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Post by bizkid on May 9, 2011 9:54:51 GMT -5
Whats your guys most basic coon sets you like? And how do you make them? Brennan- PS Pics appreciated. lol
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Post by minifoxer on May 9, 2011 10:45:40 GMT -5
a very basic coon set that has been used very succesfully among many trappers is just the simple pocket set!
Find your location, in most cases there is a pinch point at the loation were the bank goes from flat to steep, set your pocket set right were the flat bank goes to steep as this forces the coon into the water.
Take your trowl, make a hole in the bank (your pocket) just as wide as your trap your using and maybe 6" tall.
Place your set trap right at the entrance of the hole and make it as solid as you can get it (this is usally accomplished by pushing and pressing the trap into the mud/clay untill solid) Keep your trap pan under the water about 2-3" at the most.
There is no need to cover your trap, i usally just break up the outline of it a little.
Then wire your trap to a drag, or stake it on a drowning system, throw some fish in the back of your pocket (usally done before bedding trap in front of hole) and your good to go!
Sorry i have no pics, and that above is just my method of my simplest coon set, another simple/fast one is the pvc pipe set.
the pvc pipe basically takes the place of the pocket in the pocket set. It also adds a good bit of eye appeal as the whit pipe sticks out quite good.
just find your location, puch in the PVC pipe, have about 9" of the pipe sticking out throw your lure/bait into the pipe and bed a trap under the water in front of the pipe. stake/wire your trap and your good to go.
good luck!
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Post by trapper365 on May 9, 2011 15:36:23 GMT -5
i just like a simple dirt hole bc if you use a lure that works for more than coon then you increase your chances of even catching something else. Find a simple coon trail and set on it and if you catch something better than the coon great if you catch the coon thats great also but im not much of a water trapper so i wouldnt know about water sets. Hope it helps by the way brennan why didnt you just make your name brennan like on tman mine is the same on every trapping website. If it isnt brennan from Tman though sorry.
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Post by Law Dog on May 9, 2011 16:28:01 GMT -5
220 bucket set or a cage trap as basic as it gets and works well also!!!!
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Post by happersilderness on May 11, 2011 7:18:15 GMT -5
Bucket sets (I'll post a video later). And the simple dirthole and pocket set.
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Post by Ohio on May 11, 2011 8:05:19 GMT -5
When i read the title of this post it reminded me of a set i have not used since i was a kid. Before i could drive i trapped with a kid a little older than me. He had a licence and an old beat up car. He drove, i set traps. This was our early season coon trapping technique. He would pull up to a bridge. I would run down the bank. smear peanut butter on a rock or log. Wire off a trap in front of it. Beat feet to the next bridge. We did pretty good back then.
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Post by ScottRainbolt on May 11, 2011 17:39:40 GMT -5
simple coon set 4 foot 3/32 cable and a washer lock dont get much easer then that
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Post by Ohio on May 11, 2011 18:50:37 GMT -5
Littlewolf, Its funny, now i feel the need to dig a hole. I had not even thought of that set in years.
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Post by happersilderness on May 11, 2011 19:12:56 GMT -5
Raccoon bucket sets real simple
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Post by Marc on May 16, 2011 18:59:55 GMT -5
coon dagger DP, and soon to test 220 body gripper with wooden box
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Post by halfton on May 18, 2011 20:46:53 GMT -5
Simple blind set were they step off the bank into water. A blind set at a pinch point on the high bank.
Set needs nothing but a stake and a hammer to set. Don't think it can get anymore simple and basic as that
Russ
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Post by backwoodsman on May 31, 2011 22:16:57 GMT -5
Our 3 main coon and mink sets are Pocket set, PVC/Tile Set and Tinfish. All 3 are simple and quick to make.
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Post by greenbriar on May 31, 2011 22:44:50 GMT -5
Dog proof's gang set at culverts going under the road along my line.
