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Post by manyfeather on Oct 24, 2013 10:15:48 GMT -6
First year running fs sets what do you guys suggests one or two traps
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Post by brandtfleener on Oct 24, 2013 10:33:54 GMT -6
All depends on the location if there is deep water on one side I would say one trap, but if there is shallow water I would say 1 trap on each side.
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Post by doublexl on Oct 24, 2013 11:13:42 GMT -6
There is a video on the fish stick set by mike sells, and he always sets two traps. The traps are between the bait and the bank. The traps are about at a ninety degree angle from the stake, about a foot or more apart. That's what I do also and catch doubles. Sometimes the coon will get in both traps.
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Post by ~ADC~ on Oct 24, 2013 14:02:20 GMT -6
4fur says two... I always listen when Wayne talks.
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Post by robmelton on Oct 24, 2013 21:00:09 GMT -6
for those guys that use electric fence posts, what do you do about the triangle part? is it fine as is or do you try to dull it up somehow? seems as it would cut a hide as is to me. just curious
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Post by 4fur on Oct 25, 2013 9:25:31 GMT -6
4fur says two... I always listen when Wayne talks. As long as you are listening, Jayme, try reducing the price on your Trail Mix to a dollar a bag. I guarantee you will become the biggest DP bait supplier in the nation!  In this area where we catch at least 10 coon to every mink, I think two traps are the way to go. I don't double often but two traps cut down on bait theft and reduce the need for guide sticks/blocking. It is a thrill to double though...  Most years I don't use the FS until December when conditions get tough to run DPs and pockets and often the only open water is small, shallow streams, springs, tile dumps, etc. These locations are really difficult to set up using only one trap. Here is a pretty typical spot. It is a tile dump at an on ramp to an interstate...  The water here is almost knee deep so I have to build up a trap bed using slew grass. I just can't see using one trap in a spot like this...  One disadvantage of two traps is they often get tangled up pretty good after a catch. Just untangle the chains, set the traps and hang them on the stake while preparing the trap bed...  This is another typical later season location...  ] Wish I had taken a better picture but I didn't realize there was a drowned buck mink in the other trap until I dispatched the coon...  |
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Post by 4fur on Oct 25, 2013 10:00:51 GMT -6
for those guys that use electric fence posts, what do you do about the triangle part? is it fine as is or do you try to dull it up somehow? seems as it would cut a hide as is to me. just curious Personally, I can recall only one coon that had a puncture that may have been caused by the spade. I can remember several gauntlets I ruined by handling the fence post incorrectly when pulling it out of a hard, clay bottom though!  They are sharp, but it is not a problem with fur damage IMO, Rob! |
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Post by hillbillyken on Oct 25, 2013 12:31:47 GMT -6
wayne......was wondering if setting under a bridge would be better then open water....my thinking is, the water is covered by the bride so less likely to freeze as fast....it there in truth to my thing or am I just way off?
also do u use #11 for all your trapping or just for fs also how many fs do u think you run any given year?...thanx HBK
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Post by 4fur on Oct 25, 2013 20:46:36 GMT -6
I think that water actually freezes faster under most bridges around here, Ken.
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Post by Chris O. on Oct 26, 2013 7:22:37 GMT -6
for those guys that use electric fence posts, what do you do about the triangle part? is it fine as is or do you try to dull it up somehow? seems as it would cut a hide as is to me. just curious I lay the spade of the stake flat on another piece of steel and hammer it flat around the point area then hit the points straight on and this really dulls them up and is a lot easier than grinding them |
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They are sharp, but it is not a problem with fur damage IMO, Rob! 
