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The Long-Spring Line #6768646 02/13/20 10:47 AM 02/13/20 10:47 AM
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 31 Michigan Dev OP trapper
Dev OP trapper Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 31 Michigan	Have not been on this forum for 3 years, after rediscovering it I figured I would share my season so far. I long-lined for fox out east this year and here are the results from a 6 day check. A 14 hour drive from Michigan, but we don't have much in the way of foxes here to catch. Most of all I trap in Michigan is Bobcats and Beaver, with an occasional coyote line. I run almost exclusively longsprings, but do own a dozen MB 550's and 1.5 vic's for foxes. Almost everything caught during this trip was using Sleepy creek #2's and #3 longs. These traps work best for me in Michigan setting in snow and frozen ground, and bed well in the sandy eastern shore soil. However, I keep my 550's for setting in the red clay. I ran 70 sets and caught 40 fox, 4 otter, 14 coon, and 12 possum in 6 check days. 70% of the catch was on My home brew lure "Liquid Chicken Foxy Night", 20% on Carmen's all call and 10% on O'gourman's Government call. "Liquid Chicken Foxy Night" is a rendered pork and chicken fat base with castor, fox glands, and skunk essence with a few other fixin's, had what these Red's craved.

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6768648 02/13/20 10:55 AM 02/13/20 10:55 AM
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 548 NY whartonrattrappe trapper
whartonrattrappe trapper Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 548 NY	Looks like a good time and nice catch! I always wonder when someone goes state hopping in the more populated eastern third of the U.S., how they go about getting permissions. Do you have permissions in advance or are you cold calling?

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6768650 02/13/20 10:58 AM 02/13/20 10:58 AM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,912 Central, SD Law Dog trapper
Law Dog trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,912 Central, SD	Looks like a nice haul, WTG. Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6768653 02/13/20 11:02 AM 02/13/20 11:02 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 37,625 Minnesota W wheelers "Trap Shed Sheriff"
wheelers "Trap Shed Sheriff" W Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 37,625 Minnesota	Nice catch

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6768661 02/13/20 11:07 AM 02/13/20 11:07 AM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 6,120 Northern Wisconsin,Rhinelander Hodagtrapper Muskrat Master
Hodagtrapper Muskrat Master Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 6,120 Northern Wisconsin,Rhinelander	Excellent results! You know what you're doing! Sounds like you have a winner lure formulation too. Chris >>In God we trust<<

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6768684 02/13/20 11:33 AM 02/13/20 11:33 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,999 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,999 Northern Maine	Nice catch of fox and pictures.Congrats. Nevada bound

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6768698 02/13/20 11:42 AM 02/13/20 11:42 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,103 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,103 Minnesota	Livin' the Young mans dream! Super Nice pictures!!! Congratulations NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6768702 02/13/20 11:49 AM 02/13/20 11:49 AM
Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 4,103 Bonner County, Idaho Wild_Idaho trapper
Wild_Idaho trapper Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 4,103 Bonner County, Idaho	Wow, excellent job and thanks for sharing. Welcome back! Real name Eric The sharpest hammer in the box of crayons.

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6768792 02/13/20 01:18 PM 02/13/20 01:18 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 282 NE Arkansas Alex Lane trapper
Alex Lane trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 282 NE Arkansas	That’s pretty cool, thanks for sharing! You've got to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything... Refuse to follow.

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6768884 02/13/20 02:38 PM 02/13/20 02:38 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas	That's a good looking haul! “What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Hodagtrapper] #6768894 02/13/20 02:45 PM 02/13/20 02:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,723 Maine M Mac trapper
Mac trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,723 Maine	Nice catch. Thanks for sharing

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6769257 02/13/20 07:08 PM 02/13/20 07:08 PM
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 31 Michigan Dev OP trapper
Dev OP trapper Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 31 Michigan	Glad yall' enjoy the pictures, for those who want to see what my go to land traps are these are it. I normally put big pans and Laminations on my #3's and they are my go to eastern Coyote and cat trap. I also run them for beavers in the spring and target front feet on castor mounds with these smaller jawed, big pan traps. img]https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2020/02/full-41936-37757-img_3281.jpg[/img]

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6769270 02/13/20 07:20 PM 02/13/20 07:20 PM
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 2,172 chelsea,wi keets trapper
keets trapper Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 2,172 chelsea,wi	nice job, and nice set up 2021 goals....make time to trap PROUD MEMBER WTA NTA FTA GOA SPORTSMANS ALLIANCE

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6769311 02/13/20 08:10 PM 02/13/20 08:10 PM
Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,566 SE Minnesota D dustytinner trapper
dustytinner trapper D Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,566 SE Minnesota	Great pictures! Welcome back! Life member Minnesota Trappers Association FTA,Sportsmen's Alliance

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6769313 02/13/20 08:13 PM 02/13/20 08:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,103 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,103 Minnesota	Yeah! Welcome back NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6769494 02/13/20 11:26 PM 02/13/20 11:26 PM
Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 833 SD B Bison88 trapper
Bison88 trapper B Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 833 SD	Great pics, thanks for sharing!

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6769774 02/14/20 09:33 AM 02/14/20 09:33 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,468 Wisconsin Muskrat trapper
Muskrat trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,468 Wisconsin	Very nice pics. You might want to print these and tuck em away for forty years so you'll remember what it was like to feel so healthy some day.

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6769782 02/14/20 09:41 AM 02/14/20 09:41 AM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 4,825 sw iowa Outlaw99 trapper
Outlaw99 trapper Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 4,825 sw iowa	Congrats on a great catch. Thanks for sharing your story. Not everyone likes me, but not everyone matters

Re: The Long-Spring Line [Re: Dev] #6769829 02/14/20 10:30 AM 02/14/20 10:30 AM
Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 4,103 Bonner County, Idaho Wild_Idaho trapper
Wild_Idaho trapper Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 4,103 Bonner County, Idaho	Nice setup on that #3. A friend of mine uses almost all Victor #3 longs for beaver and targets front foot catches. Real name Eric The sharpest hammer in the box of crayons.

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