Trap prep day!

Took from daylight til after dark yesterday but I'm back in business.



Pretty sore this morning! Lol!



Yeah I know there are easier ways to do it but I love tradition.

Nice

Most people have no idea of the work it takes to trap.

Looks good Hank!

God Bless,
David B.

I do that's why I havnt started yet lol my dad was a good trapper back in the day I'm planning on starting when I get sum more time it's is exciting

Thanks David!

I dyed and waxed 7 dozen steel traps, a dozen beaver traps and 45 dp traps. I only dyed the dp traps to clean them up good. Still have 3 dozen conibears to do but I was worn out yesterday.

I've honestly got way more traps than I could possibly use!

I hope to get out on the marsh soon and set some Conibears.
Yes, that's a lot of traps. I'd be lucky to put out a dozen or so.

Have you used Kendal's newer K9 extreme traps?

I have his older ones with the laminations being round rods instead of flat on top and bottom.
I was wondering about using his coated ones, and if they needed to be dyed each year?

God Bless,
David B.

That's a beautiful sight! I bet you are sore after all that

Looks like a lot of work Hank, but it is fun to do.

Look great.

I'd have to go look and see David. The coated ones I bought were showing rust at points where they were metal on metal so I dyed them with the rest a couple years ago and now I can't even tell which ones were coated to begin with.

At no extra cost when I buy more they'll definitely be coated.

Looks like work... Good luck

Lined up another 2,000 acre lease to trap this afternoon so it looks like I'll be super busy Friday. I've got 4 different properties to set. This'll be the most traps I've ever had out at one time if I manage to set all 4 places this coming weekend.

No telling what you've invested in time, wax and boot leather!

I enjoy prepping traps. Something about it makes me feel like I have stepped back in time.

That's why I started building up my collection of double long spring traps! I'm going to run a line with nothing but double longs on drags next week.