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Re: I have had it with the coons
[Re: muzziehead]
#2441125
03/21/18 05:59 PM
03/21/18 05:59 PM
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I don't know that it's a lack of smarts, with coons, some are pretty devious, but they're not afraid of human scent, or they wouldn't spend so much time eating people's cat food or stealing chickens! DP's are all I have, to protect ducks and chickens...I usually angle mine a little, and I spread a little bait around the trap like you've done. Good luck!
Well behaved women never make history.~ Out back Quit laughing...I think I broke something.
Fifteen is my limit on Schnitzen-Gruben, Baby...
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Re: I have had it with the coons
[Re: muzziehead]
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03/21/18 06:53 PM
03/21/18 06:53 PM
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Yep, I probably should have put mine in on an angle as well. Just wasn't sure if I should go buy some sort of coon bait or just stick with marshmallows. Someone told me to let them dry out but I would think they would not be as good of an attractant if they were dried out, but I am novice to this trapping thing.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: I have had it with the coons
[Re: muzziehead]
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03/21/18 07:10 PM
03/21/18 07:10 PM
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You don’t need anything special for coons…..the most important thing is to set your traps in well used areas…..creek branches are usually great areas.... I’m catching them on Lucky Charms and Corn Pops right now. Here’s an easy way to set your traps up. You just wrap the cable around a small tree and then stick the trap through the loop…..quick and easy to put out and take up.....no hammers and stakes to mess with.
Last edited by CNC; 03/21/18 07:17 PM.
We dont rent pigs
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Re: I have had it with the coons
[Re: muzziehead]
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03/21/18 07:12 PM
03/21/18 07:12 PM
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Also, keep your bait in the trap. Just fill it up to the bottom of the trigger.......and set your latch with more of a hair trigger.......Put out traps in groups of 3.
Last edited by CNC; 03/21/18 07:19 PM.
We dont rent pigs
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Re: I have had it with the coons
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03/22/18 02:27 PM
03/22/18 02:27 PM
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That’s a good pull for night one. If you’ve got the time to check the traps for a couple weeks and set up on some hot travel ways…..you can really put a hurting on some coons. Yes, the paint is to make them easier for me to locate. Seems to make no difference to the coons. They may beat it off when I catch one but it only takes a few seconds to put a new coat back on them. Those cables are attached with hammer-on clamps....very simple.
Last edited by CNC; 03/22/18 02:30 PM.
We dont rent pigs
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Re: I have had it with the coons
[Re: muzziehead]
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03/22/18 05:41 PM
03/22/18 05:41 PM
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I just got around to checking my four sets on south tract and caught two more there, so I ended up with 5 coons out of 12 sets. Feel pretty good for the first night.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: I have had it with the coons
[Re: muzziehead]
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03/22/18 06:00 PM
03/22/18 06:00 PM
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I've caught them using sardine, tuna, salmon, marshmallows, dry dog food with fish oil dripped on it so whatever you find theyre biting on use it and when that runs dry use something else
When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself The older I get the better I used to be
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Re: I have had it with the coons
[Re: muzziehead]
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03/23/18 06:14 AM
03/23/18 06:14 AM
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I've used cheap maple syrup or chocolate syrup to lay a scent trail to the DP's. Once you catch several, it'll get a little more difficult and it seemed as if that helped
Carrying a gun isn't comfortable; but at times it is comforting
"Cause the cause for the pause you think you see is really concentration on the steel” NonPoint
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Re: I have had it with the coons
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03/23/18 04:28 PM
03/23/18 04:28 PM
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Fish oil wears them out for me.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
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Re: I have had it with the coons
[Re: muzziehead]
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03/24/18 10:08 PM
03/24/18 10:08 PM
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I’m not sure what I caught But it looked there had been a pretty good struggle and whatever it was eventually pulled the stake out of the ground and left with my trap in tow. The ground was a little wet in the area and I had Not driven stake all the way down. My guess is that it was a bobcat. Can’t see how coyote could get caught in one. I have Out several cameras so I may Get to see what it was shortly.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: I have had it with the coons
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03/24/18 11:52 PM
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Muzziehead unless you like buying new traps and having animals suffering with a trap on them trying to survive invest in some chains.
Add 8 to 10 feet of chain to each of your DP traps and a quicklink to attach them around trees.
The trap you lost was more than likely a coon. They can be a handful. Now you're out a trap and an animal is suffering due to your efforts. It's preventable!
CNC your cable system will work as long as you inspect your cables after every catch and change them out as soon as you see twist and signs of wear. A big coon left for 12 hours will do serious damage to cable. If they set into chewing on it then you'll loose a trap.
I don't mean to be on my soapbox as they say but anytime a trapper looses an animal with a trap on it there's the potential for that animal to be found by someone who will use that against us! It's our responsibility as trappers to take every precaution possible to prevent painting trapping in a bad light.
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. Emerson
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Re: I have had it with the coons
[Re: North40R]
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03/25/18 08:37 AM
03/25/18 08:37 AM
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CNC your cable system will work as long as you inspect your cables after every catch and change them out as soon as you see twist and signs of wear. A big coon left for 12 hours will do serious damage to cable. If they set into chewing on it then you'll loose a trap.
I'll be sure to keep an eye on them. .......I'm using Z-traps that come with an extra swivel on the chain. I think that may be helping some with the twisting.
We dont rent pigs
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Re: I have had it with the coons
[Re: muzziehead]
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03/25/18 11:22 PM
03/25/18 11:22 PM
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North40R, thanks for the tip on using a chain as opposed to the cable. I will Definitely look at using the chain. My question though would be is 8-10 feet necessary? Assuming I tie Off to a tree that is 3-4 in circumfance, do I need That extra 4-5 feet of chain.
I did the set correctly based on everything I had read. My only mistake would have been locating the stake in an area where the ground may have been too wet.
Last edited by muzziehead; 03/25/18 11:23 PM.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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