Rural Life & Hunting Forums and Magazines
Other sites relating to rural life; hunting, fishing, foraging and growing.
Rules & Regulations
This is not an exhaustive list, and you should always check for the most recent laws and guidelines in your area – but this should give you a good start.
- Snaring in Scotland: a practitioners’ guide Edition 3 published Sept 2010 – a guide to best practice and the revised legislation in Scotland.
- DEFRA Snaring Code of Practice - not a legal requirement but good practice for England and Wales.
- UK Spring Trap Approval Order Jan2012 – which spring traps are approved, for what species and how they must be used.
- UK General Licenses – governing which birds can be trapped or shot without special permission.
Trap Making & Trapping
Information and Suppliers
- Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by William Hamilton Gibson This is a great source of information and costs nothing. Free E-Book
- www.awmtraining.com Training in Mole, Rabbit and Grey Squirrel control, given by a very experienced trainer in association with the British Traditional Molecatchers Register.
- www.trapworks.co.uk Suppliers of snaring products, including made up rabbit and fox snares.
- www.agouti-nets.co.uk Suppliers of quality net making twines & tools.
- www.goldcockerelbooks.co.uk Publishers and retailers of many practical Poultry & Smallholding books.
Trap Collecting
If you’re interested in making traps, the chances are you’d be interested in some of the designs and models used in the past.
- Visit The Old Trap Collector For information on trap history, care and display
- www.themarkmalyontrapcollection.co.uk The Mark Malyon Trap Collection Vintage Animal Traps and Gamekeeping Bygones
- www.trapswap.com Antique Traps and tools Swap’n'shop website is designed for the trap and tool collector to get in touch with other collectors to swap and trade traps, tools or anything collectable.
- www. johnbaileytraps. co.uk John Bailey’s fully illustrated catalogue of 500 British mammal traps.
Rural Life, Shooting & Hunting
Other sites relating to rural life; hunting, fishing, foraging and growing.
- www.pass-it-on-young-sports.org.uk A fantastic group giving young people everywhere the chance to try field sports for the first time.
- www.positiveshooting.com Mike Yardey’s constructive and informative website, focused on helping everyone to get the most they can from shooting sports.
- The Hunting Life A very informative site and forum – lot of discussion on designs and use of traps.
- Forum.rivercottage.net The internet forum linked to the very popular River Cottage TV programs and books.
- www.countrymansweekly.com The online home of Countryman’s Weekly – the UK’s biggest selling weekly country-sports newspaper.
- www.moochershunting.com An excellent country sports forum.
- www.rabbiters.co.uk Probably the only internet site dedicated to catching rabbits
- Over The Gate A friendly forum for Country Living
- www.thewarrenmag.com Over The Hedge A new publishing house & fieldsports magazine launched in November 2010.
Wildlife & Conservation Groups
- www.songbird-survival.org.uk UK Based charity dedicated to the ongoing survival of songbirds.
- European Squirrel Initiative a campaign to win the support and commitment of governments throughout Europe in securing the future of the red squirrel through the effective control of the grey squirrel.
Pest & Wildlife Management Services
A few small companies we are confident to recommend.
- James Linari-Linholm Wildlife Management Wildlife Management Without Toxins Based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, but operate throughout the Cotswold’s and adjoining areas.
- WestCountry Environmental Services Provide pest prevention & control across the south and south-west of England.
- Yorkshire MoleCatcher Dave is a customer of ours and, as a member of the BTMR, delivers a traditional mole catching service across West and North Yorkshire.
