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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46218 Location: yes
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46218 Location: yes
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 20 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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gulp that is a scary looking thing
nuts and maybe a bit of peanut butter once it has weathered for a bit
squizzers stole my cheese, they are fond of rope and plastic, sausage rolls and mushrooms i would not eat, ice creams are popular in museum gardens
nutty stuff is a good bet and it lasts well, a few fresh off the tree hazel nuts might be an assassins tool, hit one with a hammer and pop that in with a few more, leaves on etc.
a rub of sesame oil will remove your scent and provide an attractive one
a bit like rats with a leaning to high calorie vegan/veggie but ok about the odd bit of meat etc when available
see what works
ps solid bait in the bottom of the cone, smelly bait spread on the cone
pps setting the post at a steep 60 degrees against the trunk of a favoured tree might be a good position, trap on upside of the post, it works for squizzer snares ,tangle and dangle is too brutal for my sensitive nature, never tried deadfalls or spring in a cone with them but treat em like rats, fun as pets bad as vermin.
positioning works wonders for the success rate when trapping |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46218 Location: yes
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15972
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46218 Location: yes
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gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8924 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15972
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15972
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46218 Location: yes
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 20 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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im not sure about that, they are mostly very hairy with only a few bits like noses poking out of the armour.
they are pretty hard un all.
having seen a naked chap up a cliff, with no ropes, stealing from african bees i recon badger versus hornets could be a badger win on a knockout with a few lumps as penance
badgers are fun if a bit edgy up close, i would not want to upset one
my first close encounter was in a very dark place even though my eyes had adjusted, i was comfy on a slope in cover with my mouth open to hear better...
then the rummaging got closer, then the shuffling and snuffling got louder, then something sounded like a pickled onion eating contest within reach
i did not move or make a sound above relaxed heartbeat and slow breathing
i was a tad concerned that "something" was very close, it was not what i was hunting (they are easy)but it did sound capable of being a problem
after a while it stopped and moved on, when i checked the ground later i had been a couple of feet from quite a big un that had been eating bluebell bulbs and it either ignored me or did not know i was there.
another time a young one stole my bacon butty that i had saved for breakfast for me and princess ki el bahara, we were snoozing and wakened to a black and white face with a bacon sarnie in it inches away from my face, i tried not to giggle and ki tried to be invisible under her sleeping bag as she knew when to be discrete
that one was a downsizer badger who decided i was probably safe especially as i had decided to not pitch up in the sett so as not to disturb them
watching them from a distance with a decent night vis rig is ace.
i like badgers and am fairly convinced by the evidence that they are not the vector to target regarding bovine tb |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15972
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 20 7:32 am Post subject: |
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My first attempt at badger watching ended up with me falling down a badger hole. It was when I was a teenager and had been taken out badger watching by a so called 'expert' from a Guide camp. There were several of us, and she insisted on no torches, even though we were walking through a wood. We had given up as no sight not sound of badgers, and we were walking back, still with no lights, when suddenly the ground wasn't there any more and I was down a badger hole. Luckily any badgers decided that retreat was in order with stray humans coming from above, so apart from bruises, I was all right.
We very rarely see the badgers, but do see evidence of their presence both in the digging, badger trails and latrines. In fact we had to divert a deer fence to avoid the track between an outlier sett, usually used in spring/summer, and their latrine. Our theory is that when the cubs are in the main sett, some of the older males are either thrown out or leave because the kids are too noisy, and that is when they use the outliers. |
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