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Different poison, Fenn MK4's, Few terriers and a smoker, or as you've already suggested, air rifle (and a tub of peanut butter), you can also make multi catch traps from barrels etc where they walk along a section and it drops or rotates and thay fall into the container, quite a few ideas on google/youtube

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Ferrets/smoker and a load of terriers :)

 

Air gun, fenn traps, cage traps a silenced 4-10 does a nice job in the right place ;)

 

Gaz

cant wait until 1st feb then we get access to a lot of maize game cover that is full of the long tails- looking round last week there are areas that have been rat free for a few years but there back :D

there are 3 partridge pens that are riddled with runs,the terriers are getting wound up in the next week or two on a few areas we can go without disturbing any birds.

need to get some oil for the smoker ;) best fun you can have with all your clothes on

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Used to shoot on a landfill site.

.22 rimfire and they were living in ditches filled with tyres... fantastic fun and had many a 50 shot nights where I'd taken a box and thought I had loads.

 

It all depends on where the rats are placed but in the right setting are excellent entertainment.

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.25 airgun with nv , .22 would also be good , in the process of assembling a .25 for rattling alone ! Cant wait , i have an awsome 177 but its not perfect for the job its a bit too long and too nice to go out getting dirty on mr rattus

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sounds like you've done it before Gaz!

 

Once or twice ;)

 

Best bit I ever had was a old silage clamp where the farmer used to tip all the old potatoes, corn, maize ect I'd never seen so many rats. Smoker and 6 or 8 terriers on the go was great fun. We could also safely shoot them with a 22lr there :) game covers will soon need a clean out as well ;)

 

Gaz

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Near all rat poisons are accumulative. So this means the poison level has to build up in their system before it becomes fatal.

 

If they are eating it all you don't have enough poison in the bait station or enough bait stations in the area. For every bait station that is eaten clean double the poison volume until some remains. This ensures each feeding rat get the required amount of poison digested. You will soon see the results.

 

Mind you a bit of ratting sport takes a bit of beating at times :-)

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cant wait until 1st feb then we get access to a lot of maize game cover that is full of the long tails- looking round last week there are areas that have been rat free for a few years but there back :D

there are 3 partridge pens that are riddled with runs,the terriers are getting wound up in the next week or two on a few areas we can go without disturbing any birds.

need to get some oil for the smoker ;) best fun you can have with all your clothes on

Apologies for the poking my beak in Gav-

Gaz, I'm about to embark on a little nv air rifle ratting. I've got a batch of peanut butter with other bits and bobs in, and I've baited once so far. How many times do you think I should pre bait the 2 spots i've chosen to get them as confident as possible before starting the culling?

Thanks

J.

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Look for the runs the rats use , then lay your bait in one the rats will stop for a feed then you take the shot on a stationary rat.. simples

It's a new permission, so it sounds like I need to do a bit more mooching before shooting them.

Thanks.

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