Re: Tire set
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I had no success with that set. I think the cows kicked the tire and set off/got to the trap after. I have not give up, im going to try to stake the tire down after I set the trap.
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Re: Tire set
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06/21/19 08:23 AM
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Thanks for the idea. I have a couple perfect spots right outside of a pasture fence where these might work. But what I'm going to do is put the tires out now. I might even start throwing chunks of ground hog in them for bait for the couple of months prior to setting traps.
Hopefully I'll be posting about positive results. Negative results won't get a post. LOL
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Re: Tire set
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06/21/19 10:10 AM
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I tried It. First I placed the trap In the tire. nothing even came close we had snow so no tracks. Then I placed the trap outside the tire easy to do just move the tire. Second check I come and every thing Is all tore up tire chewed up along the edges. Snow was gone so I couldn't tell what had been caught. Trap was still there. As I'm driving out the land owner flagged me down and told me he had killed this coon in my set yesterday after noon. That coon brought me $24.00 at NAFA. I will try It again this season.
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Re: Tire set
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I figure that a trap placed Inside would have to have the critter getting Inside the tire to get the bait. But If the trap Is outside, the critter as It circles the tire would more likely get caught. A little urine or a dab of lure placed at the trap location may help.
At least a tire make great eye appeal anytime during the season. And that tire could be attached to the trap as a drag. You wouldn't even have to bury the chain. Just blow a hole trough the side wall run you chain through that hole place a fender washer on the chain and hide It all Inside the tire.
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Re: Tire set
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Just blow a hole trough the side wall run you chain through that hole place a fender washer on the chain and hide It all Inside the tire. Knowing my luck I'd come back and that blasted beast would've chewed through the tire just enough to pull itself free. All I'd end up seeing is shredded steel wall wires and rubber everywhere. LOL
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Re: Tire set
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That coon had some shoulders and he just barely roughed up the tire edges. But If It can go wrong It will. LOL
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Re: Tire set
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Good luck ive been baiting a tire going on 5 years and every season first day I add a trap! So far its a waste of steel other then the occasional opie. I've seen were yotes climb in it during the summer but during season its a no go! Honestly I think it would work better if you attached a piece of plywood to the bead, then drilled 4- I" holes. Putting a trap on a drag at every hole. The set would stay baited the entire season. might even consider adding grain to draw mice! If it works it will help find a use for old tires
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Re: Tire set
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yes a guy should or set them next to farmers dump stations. Which are becoming harder to find thank god!
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Re: Tire set
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Don't ya have to go around and pick them all up after the season closes? not if the landowner wants to help you by letting you leave them
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Re: Tire set
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[quote=The Beav] Knowing my luck I'd come back and that blasted beast would've chewed through the tire just enough to pull itself free. LOL ya chain the trap to the tire so it becomes the drag like Beav said!
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Re: Tire set
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06/30/19 05:53 PM
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We use to use those 80Lb square hay bales like that. After all the hay was picked up we would save a few and put them out In the bare field they were great visuals. Made the sets so the caught critter couldn't tear up the bale. Caught lots of fox that way don't know why a tire wouldn't work the same way. If you ask the land owner I see no reason why you couldn't place them on his land.
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Re: Tire set
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I only made one tire set last year and caught a coon. I figured my best chance at a catch was to have the trap outside the tire. And that's what happened. As spooky as some coyotes are I figured they would circle the tire but wouldn't step Inside. Some lure or urine applied to the tire close to the bedded trap might act as a guide.
A dirt hole or some other type of set within 10 feet or so of the tire may catch any critter that might be drawn Into the tire set but won't work It. Also may give you a chance at catching some doubles. I'll have to do some more experimenting next season.
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