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Lure Storage #6799628
03/12/20 03:34 PM
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Trapper Dan 57 Offline OP
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I'm certain there is a thread on this subject, however I am wanting your current opinions on how you store your lures, urine, and commercially prepared baits ? When I'm at trapper get togethers I try to buy equipment and attractants to support show vendors. I keep a good inventory of my "Go to Lures" along with a pretty hefty amount of many other manufacturers goods too. Over the years I've discovered storing gallons of urine in old ice chests (coolers) works great, Lures on the other hand are stored in air tight clear containers for easier visibility and kept in a dark room. Being in Texas, summers get hot as do my storage areas. Through recent conversations I've learned there are a few well respected trappers that store in a operational ( obviously designated for this purpose) refrigerators. I have always felt lure manufacturers incorporate some sort of preservative which keeps deterioration down to a minimum . I have purchased bottles of very old lures and they still have the kick I expect from quality products. I am almost embarrassed to say just how many bottles ( totes fulI) I keep on hand. I would like to hear your storage opinion and how many bottles of lures, bait and what not you keep on hand. The quantity kept part of my question is simply to know I am not the only person inflicted with "Lure Hoarding"
Blessings to Ya'll

Re: Lure Storage [Re: Trapper Dan 57] #6931700
07/16/20 03:35 PM
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I tighten the lids on mine and keep them in a cool dry place!

Re: Lure Storage [Re: Trapper Dan 57] #6931716
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We store ours in an old fridge that no longer works.

Re: Lure Storage [Re: Trapper Dan 57] #6931725
07/16/20 04:08 PM
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Now, someone ought to make a Lure AMOIRE !! grin

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Picture all of your finest Lures and baits stored in a custom built LURE STORAGE AMOIRE !!! grin cool

Re: Lure Storage [Re: Trapper Dan 57] #6931748
07/16/20 04:29 PM
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Keep mine in the basement. Gets a little damp in the summertime but dry most of the time. I like to make sure any lure or bait that was used has the lid and rim wiped off well. Then I tape the lid shut. I have quite a bit of lure and bait stored. Make a lot of my own and age some. I am constantly monitoring the smells. Every trapper I know will smell things that would gag most people, and find something pleasant in it to them. Lol


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Re: Lure Storage [Re: Trapper Dan 57] #6931873
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Keep em in my sock drawer makes a good cover scent for hunting

Re: Lure Storage [Re: Trapper Dan 57] #6931899
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I just keep mine right in my trapping shed.

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07/16/20 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by rvsask
I just keep mine right in my trapping shed.

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Re: Lure Storage [Re: Trapper Dan 57] #6931949
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Every summer I buy a couple jars. Usually a new one to test out, sometimes a replacement. Good lures and baits only get better with age, like fine wine. I’ve caught coyotes on stuff I bought ten years ago, just stored out in the shed for a decade


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Re: Lure Storage [Re: Trapper Dan 57] #6932139
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This year I buried mine in a couple ammo cans about 2 feet down on the north side of my shed.


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Re: Lure Storage [Re: Bob] #6932141
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Originally Posted by Bob
Every summer I buy a couple jars. Usually a new one to test out, sometimes a replacement. Good lures and baits only get better with age, like fine wine. I’ve caught coyotes on stuff I bought ten years ago, just stored out in the shed for a decade


Side note, did you move to NV? Didn't you used to live in NE Montana?


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Re: Lure Storage [Re: Trapper Dan 57] #6932178
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I use to keep mine in big glass jars with plastic screw on lids I got at the dollar store a long time ago in my crawlspace but since I moved they are in the fare corner of my basement in an old cooler.

Re: Lure Storage [Re: Trapper Dan 57] #6932192
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I just put new bottles an old lures on shelf in cellar, kinda warm there, as on west side house. Just above ground level a cpl foot, does it matter ? Maybe 75 degree or warmer when real hot out

Re: Lure Storage [Re: Trapper Dan 57] #6932203
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Originally Posted by Trapper Dan 57
I'm certain there is a thread on this subject, however I am wanting your current opinions on how you store your lures, urine, and commercially prepared baits ? When I'm at trapper get togethers I try to buy equipment and attractants to support show vendors. I keep a good inventory of my "Go to Lures" along with a pretty hefty amount of many other manufacturers goods too. Over the years I've discovered storing gallons of urine in old ice chests (coolers) works great, Lures on the other hand are stored in air tight clear containers for easier visibility and kept in a dark room. Being in Texas, summers get hot as do my storage areas. Through recent conversations I've learned there are a few well respected trappers that store in a operational ( obviously designated for this purpose) refrigerators. I have always felt lure manufacturers incorporate some sort of preservative which keeps deterioration down to a minimum . I have purchased bottles of very old lures and they still have the kick I expect from quality products. I am almost embarrassed to say just how many bottles ( totes fulI) I keep on hand. I would like to hear your storage opinion and how many bottles of lures, bait and what not you keep on hand. The quantity kept part of my question is simply to know I am not the only person inflicted with "Lure Hoarding"
Blessings to Ya'll


Dan as you are in Texas, most of which is an old ocean bed of things not good for foundations, meaning from what I was told, most of you do not have basements as the clay moves in the wet and dry and buckles walls, I would suggest either burying an old freezer in the ground or getting a power company or farmer with a big post hole digger to sink in a hole 6 feet down, and then put a big capped pipe in it, to store your totes. Put oversize gravel around it for drainage, and cap it up. the capped end would be in case you ended up with a shallow well. You can put a small vent pipe on the side with mesh screen, but that would make a handy root cellar or lure cellar.
I store mine in our old cellar, in large cans. Stuff is as good as the day it was made, back when fur was worth something.
Even Texas doesn't get hot 6 foot under.

Re: Lure Storage [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6932274
07/16/20 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Wild_Idaho
Originally Posted by Bob
Every summer I buy a couple jars. Usually a new one to test out, sometimes a replacement. Good lures and baits only get better with age, like fine wine. I’ve caught coyotes on stuff I bought ten years ago, just stored out in the shed for a decade


Side note, did you move to NV? Didn't you used to live in NE Montana?


Yes, I did. I was working in the oilfield there and it crashed. I got laid off, so we packed up, put the house up for sale and moved to Nevada. I grew up here, left for the oil patch when I was 20. My folks are here and they sure are happy to have the grandkids so close now.


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Re: Lure Storage [Re: Bob] #6932569
07/17/20 10:51 AM
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Excellent reply's from folks in the know! Thank you. So---- the big question----how many bottles,containers etc.of attractants do any of you own? Estimates are acceptable.
I am closing in on 250!!!!!! Yes I am aware I've got a problem :-) Some of those numbers came from purchasing a box of lures in auctions and gifts from folks that didn't need them any longer.
For a good laugh I once took several old bottles with a small amount of lure in the bottom of each and combined them together. I had no idea what the bottles once held as labels were long gone. I can without question tell you it did not work. Not even deer or cattle checked it out! Might have actually had a repellent that works! LOL
Blessings,
Dan

Re: Lure Storage [Re: Trapper Dan 57] #6932624
07/17/20 11:54 AM
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Just went down and took a head count. Gallon jars to 1 ounce bottles 173. Didn't think that was a lot till now lol


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Re: Lure Storage [Re: Turtledale] #6932672
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It's amazing how fast the numbers can sneak up on you. I plan on boxing up a good number of bottles that for whatever reason did not perform for me ( other folks swear by them though) and running them through our fall rendezvous here in Texas. ( If we get to have it) I am certain there are trappers out there that have way more than they are willing to admit! LOL LOL

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