Re: trapping in the snow
[Re: Nefru]
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11/14/18 02:33 PM
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If it's over 4" I'd brush the snow off of the foothold sets and some of the area around them. Colder weather usually means more or stronger bait and lure but don't go too crazy.
The beauty of the second amendment is it wont be needed until they try to take it. -Thomas Jefferson
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Re: trapping in the snow
[Re: Nefru]
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11/14/18 06:42 PM
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For the carnivores,in winter,bait is your friend.When it gets cold it takes a lot more calories for the animals to keep their body heat up.They eat more often and are attracted much more readily to a good size bait.
Last edited by Boco; 11/14/18 06:43 PM.
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Re: trapping in the snow
[Re: Nefru]
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11/15/18 04:19 AM
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Wylee
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Stan where are you placing your bait? Are you mocking a dirt hole in the snow? Hft can you explain a hay set for us green horn?
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Re: trapping in the snow
[Re: Nefru]
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11/15/18 04:26 AM
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Wylee
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Im still on foot this year but im really trying to up my game. All i managed last year were two beaver... I attempted snaring last year too and failed...unless you count squirrel. Fortunately i ended up talking to a local guy who taught me a few things, so ill be at it again.
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Re: trapping in the snow
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11/15/18 07:19 PM
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Hey Nefru if you change the f to a t your name will be nehtru or wolverine in Gwichin Indian Let's see, I'm short, stocky, have long nails and a bad attitude. Maybe I should change my name.
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Re: trapping in the snow
[Re: Nefru]
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11/16/18 05:25 AM
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Ryan did you put anything over the trap before covering with snow? Thanks for the pictures, explains a lot. I tend to over think things...i need to keep it simple. I dont even want to mention my snaring debacle of last year.
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Re: trapping in the snow
[Re: Nefru]
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11/16/18 08:39 AM
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I think alot of it will depend on the snow, wet snow vs dry snow.
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Re: trapping in the snow
[Re: Nefru]
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11/16/18 09:11 AM
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It depends on the moisture In the snow In Alaska the snow In most cases It's very dry and you can get away with moving It. In the lower 48 things are different. You move snow here and It hardens up right away. It's about the amount of moisture In the snow.
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Re: trapping in the snow
[Re: Nefru]
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11/16/18 10:21 AM
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On the DP's, do NOT let the spike freeze in the ground, tis not pretty what the trap can do to a coon if the trap is froze in and can't swivel! Dennis
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Re: trapping in the snow
[Re: Nefru]
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11/17/18 12:07 AM
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Nefru, here are a couple of pics of one of my walk through cubbies. I couldn't find any of the posts where I showed and went in detail about them. I will look for more pics. I try to make them roughly 3' tall and at least 2' wide and various lengths. I like to turn the natural area into the walk through cubby. In the pics below I have 2 trees (scrub oak on the right and a juniper on the left) these act as side and roof supports. I then add branches to increase the size of the sides and the roof. I have other pics where a boulder is one side and a tree on the other, expand the size add a roof done. I place a trap at both entrances (just under the roof) with bait in the middle of the floor (can be centered or to the left or right) with a splash of urine (once in awhile), lure is usually placed on the roof so the wind carries the smell. I usually hang a few strands of Christmas tinsel on the inside of the roof for added appeal. For the cubby pictured below I used cable extensions tied to the tree as the ground is impossible to use an anchor. This particular cubby can be seen from higher ground and stands out in the snow. This cubby usually produces several gray's every year I set it. I've also taken at least 1 coyote from it. Here is a distant view of my cubby which had a gray in it. End of a season and had someone setting off my traps hence the reason they are sloppy. Worked with wardens to set a sting up but the season ended before we nabbed him. Rock walk through cubby with a cat in it
Last edited by adam m; 11/17/18 01:20 AM. Reason: added pics
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Re: trapping in the snow
[Re: Nefru]
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11/17/18 12:31 AM
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When I used to use footholds in the snow,I liked the #3 double longsprings.First I would tramp the snow down about in a 3 foot circle on one side of a spruce tree,then I would dig a bed in the packed snow near the base of the tree,,line it with spruce branches,then take several spruce branches and shove them thru the springs to keep the trap from wabbling.I would use small spruce tips between the jaws,then brush a bit of snow over all.The trap would never freeze down when laid on the spruce branches.I always made this set at the base of a tree and took a lot of foxes using just bladder urine. I can set 8 snares at a jackpot in the time it takes to make one of those sets.
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Re: trapping in the snow
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11/17/18 03:16 AM
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Ryan did you put anything over the trap before covering with snow? Thanks for the pictures, explains a lot. I tend to over think things...i need to keep it simple. I dont even want to mention my snaring debacle of last year. A split two ply paper towel and use a single ply. Just enough snow to cover the edges and make the trap disappear.
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Re: trapping in the snow
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12/19/18 05:59 AM
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Loved the video Stan! Wylee, Nefru there is some pretty good threads in the archives on hay sets. Everyone has different techniques and purposes. I live in south central AK and we get varying temps through the season, anywhere from +40 to -20 and that changes weekly Then there is the snow, anywhere from none to a few feet. I get alot of that wet sticky crap, up in the interior for the most part due to colder temps they get the dry snow. Don't get me wrong, when I say dry it is powder but you disturb it it becomes hard as a rock. I use snow holes, same as a dirt hole set, if the temps stay +20 or below. Wax paper under the trap in the bed and wax paper over the trap under the loose jaw. and a real thin layer of snow over the top. You can do that with a paddle, a frying pan utensil, or use a sifter held up high. Less is best Witht those sets I won't touch them again until we get 6+ inches of snow or we get a thaw. For the hay sets, just picture a dirt hole made out of hay in the snow, bed the trap on top of hay, and put a vary fine layer of hay over the trap just enough to conceal it, Alot of time I will take a sifter and sift snow over the top to blend it in a little. And again I won't touch it again until we have +6 inches of snow or get a serious thaw. The best thing I can tell you is to read and go try different things out and find what works on your line. There are a ton of different methods out there, finding what works for you is the challenge
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Re: trapping in the snow
[Re: Jonnytrapper]
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12/19/18 01:00 PM
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I don't think they truly hibernate but coon sure do get scarce once the bad weather hits. They'll come out during a thaw. I saw a dead one that got ironed out on the road a week or so back.
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