magpie trapping

[moosehunter3-0]

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[Da Jimmer]

Are you feeding your prisoner rice? Mwahahahaha!!!
What are you using for bait? Have you ever caught anything else wierd in your trap?
When my Grandpa told me that when he was young, he caught a baby crow and taught it to dance and all sorts of stuff, then one day it was sitting on the rain barrel havin' a drink and it fell in......... glug glug glug........duuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!
Wonder if you could train magpies that old or is that a young'n?

[moosehunter3-0]

lol i dont think you could train this thing it was pretty wild. Its an adult bird. All im using for bait is a balled up piece of bread with cheese whiz on the bottom to stick the bread to the bait pan. This way they have to peck the pan to get the bait. If you dont stick the bait to the bait pan with something a lot of crafty critters will just pluck the bait off with out triggering the trap. So far i've caught 2 squirrels and two pies in this trap. This time I threw in a smelt for bait too just for added effect. Probally didnt need the smelt beacuse I caught the first pie on just bread and cheeze whiz, but I figured I'd throw in something with a smell to see if id get another one. Turns out I did I think the reason im starting to catch magpies is because I left my trap out all winter to dull the shine (magpies apparently get spooked by shinny stuff)

[Da Jimmer]

cool, what are ya doin' with them after?

[scarey]

Great For Target Practice!!!

[moosehunter3-0]

Originally Posted by scarey

Great For Target Practice!!!

Bingo lol

[Pioneer2]

The hardest part was training him to stay on the skeet thrower! Harold

[TreeGuy]

Moose, you're a genious! I just found one of
those Havahearts and was kindda scratching my
head over what to use it for. Now I know. Oh boy!
Mrs. Tree is going to get a Mother's Day gift this
year after all!

Oh man, this is gonna be great! Stay tuned.

Tree

[moosehunter3-0]

^ lol happy catching! Dont be surprized if you dont get any pies with it right away though, because these traps are super shinny new. I left mine in 3 ft of snow all winter and that definitely took off my new trap shine lol, but at least it catches magpies now

[BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES]

Put it in a rain barel for a few days .

[BrnCynergy 12 ga]

Dog food works awesome to attract magpies!

[heavy chevy]

Originally Posted by BIGBADJOHN

Put it in a rain barel for a few days .

Godd damn man. Thanks I needed a laugh. I was thinking a steel toe shiver but whatever floats you boat.

[heavy chevy]

It took me almost a year to rid my place of those nasty creatures. I used a "Larsen" style trap. I swear I had one day in my trap everyday for weeks on end. I haven't seen one in months. They are very edgy and I must admit smart as can be. They would dive bomb my dog, steal his food, hell he even cuaght one. I had to keep changing the bait and look of the trap.

[Janitor Pants]

Originally Posted by BrnCynergy 12 ga

Dog food works awesome to attract magpies!

+1, I've always used that and a home made trap, works wonders, a couple summers ago I had three in the thing at once.

[Pioneer2]

A simple Victor rat trap cammoed with lawn clippings and bread fastened onto the pan with an elastic takes them out.Tie it to something with fishing line...............Harold

[gorf]

I have caught them with a Bridger #3 here in the back yard. Loosen the tension on the dog to 2 ounces and make them walk across it. Even with jaws offset it nail them high on the leg. Don't wory the'll sqawke in the morning when you get there.
Rod

[Buckwheat]

Moose, I have them same trap. Bought it last year to try and catch a squirrel that was over trimming my tree trying to make a nest. I put some peanuts in as bait but only managed to catch two magpies. Each time they completley rubbed off there tail feathers before I finally discovered them. As for the squirrel, lets just say he's now in a better place

[scarey]

Some of the counties will give you a trap, looks like a crab trap, and use dog food, you'll catch lots!!

[Reeves1]

Funny how some people hate them so much (not giving anyone a hard time here !).
I have another one nesting in the yard this year. They have never caused a problem. In fact, I like how they clean up all the dead mice and Pocket Gophers the Cats leave in the yard !

[ximmix2007]

Does anyone know if it's legal to trap piea in Edmonton, we have a ton and the city no longers pops them with a small shotgun. It's really nice to sleep with the windows open and be woken up at 5:30 in the morning. I might just have to break out my squirrel trap that I used to trap a family of squirrels in my attic a few years back. A funny thing happened when I had a squirrel in a trap in my attic, I had someone break in thru the basement window and upon kicking in the kitchen door the squirrel was making so much noise it scared them off before thay could steal anything. Let's just say that squirrel found a nice new home with lots of female squirrels.

But look out pies.