Magpie traps, do they work?

[15444]

I have been 20 feet from them as they pick sores into the hide of a standing cow.

Tried baiting them once with meat and tiny fish hooks, but that doesn't work. Have heard about these traps for years, guess it is time to give it a try.

[BFW]

They work unbelievably well. Too well maybe. Have a trap like mcfarms describes and caught over 50 in two tries. it is magpie annilihation.

[fjlip]

This is our trap, not sure if still available...Kitty Kitchen from 1998

Dick’s Samplers introduces a product to protect outdoor feed from scavengers such as magpies.

The Kitty Kitchen protects cat food and traps magpies.

Dogs can’t get in, cats can enter and leave as they choose and magpies get trapped. The product is made of 16 gauge, one-by-one inch (2.5-by-2.5 centimeter) steel mesh over a steel frame. It has a diameter of four feet (1.2 meters). There is an access hatch in the top for food or bait.

For more information contact Dick’s Samplers at Box 41, Brock, Sask., phone 800-379-0151, fax 306-379-4405

Works great, NO moving parts, bait with dog/cat food, caught a dozen at a time. Neighbors have borrowed it and cleaned up many farm yards.
One caveat, the OLD mature pairs will NEVER go in, way to smart. We catch all the dumb young ones every year.

The Larsen catches two and then needs YOU to reset the sticks? Ours works all night and you get rid of up to a dozen , no attention needed.

[Richard5]

And just another tip as he suggests on the video

Catch a pie from the neighbors first and then bring the trap back to your yard with the new pie as the bait bird. They are teritorial so will kick up a lot of fuss and be caught quicker

Don't destroy the caught birds in the trap. Just put on a long glove, reach in and grab them and teach them the lesson of life somewhere else

[fjlip]

And just another tip as he suggests on the video

Catch a pie from the neighbors first and then bring the trap back to your yard with the new pie as the bait bird. They are teritorial so will kick up a lot of fuss and be caught quicker

Don't destroy the caught birds in the trap. Just put on a long glove, reach in and grab them and teach them the lesson of life somewhere else

We never did either, and always killed them in the trap, never made a diff. Moved to a new spot.

[makar]

magpies are not native, a stupid english import, my neighbor saw his first one getting off the train in 1945 in edmonton.

[15444]

They know to travel by train?! Never knew they were that smart!.

[fjlip]

magpies are not native, a stupid english import, my neighbor saw his first one getting off the train in 1945 in edmonton.

Are you sure, they seem to have relatives all over earth. A Filipino told me they have them there too. How about Mallee, in Australia?

[makar]

google tells me they are not native to northern alberta, my story and i am sticking to it, but yes, traps do work. I remember 3 or 4 in at once.

[Oliver88]

[ATTACH]122[/ATTACH]This is our trap, not sure if still available...Kitty Kitchen from 1998

Dick’s Samplers introduces a product to protect outdoor feed from scavengers such as magpies.

The Kitty Kitchen protects cat food and traps magpies.

Dogs can’t get in, cats can enter and leave as they choose and magpies get trapped. The product is made of 16 gauge, one-by-one inch (2.5-by-2.5 centimeter) steel mesh over a steel frame. It has a diameter of four feet (1.2 meters). There is an access hatch in the top for food or bait.

For more information contact Dick’s Samplers at Box 41, Brock, Sask., phone 800-379-0151, fax 306-379-4405

Works great, NO moving parts, bait with dog/cat food, caught a dozen at a time. Neighbors have borrowed it and cleaned up many farm yards.
One caveat, the OLD mature pairs will NEVER go in, way to smart. We catch all the dumb young ones every year.

The Larsen catches two and then needs YOU to reset the sticks? Ours works all night and you get rid of up to a dozen , no attention needed.

This could be a cat feeder as well as magpie trap.