Magpie Trap Bait

[bigskinner]

Originally Posted by xolo

A little help please.....

I just finished building my magpie trap based on photos of TreeGuy's old trap. I now want to know what type of bait I should be using to get as many of the buggers as I possibly can.

They eat pretty much anything that's in my yard, peas, tomatoes, bird food.... but the agricultural post for their magpie trap suggests the following;

"Large bones, beef heads, fat, dead rabbits or any frozen carcasses and offal may be used as draw-bait."

I don't have any of the stuff that they suggest, so what are some really useful alternatives?

They go crazy over unshelled peanuts unsalted , not a joke

[Faststeel]

Originally Posted by xolo

A little help please.....

I just finished building my magpie trap based on photos of TreeGuy's old trap. I now want to know what type of bait I should be using to get as many of the buggers as I possibly can.

They eat pretty much anything that's in my yard, peas, tomatoes, bird food.... but the agricultural post for their magpie trap suggests the following;

"Large bones, beef heads, fat, dead rabbits or any frozen carcasses and offal may be used as draw-bait."

I don't have any of the stuff that they suggest, so what are some really useful alternatives?

anything from McDonalds