Trapping Methods

[Guest ConsettFlyer12]

I was thinking of having a bob wire trap above the window in the loft with a little landing board and something to close it at night. whats everyones opinions on this and is there any othermethods of trapping that would be easy for me as im a young fancier any help appreciated thanks!

 

[bibendium]

we have bob wires which work just fine for us

[billt]

I agree, bobs work fine for me

[adam owen]

bob wires are fine but I don't like the sound of a small landing board tho this causes the birds to circle or hit the roof

[greenlands]

What length do you lads have the bob wires,I'm using them for the first time next season with ETS,always used open door.

 

[billt]

What length do you lads have the bob wires,I'm using them for the first time next season with ETS,always used open door.

 

 

9 inch for the opening plus the overlap

[Guest LOFTMAN12]

not to happy with bob wires as cat will go through them i prefer bob wires in stall trap cat wont go through

[T_T]

Not a lover of bob wires, pigeons seem to test them before they go in and I think perhaps thats with their wings being sore. On my system I have bob holes at an angle where the pigeons drop through and can't fly up and out. Cats will always be a worry, no matter what system you have but we must make it as awkwarrd as possible for em'. My traps are also high enough off the ground where it's impossible for cats to enter.

[TheHigg]

bob wires work fine for me no probs with cats as i never leave unattended

[PIGEON_MAN]

I was thinking of having a bob wire trap above the window in the loft with a little landing board and something to close it at night. whats everyones opinions on this and is there any othermethods of trapping that would be easy for me as im a young fancier any help appreciated thanks!

 

I think its all down to what clocking method you use,with manual clocking the quicker the bird can get into the loft the better so personally I would always use open doors,but with ETS you need something that the pads are under for the bird to walk across so a trap with bobs at either end seems the norm.

[greenlands]

9 inch for the opening plus the overlap

Cheers mate.

 

[andy Burgess]

i used bob-wires this year ,some youngsters were a little reluctant to enter .i took 2 wires out leaving a larger gap , once they had been through for a day or 2 i replaced the 2 i,d taken out

[greenlands]

God idea Andy,if I have any problems will give it a go.

[gulkie]

If they are taught properly when they are young they will adapt to any type of

System as long as u spend time teaching them. And a good size landing board.

[Guest Owen]

There is nothing wrong with bob wires providing the birds are trained to use them. The most important thing is to have a landing area/board that is big enough for all the birds to land at the same time. If the landing area is too small you run the risk of training your birds to circle around rather than land all together. Long disatance people might be fine with small landing areas but us sprinters often rely on quick traps to win races so the birds must land quickly and with confidence.

[lvlasked]

bob wires are great but i personaly on race days trap thought open door as my birds our tame i can walk right up to them and pick them up with no problems