Has anyone ever tried putting a over sized spring clip or two on the hood of a snow machine to hold a gun? Just trying to come up with a way to mount a gun or carry a gun on the new expedition without covering a air intake or vent up.

Nice cats!

Well put, FT.

is the trap placed directly below the wing? nice catches...

Sometimes it's difficult tell exactly what someone means when you're reading text. So I'm going to assume that's the case here. But let's have no misunderstanding. Neither Family Trapper nor anyone else is "banging on" you for anything and I guarantee you that "indigenous or non-indigenous" crap doesn't fly here. Everyone is the same and will be treated as such.

Otterman asked:

"Has anyone ever tried putting a over sized spring clip or two on the hood of a snow machine to hold a gun? Just trying to come up with a way to mount a gun or carry a gun on the new expedition without covering a air intake or vent up."

Here's what I did on my new Expo SE.
I used 1/4 x 2" UMHW. First, I One 24" long piece bolted on the cowling. I actually drilled and bolted a 1" x 10" x 3/16" so it forms a "Y". This supports the rear end of my gun boot. I drilled holes at the top of the "Y" to attach nylon loops. For the front end. I used a muffler clamp that fit my bumper. I bolted a foot long piece of UMHW using the muffler clamp bolts. I drilled top and down a few inches. I bolted a loop of 1" nylon strapping to each of these holes. I ran 1" nylon strapping around handlebar post with a quick release. The second half of the quick release went on a 5' piece of strap and run it through the loops at the "Y" , up to the front and through those loops. Very secure and I can still remove top left panel to get at tool kit. If I need to, I can remove the boot in about one minute.

Nice, thanks Aknome. Sounds pretty handy.

aknome can you get a picture of it ?

Well said Hup

Where were you called drunk???

Gentlemen,
This conversation has taken a terribly wrong turn and is definitely based on a simple misunderstanding... nothing more. I see how FT's comments may have seemed like he was being a smart-alec, but I'm CERTAIN that prejudism wasn't his intent. His history of helping people on and off this forum (in villages and cities alike) speaks for itself. We've all benefited from his advise, and we're all trappers, despite minor differences. We stand on our own two feet, regardless of race, so let's not draw those lines, okay? It would only hurt us all, so please do the right thing.

Happy New Year Everyone.
Bravo discussion anyone??

Alaskan fun center has some new bravos for $6500, they must be gold plated lol.

:-) Put in alot of miles on the Bravo last few days with the kids! Made a Nose cone insert to keep the snow out. "Cardboard". I am thinking about making a sled jus for wolf sets. Very simple small and light plastic tobogan style sled. Something that i can easily work off of.

I make my k9 sets out of my siglin and when snow would get in there it was slick as ice so I bought some of that spray grit in a spray paint can and coated the inside bottom of the sled, no ice skating in the siglin anymore. Gonna put some spray grit on the Bravo running boards this summer as there isn't much there for traction, maybe a few short bolts up through the holes too

Home depot has rubber floor mats( Like the ones the cashers stand on), AKhowler turned me onto them. They fit inside of those sleds, helped with slipping.

What's a Bravo?

it's a model of snowmobile by yamaha

Now were talkin. It is more than a model. It is the BEST trapping snowmobile out there. ha ha ha. For some. ;0)

The grit might be good for a bit but I think might quickly ice up on at least the left side. Your bolt idea is a good one. We put some small diameter bolts up through the running boards and that helped a lot.
YT
Mike Johnson out of Fairbanks talked about his set up, at the Fling last year, for wolves and setting out of a sled. If I remember right he said one of the best setups was a 6 inch or so wide under piece and skag that would leave a packed path on the trail that was followed well. He said they would trot right down a narrow trail if it was packed better. Maybe someone else has some info on this technique. It intrigued me but I can't remember it exact enough to add much more than a point for discussion.

The idea was to have a track on your machine that had paddles that would leave the snowgo trail roughed up. On the sled in the middle install a flat piece of umhw about six or seven inches wide the length of the sled. The idea is the wolves running your trail will hang in the umhw strip because it's more uncomfortable to run where the paddle had froze the snow into little ridges.