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Hunting by Game/Technique => Trapping => Topic started by: nyduckman on Nov 05, 2013, 10:32:42 PM
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wheres all the pictures of stuff caught these last few weeks??
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two small bobcats but no pic's. took my third cat last night and let it go till next year. pic's are on my pic's page.
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Gotta have a little better start I just got traps out Saturday been pretty slow one coon and picked off a rat same day.
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nice I just set a few outback this afternoon on the creek and gonna toss some more up on the hill tomorrow for k9 and a few other DPs
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I got to do a little reorganizing on mine this weekend that big storm that came through here split most of the trees in that so my game plan got changed a little bit.
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Checked the traps today and ended up with a nice big male coon. weighed him up and he hit the 22lb mark. dang he was a tough sob :o hopefully a few more show up soon.
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That's a nice chunker. I spent most of the weekend hunting again so I didn't get to do much with the traps. Did pick up a little 2x coon. I think I'm gonna dig out the old beat up victors and set some out in the slew we ducked Sunday. hopefully its off the beaten trail enough that they don't go missing. Lots of sign though I wanna set it and give it a try before it freezes up. Watch a mink over there for a bout 10 minutes too so that's a plus.
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nice coon man...cant wait till deer season is over im only running a few very short lines now once deer is over it opens 4800 acres of state land that I dont use till all the crowds are gone dont need my stuff coming up missing im to poor to replace it lol
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That why I'm kinda leary about that slough everyone and there dog has figured out that that area is a bunch of state land. Duck and deer hunters out the wazoo.
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its sad we cant go out and enjoy a sport cuz there are jerks out there that would steal our stuff that we worked so hard to get..
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Sure is. I think there are enough deep spots where I can get catches far enough under the surface to where they will be fairly well hidden. But I guess I'll find out.
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Knock on wood, I haven't lost anything yet. Usually come up missing a couple traps every year. Shortened my line, staying outa the way of deer hunters and so far so good. Big problem for you guy's? Sorry, not trying to hijack the thread, I don't have any pictures cuz I don't know how to post
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As much as i want to set road side culverts i just don't dare to. haven't lost any traps yet but I stay with private property only. only damage to my traps were yesterday when a coon removed my pan from my trap. He'll pay for that. ;D
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iv never lost anything but just the chance that a hunter on state owned land may come across my stuff so I pull mine...this time of year I only have 4 traps out 2 on a small drainage ditch/creek that's maybe 150 feet out the back door and I put 2 fox/yote sets out along the cow pasture...once deer season is over ill have my set split between the farm and state lands...I don't think you should have any fear of setting on state lands just know where your going and only flag your trap not the whole way to it I use a hand held gps and use 1 small flag about 10 feet from my set
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As much as i want to set road side culverts i just don't dare to. haven't lost any traps yet but I stay with private property only. only damage to my traps were yesterday when a coon removed my pan from my trap. He'll pay for that. ;D
A bit different here in Maine but I've never lost anything roadside. Deer hunters are not restricted to public lands here. Landowner permission not required. If it ain't posted, hunt it. Written permission is required for trappers though. Most of the gear I've lost is from K9 dirt hole sets, some with a catch circle. deer hunters are my suspects.........
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I had a snare come up missing last week on private land. no catch circle or sign of any animals so that really only leaves one other option. I moved some to some public ground yesterday so heres to hoping they don't come up missing. Then again crimping everything to earth anchors usually solves that.
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so mad at my self I had my first pull out today... went and checked my set and when I made it I over looked a small 1/4in tree sapling that was maybe 10inches tall and of course my trap was all wrapped around it with no animal...dumb dumb dumb I keep a pair of clippers with me just for little thing like this but it never even crossed my mind this time
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I feel your pain I had what I'm pretty sure was a coon pull out of a blind set I had for fox. set had a short chain so the trap cant wrap around the tree that is natural blocking on the trail. But it was just long enough to where you can see where it shredded the tree climbing it while pulling.
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ok, i pulled the set that i caught the first coon in. he tore it up pretty bad and figured i would make a new set later in the same area. after seeing the trailcam footage of yote's and a fox skirting the set i know they were in the area. so i put a new dirthole set on the side of a mound in the hemlocks. i put a #2 and used a some powder ridge bait in the bottom of the dirt hole. i also added a cotton ball down the hole so it would have some eye appeal. second night there it connected. trying for a $20 yote and ended up with a high$$ fisher, Ill take that any day. ;D
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freaking sweet dude...im not gonna lie im jealous
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Awesome Fisher Hick ; Female yes :)