Re: Kill Poll Karma Thread
[Re: Wilderness_56587]
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10/09/18 11:12 AM
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You can go elaborate on your poles with crosses to help hang the critter up or you can go simple, just a rod and your support wire. I have used both and I prefer to go simple now, just a 5' piece of rebar with annealed #9 wire welded on, pigtailed around and the tag end poking out a little to keep the snare from slipping off the end. (this way I can use a steel fence post driver to pound them in) My current poles... Results... Fancy poles (54" x 5/8" rebar, 6" T of 3/8" smooth rod, and 5/8" nut for attaching the snare)... result... Old coon kill pole too... Results... Hope that helps you out. ~ADC~
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Re: Kill Poll Karma Thread
[Re: Wilderness_56587]
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10/09/18 05:12 PM
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If the rebar is 5', how far do you pound the pole in the ground? I assume the pole acts as the stake as well or do you stake off separately? The pole anchors the snare as well, yes. Drive them in as far as ground conditions warrant so the coyotes can't pull them. Typically we have pretty hard ground so I drive them in 24-30" most of the time, less if its frozen ground.
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Re: Kill Poll Karma Thread
[Re: backroadsarcher]
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10/10/18 07:30 PM
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good thread. Do you guys have problem pounding them in to frozen ground? Do you prefer 5/8's over 1/2" bar stock? I use precut smaller trees 2 - 3 inch in diameter in the low grounds. Never tried rebar there. Afraid it would pull out to easy?.?. I drive my stakes with a slightly smaller version of a steel fence post driver. I can drive them through frozen ground about 100x easier than using a hammer. 1/2" is fine with me, easier to drive and lighter to haul around. It gets bent a little but straightens back out pretty easily.
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Re: Kill Poll Karma Thread
[Re: Wilderness_56587]
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10/11/18 02:13 PM
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Personally I prefer a killpole to be away from the anchor point. 2 wraps around and it's game over.
If it makes a track on this earth , I can catch it.
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Re: Kill Poll Karma Thread
[Re: Wilderness_56587]
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10/27/18 10:51 PM
10/27/18 10:51 PM
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Good thread. My kill poles are fox ones, of half inch rebar with a 9 wire and loop welded near the top, patterned off of something LT Grey showed on here a few years ago. If I use them for coyotes, they will bend and that coyote will be turning them in the ground, but if I anchor the snare at the bottom with an extension, then they are just another way to hang a snare. I use them all the time, and I should just weld up some 5/8ths ones for coyotes.
"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
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