Brian, do you just save onion bags throughout the summer or have you found a place to buy them?

yukon254, we use these.

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A roll get's us a lot of bait.

One year we got all of our friends to save their onion bags.

I set conbibears on leaning pole for a long time with nails. Last year I got this idea. Have you ever put up a dead marten to a 110 or 120 in the standing position. It is no wonder so often they choose an alternate route. They look pretty large to be going through that sized square. Having to lean down to do it. ;0)
This is something I came up with. Cut just wide enough that a slight pressure is on the spring. Attached with a screw gun. Or nails.
If I made them again I would put the jaw inset closer to the top.

Thanks Kusko, going to order some.

FT, that is a good idea! gets the trap up to eye level.

That is smart! Have you used the set locations for more than a season? The reason I ask is that I found that the places I returned to set anything that had to do with a spruce tree was oozing sap. I started making my poles from either alder or dead material. I have noticed a bunch of sets hacked into green trees. Probably not a big deal the first season. The grading on pitch pockets on marten is harsh.

Yeah I leave them out and reset them every year. The reason I hacked the bark off was because after a few catches they would get loose. With the bark gone they stay tight. The pitch does get bad on some of them but with this set up I mostly get front foot catches so the marten cant reach the tree so its not a issue. With the front foot catches they cant reach the bait either so I hardly ever have to rebait.

I like the rig! I want to try those mounted to big alder or dead spruce.

Here is a question. I was talking to a buddy the other day and he shared a few articles on marten being attracted to certain colors. Yellow being the predominate one that was checked out. Anyone have any feed back on this subject?
trapper378, is that hot pink for a attractor or a visual cue for you?

Yukon I bought 1000 bags for $70 delivered so 7 cents a piece, out of Ontario. When I'm cutting up game I toss a handful of scrap into each bag and tie it off. Freeze them until needed. I pull the tag end through the back of my boxes. I found mice didn't seem to bother the bait as much. I do try and suspend the bait away from sides.

I've never noticed any preference for colours by marten.

I painted them pink so I could see them. I think the bait bag might act as an attractor though.

I use classic 300 if you insert it 1/2" into pot then set the trigger the pot will expand and hold the trap rock solid. I have done it at -30 and it works fine. I hate using wire so I just cut s lit in top of pot and slid lath under jaws and through pot.

I have found the lime green flagging to be my favorite, at least I can see it well. AV posted pics of it at my box sets.

378, make some more................I got money!!
mt

There's no such thing as a free lunch

Bet I know what you are doing this weekend! I'll have to see if I need anything welded.

Ya you might be able to make some extra $$$ there 378, keep us posted............

I thought i'd add a set that i used years ago after i received a couple dozen #55's with some really good strong springs. At first i made boxes for them but it got to be a pain in the butt remembering which section had the 55's on it so, presto, i came up with the idea of the coffee container set.

I kept the lid to hold the trap in place and just trimmed out the inside, this way the can could be wired in place to a tree, trap facing the ground with the outer part of the lid that was trimmed holding it in place.

I would wire a bit of bait to the inside top of the container, place the trap and snap on the lid, done. I usta run a couple of dozen of these mixed in and the red can actually acted as a visual aid to draw marten in. I used the larger 2 lb container and it has formed handholds that hold the bottom jaws of the trap snug up against it so the trap doesn't push in when a marten enters.

Just to be clear, i can't used this set anymore due to the AIHTS certified trap screw job we got in Canada but if the containers are available to folks in the states they might want to give it a whirl. It worked very well for me set about 3-4 ft high, very similar to a flower pot set.

Enjoy.

Oh My!

I suspect marten are color blind.

Aren't they green?