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Post by archeryman32 on Sept 11, 2012 22:15:13 GMT -5
No big bucks in Potter......Got his sheds too.   |
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Post by Dutch on Sept 12, 2012 5:05:51 GMT -5
Where did you say your backyard is?  Is that some sort of antler trap you have set up at the corn? |
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Post by Dutch on Sept 12, 2012 6:22:31 GMT -5
OK, how long is that one G-2?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 7:18:11 GMT -5
Where did you say your backyard is? Is that some sort of antler trap you have set up at the corn? Thats' gotta be a trap Does it work seems pretty easy to make. |
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Post by archeryman32 on Sept 12, 2012 8:02:49 GMT -5
Yeah its an antler trap, and it works prett well. I've gotten alot of sheds that way.
G2 was just over 12 inches
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 8:12:47 GMT -5
Are they bungee cords?
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Post by archeryman32 on Sept 12, 2012 8:32:15 GMT -5
Yep, that is just a quick one a whipped up in my backyard. I have others that are more elaborate. Actually pound in the posts facing outwards away from the bait at like a 60 degree angle. Then put the bungies every six inches or so. The get the racks caught/pressured reaching in and pulling back out.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 8:39:52 GMT -5
Would like to try it behind my dads house would be a great spot lots of big bucks
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 8:40:54 GMT -5
could you post the pics of his sheds?
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Post by archeryman32 on Sept 12, 2012 8:57:34 GMT -5
Left side with the bladed brow. For the life of me, I cant find his other side. I think it's over at my dads, as we were doing an antler compare.  |
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Post by Dutch on Sept 12, 2012 9:47:28 GMT -5
Geez, I'm looking up at my Potter buck with 7.5 inch G-2's, add 5 more inches to that. Unreal..... and yours is still running?
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Post by archeryman32 on Sept 12, 2012 10:57:27 GMT -5
He's still there, alive and kicking. Problem is I only have a couple hundred yards of access to hunt him. He's coming off of a lease that I'm not part of.
The funny thing is how overhunted that lease is. Either that buck is extremely smart, or they are terrible hunters.
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Post by Dutch on Sept 12, 2012 11:58:27 GMT -5
He's still there, alive and kicking. Problem is I only have a couple hundred yards of access to hunt him. He's coming off of a lease that I'm not part of. The funny thing is how overhunted that lease is. Either that buck is extremely smart, or they are terrible hunters. Last weekend we were paddling the canoe in Pine Creek, along the rail trail. We were about 10 ft off the shore, when this huge buck jumps up out of the weeds and runs straight up to the rail trail. He had about the only flat spot on that near vertical stream bank. I don't know how long he had been there, but some folks had just walked down the trail and also some bike riders had just gone past. I guess we just invaded his comfort zone. He was 2 steps up off the creek, so we were REAL close when he cut out of there. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 14:26:38 GMT -5
Did you get it by the antler trap? that is one nice buck
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Post by archeryman32 on Sept 12, 2012 14:57:33 GMT -5
Nope, antler trap didn't get him!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 15:59:59 GMT -5
I would have thought you did I am defiantly trying one of those this coming year
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Post by bowrage on Sept 13, 2012 7:26:27 GMT -5
Always wanted to build one but I was told antler traps are illegal in PA and didn't feel like dealing with the hassle if it were true. I think the fear was that they get stuck and get harmed, no way thats happening with this design so I think I'll go ahead and do that this year as well.
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Post by galthatfishes on Sept 13, 2012 10:35:17 GMT -5
sweet!
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Post by Dutch on Sept 13, 2012 11:47:07 GMT -5
Always wanted to build one but I was told antler traps are illegal in PA and didn't feel like dealing with the hassle if it were true. I think the fear was that they get stuck and get harmed, no way thats happening with this design so I think I'll go ahead and do that this year as well. Well, I just got an answer from JohnS about antler traps, and he had to contact Harrisburg about it to be sure. Here is what he got from Harrisburg. "They are not legal, that activity would constitute “disturbing wildlife” which is a summary of the first degree that carries a $1000 to $1500 and imprisonment up to 90 days." |
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Post by bowrage on Sept 13, 2012 13:12:06 GMT -5
Right - So, I'd not call this an antler trap. Its just a feeder that happens to knock em off. lol
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Post by Dutch on Sept 13, 2012 13:51:30 GMT -5
I guess, if improperly constructed, they have seen cases where entanglement, when the antlers are not ready to drop, have killed or harmed deer. Now, if ya wanna tie a rope around the neck of one of those Potter County hogs for me, well, that would be ok, I guess. |
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Post by archeryman32 on Sept 13, 2012 16:11:40 GMT -5
I wouldn't call it an antler trap, since it's impossible to get tangled in it. It only put pressure on the loose antlers as the reach in. If one got under it, the bungie would just pop off the top.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2012 16:22:27 GMT -5
as long as there isn't a lot of tension on the cord those cords are known to take an eye out
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