What type of trap and bait do most farmers use?
Most farmers use one of several variations of commercially available folding traps of much the same design- we’ll keep out of the argument about which make is best. Traps are rather expensive ($30-40 each), being hand-made, but are robust for a long life with rough use. Bait is dog cubes, sometimes with pieces of pilchards (mulies). We use fine-meshed, double ring marron drop nets and chicken pellets, with a little blood and bone, as bait for our research catches.
