Possum trapping
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Topic: Possum trapping
Posted By: nunga
Subject: Possum trapping
Date Posted: 19 May 2016 at 7:37pm
im getting into possum trapping at the moment, i have got a block from DOC and i have been farming it for the last week. Have any of you guys trapped possums before? and sorry Pauly i spent the money i was going to get your gun with on traps... the plan was to make the money back in fur :). But back to the post. have any of you trapped before and to you have any tips or advice on lures or trap placement ?
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Posted By: Pauly5
Date Posted: 20 May 2016 at 3:26pm
Ha Ha, was wondering. That's a hairy excuse.
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Posted By: RobD
Date Posted: 20 May 2016 at 5:05pm
Use Apple as bait, they love it!
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Posted By: nunga
Date Posted: 20 May 2016 at 5:24pm
this is my results so far.
First night, 30 traps set using flour and icing sugar, 0 caught bait untouched.
Second night using good nature possum paste brought from the shop 5 possums caught only two stations untouched with bait.
Third night using a mix of shop brought and a mix of Maple syrup Cinnamon and flour to thicken it up. my mixture all bait gone shop brought stuff one station untouched. 6 possums in the traps.
Forth night, 50/50 mix of my stuff and shop stuff... only three caught and two stations of brought stuff untouched.
I am hoping this poor result is because i am not placing my traps correctly and bad weather. We have a big front coming over tonight so i dont think i will have too many in the traps tomorrow. next week is looking better so we shall have to wait and see.
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Posted By: RobD
Date Posted: 21 May 2016 at 4:46pm
What kind of traps did you get?
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Posted By: nunga
Date Posted: 21 May 2016 at 5:38pm
im using Victor No1 leg hold traps. they cost a bit more than the cheap Chinese ones but they are a lot better quality and will out last them hands down.
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Posted By: Pauly5
Date Posted: 23 May 2016 at 10:37pm
What about aniseed oil. I remember putting that on apples when catching possums in people's roofs.
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Posted By: Rabbiter
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2016 at 7:30pm
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I've done a fair bit of possum trapping in my day & caught a few .When I was much younger and worked at the meat works I would spend the off season running trap lines .I usually set 130 odd traps ,these were set over 3 nites then shifted on to fresh ground .Tree bait isn't really that important as they are very nosey buggers and will come take a look at just about anything .I used gum tree oil and flour which was both cheap and worked well.Traps placed one hand span wide of the base of the tree,some sets were only a couple of meters apart ,depending on the account of possum sign ,they will travel up to a mile along runs to feed on certain types of trees at different times of the year.Willows in early spring ,pines when the buds are bright yellow ,gorse and black berry when in flower .
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