it's hard work. you make a flour and icing sugar mix and rub it on trees and put a trap under it. you put out about 100 traps in a line then check them in the morning. the fur is worth around $80usd a kilo but the real money is in the government contracts. i done it in a small way, a few family members and friends did big campaigns. it's hard work and i don't know how visas work but if you like it it's a unique job. very damp. here is an insider secret, when you brain the possums they quite often coom. quite a large amount too, you have to hold them up to stop them cooming on their fur
New Zealand