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I was out detecting the other day and the dog mauled 1 not a bad wee scrap really possum had the dog briefly by the ear/head then it made a dash for the tree just not quick enough....it got beaten to death with the pick....does that count as possuming ! ?

Hmmm well if that's the case I could be onto a real winner then as the dog not only catches possums but he plucks them at the same time:)

YES unfortunately we would have made much more $ picking up the slobbery fur than from the gold nuggets lol ...actually down these ways possums are pretty few in number these days to many 1080 drops I often keep an eye open for decent possum sign but haven't seen anything worth wile for a long time .

jeez 75!thats a good number the most iv ever got was 4 hahaha.

iv only been doing it since last winter so dont have to many notches on my belt yet!i was useing crosman phantom 1000 fps air rifle last year but now iv got a stoeger x50 .22 air rifle!im finding it hard to find any permissions to shoot on around here so its not geting much use only one possum this year whilst we were scoping out a spot to detect!

I used to do quite a bit of it once - I used Rabbit traps and still have a hundred or so of them - some of them are probably quite collectible - I still have about ten small bottles full of aniseed.

The last Opossum I got - notice I said Opossum - actually they are technically Possums but to me they are Opossums because that is what they were called for years and years. Now I had an argument with someone who knew better a while ago so for those who dont think that they are always called Opossums heres the proof! Anyway back to the story - on a property I own a while back I was pottering around in the barn and all of a sudden an opossum took off so I chased it - on this rare occasion I didnt have my heater and the only thing nearby was a block of wood so I chased it with that and when I caught up with it I beat it to death - then I plucked it - then I went to the truck to get a bag to put the fur in and when I went back the pile of fur was there but the Opossum had headed west...so if you see a naked Opossum around then you know what the story is.

And for all of you out there who think that Ace Lane traps are cruel then your pussy's - and not the sort I have a lustful attraction to - I have put a photo on of the wickedest most evil trap I have ever come across - it sort of appeals to my sense of humour.

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haha wouldnt wanna get ta fingers stuk in that trap mate. mite tickle a little. havnt used traps yet. shoot everything with me little ruger 10/22 and a spotlight.

Poison is the way to go only trouble is plucking a cold possum !
I usually skin them anyway especially good winter skins last time I put out a line was up sumner there was a shitload if them up there tracks x over each other all over the show I did a 2 hour line up 1 sper and down another went back 3 days later in the rain so my toilet paper trail was pretty hard to follow skinned only the good 1,s which was around 70 and I was only half way round but had to pull the pin as was getting dark so I would have guessed there would have been the same amount again .plenty of country out there I never endd up going back to that spot as the point of the trip was to see how many we're up there and what the skins were like as it turned out not very good got $4 each ! Was a bit early pluss in areas were there is high numbers there always fighting and loosing fur .

That is a nasty looking trap there lammy carnt say Iv seen 1 quite like that ...almost looks like modified teeth to me you didn't get a little board 1 day !!

I have to agree, a very nice trap Lammerlaw. I doubt any tree monkey ever pulled it's leg out of that one. I started catching the little buggers last summer, I was in disbelief when I came upon trap that was moving down the hillside one morning. Anyone know of anyone buying fur in CHCH?

or this!dawsons..Dave Hooper - 07 308 2461 or 0274 988 980 i think this is in cantuerbry tho!