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Trapper Talk
19 minutes ago
I would get a rope up in as high as possible and have a truck,tractor.have somebody in put tension on the cable,chain or rope notch it and cut it as they keep pulling putting tension on it and should come right over.ive 100's of these over the years.
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Trapper Talk
49 minutes ago
Jaguars are larger than mountain lions. The specimens that show up in the Sky Islands of SE Arizona are a little lighter than the big boys of South America. I visited with some Coues deer hunters that have been hunting the exact same area in SE Arizona for 30 years, in early 2025, they told me that they had seen one jaguar track in those 30 years. Told me that track was much larger than any mountain lion track they had ever seen. I was trapping that area and just knowing that it was possible to have black bears, mountain lions and jaguars in that vicinity was a super cool experience. There's only been five or six of the big cats actually documented in Arizona in recent memory. All males with their pictures taken by trail cameras or bayed by a lion hunter's dogs. No breeding population is known to be in the United States. Each animal has a specific color pattern that ID's them just like our fingerprints do.
I had some other deer hunters that leased a ranch in the Sonora area of Mexico send me a picture of a jaguar at a water tank on their lease. There is a jaguar reserve in Sonora, Mexico that does have a breeding population. That's where biologists think our transient jaguars travel from.
I'm a retired Game Warden that should have been a furbearer biologist.
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
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Trapping Only
1 hour ago
For water trap protection, I run my traps thru a buddy’s cement mixer with 3/4 inch gravel for 5 minutes. This takes just about everything off. Then I speed dip or spray paint with a flat black or brown paint. Then I use Full Metal Jacket. You can also use other floor waxes, too.

FMJ is said to turn traps a milk-ish white when in the water. I’ve never really seen that happen.
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Trapping Only
1 hour ago
I’ve used a stiff metal screen cover that goes over the pan but under the jaws. Then I cover with dried grass ala Mark Zagger’s pipe dream set. The notches for the springs and the edges of the trap bed are sprayed with a 50/50 or 60/40 mixture of glycol. A little tamping of the jaw edge dirt, with my hammer gives a firm set. Since the trap is suspended above the bottom of the trap bed, there’s no need to worry about freeze down.

If I ever go back to coyote trapping in snow, I’ll use Saran Wrap or Walmart plastic under. A layer over. And finish with dried grass and very little snow.

Snaring solves most problems freeze-thaw conditions create.
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Trapping Only
1 hour ago
I’ve tried removing the cartilage from coyote ears. About tore the ears off so I quit doing it. My buyer has never questioned the ear appearance on either species so I leave the cartilage in.
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Trapper Talk
2 hours ago
It wasn't but may be with the new wide open cal rule changes we have had. I haven't looked at long gun rules for .45acp requirements But do know as of last year its not legal in hand gun.

The rifle must fire a centerfire cartridge with a bullet diameter of .219 of an inch (5.56 mm) or larger. A hunter may not possess more than 10 such cartridges for each of these rifles while hunting deer.

It appears your are correct when in a rifle. There have been lots of changes loosening up the restrictions over the last several years.

I was referring to handgun and its still not legal for them but I think should be.
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Trapping Only
2 hours ago
It’s 10 inches at the widest point so a 7” is as big as you can use on a normal body grip land trapping because the diagonal is just under at 9.899”. You’ll have much more area on a 10” circle.
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Trap Shed
2 hours ago
Still looking for projects
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Trapper Talk
2 hours ago
A very well reasoned and good write up. I loved it.
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Trapper Talk
2 hours ago
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Trapper Talk
2 hours ago
Or you could get fancy and get one of these Lorena mud stoves in your place. It is made with holes in the top that fit a cooking pot of your choice.

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The mass of the stove is made with clay, sand, and chopped straw.
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2 hours ago
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Tonight the “last push” moved us into the water. Got a call for a beaver job so we went and set that up. Great beaver sign along with some pretty dang good cat and coon sign. I put in some cat sets and some me DP coon sets to guard them. I also set one blind set on the beaver dam. Should start hooking up with some critters soon!!!!!!
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Trapper Talk
3 hours ago
Wasn’t long ago, i fixed my dinner with grilled, bacon-wrapped doves.
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Trapping Only
3 hours ago
I weaken some springs by heating them on some Duke 1.5's when my kid was young because they were easier for him to set in deeper water for trapping rats. I later just changed them out for 1 1/2 music wire then he got stronger and wanted them for other uses. No big deal.

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Trapper Talk
3 hours ago
My 6th grade teacher was from there. That was before Jerry Reed’s song, but she talked it up big.
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Trapper Talk
3 hours ago
160 155 or 120s all work great
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Trapper Talk
3 hours ago
My wife told me one day last week, that we should sell her grandma’s sterling flatware. I said I was just looking at that yesterday. One grandma had sterling, the other had silver plate. Took in the sterling to sell and got just over $5K. I had weighed it out and knew what I’d get. She couldn’t believe it.
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Trapper Talk
3 hours ago
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Marty has Venmo now just use his email address to find him.
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Trapper Talk
3 hours ago
Actually rats are measured in sizes from xtra small, small, mediurm, large, exlarge. 2xl large and 3xl large with specific inches of length and width at various points. Kits would be the x small and small and probably about 9- 10 inches in length and less. 3xls are over 17.5 2xl are over 16.5 xl and down.

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Trapper Talk
3 hours ago
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
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Wilderness Trapping and Living
3 hours ago
About 5-6 years ago I saw a picture of a Mt. Lion taken by a fisherman out the road in Juneau. I personally never saw one. I also was told by a guy who spent the last 30 years or so living up the Taku, just downstream from the Canadian border, (he passed away 2 years ago), that he had seen them up there several times over the years.
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Trapper Talk
3 hours ago
…. Cool story

… only memory I have of the school bus ride home was a black dude that would fight imaginary adversaries with a sword in his front yard

…. Always looked forward to going by his place
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Trapper Talk
3 hours ago
That's a good lookin steak Gary.
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Trapper Talk
3 hours ago
Thanks, that kinda confirms what I am experiencing.
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