Magpie Territory

blackstairsboy

Well lads one of my magpie traps had stopped catching for about 4 days which signals for me its time to move. Due to being busy I only moved it about 20 yards last night. Then double catch this morning and double catch this evening. I was thinking maybe I had moved it from one territory into another or was it just chance. An experienced man once told me that he reckoned that if a trap was as much as 5 yards outside of a magpies territory he will no enter it. I just think its a curious one and wonder what you all think.

Browning2010

That's what I find to be the case most of the time. Whenever I move my traps its normally just from one side of field to another.

fiestaman

I only read an article about trapping in
shooters digest this week,its from may 2010 & the guy said 1 yrd could make a hugh difference. Have 2 got in last 2days. Only getting them in the morning time early.

groundskeeper willie

got 2 in a day last week, nothing since. but most mornings there's one or two sitting in a tree beside the trap! didnt realise moving the trap could make that much difference so il be moving mine tomorrow!

Birdnuts

Talking to a lad I know yesterday who recently got a new permission near Newcastle in South County Dublin - got 54 magpies at 2 locations with just 2 larsen traps during the month of March:eek:!! I know this chap fairly well(he's an ex-gamekeeper) and so i assume he wasn't on the funny cirgarettes!!. Most I've ever trapped in a month was just under 20 a few years back on my place in North Mayo. I've heard of other lads trapping close to 40 in a month though, which is in itself very impressive.

PS: I assume Magpies get very terretorial during their nesting season - would that peak be around now??

TriggerPL

Birdnuts wrote: »

Talking to a lad I know yesterday who recently got a new permission near Newcastle in South County Dublin - got 54 magpies at 2 locations with just 2 larsen traps during the month of March:eek:!! I know this chap fairly well(he's an ex-gamekeeper) and so i assume he wasn't on the funny cirgarettes!!. Most I've ever trapped in a month was just under 20 a few years back on my place in North Mayo. I've heard of other lads trapping close to 40 in a month though, which is in itself very impressive.

PS: I assume Magpies get very terretorial during their nesting season - would that peak be around now??

it possible i put my traps out a month ago one is at a slaughter house and the other on a dairy farm where they feed alot of meal .

have 19 got in three weeks , i had only left the farm after dispacting 2 magpies wne i got a phone call there was another in already . moving the trap only a few meters makes all the diference and do it in the dark .

4200fps

I do believe that magpies wont move a meter outside their territory as I noticed last year with a you-caller.