grey crows

jap gt

i have been noticing a huge increase in the grey crows around my area, i try and control them best i can along with 2 or 3 in the club, but i want to start hitting them harder. at the moment im shooting them around feeders etc and the odd few i catch in the larsen trap,

looking for advice on better ways to trap/shoot them, are ladder traps the way to go

Tawny Owl

Yeah a ladder is by far the best, one of the lads posted plans on making one not too long ago, do a search on ladder Trap, and there is also very good info attached in the threads from other Boards.ie users on here as well. Best of luck with it.

ace86

Ladder traps are very effective in catching very large numbers in one area but if there is fellows feeding cattle and things it can prove difficult to trap them when there is free grub to be had. A Large round trap or 2 in the right place can be effective as well just time and patience.

patdahat

ladder trap is the way to go.

jap gt

i have a book of traps here somewhere so i think il throw a ladder trap together

dodderangler

I'm the opposite mate. Noticed a huge drop in the grey numbers and rooks.
Main birds. On the land I hunt is jackdaws magpies and for some reason a hell of a lot of gulls.
If I had the time id like to build the ladder trap just don't have it ATM

garv123

Passed a field yesterday with about 100 of them in it, all grey crows.

never seen anything like it

Birdnuts

garv123 wrote: »

Passed a field yesterday with about 100 of them in it, all grey crows.

never seen anything like it

You get big numbers at this time of year as they become less territorial and start flocking at roosting time. Plus you have this years youngsters swelling the population. As others have mentioned trapping is the best way of reducing the population. The local conservancy here traps near 300 most years in and around the lake. I trap every year(mainly springtime) myself on my place in the West and it certainly makes a difference.

hedzball

garv123 wrote: »

Passed a field yesterday with about 100 of them in it, all grey crows.

never seen anything like it

Is it by the sea or river by any chance?

Terrier

I live on the coast in co. Galway and we have seen a huge increase in Greys over the last two years, we took over 400 out so far this year and there still seems to be loads about!
We trap with 3/4 compartment larsen traps, using about 7 of them, 3 large and 4 small.

garv123

Birdnuts wrote: »

You get big numbers at this time of year as they become less territorial and start flocking at roosting time. Plus you have this years youngsters swelling the population. As others have mentioned trapping is the best way of reducing the population. The local conservancy here traps near 300 most years in and around the lake. I trap every year(mainly springtime) myself on my place in the West and it certainly makes a difference.

ya figured it could be something to do with that, still never seen so many though. numbers are growing faster than they can be shot when only 2 people shoot them

hedzball wrote: »

Is it by the sea or river by any chance?

nope no where near one.

averagefox

heres a field i was in few weeks ago, there was 50+ greys in it, asked if i could move a ladder trap in and was told by the farmer they dont bother me so no.