Re: Flags?
[Re: Motley Row]
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04/23/19 09:18 PM
04/23/19 09:18 PM
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bctomcat
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flagging to divert animals off of open travel routes into snares
Is that not what I essentially said/implied in my post?
Last edited by bctomcat; 04/23/19 09:26 PM.
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Re: Flags?
[Re: Motley Row]
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04/23/19 09:26 PM
04/23/19 09:26 PM
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No,you are using the flagging as an attractor. I use flagging to scare an animal off his route.That is using flagging as a diverter,not an attractor. Like I said Not many know how to effectively use flagging as a diversion. You can use attraction flagging and diversion flagging at the same time. I learned from an old time wolf trapper,Jimmy Shank how to do this effectively,it works extremely well for wolves,but can be used in different ways on any animal.
Last edited by Boco; 04/23/19 09:28 PM.
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Re: Flags?
[Re: Boco]
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04/23/19 09:36 PM
04/23/19 09:36 PM
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bctomcat
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No,you are using the flagging as an attractor. I use flagging to scare an animal off his route.That is using flagging as a diverter,not an attractor.
OK thanks, I now know what you mean. I have never used flagging as an diversion but can understand how it would work on coyotes and wolves.
Last edited by bctomcat; 04/23/19 09:41 PM.
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Re: Flags?
[Re: Lazarus]
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04/25/19 12:16 AM
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I'm going to try both flagging options mentioned above. I've used flagging on my cat sets and it has brought them close but didn't bring them all the way in. They satisfied their curiosity from a distance and went about their business. I saw the evidence in the snow. You hit on a truism there Posco. Think about it. Why does that cat take any interest in your flag? I can only think of a couple reasons: (1) the cat can eat it; (2) the cat can mate with it; or (3) the cat feels threatened because the object poses a threat to its territory dominance. Cats are near sighted so once the cat has closed the distance to the flag to see exactly what it is, if it doesn't create an interest in the three reasons mentioned above, THEN WHY WOULD THE CAT COME ANY CLOSER??? Granted, cats are curious, but I suggest that their curiosity is centered around those three reasons so once they determine your flag is a piece of tape, plastic, CD, foil, cardboard, etc. there is really little interest in coming any closer and they turn to leave. Tracy, I used tea bags to hold your silvervine and I can't say with certainty which interested the cats more the tea bags floating in the breeze (they make a nice little flag themselves) or the silvervine. I will say that combo accounted for 75% of the cats I caught this year. I stumbled upon your attractor to late in the season last year, but I plan to get some this year in case I have some free time to set out a cat line. That's just the ticket I need here in Nebraska where we can't use real animal parts.
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Re: Flags?
[Re: Motley Row]
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04/25/19 10:51 PM
04/25/19 10:51 PM
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I'll second Lazarus attractors, plus his setup rig...you can see them flickering from a longways out even in the slightest breeze...got this cat last season and the attractor was set right above the set, I guess the cat didn't spook from the attractor...
Thought I was a good trapper until I started trapping coyotes...... Thought I was a good bowhunter until I targeted mature bucks....
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Re: Flags?
[Re: ambush32]
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04/25/19 11:37 PM
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I'll second Lazarus attractors, plus his setup rig...you can see them flickering from a longways out even in the slightest breeze...got this cat last season and the attractor was set right above the set, I guess the cat didn't spook from the attractor...
Very cool! Thanks for the photo.
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Re: Flags?
[Re: Motley Row]
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05/07/19 08:20 AM
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Michael Morris
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Sign me up for "Team Enticer"! They even double as a beaver attractor! Just kidding, they can take a lot of rain though lol Enticers are awesome, cheap and effective, right up my alley. I have more than I can hang. I may even hang 2 per set this year, 1 high, one low, the uses are endless!
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