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Trapper Talk
1 minute ago
Maybe a Maduro type action is in order here. Snag Walz and Frey and put them on trial.
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Trapping Only
2 minutes ago
Bridger #5 and the MB 750 are good choices. Both are made in a wolf style with heavy chain ,lamination and base plates. There also others that are built for the wolf just depends on your budget. I have had incidental catches with Bridger #3's which held them but they chew and can destroy a trap that's not built for them.
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Trapping Only
3 minutes ago
Look on JC Conner's website or contact them. Great folks to deal with.
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Trapper Talk
8 minutes ago
I use flagging ribbon tied to a limb or fence wire in the general area. With talk of snow and wind all the time I snapped my sets long while back so not having to deal with it.
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Trapper Talk
9 minutes ago
Originally Posted by WhiteCliffs
I really enjoy Cathryn’s posts - about everything - from trapping to selling apples.

And if you havent ever heard trappers bragging, you never stood around the fur buyers establishment very long back in the late 70’s


They were the dumb ones, the best ones back then you wouldn't think caught a thing.
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Trapper Talk
11 minutes ago
Originally Posted by Sharon
Originally Posted by Dirt
You could almost eliminate your property taxes, if you eliminated the service of educating children.



^ I have harped on this for years.

My main beef....veterans. They should never have to pay tax on anything. Land, homes, food, medical, including dental, services , meds, vechiles, insurance...

Of all the waste and fraud of Americans tax dollars, there would be more than enough in the support of appreciation to our vets , being top priority. NO vet should ever be homeless, or donation organizations needed ( some are wonderful , of course ) , to provide for them what should be a given . The best of everything. They've already paid ...some still paying with their health.

Other than that, a slew of others are already mentioned above.





Thanks for picking me as your winner. I'm pretty sure I don't want or need all that wealth transfer. Good Lord!
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Trapper Talk
11 minutes ago
40 below at cabin this morning in Wascott. 23 below in Hudson
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Lure and Bait Formulator's forum
13 minutes ago
Fair enough, but I have gland lures I bought from others that are 2 and 3 years ago that do not have this happening. I can only figure I obviously lack something in my formulation to keep this from happening. Does anything prevent this darkening or do I need to handle it differently to avoid the color change?
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Trapper Talk
20 minutes ago
Went well but I didn't use bread baking pans. The ones we have are all ~ 2.5 inches tall. So, I'm ordering deep bread baking tins/pans. Just wouldn't have gone well with that depth of pan.
I debated and debated my decision.
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Trapper Talk
20 minutes ago
I stay away from all Liberal controlled states.
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Trapper Talk
21 minutes ago
Chamber sealer is definitely worth the cost if you use it a lot. Bags are 8-10 cents a piece. we use it for everything from meat to left over soups and chili.
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Trapper Talk
22 minutes ago
Originally Posted by Savell
Yes sir… it’s under ground… it’ll bust at the well or in the attic

… have to drain everything from the well to the faucets to get the water out when it’s under freezing for a few hours or they’ll bust

… shoot even had one pvc elbow bust even after doing all that a couple years ago


If you're going to drain your lines:

Some folks down around the lake here that have summer cabins only use them in the summer.
They have a air fitting plumbed into the water line at the well. Shut the well down then hook up an air compressor to that air fitting and blow all the water out of the lines. Works good.
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Trapper Talk
23 minutes ago
Originally Posted by claycreech
Trevor buys a lot of antler.
Not much that he doesn’t deal in as far as wildlife related items.

Thanks
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Trapper Talk
29 minutes ago
Originally Posted by Dirt
I think Nimzy should be ecstatic about $3 rats. My uncle was getting $2 in 1972, so you are doing waaaaay better.

Disagree! $2 in 1972 would buy a lot more than $3 will buy now!

It would take approx. $15 today to buy what $2 would buy in 1972.
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Trapper Talk
53 minutes ago
Originally Posted by TurkeyTime
Nice. Homemade suet?

No, I soften suet and smash it into the knothole with a putty knife.
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Trapper Talk
55 minutes ago


I loaned my meat grinder to one of the guys in my deer hunting group. He's family. Did that for a couple of years with no problems. Then I loaned it out to him one year and it didn't come back. I finally texted him and told him I needed it back. He brought it back when I was gone to work. The first time I went to use it, I found the blade had a tip broken off, a gouge in the auger and a gouge in the housing. I imagine he or one of his kids dropped a bone or a slug into it. Stuff happens but man up and tell me about it. I texted him and he didn't reply. He sent $20 with no note. I returned the money and decided to never loan it out again. The following year, he wanted to borrow it. I told him that someone else was using it. He hasn't asked again.

