Off season practice
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06/10/18 09:42 AM
06/10/18 09:42 AM
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DEWNMOUTAIN
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Morning everyone,
Does anyone else practice setting lures, digging trapsets, setting traps, etc.
2018 season targets
coon 5 coyotes 2 Muskrats 2 Skunks 3 Beaver 1 Fox 1
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Re: Off season practice
[Re: DEWNMOUTAIN]
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06/10/18 11:50 AM
06/10/18 11:50 AM
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The Beav
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I think what a guy should do Is practice making sets In the off season. When you approach a location you should have everything you need to make that set. I have a buddy that's all over the location looking for a stick or a tuff of grass or maybe a rock for guiding purposes. I can be back In the truck before he even gets his trap In the ground. Leaving to much scent around In my opinion Is a No NO. And of coarse getting to more locations and getting more traps In the ground Is even more important.
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Re: Off season practice
[Re: DEWNMOUTAIN]
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06/10/18 05:32 PM
06/10/18 05:32 PM
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trapperjdb
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I find myself doing it every early fall. I practice making coyote sets, especially bedding the trap. Last summer I learned a easy way to bed a trap quickly and rock solid from Andy Weiser. I’m almost 50 and still learning the trade.
ITA, NRA & NTA member
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Re: Off season practice
[Re: DEWNMOUTAIN]
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06/11/18 03:26 PM
06/11/18 03:26 PM
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trappergbus
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Practice bedding the trap rock solid until it becomes muscle memory!
Last edited by trappergbus; 06/11/18 03:27 PM.
Common sense catches alot of fur.. Pay homage to all you harvest..
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Re: Off season practice
[Re: Hern]
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06/11/18 04:38 PM
06/11/18 04:38 PM
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TheBig1
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I pre-make Canine trap beds, dirtholes, post sets and such and prepare locations just before the start of the season. Not sure if you call that practice, I call it pre-season work. Be ready when the bell sounds. -Neil Olson Hern, do you also set your anchors so that all you have to do is hook on the trap and bed it?
You can't cheat the mountain pilgrim. Mountain's got its own ways.
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Re: Off season practice
[Re: The Beav]
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06/17/18 12:40 PM
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Zimmer
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I think what a guy should do Is practice making sets In the off season. When you approach a location you should have everything you need to make that set. I have a buddy that's all over the location looking for a stick or a tuff of grass or maybe a rock for guiding purposes. I can be back In the truck before he even gets his trap In the ground. Leaving to much scent around In my opinion Is a No NO. And of coarse getting to more locations and getting more traps In the ground Is even more important.
I agree 110% - I typically do not practice set making prior to the opener and that's a mistake for me - this yr I'm practicing a bit so I've got my rhythm right from go - I trap off my wheeler and use big plastic cargo boxes, one in front and a bigger one on the back - when I arrive at a location I pretty much know where those sets are going and have what I need to put them in how I want them - I also know what sets and attractants I'm using before I get to the location - I walk around the location as little as possible and try to minimize time making sets.
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Re: Off season practice
[Re: DEWNMOUTAIN]
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06/17/18 07:25 PM
06/17/18 07:25 PM
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trapper les
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Morning everyone,
Does anyone else practice setting lures, digging trapsets, setting traps, etc. Nope, I dive into it with reckless abandon, as wide open as I can go, trying to remember just what exactly it was that worked good last time. I just get quick at doing the same things repetitively to get more efficient. I am usually out of shape, so I prop myself up with advil, coffee, and jelly rolls, and junk food....in order to stay healthy on the line.
"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
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Re: Off season practice
[Re: DEWNMOUTAIN]
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06/25/18 01:48 PM
06/25/18 01:48 PM
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Larry Baer
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I do like Hern. If I have poor dirt for bedding I haul some in so I'm ready for the season. I shave banks for coon and mink and move logs and put out rocks for sets. Preseason work is kind of like practice. It keeps you in touch with what the animal populations are too.
Last edited by Larry Baer; 06/25/18 01:48 PM.
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