CROW TRAPS

OUTDOOR MAN

HI

I was looking at a post from Mallards put on about his trap he made. IT has no ladder just a long gap on it. Just wondered if he has had any escapees? I made one for a chap. Being a joiner it was easy. The ladder part is 5 foot long x 12 inches wide and gaps of & 4 "3/4". So a crow that drops in supposedly can't get out. The chap phoned and said and said one has got out. Anyone come across one like this?

Also 18" from each end it's boarded so they can't climb the sides, and get out through the bars.

Conmaicne Mara

Do you have high sides either side of the ladderless ladder gap? Idea being that the crow flies to the highest point of the inside of the trap, which shouldn't be the way he came in.

OUTDOOR MAN

yes i have high sides either side,and it is ladder type both ends are boarded in 18" long.now after talking to the game conservancy,i have made the gaps 5"x 4" before they were 10" x 4"crows will still get in but not out,i will see how it goes i will post some picks when i get the hang of this web site.

mallards

Hard to say if any ever got out, i never witnessed any getting out, and it usually always had crows in it when i went to it. I never put any rungs in it as it was only a temporary pen and not worth the hassle for me but it wouldn't do any harm I'm sure.
cheers.

averagefox

have you got wire running up the middle of the ladder or 2 strands preferably, so the crow/mag drops in with wings tight but then cant exit with the wings extended!

OUTDOOR MAN

no i haven't,but reduced the rung gap size by putting a 2x1 lathe on top making them 5"x 4" now they should not get out,can you explain how this cable / wire fits on the underneath ,is it away from the rungs or fitted to them,cheers.

OUTDOOR MAN

the maggie one is covered in on top except for the pop holes, 9"L x 5"W,they dont mess about on top like the all mesh ones,just straight in and i have over 5000 maggies over my time,the crow one is working now and today i took the lath off the top and put 2 wires underneath the rungs 6" down so they drop through the rungs through the wire but not back up,my rungs are set at 10"long 4" gap,i do hope you can see the pics may have done it wrong be so kind and let me know if you can see them.cheers.and thanks for all your advice,two heads are better than one.

patdahat

OUTDOOR MAN wrote: »

the maggie one is covered in on top except for the pop holes, 9"L x 5"W,they dont mess about on top like the all mesh ones,just straight in and i have over 5000 maggies over my time,the crow one is working now and today i took the lath off the top and put 2 wires underneath the rungs 6" down so they drop through the rungs through the wire but not back up,my rungs are set at 10"long 4" gap,i do hope you can see the pics may have done it wrong be so kind and let me know if you can see them.cheers.and thanks for all your advice,two heads are better than one.

could you get a pic of how you have the pop hole's sprung?

OUTDOOR MAN

give us afew days and i will mock up one to show you how i do them,have the pics turned out ok of the traps,

OUTDOOR MAN

here is a view from the top,also underneath the pop hole trap door is half inch bigger all round 1 3 inch hinge 1 steel tent peg running through the spring,1 larsen spring i got my springs from the game conservancy here in the uk,there are some copy's of spings and they are not made the same make sure you get the proper ones,all the stuff on my traps are rustless i hope,

patdahat

OUTDOOR MAN wrote: »

here is a view from the top,also underneath the pop hole trap door is half inch bigger all round 1 3 inch 1 steel tent peg running through,1 larsen spring i got my springs from the game conservancy here in the uk,there are some copy's of spings and they are not made the same make sure you get the proper ones,all the stuff on my traps are rustless,

nicely put together.

Tawny Owl

Just got an offer of a trap to catch Crows today four sided security panels the like for building sites and one panel for the top for free,collecting it tomorrow also bought 3 Larson traps this morning,have a calling Bird in one at the moment will see how this gets on, I will put up a photo of the free Crow trap when I collect it tomorrow, and load photos of the Larson traps later there still in my camera.

Tawny Owl

Photos of the Larson traps and the call bird in one the milk cartons.1 is food and 1 is water they must have a perch and the steel top is for shelter a must if trapping these Birds,

OUTDOOR MAN

hi tawny, you havnt done bad there,if you notice on my maggie trap all the top is boarded over just trap doors showing,also they are made near to the call bird thats all they see really and in they go,they dont mess about on top,same as the side entry in my opinion there not worth a carrot,one chap phoned me and said have you another maggie this one is dead,so give him another,afew days later same again,3 times this happened so i ended up going to his place to see why his birds are not lasting,he had his trap set up over a compost pile,one made with pallets and the trap was set resting on top,ideal he thought didnt have to make a stand,cos i did tell him off the floor save a fox taking it,well its the gases from the compost which was doing the call bird in,so be careful where you set up,hope this helps,

OUTDOOR MAN

OUTDOOR MAN wrote: »

the maggie one is covered in on top except for the pop holes, 9"L x 5"W,they dont mess about on top like the all mesh ones,just straight in and i have over 5000 maggies over my time,the crow one is working now and today i took the lath off the top and put 2 wires underneath the rungs 6" down so they drop through the rungs through the wire but not back up,my rungs are set at 10"long 4" gap,i do hope you can see the pics may have done it wrong be so kind and let me know if you can see them.cheers.and thanks for all your advice,two heads are better than one.

i do find having doors on each trap handy for getting the bird out that you have caught,saves going through the top trap door,i find it more easier .:rolleyes: