Good luck today. I have pictures of my granddaughter caught in a trap! LOL

She enjoys setting them off when we are disabling the line ahead of bad weather. I taught her to step on the trap across the jaws to spring it. Occasionally she forgets and gets caught...or more likely she does it on purpose because she thinks its funny.

Looking forward to the pics.

I told her I would leave her overnight to see if she made a catch circle by the next morning. That put an end to it.

Thank you for sharing this thread.
I used pipes last few years and had great success with the set too. I ready have a bucket of schedule 40 short lengths ready to go for this season. Still playing with the bed itself. In january here our ground is rock solid frozen down a foot or more depending on the moisture in the soil. I've learned to pound in beds ANYWHERE I think that I might want to put in a set later because it will be a challenge to make them later. I carry a pick axe for late season dirt chipping. The thaw in sun during day then hard freeze at night can literally stick traps down the ground hard to where they cant bust loose to fire, even with no dirt covering. Am going to try waxed dirt under the trap edges this season to see if that will help.
Good luck and keep the pics and stories coming!

Pipe Dreams ?

Couple catches from today. The coon was in a set bedded with screen and grass but I put a dirt hole in be wise I didn't have enough pipes with me and the set is a hike from the truck. The coyote was in a set with a pipe as a scent post and screen and grass bed.

Seems to be working pretty good for you. Thanks for sharing!

The area I am trapping doesn't have the high population not coyote I would like but it is close to home. I am moving up one county next week where there are a lot more.

i'm 10-12 days out from a slow start in my better yote spots.

noticed a Lot more coyote sign while scouting this fall than ive found in the last 4 or 5 yrs and haven't been seeing crap for reds again.anyone of ya's also noticing this or did i just whine enough somebody above felt sorry for me.

Strike2X... nice catches- what's your go-to bait for the pipe?

The area I am trapping doesn't have the high population not coyote I would like but it is close to home. I am moving up one county next week where there are a lot more.

Today's catches.

Love these updates. Thank you.

Keep em coming , I’ve got a few weeks to wait yet !

So all know the test is taking place in a 40 mile round trip from my home in town. I set 10 locations with 3 sets each. So far no trap has made 2 catches. I will post one week results after tomorrow check. All sets are pipe with screen and grass cover.

If I may . what is the overall hope here? As far as I understand the whole point of the pipe dream is to keep sets operational . are you simply letting them be or just looking at your catch rate?

This shows how to make the set to help some new trappers out. Thought is was a good video. Great pics so far thanks for posting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR71GD9Fqk0

My intention was to make a number of sets, then leave them be for a week unless there was a catch. The weather this past week was ideal for such a test. The first night was thunderstorm, next 2 mornings were around 20, lots of wind and it rained 4 of the 7 days. The sets are still in and I am continuing with my note keeping. My cat h for the week was 7 opossum, 1 racoons, 1 red fox, 3 bobcats and 4 coyotes. Some may think those numbers are not great but income them acceptable for the area I was trapping and using a set I had never tried before. On occasion I will update and put pictures up. I am working on a video that I will post to my YouTube channel and post the link here. This year is a year of experiments for me. My next experiment is to set 10 pipe sets in a 60 yard stretch and see how many critters I can get in one night. My best in the same area was 3 red fox, 1 skunk and 1 coon in the same night. Was waiting for fox to prime a bit more before I do that one.
Only picture I have today is my new trapping toy. Some people spend thousands on a quad or side by side, I got this little Jeep for 100 bucks and spent today replacing wheel bearing, break calliper, broken fail light and a set of tires. All bought at a salvage yard for 250. I have 350 and a days labor in this thing. Only way I can afford to trap with prices the way they are.

That may be a good video but it is not a Mark Zagger style pipe dream set. That is a set bedded in dirt with a pipe as a lure/ bait holder. Earlier in this post I put pictures of the set being made. The trap is stabilized/ suspended on the levers, screen over the pan to suspend grass or other natural Duff type cover. A lot of people make a set with a pipe and call it a pipe dream, I watched Marks own video on making the set and read articles writhen by and about him to try to get it right. If Mark is here anywhere I want to say I hope I did well. I think your version of this set is very innovative.

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