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Best advice for 1st time C.R. user?
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09/25/19 07:58 AM
09/25/19 07:58 AM
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natfintaxi
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Hi all, I know the Pa. CR season is still a ways out but getting excited to try it. What would be your number 1 tip for a beginner using C.R's in Pa.?
plan your work, work your plan, your plan WILL work.
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Re: Best advice for 1st time C.R. user?
[Re: natfintaxi]
#6624658
09/25/19 08:53 AM
09/25/19 08:53 AM
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Wright Brothers
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Own a catch / release pole.
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Re: Best advice for 1st time C.R. user?
[Re: natfintaxi]
#6624813
09/25/19 01:18 PM
09/25/19 01:18 PM
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w side rd 151
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Fasten them well I use cable stakes or chain stakes . A fox can do a pretty good job of loosening up a 24 in rebar stake .A coyote likely can also . Scout now to locate general areas you plan to set when the season starts. With permission of course drive a 4 wheeler or your truck to create some trails that would lend themselves to set .If we have any snows before the start of the season get out and see where the foxes are walking Anyplace you see tracks would be a good place to set a CR I just started using them a few years ago so I have a lot to learn .But if you let the animal show you where they put their feet and set accordingly you will need to spend more time in the skinning shed than you did in the past Good Luck
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Re: Best advice for 1st time C.R. user?
[Re: natfintaxi]
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09/25/19 01:52 PM
09/25/19 01:52 PM
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The Beav
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I use CRs and catch lots of coyotes in them. Order your CRs from Rally Hess tell him you want the loop end built out of 1x 19x 3/32nds Then place a in line barrel swivel and build the rest out of 7x7 x3/32nds. The 1x19 makes a better loop and Is faster and Is pretty much chew proof. And just to be fair I'm sure Newt from Snare One could probably make the same CR. Then when you re order you save the bottom section and just buy the upper section with the lock and the stops. I have a cable cutter but I only have used it to cut my cable stakes after a catch. And so far after 15 years or so of using CRs I have never seen the need for a catch pole. Your stabilizing system Is the most important part of your system. You want that snare loop to be solid where it won't get knocked over or where the wind will turn It. This diving a single piece of wire In the ground for a stabilizer just doesn't cut It In my opinion. Those plastic whamies are pure junk I cut them off and use rubber gas line. It doesn't freeze and holds the stabilizing wire a lot better. Good luck.
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Re: Best advice for 1st time C.R. user?
[Re: natfintaxi]
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09/25/19 03:12 PM
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No one calls them snares any more?
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Re: Best advice for 1st time C.R. user?
[Re: upstateNY]
#6624917
09/25/19 04:10 PM
09/25/19 04:10 PM
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BigBlackBirds
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No one calls them snares any more? ooo if only I could legally snare here
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Re: Best advice for 1st time C.R. user?
[Re: natfintaxi]
#6624933
09/25/19 04:34 PM
09/25/19 04:34 PM
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The Beav
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I the only difference I see between a CR and a real snare Is a real snare Is lethal. And In most cases to make a snare lethal you need entanglement. Although CRs will kill deer entanglement or not.
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Re: Best advice for 1st time C.R. user?
[Re: The Beav]
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09/25/19 07:58 PM
09/25/19 07:58 PM
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w side rd 151
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I use CRs and catch lots of coyotes in them. Order your CRs from Rally Hess tell him you want the loop end built out of 1x 19x 3/32nds Then place a in line barrel swivel and build the rest out of 7x7 x3/32nds. The 1x19 makes a better loop and Is faster and Is pretty much chew proof. And just to be fair I'm sure Newt from Snare One could probably make the same CR. Then when you re order you save the bottom section and just buy the upper section with the lock and the stops. I have a cable cutter but I only have used it to cut my cable stakes after a catch. And so far after 15 years or so of using CRs I have never seen the need for a catch pole. Your stabilizing system Is the most important part of your system. You want that snare loop to be solid where it won't get knocked over or where the wind will turn It. This diving a single piece of wire In the ground for a stabilizer just doesn't cut It In my opinion. Those plastic whamies are pure junk I cut them off and use rubber gas line. It doesn't freeze and holds the stabilizing wire a lot better. Good luck. My experience is less than yours but I agree completely with your statement concerning the 1x19 cable And my early struggles with CR'S centered around not being able to stabilize the set up .Once I got past that I was able to catch more .
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Re: Best advice for 1st time C.R. user?
[Re: Jonesie]
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09/25/19 11:26 PM
09/25/19 11:26 PM
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natfintaxi
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You guys are great! Thanks for all the comments and tips, I really wasn't expecting all the help. Great to be back!
plan your work, work your plan, your plan WILL work.
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Re: Best advice for 1st time C.R. user?
[Re: natfintaxi]
#6625329
09/26/19 12:05 AM
09/26/19 12:05 AM
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The Beav
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why step In the catch circle? Stand back and shoot em.
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Re: Best advice for 1st time C.R. user?
[Re: natfintaxi]
#6625443
09/26/19 07:07 AM
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You guys are great! Thanks for all the comments and tips, I really wasn't expecting all the help. Great to be back! I am a long time trapper and I say without DOUBT I learn a lot from this forum on a regular basis There is an unending number of other trappers willing to help and share what they learned As for stepping into the circle my old legs do not move so fast but I found out that moving backwards as quick as is needed is harder than it used to be
Last edited by w side rd 151; 09/26/19 07:08 AM. Reason: grammar
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