How to get rid of coypu?

[Cloggie]

I am in need of some advice. The coypu that have settled around my small lakes are starting to be a nuisance. I have bought some traps but I am wondering what to use as bait. I have tried various fruits, bread etc., but no luck as yet.

Has anyone experience of getting rid of coypu?

[GTIR]

Worst I've-got-my-own-lake thread evaaar.

[Stu R]

Traps and / or a .22 rifle. They're pretty easy to get rid of by all accounts.

[Eric Mc]

What's a copyu?

[Stu R]

Eric Mc said:

What's a copyu?

about half a pound depending on what it's eaten. badumtish, try the veal etc.

Also known as river rats.

[cloggy]

Huh?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Eric Mc said:

What's a copyu?

Super sized rat! Pretty much eradicated in the UK now.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Eric Mc said:

What's a copyu?

Super sized rat! Pretty much eradicated in the UK now.

..or what you find at the bottom of a carp pond.....

[Simpo Two]

Eric! I had you down as (1) able to read/spell (2) well-informed!

[PaulHogan]

Simpo Two said:

Eric! I had you down as (1) able to read/spell (2) well-informed!

and (3) versed in the use of google

[Grey Ghost]

{Manuel}ees a hamster{/Manuel}

[Carfolio]

GTIR said:

Worst I've-got-my-own-lake thread evaaar.

Lakes, chap. Lakes.

[Eric Mc]

PaulHogan said:

Simpo Two said:

Eric! I had you down as (1) able to read/spell (2) well-informed!

and (3) versed in the use of google

I wanted PHers to tell me. Google is a bit of a cheat.

Are they native to the UK or were they introduced at some time in the past? They sound Soouth American.

[Simpo Two]

That may have been capybara, which without resorting Google is a sort of cross between a beaver and a tapir... biggest rodent I think.

Coypu - North America?

[Cloggie]

Stu R said:

Traps and / or a .22 rifle. They're pretty easy to get rid of by all accounts.

I don't have a fire arms license, so I am trying to catch them with fox traps. Just trying to find out what to use as bait to get them to run through the traps.
I have the traps placed in their usual runways, but so far not caught one. Probably doing something wrong, don't know what though.

[Cloggie]

Eric Mc said:

What's a copyu?

Like a small beaver, but with a round tail. Not part of the 'rat family'.

[Cloggie]

Carfolio said:

Lakes, chap. Lakes.

Small lakes :-)

[Cloggie]

Simpo Two said:

That may have been capybara, which without resorting Google is a sort of cross between a beaver and a tapir... biggest rodent I think.

Coypu - North America?

No idea, all I know is that they are residing on the sides of my lakes. They are getting the dogs pretty exited, but do fight back when they come too close.

[darreni]

The carp lakes in France that i fish use posioned carrots as bait.

Try posting here to get adivce from lake owners:

http://www.carpforum.co.uk/Shared/Topics.asp?FID=1...

[Cloggie]

darreni said:

The carp lakes in France that i fish use posioned carrots as bait.

Try posting here to get adivce from lake owners:

http://www.carpforum.co.uk/Shared/Topics.asp?FID=1...

That sounds like a good idea. I haven't tried that yet. I'll drop some carrots in the cages.