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Post by bill1958 on Jun 1, 2011 0:17:10 GMT -5
coon rub post
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Post by dieselweasel on Jun 6, 2011 14:32:06 GMT -5
Rainbolt and foxer said it.
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Post by bigdave on Jun 6, 2011 17:58:32 GMT -5
Mini said it best. The basic pocket with the hole about the same size as the width of the trap. This will keep the mink from slipping by the trap along the edges. Put a shelf in the back with the blade of the shovel and keep the bait out of the water. This is a universal set that takes mink coon and rats. I use 3/32" cable about 6ft. long and make a drowner out of the set. Keeps the pocket from getting torn up. I don't have a pic of a pocket with a coon in it but the pocket in the pic below took 2 or 3 mink and I think 6 coon last season. Been using the same pocket for 10 years or so and it still produces every year. I started using more blind sets in the river in the past 2 years. Find a big rock or root ball etc going out into the river. You will see where the coon walk around it. Bed the trap in that trail in about 2 inches of water. Put a step stick on one side of the trap just about 2 inches over the waters surface. Causes the coon to step over the stick and right into the trap. I found a root system that was washed out so the roots were in the water but there was a tunnel of sorts withe the roots creating a fence to keep the coon next to the bank. Water was only a couple inches deep. Placed 2 traps in the tunnel using a single stake in deep water for both traps. Stepping sticks on both traps. The first night this set doubled and I had a mess trying to untangle the 2 coons at the single stake (won't do that again). This set took 5 or 6 before it finally went dead. Pic is of the double at the end of the drowner.
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Post by timberhippie on Jun 6, 2011 18:27:59 GMT -5
Easiest set has to be a dp on an earth anchor. If what you mean is simple in terms of speed and convenience.
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Post by minifoxer on Jun 6, 2011 18:34:26 GMT -5
Dave, thanks for the posts and pics, really like both the pics! espeically the first one!
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Post by lyonch on Jun 7, 2011 10:55:54 GMT -5
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Post by Fluff747 on Jun 7, 2011 17:17:27 GMT -5
cant beat a pocket for coon , if the bank will allow it LOL then its coon daggers on drowners
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Post by happersilderness on Jun 7, 2011 17:39:36 GMT -5
Lyonch is that the same concept as the fish stick?
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Post by lyonch on Jun 7, 2011 19:14:32 GMT -5
Yes it is happ. In MN I can't have exposed bait, and this allows me to get passed that. I premake them at home, then simply set a 1.5 coil and drive the stake.
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Post by happersilderness on Jun 7, 2011 19:33:16 GMT -5
I'm in Minnesota to... How much does the cat food cost and how many sets is it good for?
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Post by lyonch on Jun 7, 2011 23:11:41 GMT -5
I'm in Minnesota to... How much does the cat food cost and how many sets is it good for? Each can is only good for one set, unless you drown them. I can't remember what it exactly cost, but I use to have a pallet full. I think there is one or two cases left. I bought it at mills fleet farm. I will have to let you know what kind I used. I took a adc coon last night with this exact set and bait for the neighbor LOL.
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Post by happersilderness on Jun 7, 2011 23:56:13 GMT -5
I go to Fleet Farm all the time I never seen no pallet of catfood?
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Post by lyonch on Jun 8, 2011 12:35:04 GMT -5
You need to ask for it bud. Just ask them how much a pallet of it would be. I will try to get you the brand and kind i used when i get home tonight.
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Post by happersilderness on Jun 8, 2011 13:10:59 GMT -5
You talking the one in Blaine right?
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Post by lyonch on Jun 8, 2011 13:20:14 GMT -5
I go to the one in St. Cloud.
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Post by happersilderness on Jun 8, 2011 13:57:54 GMT -5
Think the one in Blaine will also have the same cat food?
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Post by lyonch on Jun 8, 2011 14:10:10 GMT -5
I'm sure it will fella. I will be coming your way on friday (if blaine is where you live). I could drop off a handfull of cans if you wish. If my memory recalls me correctly, the cans of cat food were $.05 to $.10 per can at most.
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