Muskrat - Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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Has anyone tryed apple baited 110 coni trigger on rats?? Also should the bait underwater or somewhat out.
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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ive tried a slice of a potatoe under water but never had any luck. dont know about an apple
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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i have tried it and never had any luck at all but i am also wondering if it is just me that is not having sucess with it
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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i thought maybe half way out of the water some where they can see the apple on the surfce.
Sometimes you need a break to get that task done. Take a break try again you'll get it. Words told from my Dad to me many mines RIP 9-7-60 to 5-30-15
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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gil turner
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Myself I have not done well with bait in open water, under the ice is a bit differant. I would try and find the runs. that is a better set IMO.
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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Riverman, point taken sir.
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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You have a point gil Turner, but in my situation finding runs is difficult... My experience has been much the same. Unless you get out there right after the ice is made and it made good clear ice then you can find the runs. The rest of the time, forget about it. Getting back to the original post I've tried it under the ice. This was on a small river/creek, maybe 20-25' across and up to 8' deep. No bubble trails, all the rats are living in bank dens and there is about 6-8" of ice. We baited the conibears with carrots and then suspended them from a stick laying on the ice. Results were disappointing but the method may have been substandard also! The rat population was getting hit hard by a disease, tough to say how much that affected the catch and how much of it was the method. I plan on trying it again sometime, just have to wait for the rat population to rebound. Clark
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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I like parsnips for bait, 160's are better than 110's, by far.
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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mad trapper under ice or open water how successfull is it?
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Just thought I would stop by again to see what trips other folk's triggers on their #110's before this thread dissolves to the back pages and gets lost in the drift.
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I have tried everything under the sun with apples on the trigger! Half out all out all under so on. I personally have yet to take one muskrat with the set! I did however have some deer walk my creek and destroyed every single set trying to get at the apples!
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On under ice sets...it shouldn't be a problem. However, I find on under ice sets when apples are used for bait they turn to mush...I use carrots or parsnips and have never experimented with styrofoam or strips of plastic.
In open water whenever I tried baiting a 110 I found 50% or greater sprung traps...
...I suggest a baited 160 if you want to go that route...you won't miss.
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bmead, I am using them under the ice. With 110's I average 50% or more misses, with 160,s I average 30% misses
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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ok thank you so what im getting is with a 110 you get alot of misses?, it does work in open water with parsnip?, what am i missing out of all of this?
2012 catches/goals Song dogs 0/2 Reds 1/5 coon 3/0 possoms 1/0 beaver 7/5 rats 60/100 mink 5/10 fisher 2/3 bobcat 2/1
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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LT GREY- have you had sucess in open water? under ice? in ponds where they have easy acess to other food? creeks? how do you set them up?
2012 catches/goals Song dogs 0/2 Reds 1/5 coon 3/0 possoms 1/0 beaver 7/5 rats 60/100 mink 5/10 fisher 2/3 bobcat 2/1
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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bmead, I have not tried the 110's in open water, I have gotten a lot of misses under ice.
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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I don't like to use corn on triggers because you can catch ducks.I use apples and carrots under ice. There is a lake we trap that the water level is adjusted with a dam.The water level changes so often,that one day what was under water is above water the next,putting ducks at risk.
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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Having once had a large supply of golfballs some with muskrat chews already on them. I thought I would go for color and durability when I tried golfballs on 110 triggers under the ice. I used standard white, lime green, hot pink and orange. Sadly not one trap caught a rat. That is not to say that it would not work, it just did not work where I tried it. Maybe in a place with higher rat population it would work. Or maybe in the ponds on the golf course where the balls came from. Who knows but it would have been neat if it worked.
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I have used apple under water but the I figured out they cannt smell underwater so I put pieces of wood painter red and white on the trigger.
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Re: Baited 110 coni trigger for rats?
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I have also tried bait trapping under ice-it seemed like it worked best when the traps were set within the runs when you can find them-or for us at the 5 foot distance from the houses-also had alot of misses with 110s started using my 220s with 1 spring-rarely missed any then-used apples and carrots.
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me to con im in forestville nice to see anouther trapper around me i thought they were all gone
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