He showed up at deer camp with 3 of his kids this year. We always try to figure out the first morning how many deer we need because we always have extra tags due to landowner tags. When he was asked, he said he didn't want any. His sister asked what he was doing there if he didn't want any deer. He didn't have anything to say. Two of his kids ended up shooting deer and he ended up taking them. I didn't understand why he thought it was okay to fill other people's tags instead of letting them shoot their own deer.
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
Here’s an odd one.. friend of a friend here in Tennessee, sold a nice Monte Carlo to a guy in Indianapolis…they met half way at a bank of American .. the guy had a $20k cashiers check.. they went in.. verified the check.. the guy put $10k in his account, $10k in his pocket..,gave the buyer the title and the keys.. everyone was happy.. until a week later, the bank called.. said the check was phony ..they had withdrawn the $10k from the account and demanded the seller bring the other 10k in cash.. he never did.. I never heard anything else about what transpired..
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
All we have are big tough fox squirrels, I think I'll start using my skinning machine. smile
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
Another important thing to do with a storm moving in.......

Make sure you're around people you like in case you get stranded with them! cool
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
They’re a hoot to catch, I hate putting them up though
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
Young and dumb in 1978. Trapping Wisconsin River near Wausau, WI before school on a cold early November day. 14 years old at the time and by myself on the line. Wading along the shoreline with hip-boots on. Had a #2 Victor square jaw double coilspring set up under an overhanging bank for muskrat, raccoon or mink. Too dark to see (and no flashlight!) so I reached under bank with my hand to feel for the trap chain but found the center of the pan with three fingers instead. Ouch. Would have been easy to remove if I had a long enough wire attached to the end of the chain but I had a short wire that was tied to an exposed root back under the overhang. Young, dumb and inexperienced. Could not reach the trap and fully compress the trap levers with one hand. Only option was to sit down on my butt in the water and insert my feet under the overhang and push the levers down with my heels while one hand was still securely in the trap. Glad I was flexible! Got the trap off finally but was now drenched and had a 2 mile walk back home in 30 degree weather. Skipped checking the rest of the line and headed straight home. Warmed up with a quick shower and made the bus stop just in time. Fur was worth a lot more then which made the experience somewhat more enjoyable!

Chris
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
Originally Posted by Law Dog
I can’t stand wearing a shirt I’m not wild about pants much either most days. I live in BDU pants they are very comfortable along with an oversized tee shirt then in good until I get home then I lose the shirt and pants. I walk the dogs in my undies or sweat pants if it’s real cold.

Vinke doesn't wear pants much either, I think he's more of a kilt guy.
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Kids Forum
1 hour ago
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Trapping Only
1 hour ago
when i make hay sets its in Jan and Feb the hay i like to use is from are re-hab kennels clean out which is a mix of rabbits an coon
when im looking to place the set i try to find a brushy intersections and shy away from the wide open fields where i live if you set in the wide open you can have a couple feet of snow over your set in half a day
i like to use fresh rabbit and urine with straight gland i will try to dig somewhat of a hole or just pin the chopped up rabbit to the ground then cover with the hay(2ft high or less) i like to set 2 traps at each pile where
using a larger trap at these sets is a very good idea you should have at least one trap covering the down wind side
i chop out 2 beds just enough to keep the traps semi level with the ground and place dry hay in the beds to rest the traps on i use gutter spikes to pin the trap solid to the ground (this is refered to as power-bedding) once the trap is set i will use
one spike on each end of the base plate and tap in that in such away will pin the traps solid as they rest on the hay in the bed and for smaller traps you lift up the weak jaw and tap a spile down in flush so that the jaw rests on the
head of the nail making it rock solid as far as cover i like to use the smaller bits of hay chaff so when the traps fire the larger pieces wont get in the way the gland goes in near the rabbit and urine on top of the hay
if i have sometime i will try to take some pictures i hope this will help good luck the rest of the season
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
Originally Posted by elsmasho82
Myself and only one other co worker are free of tattoos. I’m certainly not against them but I have seen too many young people just get a tattoo for absolutely no reason. They have zero meaning and may be a passing fancy. That’s on your person for the rest of your life. When you get old and fat and saggy, so will that depiction of a fat frog with a jelly donut on your bicep.


Exactly!!! Every kid of mine was raised with the mindset of you can get a tattoo when you turn 18. It wasn't a big fight, I didn't harp on it, just was what it was. Now every one of them has multiple tattoos and I just shake my head. I really don't see the point. 99% of them are absolutely meaningless, can't easily be seen by the person with the tattoo ( its not like they stand in front of a mirror admiring themselves), the actual art work is EXTREMELY over priced and will look like (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) eventually. For the 1% of tattoos that exist for some meaningful reason go for it. The rest are just a symptom of the mental health issues that plague our society.
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