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Post by strippitman on Oct 21, 2014 7:55:06 GMT -5
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Post by strippitman on Oct 30, 2014 7:21:53 GMT -5
So, I've since added a fox to the fur collection and I also had to turn a nasty grinner loose out of the foothold. This early season coyote gig is about to make me go nuts. I'm getting lots of fired traps with no animals in them. Sometimes they are fired off and laying right where I set them which would indicate that a yote rolled on it and it fired off on his shoulder. I have had others where the trap has been pulled tight indicating that a pull out has possibly happenened. I have also had a what appeared to be a dug out trap that hadn't fired off and was laying upside down. I have yet to bag a yote. The one thing I am getting accomplished is that I sure am making them smarter and harder to catch Someone suggested laying a log just in front of the trap to prevent them from being able to roll on it. So that may be the next adjustement I make to some of my sets. Hopefully I get these "diggers" figured out??
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Post by B-rad on Nov 15, 2014 14:12:14 GMT -5
I'm wondering if a more firmly bedded trap wouldn't fix your problem.. and maybe a pan tension adjustment. My biggest problem is my sets attract cows somehow.. I'm yet to set a foothold that hasn't been trompled by cattle. Have you talked to your fur buyer about prices any? I doubt ill mess with coon trapping this year, ut ill probably still lay some steel for them for the fun of it!
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Post by jsanders on Nov 16, 2014 7:50:06 GMT -5
So, I've since added a fox to the fur collection and I also had to turn a nasty grinner loose out of the foothold. This early season coyote gig is about to make me go nuts. I'm getting lots of fired traps with no animals in them. Sometimes they are fired off and laying right where I set them which would indicate that a yote rolled on it and it fired off on his shoulder. I have had others where the trap has been pulled tight indicating that a pull out has possibly happenened. I have also had a what appeared to be a dug out trap that hadn't fired off and was laying upside down. I have yet to bag a yote. The one thing I am getting accomplished is that I sure am making them smarter and harder to catch Someone suggested laying a log just in front of the trap to prevent them from being able to roll on it. So that may be the next adjustement I make to some of my sets. Hopefully I get these "diggers" figured out?? Put a trail cam set on video to see exactly what is happening. I was just given a dozen foothold traps from my buddy's grandpa over the summer and I haven't got around to cleaning them up. The more I try to do something outdoors, the more the family calls me to do something else. With that said, I'm living the outdoors vicarously through everyone else for the most part. So good luck to you guys. Question for anyone that has trapped a skunk. What do you do and how? I have seen a few while bow hunting this year and if I trap one, what next? I'm wondering if a more firmly bedded trap wouldn't fix your problem.. and maybe a pan tension adjustment. My biggest problem is my sets attract cows somehow.. I'm yet to set a foothold that hasn't been trompled by cattle. Have you talked to your fur buyer about prices any? I doubt ill mess with coon trapping this year, ut ill probably still lay some steel for them for the fun of it! I do know that crows can spot anything out of place and it either attracts them or scares them away.
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Post by jawbusters on Jan 20, 2015 22:37:57 GMT -5
Hey strippitman hows it going? I've been trapping just as long as you have,so i'm no expect at any means. But are you boiling then dying an waxing your traps. An don't touch them with your bare hands. An always wear rubber gloves. An if your using lure,put it down in the the dirt hole so they can't roll in it,they have to dig it out to get to it. I was told to never put your lure outside of the dirt hole. I was having the same problem as well. An as far as the trap being dug up it sounds like they are smelling something on that trap an digging it up. I hope this helps,i'm still trying to get my first coyote in a foot hold as well. I got one with a snare last year. It's amazing of how much power one of those wild dogs have. It almost chewed threw the aircraft cable.
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Post by jawbusters on Jan 20, 2015 22:38:39 GMT -5
oh yeah congrats on the fox
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Post by strippitman on Jan 21, 2015 8:47:34 GMT -5
Hey strippitman hows it going? I've been trapping just as long as you have,so i'm no expect at any means. But are you boiling then dying an waxing your traps. An don't touch them with your bare hands. An always wear rubber gloves. An if your using lure,put it down in the the dirt hole so they can't roll in it,they have to dig it out to get to it. I was told to never put your lure outside of the dirt hole. I was having the same problem as well. An as far as the trap being dug up it sounds like they are smelling something on that trap an digging it up. I hope this helps,i'm still trying to get my first coyote in a foot hold as well. I got one with a snare last year. It's amazing of how much power one of those wild dogs have. It almost chewed threw the aircraft cable. Yup, I boil and wax my traps prior to each season. I always wear rubber gloves when handling the traps. Lure almost always goes down in the dirt hole. However, the 2 fox I got this year were with the lure placed on the backing behind the set. I think the reason I was having the issue that I was having was because I was getting my traps bedded securely. The coyote would feel it rock and then dig it up. I pulled all my traps shortly after firearms deer season started. I didn't get a yote this year and the reason I pulled them was because I was tired of driving 15 miles out to check my traps everyday and not getting anything in them. It was costing way too much in fuel. Maybe next year...
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