weeks the young greys will be out .they will go straight in:)

jimbrowning

dermot218 wrote: »

i caught 15greys in one week.plenty of old meat from the butchers .in a few weeks the young greys will be out .they will go straight in:)

we tried that with the scraps but now we have a badger digging under the trap and eating all the meat. the trap is located in an area where greys are a problem, so no point in moving the trap. and cant use a leky fence. (it will be nicked) not sure what else we can do???

johngalway

jimbrowning wrote: »

we tried that with the scraps but now we have a badger digging under the trap and eating all the meat. the trap is located in an area where greys are a problem, so no point in moving the trap. and cant use a leky fence. (it will be nicked) not sure what else we can do???

Am blue in the face saying this

2"x2" weldmesh is great trap making material. Will all parts of the trap except the ladder. It'll even do the floor

jimbrowning

terminator2 wrote: »

Any photos

i,l try get some pics up

dermot218

try a calling bird in a small holding cage inside the ladder trap i did this once when i had my trap on land that was part of the reps .i couldnt use any bait only grain or a callin bird