Re: Advantages/disadvantages freeze proofing sets
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#6905746
06/20/20 11:57 PM
06/20/20 11:57 PM
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Here I do not have a choice if I want to catch fur freeze proof a set or go home. As far as wax dirt blend the set pretty simple. The rest of the methods will work some times . Wax dirt will work most of the time but like said above nothing is bullet proof . Wax dirt is as close as they make or you make lol.
Kenneth schoening
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Re: Advantages/disadvantages freeze proofing sets
[Re: 12 point]
#6905827
06/21/20 05:34 AM
06/21/20 05:34 AM
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Waxed dirt then light covering of peat then blend in. The freeze/ thaw, rain / snow conditions here make freeze proofing a must most of season
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Re: Advantages/disadvantages freeze proofing sets
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#6905833
06/21/20 06:03 AM
06/21/20 06:03 AM
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jabNE
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Waxed dirt is best I've used here. Anything else with any moisture from air or ground freezes up like a rock in mid winter here. Jim
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: Advantages/disadvantages freeze proofing sets
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#6905906
06/21/20 08:19 AM
06/21/20 08:19 AM
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Peat is cheap and actually works pretty good once you learn not to go crazy and try to actually bed the trap in it. You can blend a bit and put some anti freeze such as glycol on top when needed.
Just chopped grass seems to work pretty good too in some places. The grass has to have water pretty much laying in it to freeze solid.
We used a lot of hulls on our little Cat line last year. They look pretty natural in the woods and don't freeze easy.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Advantages/disadvantages freeze proofing sets
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#6905930
06/21/20 08:58 AM
06/21/20 08:58 AM
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I've used most every method known to man, waxed dirt is a good as it gets. It's not how many sets you have in the ground, it's how many WORKING sets you have in the ground. I over wax mine so it backs.
Common sense catches alot of fur.. Pay homage to all you harvest..
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