Pukenui Trust, Tia Kina, NRC
Coronation tree trap trial
RESULTS. (Includes mice as well as rats)
Sept
100 Victor traps = 40 Strikes
10 D-Rat traps = 3 Strikes
110 TOTAL traps (Pukenui) = 43 Strikes (39% for the month)
10 Waiarohia Stream traps = 10 Strikes (100% for the month)
GRAND TOTAL = 53 Strikes (44% for the month)
Aug
100 Victor traps = 15 Strikes
10 D-Rat traps = 0 Strikes
110 TOTAL traps (Pukenui) = 15 Strikes (13% for the month)
10 Waiarohia Stream traps = 4 Strikes (40% for the month)
GRAND TOTAL = 19 Strikes (15% for the month)
July
100 Victor traps = 51 Strikes
10 D-Rat traps = 5 Strikes
110 TOTAL traps (Pukenui) = 56 Strikes (51% for the month)
10 Waiarohia Stream traps = 20 Strikes (200% for the month)
GRAND TOTAL = 76 Strikes (63% for the month)
June
85 Victor traps = 48
10 D-Rat traps = 5
95 TOTAL (Pukenui) = 53 (56% for the month)
10 Waiarohia Stream = 10 (100% for the month)
GRAND TOTAL = 63 (60% for the month)
May
70 Victor traps = 54
10 D-Rat traps = 5
80 TOTAL (Pukenui) = 59 (73% for the month)
10 Waiarohia Stream = 11 (110% for the month)
GRAND TOTAL = 70 (77% for the month)
April
Strikes = 27 (55% for the month)
March
Strikes = 28 (57% for the month)
February
Strikes = 8
TOTAL Strikes = 344 (Predators caught since trial began in February)