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Predator Hunting => Trapping => Topic started by: Renny on July 26, 2011, 08:57:33 AM
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Time to get ready for fall.........
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holy crap...did you get a few new dozen??? yote traps?
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Coon... A friend and I are going to run a river line for a week or two.
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I sure have a lot of traps to get ready! Gotta get at it and get it done before October. Wish I had as nice a place to do them. :)
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Ive been planning my "Big river line" for years now. there is always something to shut me down
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I hear ya!!!! We've talked about this for a couple years and decided we arent getting any younger.
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man, I live down here right on the lower susky, and i've been thinkin bout runnin a river line ever since I started trapping (2 years) haha not very long. I've got the jet boat to do it, and we have trapped beaver on the river, but only for a weekend. I do get the height gage sent to my phone every hour via text, and man does it go up and down. Everyone i've asked said they'd do it when they get to retire, but since i'm hard headed i'll probably learn the hard way and do it sooner or later. I was going to run mostly coni boxes (24 of'm, not a lot but its what I got) and DP's I have yet to buy. I guess there are plenty of sets you could make with a CS that doesn't have to be on the waters edge. I've seen the river around where you live, should be iterresting. Any sets that you will try to concentrate on?
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Mostly dirtholes and cubbies with some blind sets mixed in. Gonna stay on the bank and on trails. Only going to run about 100 traps for about two weeks or until a goal is met but will move them at least once... probably twice. Also running a jet.
I will still be working full time during this period so not getting too crazy..... PLUS...calling is good, the walleyes are biting, the buck will be ruttn', K9s to catch and ...............well you get the idea.
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...pretty much the best time of the year! the gf turns into a hunters widow around oct-nov...anyways...how will you be staking down your traps primarily?
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Primarily cableing off to trees, logs, flood debris, etc....... then rebar.
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Best of luck on the river line, Renny.
The weather will be the biggest factor for river trapping, but you know that. Our section of the Susquehanna stays up for 3-5 days with heavy rainfall.
Set heavy in good locations. Remember what Ed Bacon said..."When Jim and & I set a location, we're there awhile."
BTW, I have dry dirt sifted and put up and dozens of traps, boiled and waxed. Still have lots to do and might even clean up the shed. Lots to do. If you haven't started getting ready for fur season you are already behind the eight ball.
Renny, the fuel pump went out on the Rhino so I replaced it. 2 weeks later (maybe 2 hours on it) the fuel pump went out again. Waiting for a new one to arrive. Then I can get the Rhino outa the fur shed...lol.
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Thanks Hern and best of luck to you also.... I did clean and adjust all traps after I pulled last year and there ready to boil and wax. Havent got after dirt yet but will soon. Thanks for your help putting cable together this spring!
Is you rhino still under warranty? Maybe you shouldn't let the Mrs work on it any more......
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Naw, Rhino isn't under warrenty. Dealer did replace fuel pump @ no charge.
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Good luck on the trap-line. I'm going to try to trap a bobcat as my main goal but there are grayfox in the area and some coyotes that will be targeted.....ED
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just watched jones pile up coon on his ohio river line last night with cubbies, seems with that system it would be pretty easy to beat the flux of water levels, not having to have the trap covered by water per say
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I've drank a few beers with Matt but never watched his video. Is it good? Whats he show? Heck of a nice guy and will make you laugh for days.....
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I think its good...he mostly sets home made wooden cubbies, and keeps'm off the water line 5-10 feet, sets on sign and puts down a good trail scent with fish oil to the cubbies...also sets high trails with 220's which we can't do...i'm sure cubbies and DP's could be set about the same as he does and the river would have to come up 5 feet in one night, and if you're doing it for a week...you an look ahead far enough to see if we're going to get that much rain...also shows his log set with CS's, which is just a log cut with notches to hold bait and works like a PVC set but it doesn't stick out to theives, and he ran those on drowners...some pocket stuff but not much...the begining of the video is him and Len Williams hittin crossovers and trails to creeks with 220's, which we can't do...but I found the river part good info...
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I should have built this sifter a long time ago....... tick tock!!!!
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Tuned and degreasing......
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Working on a box to hold traps, critters and stuff. Also making a couple blood boxes for the bottom.... Awful quiet roun here!
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I was thinking of making a box to lay the critters in but am undecided on how to make it.Thought about maybe putting sawdust or straw in the bottom to soak up fluids.Any suggestions?
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Cat litter is what I been using.
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Cat litter. I'll take a pic when I finish them today. I think I'm gonna line the bottom of the box with pig mats.
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as long as they don't freeze to the bottom of the boat, my boat gets hosed out at the end of the day :)...you're boat must be fancy ;D
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Yea right! I'm not doing this to keep the boat clean.... Its to try and keep the fur dry and clean and cool them down quicker. Thats another reason I am staying up on the bank and not in the water. Plus I'm gonna nab a fox or two Im sure.
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Almost archery season!!!!!!!!!!!
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Renny you sure have a pile of traps there. I would have a heart attack lugging all those traps around. LOL How many animals due you average to trap each season?
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Wow man, you got quite the rigging to do just about anything you want to I'm impressed can't wait to see pictures.
Ryan.
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Every year is different as things change such as priorities, weather, and animal populations just to name a few. I have goals to reach in a short amount of time then going to NY to trap with a friend for a few days..... then I will trap at a more leasurly pace and just enjoy life if the weather holds.
Everything is pretty much ready for the river line exept maybe a full day or day and halfs work, and that will be done by early next week. I just went down to grab my trail camera by my tree stand at 11:35 this am and say a HUGE 8 point but got no pics of him. I pulled the camera and wont go back until sat. Now all I can think about is archery season....... dang he was nice! See how easy priorities can change? 8)