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Post by hunternotakiller on Feb 1, 2015 13:19:29 GMT -5
i knew this was going to be hard but i didnt know i was going to have this much trouble. these creatures are to smart
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Post by davet on Feb 1, 2015 13:22:06 GMT -5
LB, when you use a drag do you use a grapple or do you either chain or wire you trap to a log or a long branch?
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Post by longbeard2372 on Feb 1, 2015 15:20:00 GMT -5
LB, when you use a drag do you use a grapple or do you either chain or wire you trap to a log or a long branch? Depends what and where I'm trapping. Bobcats, coon and fox you can get away with wiring to a good fresh cut log atleast 6" round and 6 feet long. Use 8 feet of chain with a swivel a foot from each end of the chain and a swivel in the center of the chain. This will make sure the log stays laying flat. Attach the wire to the middle of the log and use 16D nails to keep from sliding up or down the log. To fasten the chain to the wire I use quick links and make sure I get as many strands of wire in the quick link as you can. I wrap the wire 6 - 8 times around the log and twist tight with linesmans pliers. I use a quick link to attach the trap to the chain on the other end. With coyotes I use a 6" round log minium a 8" is better. You would not believe how a yote or cat can chew through a log in a couple hours if they can get to the log. Useing 8 feet of chain gives you a better chance of the log getting hung up and then the critter getting hung up on something else out of reach of your drag log. Also the bigger/heavier log leaves a more defined trail to track the critter down when he leaves the set area. Drag are great for making remakes easy and simple. The critters don't desturb the set area when on a drag verses when they are pinned in one spot all night. Just like trap chains the more swivels the better. Grapples are great if you don't mind hauling the extra weight. I carry a old bow saw when trapping up north where drags are needed because of to many rocks or hard ground.
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Post by longbeard2372 on Feb 1, 2015 15:23:59 GMT -5
Also I use good heavy 12 gauge ceiling grid wire to fasten drags to logs. You can get this at Lowes or homeripoff.
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Post by hunternotakiller on Feb 3, 2015 11:50:47 GMT -5
i just picked up a #4 4 coil now i need to de grease it and make it un-human scented
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Post by davet on Feb 3, 2015 14:32:13 GMT -5
Fire up the boil pot
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Post by hunternotakiller on Feb 4, 2015 10:55:26 GMT -5
that i did. just set but im now thinking on pulling on saturday. i physically cant walk through 2 1/2-3 ft of snow. to expensive to run tractor every day wish it wasnt so big. oh well hope i can get one by saturday
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Post by hunternotakiller on Feb 8, 2015 12:27:42 GMT -5
pulled traps trying to find a snowmobile but dont look to good cuz im bout out of meney
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Post by davet on Feb 8, 2015 13:33:58 GMT -5
Well, two evenings ago I watched this nice grey out my back kitchen window make a "B" line right towards my trap. Now, I know this grey is the one making the tracks back there and ignoring my trap. he's after the field mice. Today I went down and the trap is just fine 'n dandy. I couldn't check it yesterday as I was as sick as a dog. Well, this week my plan is to set 2 more back there that even I can't tell. One will be where he walks all the time, no scent, no bait, just some dirt sifted on top. The other will be a dirt hole set not that far away. I will get him. He just doesn't know it yet!!
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Post by bawanajim on Feb 9, 2015 3:50:00 GMT -5
Dave, if you have a place to do it, here's an idea that works for me.It takes a little work but you will get years of use from them. I bury concrete blocks about 2/3 deep along field edges or tractor trails in the woods, think of the prevailing winds as to what side of the field /trail that you place them. I put some rocks or gravel in the hole under the block so water drains out, then over top of these blocks I put large flat creek rocks, remember when I said there was work involved Over the summer I throw some shelled corn or sunflower seeds under the rock into the holes of the block, it won't take long and your block will become the home of many field mice, and a very safe home it will be, as your local foxes and coyotes are unable to dig them out to eat them, but soon you will find that they visit your block nearly every time they pass it, it becomes a year round calling card, and if you learn to trap "near" these bait sites you will increase your success, and these sites just get better each year as they "age", good luck, Jim.
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Post by davet on Feb 9, 2015 8:12:05 GMT -5
Jim....what a great idea!! It's like planting a small apple orchard for deer!! Nice!! flat rock is not all that bad. I have a cart to tote 'em up. If they are to heavy they don't come. I always need an excuse to do some exercise anyway.
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Post by lanceoutfitters on Feb 13, 2015 22:52:35 GMT -5
I'm glad we don't have to deal with the deep snow as often as you guys do.
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