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Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4126658
11/20/13 11:38 PM 11/20/13 11:38 PM
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Guess that marten would not have made the 120 second rule.
Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4126668
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Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4126689
11/21/13 12:00 AM 11/21/13 12:00 AM
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Sorry about the small picture. Its a 2' piece of 3/8 rebar with some tabs welded on it to hold the trap. I run the #9 wire that holds the bait over the trap to keep the gray jays from landing on the trap.
Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4126732
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Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4126741
11/21/13 12:53 AM 11/21/13 12:53 AM
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Cool photos 378. Probably not too many jays in the last pics burn area, eh?
Looks like some of the country I used to trap west of Fbks.
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Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4126742
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Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4126747
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martenpine,

Noticed your cans are on the bottom side. have you had issues with no climbers with this method? I have a short line (with few anything other than people on it lol), all joking aside I had a handful come to the sets, check out my bait and move on. I had them hung under like you have them.

The guy I help out does the same, he's on the same river not much farther away and doesn't have the issue though many he has wired above. He's using Dixie cups, works well, can put lure on top bait inside. I'm thinking hanging above is a better idear than on the underside of the poles?

Pulled out my gear finally that I had in the shed. My marten lure is nasty and spilled all over the action packer. Stuff was spendy to make and has little draw to it in the cold imho. Still stinks to loose a half gallon of it!
Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4126751
11/21/13 01:00 AM 11/21/13 01:00 AM
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378, How are you attaching that rebar to the tree? Gotta be on there pretty solid to hold wolverines.
Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: elktrack] #4126770
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A 3/8 lag 2 1/2 inches long is holding the rebar. The wolverine also has a mb 750 on his rear foot
Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4126780
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Are you making the rebar, 378? I used to have some 10 or 12 in. spikes that had tabs welded for a long spring. Caught a few marten with the.
Yours look better. Can we get a pic of the rebar before it's put in the tree?
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Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4126804
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Yep making them. I used to do the same with the 10 inch spikes. I like this a lot better. You dont have to have a branch to wire the trap and bait to.

Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4127081
11/21/13 09:29 AM 11/21/13 09:29 AM
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378 - I see the potential for a wolverine proof trap with that set of yours if you could get it up high enough.

I got a bunch of sets put yesterday in some new territory. Kind of neat I've been trapping this line siince 95 and still finding new areas.

This set is made using 4 roofing nails to hold trap on tree trunk and two 5" nails criss crossed above the trap to hold the bait and spruce boughs. Great when you run out of boxes like I did yesterday.







You'll notice I bent a small branch through the springs in a hoop shape. It keeps the spruce boughs up off the trap.

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Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4127086
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For this set I cut a short piece of lath to use as a stable base to hold the trap as the pole was skinny. First time I tried it and it worked good. A supple branch is bent up and through the springs adding tension. When it's really cold I stick branch inside coat to warm up so it will bend, doesn't matter if it freezes once in place.





I added a loose wrap of wire around the outside bottom jaw for added stability. trap fires fine as long as wire is only around one jaw

www.sheepcreekcabin.net www.compassmedia.ca
Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4127096
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A more conventional set. Notice my lure bottle hanging on upper left. I tend to leave stuff behind or drop it so am careful. With a wire I can hang up lure while working and not lose track

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Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4127103
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A marten was crossing on this big log but snow will pile up so I put spruce boughs over entrance for some protection. A couple handfuls of snow on back of boughs freezes them in place.

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Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4127113
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This set is on a skinny pole so snow can't build up and leaning down so snow won't fill entrance

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Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4127121
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Perfect, nicely suitcased and hanging up from mice

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Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4127224
11/21/13 11:12 AM 11/21/13 11:12 AM
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pole sets with footholds equals squirrels

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Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Tradbow1] #4127249
11/21/13 11:26 AM 11/21/13 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted By: Tradbow1
martenpine,

Noticed your cans are on the bottom side. have you had issues with no climbers with this method? I have a short line (with few anything other than people on it lol), all joking aside I had a handful come to the sets, check out my bait and move on. I had them hung under like you have them.

The guy I help out does the same, he's on the same river not much farther away and doesn't have the issue though many he has wired above. He's using Dixie cups, works well, can put lure on top bait inside. I'm thinking hanging above is a better idear than on the underside of the poles?

Pulled out my gear finally that I had in the shed. My marten lure is nasty and spilled all over the action packer. Stuff was spendy to make and has little draw to it in the cold imho. Still stinks to loose a half gallon of it!


Tradbow1,

No I haven't noticed refusals because of it. Actually I rarely ever have noticed refusals through the years like you hear of all the time. Maybe I just miss the sign and weather has covered it, but it seems to never have been a problem for me. The biggest problem has been the lack of marten lately. I have however set connibear pot types sets or boxes a few yards away from pole sets with footholds and probably 95% of the time the conni connected rather than the foothold on the pole.



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Re: Marten set tutorial [Re: Bushman] #4127264
11/21/13 11:35 AM 11/21/13 11:35 AM
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Some time ago, W17 posited that the pots may add a visual attraction, possibaly resembeling a grouse perched on the side of a tree. It could be.

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