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Re: homemade stakes [Re: BlakeTheTrapper] #125106
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how long does it take for u to find the animal?



Re: homemade stakes [Re: BlakeTheTrapper] #125347
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usually it doesnt take long at all to find them, providing you used a large drag. I did have one last year though that got the drag in the water and floated on it doen teh creek 50 yrs before it go hung up. All in all i think drags are teh wasy to go, I might be able to get a pic ofa rebar steak for you though.

Re: homemade stakes [Re: PAFOXTRAPPER55] #125822
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do u guys think a 12 year old like me can find the coon in a trap that has a drag on it



Re: homemade stakes [Re: BlakeTheTrapper] #125830
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from all that poundin on the bolt on the end does the weld not just break of?


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Re: homemade stakes [Re: YouthCooner901] #125837
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dude juts stake it down, less time running around lookin for ur coon


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Re: homemade stakes [Re: YouthCooner901] #125917
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so it would be hard for me to find the coon?



Re: homemade stakes [Re: YouthCooner901] #125954
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Originally Posted By: coontrapper
from all that poundin on the bolt on the end does the weld not just break of?

not flaming here but who does your welding?
cuz if it breaks there is somethin wrong
i weld my stakes with washers and bolts and havent had one break yet!
you need to weld em good though, not just tack em
i weld mine top and bottom.


Re: homemade stakes [Re: coonhusker] #125983
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they call those things on top nuts, not bolts

Re: homemade stakes [Re: youngcoon] #126014
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do u think i could use drags?



Re: homemade stakes [Re: BlakeTheTrapper] #126111
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You could use drags but make sure your in thick brushy cover with a drag that is heavy enough it won't move it very far. Also drags with prongs work better because they catch on stuff and leave a better trail to follow.

I stake my traps 99% of the time because I hate having my traps somewhere other than I put them. Looking for you catch is time wasted. I use rebar stakes with a nut welded on top. As long as a coon can't climb up on something they shouldn't pull your stake. I've had welds break but very uncommon and they were all old stakes and most were trying to get them out of the frozen ground with a pry bar.


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Re: homemade stakes [Re: BlakeTheTrapper] #126272
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you would have no problem finding them on drags providing your drags are: Large, Heavy, Strong, Long.
I mostly used logs about 5-6 feet long, and about 3-4 inches in diameter, ones with some forks and stuff are better. Wire them good onto your trap chain, lay them near you set and your good to go.

By the way , those are nuts welded top and bottom on that steak and i welded 36 of tehm this summer and none of them broke.

Re: homemade stakes [Re: PAFOXTRAPPER55] #126310
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well i see that i have messed up............sorry.........

nuts not bolts ok


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Re: homemade stakes [Re: YouthCooner901] #126336
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ok thanx but do u have any pics of a coon on a rebar stake



Re: homemade stakes [Re: PAFOXTRAPPER55] #126340
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I use drags on every coon trap I own because it's quick and simple. I make sure the traps have long chains about 3-5 feet work good or I will use cable with mid swivel. Then I look for a stick or log that I can't break (if I can't break it a coon wont either) the longer the better and thicker is a plus. I wire it to the end of the chain at about the middle of the stick. I will leave the limbs still on it in most cases. Wire it good and tight and sit it near the set. Saves the original site and they don't get far. Sometimes it's hard to find one or two and it takes a little bit of patience. They can go up trees and it sucks to look for hours for a coon and find an empty trap 2 feet from the original set lol. Other than that it's easy sailing and very cheap. Just make sure you use your head on where you use them. Right beside an open field is not a good choice as they can go a pretty good distance with nothing to get caught on. i hope this helps. ~Dan~

Re: homemade stakes [Re: PAFOXTRAPPER55] #126365
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dan is exactly right, by using drags for coon you can be just as effective as if you were using steaks, but you carrying load will be much lighter.
Make sure you have a good large sharp pair of pliers too, suz some of the heavier gage wire is really tuff. I use a pair of Stanley Linemans pliers. Theyre stong and theyre painted yellow so its hard to lose them.
good luck
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Re: homemade stakes [Re: BlakeTheTrapper] #126420
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Originally Posted By: trapper12
do u guys think a 12 year old like me can find the coon

Do you think a 12 year old has worse eyes than older people? ;\)

I might be the only one but theres just something about walkin around in the dark looking for an angry coon that I don't know exactly where it is. I tried the rebar steaks in the water a year or two but half of the time they wouldn't hold very good and I'd have to give up a good location 'cause my steak wouldn't hold. I switched to just using some willow branch steaks(if theres somthin wrong with this tell me so I don't give out bad info) and I wired my trap to it. They held every time. sometimes I couldnt pull them and had to just unwire them. The other thing is a twelve year old generaly isn't a very big dude and woods a lot lighter than rebar.in a trap that has a drag on it

Re: homemade stakes [Re: Dillon Benda] #126423
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Oop, that was my first attempt at a quote. You get the idear.

Re: homemade stakes [Re: PAFOXTRAPPER55] #126806
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ok thanx



Re: homemade stakes [Re: k-9hunter] #127595
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how thick r the wood stakes suposed to be?



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