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Re: Hauling furbearers from field (or stream) to home
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10/04/18 11:47 PM
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Lets say you have 20 beavers In the back of the pick up do you bag them how about 100 rats In the back of the truck? I like to leave them exposed so they are pretty much dry by the time I get to the shed. And besides that I like to show off my catch. And It has opened a lot doors for me when they know your a trapper. And the persons that looks down on you who cares.
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Re: Hauling furbearers from field (or stream) to home
[Re: AJE]
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10/05/18 08:55 AM
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^^^^ Nuisance beaver. In winter I bag everything in fur bags. You can put a couple or 3 beaver in a fur bag in the sleigh. I even bag timberwolf although their tails and feet stick out. You cant let an animal bounce around in the back of a muddy bike trailer or a truck for 20 miles and expect to put up a decent product after that.Especially when its freezing out.
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Re: Hauling furbearers from field (or stream) to home
[Re: AJE]
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10/05/18 10:03 AM
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What ever Boco. I even built a elevated rack that I could place above my tuck bed. I can toss the rats up on top so they get the full force of the wind as I'm going from set to set. By time the day Is over most of the rats are dry enough to skin.
Beaver don't bounce much In the truck bed. LOL
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Re: Hauling furbearers from field (or stream) to home
[Re: AJE]
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10/05/18 05:43 PM
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They sure do in the bike trailer.
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Re: Hauling furbearers from field (or stream) to home
[Re: AJE]
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10/13/18 03:07 PM
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I have these berry boxes they are plastic and are perforated with 1/2" holes and they are stackable. Rats and mink fit well In them. I just can't see myself wrapping 100 some rats each day In news paper. LOL On the drying rack In the back of the truck they are well dried by time I get home. If they are still a bit wet do to the weather. A quick air blast from the air compressor and they are ready to skin.
With coyotes and fox I have a sand box In the back of the truck. I just place the head over the edge In to the sand. The box of sand also puts weight In the back of the truck for better winter driving traction.
But since I have been shooting my coyotes with the 410 I haven't had as many bleeders. Stand back 25 yards or so and give them a load of #4s.
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Re: Hauling furbearers from field (or stream) to home
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10/14/18 10:44 AM
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That will work. It would even work well for nose bleeding coyotes.
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Re: Hauling furbearers from field (or stream) to home
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10/14/18 02:33 PM
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It's a bit of a chore to get a choke stick On a coyote when It's In snare that's 6' long. The 410 works great.
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Re: Hauling furbearers from field (or stream) to home
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10/14/18 04:44 PM
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They don't down grade a coyote with a few #4 shot In the head. In fact I get very little bleeding It's not like your shooting them In the guts. And Like I said I'm not chasing a coyote around the catch circle trying to get the death ray on It. LOL
And the ones I catch In foot holds are collared and released and they bring me $99.00 each. I'm not killing them. LOL And I'm betting the death ray Isn't taking down many coon as fast as blunt force trauma does.
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