Re: Question about Canine Flat Sets
[Re: SkyeGoode]
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11/09/18 08:10 AM
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The lack of any backing at all surprised me. Usually flat sets don't utilize a backing...but to a wild canine, even a domestic canine, those little teeny tiny tufts of grass are a fire hydrant to them Really? Because I make many hundreds of them every year and they always have backing. Backing eliminates 180 degrees of real estate and is a percentage multiplier.
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Re: Question about Canine Flat Sets
[Re: SkyeGoode]
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11/09/18 08:31 AM
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I run flat sets only as a third set. Typically just two to a location, one a dirthole and other is a pee post. Wade I must be boring too. Maybe I'll try a flat or two more this year, maybe. Jim
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Re: Question about Canine Flat Sets
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11/09/18 11:47 AM
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I love using flat sets, and they ALWAYS have some sort of backing. As said above the backing eliminates the animal working it from the back (usually).
I usually set two sets at least per location, one dirthole and one flat. The dirtholes are big and flashy the flats sets are invisible, I figure make the sets polar opposites I can get the brash and the shy animals both
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Re: Question about Canine Flat Sets
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SkyeGoode
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Give up Boone you are outnumbered, lol. Boone has to troll every post I ever make on Facebook too, for some reason, he just doesn't like me. Boone, I didn't mean to say that NO flat sets have backing, but I just meant in a general sense compared to a dirthole.
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Re: Question about Canine Flat Sets
[Re: SkyeGoode]
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11/15/18 11:31 AM
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I'm sorry I should re-phrase, I COMPLETELY agree that Boone knows what he is talking about, I respect him as a Western coyote trapper and I actually follow his posts on Facebook because I manage most of the trapping groups and pages on Facebook! I just meant that Boone doesn't like me based on what he's told me in the past, that he thinks I'm trapping for "attention". Again, I'm not discrediting him at all, and I appreciate all the advice! But I just know that trapping in Wisconsin is MUCH different than trapping in the south or out west, so I also consider that when reading feedback, as so far, much of the advice posted wouldn't apply to Wisconsin due to legality or logistics.
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Re: Question about Canine Flat Sets
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11/15/18 11:53 AM
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This is the thread on Trapperman that I was referencing when I said "no backing". I didn't mean absolutely no backing, I just mean very small and subtle. The tufts of grass and scat clump in my original photo ARE the focal points because this area is just a completely flat dirt spot; no rocks, no grass, nothing, like a smooth gravel road. In my experience with the shy WI coyotes we have, if you bring out a new rock or log and place it somewhere, it takes them months to feel comfortable to start using it. https://trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/350303/all/FLAT_SET_-_The_No.1_flat_set_IHere are a few of my other "flat sets" that I use, hopefully it will show that I don't mean just placing the trap in the wide open with no appeal. I don't often log into this forum so I miss some of the advice before I pull my sets but I appreciate learning from those who are experienced. Being a female in a male-dominated sport, I often have a "chip on my shoulder" and become defensive, especially because I try to really put in 210% effort in everything I do and for some guys, it still isn't good enough. I feel that I'm experienced enough to be able to give advice as it pertains to Wisconsin coyotes, but still like to learn from the Western guys in case anything else can apply here, after all, none of us will ever be experts in trapping, and you can't ever know everything since these animals teach us something new every day.
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