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Mar 15, 2011 14:26:21 GMT -5
Post by ScottRainbolt on Mar 15, 2011 14:26:21 GMT -5
ok lets help the new guys and kids out. we all got a secret set or tip that we dont share or show in demos so come on you old timers come off with them lol. here is one i will share say you find a perfect beaver run and you just set your last snare or body trap. got 2 things we can do try to rember to bring an extra trap the next day or use a foot hold . we all know how to make a beaver dive into a kill trap well lets make him step in a foot hold in waist deep water. heres how i do it i find 2 good stout limbs and drive straight up and down then add my dive stick ok we got him diving but he aint on the bottom yet i add as many dive sticks as i need to get that run down to 10 to 11 in. we arnt building a wall just anuf to make him go deep then set your trap to the side of the run use a big trap when he kicks off the bottom you got him.ok you got him now what well if you got a long chain on your trap you can stake right to the bottom he will wrap around your support sticks and it done or you can put him on an under water drowner to get him out of the run. ok guys lets here a few more
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Mar 15, 2011 14:34:32 GMT -5
Post by ScottRainbolt on Mar 15, 2011 14:34:32 GMT -5
ok one more if your dealing with frozen ground and dont have 4 coiled traps heres one you can use when bedding your trap dont bed your lose jaw down flat jack it up like a ramp. what this does is your traps springs dont have to push the lose jaw up at first allowing all the power to go to your power jaw allowing it to bust up the crust a little more before the springs have to start pushing both jaws. and it also makes a little step down to your pan. works really well in frozen ground or when dealing with rubber jaw traps where the trap has to work a little harder to move the jaws
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Mar 15, 2011 18:48:46 GMT -5
Post by bill1958 on Mar 15, 2011 18:48:46 GMT -5
you can use the coon cuff auger to make dirt holes, you can make them deep even in frozen ground
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Mar 15, 2011 19:07:06 GMT -5
Post by yotkillerbill on Mar 15, 2011 19:07:06 GMT -5
when puting in a dirt hole or flat set take a paint brush and brush the top layer of dirt off to the side then put your set in sift your dirt back over the trap . then take your paint brush and brush that top layer back over your set to blend it back in
bill
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Mar 16, 2011 6:49:39 GMT -5
Post by Furtrader on Mar 16, 2011 6:49:39 GMT -5
wanna slow down them fast moving otter? add a dab of mink glad. otter will work that set HARD. you'll get him every time.
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Mar 16, 2011 16:49:30 GMT -5
Post by bill1958 on Mar 16, 2011 16:49:30 GMT -5
agree furtrader one of the best otter formula i ever used had,mink gland,weasel musk ,touch of rat musk and some tonquin add
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Mar 17, 2011 6:33:45 GMT -5
Post by Furtrader on Mar 17, 2011 6:33:45 GMT -5
best tip ever.... "think more, work less. Use more, carry less." explanation: THINK MORE, WORK LESS. dont walk 300 yds across a field to set a fox trap when you know he will work his way around to the side of the field your standing right now. when you get out of the truck, stop for a minute and think. look things over. easiest routes, what to bring. after you make a set, make sure you have all your tools so you dont have to walk back and get them. (i am very guilty of this) lol An extra minute spent thinking will save you a TON of work in the long run. USE MORE, CARRY LESS. use more of yuor common tools and carry less of the un-needed stuff. too many young trappers try to carry every tool, and trap they have everywhere with them. find ways to use the same tool for different jobs eliminating the need to carry a second tool.
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Mar 17, 2011 12:27:05 GMT -5
Post by minifoxer on Mar 17, 2011 12:27:05 GMT -5
x2 on furtrader work SMARTER not HARDER ! lol
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Mar 18, 2011 8:41:54 GMT -5
Post by minnesotascott on Mar 18, 2011 8:41:54 GMT -5
Get your yes down to the level of the animal you are targeting, you will see what they see.
Best adviceever given to me, Learn one critter well before you move on to another critter.
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Mar 18, 2011 9:45:56 GMT -5
Post by cdr on Mar 18, 2011 9:45:56 GMT -5
wish I had a few tips to give.... lol
Oh wait, I may have one: Find all of the info on your target animal that you can. Read all the posts in trapping forums that relate to your target animal (soon you will see who is knowledgeable and who is not--thus letting you know what to beleive and what not to), apply what you have learned. After applying this knowledge that you have obtained, let the animal teach you--they are the best instructors! Dont be discouraged by small catches (my catches are small in numbers but thats all I have time for). Dont be discouraged by empty traps--learn from those empty traps (as in tracks and animal responce)!!!! There is no magic lure nor bait; however, some will perform better for you than others do. Set on sign and location!! You can not catch what is not there! Seriously one tip would be to do what it takes to keep an animal working your set. If you keep him there longer, the chances of you catching him go up! Use eye appeal for cats and deep hole for dirtholes. Also, if a place is good enough for one set, then its good enough for two!
I kinda hate to reply to a post after Rainbolt, Yotekillerbill, and Bill1958 because they are far more better trappers than myself and I am not in the same league they are in. Maybe the best tip would be "listen to the men I mentioned, because they know"...lol
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Mar 18, 2011 13:01:13 GMT -5
Post by ScottRainbolt on Mar 18, 2011 13:01:13 GMT -5
cdr your to modest my friend. and i dont even rate myself as high as you give me credit i would say im a fair to avg. trapper
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Mar 18, 2011 14:08:40 GMT -5
Post by bill1958 on Mar 18, 2011 14:08:40 GMT -5
cdr of all the post that was made yours was the best because you told them the proper way to look at post .
cdr and scottr it's not about being a pro,fair or even avg .it's all how you work with what you have to work with and how you teach.a 100 traps is worthless to a pro if he don't have the fur in the area and take the fair and avg trapper if he has the fur but only has a few traps and very little time and catch some fur he's better off then the pro with 100 traps.every thing is based on this, you can only work with what you got.
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Mar 18, 2011 22:56:03 GMT -5
Post by bigtwinhd on Mar 18, 2011 22:56:03 GMT -5
I've been thinking of doing this for a few years, and may just do it this year. Maybe. I finally got a good game camera and plan on trying for some video to see just how critters work a set. Not my idea as I read about pre scouting somewhere. Take a good chunk of bait, tainted beaver or cat meat, and grind it up very fine and add to a quart or so of water. Then go into what will hopefully be your desired trapping area, take a trap stake and hammer with you. Pound the stake into the ground 6" or so and wiggle it around to make a funnel shaped hole. Keep hammering and enlarging the hole till she's deep and 3" around at the top. Dump in some liquid bait and hang your camera. You can brush away some of the leaves and whatnot to catch tracks in but the camera should do it for you. On coons I make a feeder so we can train hounds off of it. Just a tire with some holes in the sidewall. I put sticks in the holes to keep out the squirrels but coons can pull them out easily. Easy to do and fun to watch. But will give you a good idea what is traveling in the area.
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