Batteries also have a number of recharge cycle curve, the more they are recharged the lower the full voltage drops off. You didn't say how old the set of batteries are and how often they were charged, once a week, daily, etc.
Just replaced Christine's wheelchair batteries in April ( 6+ years of use), replaced the 15 amp-hr sealed lead with 20 amp-hr lithium and a new lithium rated charger from Amazon ( $90 for 2 batteries + $45 for the charger). Went from daily charging to needing a charge once every two weeks running around the house. Spent 3 days running around at the WTA Rondy earlier this month on a single charge.
If you go with lithium, you will need a new compatible charger.
LOL If you can haul skids, you can get skid boxes of things like melons at under 50 cents, cabbage and other things that are in large containers in big numbers. Seen melons go for 10 cents each, but there were about 100 in the crate. Same with sweet corn 5 dozen to a bag, but you need to buy 8 Bags or more at a time. @ 4-8 $ a bag, sometimes as low as 3- 5 a bag. Great if you have a stand to sell at. Canned 8 bags one year, still have quarts and pints of sweet corn from then. Same with green beans.
Agreed. IDK who first said it but an ol hand by the name of Tom Dorrance said it so i could hear it. Few besides maybe Sharon, NV Wrangler, and maybe MGM or Yes Sir gonna know who that is but the man was ate up with wisdom.
Trap name recognition, advertising and promoting your product. Every trap has a name. The coon trap that I invented, the name it was given is what it does.
Trap brand recognition is important. Imagine going into a trapping supply business and asking for a "coon trap", you will be instantly be asked, "Which brand and model are you looking for?" "I have longsprings, coilsprings, body grip traps in different sizes to catch a raccoon." "Probably 60 - 70 coon traps to choose from." A new trapper would get overwhelmed very quickly. Trap branding works both ways. Trappers gravitate to brands that perform, gravitate away from brands that under perform
In order for my coon trap to succeed in the "ocean" of coon trap makes and models, it had to have a very unique name. The name had to be instantly recognized for advertising, promoting and such.
Lil' Grizz Get'rz is the "shortened" version of the Little Grizz Getters.
The "Little Grizz" comes from history that raccoons and bears are distant cousins. Native folklore would often describe the raccoon as a "small bear" hence "Little Grizz." The raccoon was also referred as a "wash bear" in native culture also.
"Get'rz" pronounced as "Getters", is what the trap does.....gets the coon caught.
Dog Proof or "DP", describes the trap style as a "encapsulated" foothold trap primarily used to trap raccoons while being "dog resistant."
The Lil' Grizz Get'rz DP trap is the only brand of dog proof with multiple names that are a derivative version of the brand name itself. Such as: Lil' Grizz, Grizz Getters, The Grizz, Little Grizz, Grizz's, Little Grizz Getters, Little Grizzlys, Grizz Traps.....and the most respected name given to it, The Grizz Trap.
The two fellers in front appear to be way happier about the 'grips' than the feller in the back. That one in the back has the look of a giver, which he has always been known to be...
...He's a giver, he'll give'm.... the kind of attention that..... they've never known....
just for context the state harvested about 380,000 deer last year, that one of 72 counties had over 10% of the harvest.
“the annual harvest from hunting in that county alone is over 4000.”
4000 is 10% of 380,000? Is that trapperman math?
Yep, my bad, gotta hang my head low and apologize for the mistake.
West Bend one of the largest if not the largest city in the county has sharpshooters in the town to shoot deer there are so many. I grew up in that town and NEVER saw a deer, I moved out in the late 80's.
. . . objects the way a 'cat does, they would end up taking those 'cats that are walking by their baited and lured sets. Wild 'cats don't squirt urine on the ground the way most trappers use it at a set. Totally unnatural. Wild 'cats also do not scent mark over previously marked spots the way canines do, One of the sets I've used in the past, in my out of state trips, was a stalk of buffalo grass ( or similar type plant ), with the bobcat urine squirted about 24 inches high, Even house cat urine at that set will attract bobcat and IMO, far better than aged bobcat urine from a trapping supply house and is easily obtainable. Old ( bottled ) urine does not have the same effect as fresher urine , which may still has the pheromones. Feline urine can still have pheromones up to 3 weeks in certain conditions, but the pungent odor from the uric crystals left behind can last even longer.
When I bought 3 dozen of the big Jakes on the recommendation of someone who literally traps for a living, I was surprised to see the padded jaws. I was not excited about it but went with them as is. I have never looked back. Those pads will last longer than I will. They prevent the leg, foot or toe from moving/sliding whatsoever. When a Jake is sprung, there will be an animal in it.
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