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Re: 160 on marten [Re: Fergustrap 2] #6463467
02/16/19 03:57 PM
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It will be a big undertaking,Andy to change out all your boxes,just for a few missed fisher.
Other than that,you will see more bad catches on the smaller marten as they have more room to avoid the trigger.
Maybe a 160 with a pitchfork trigger would be good.

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Re: 160 on marten [Re: Fergustrap 2] #6463503
02/16/19 04:58 PM
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Dirt, we had a lot of big marten tracks go right up to the 120's, look inside, and then leave. After several checks with this result, we switched over to 155's, and saw the number of our catches go up, as well as the percentage of big males. The only thing we changed was our traps. We don't have the time or the money to put two different traps at the same set on our line, we just saw the refusal tracks time after time, and reacted to them as best we could figure. Turned out well for us.


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Re: 160 on marten [Re: Fergustrap 2] #6463524
02/16/19 05:36 PM
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''explain how you can get a consistent humane strike in this location virtually every time'' Tom i'm not really bog with ''human strike'' but more quick strike, that's why i set my trigger to do to align marten head between my inverse U shape trigger set on outside upper jaw, also i like get hair trigger mean wax trap , my wire pointed to the back lower jaw already load to have very short course, most of time head or just being front sholder in the trap. How i set my box i rarely get twisted or lower hip strike.Fore sure trapping is not write black on white paper but at lease i try to get ultimate best price for fragil marten. Also most of our marten here is big northern species at 23-24'' look like female fisher. Boco i know all this but my last batch of box had built larger than previous one. Like i said i dont want change 200 's trap , just try some dz just for testing by myself

Re: 160 on marten [Re: Fergustrap 2] #6463786
02/16/19 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Fergustrap 2
Tom i like better only head catch just being ear, to not have mark on back where the grader look first, metal freeze burn of low jaw can damage the fur and leather on back,
I would think the jaw metal freeze burning the pelt would be a rather rare situation. I have never had it happen as far as I can recall. I would think it would only happen in very extreme cold temperatures with associated extended check periods, and in those extreme climate situations it's my experience marten stay under the snow to a great extent.

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Re: 160 on marten [Re: Fergustrap 2] #6463793
02/16/19 10:27 PM
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That's a neat picture with the wolverine in the 120, Yukon!


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Re: 160 on marten [Re: Fergustrap 2] #6463796
02/16/19 10:28 PM
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I don't think I have ever been dinged for burn. Granted, we don't see much below zero, but plenty of single digits and wind for extended periods.


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