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Unread 02-19-2017, 04:51 PM   #15
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The most-used trapping method for me is with the use of what is known as a Bal Chatri trap. I make them out of 1/2" galvanized hardware cloth into a Quonset hut structure about 14" x 12" x 4" or so. They serve as a cage for a wild mouse, and the top of the trap is covered with monofilament nooses. We typically ride the roads in rural, open farm country searching for perched raptors.

The trick is to set the trap where they can see it without spooking them. If they see the mouse and want it, they will fly to the trap and try to catch the mouse. They get their feet ensnared by the nooses and cant fly away. Then we remove them, process them and release them usually within 5 - 10 minutes.
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