TRAPPING RABBITS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1923, Page 4

TRAPPING RABBITS.

MOTOR CYCLIST'S NOVEL METHOD. Instances of the way in which timl: cyclists can take atlvanttige o 1 ’ the poet ! liar ell eel of the glare i f light on an- ! nial.s to trap raid-,its end duck-, L Hovel methods ate given in it re ett issue of the “Australian Mi-Lorist”. it is stated that a parly of tin to cyclists evolved a uteth-.il of eapturiu ! large nnml’ers if rabbits with the ai of bead and so t lights. Mount'd m I a side-ear ott i lit, with a -wive! sfi.n j light and ptiw. e-ful bead lamps. the, 1 uietor otti w here the nibbits a' - ltintt : ful. and lind t hat the im meut tln I.eiHil. cf light .-.e-b them the tablet attempt tu rttsb *:tir. t.J the light are; into the d.-irkne-s. By operating t • swirel light tin- side-ear p es-enge keep- the rabbits moving in the d> -irei di'-e'-ti n towfds it wire fence. Tin two beams of light hold them, am after gradually getting I bent banket against the fence, the eyelids catch an kill them by hand. Recently thirty live pairs wore taught in this wav it one round-up on l lie read to Geelong Ate tiler motor cyebsi tt-'-s his Jit it tlie'll- in the duck it at night 111- nt'.'! bed is to wait for the ti"is of the rip] le its the duck settles in the wet a. lie then quickly -wu'-he-his light en to it. ami steadily term it shoreward--. As the duck invariably follows the beam, it is Tnt within reach of the water's edge. Ihe gl-irt of the light appears to hate a p-.-em lim- effect mi animals and th :■-<• motorists say that they seem iptiie miitble ii eseape. remarkable iiist-in";' is icla ted e m.vniii" a hare “put up on the road near a stone lent-e. It was followed MV the spot-light beam to (It. lop of the wall, ell Ult i'll il took IVfuge. and remained stool-: sti'l, evuleiitIv (|ttite nntirepai od to jump out o! the beam into llte darkne . 'lke s:deeni- passenger walked tip and caught it by baud.