Re: PA 2020 2021 season.
[Re: The hammer]
#7001253
09/26/20 07:43 PM
09/26/20 07:43 PM
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Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 4,497 PA
PAskinner
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 4,497
PA
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Forest county trappers day was good. Picked up a couple things I didn't know I needed too .:)
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: PA 2020 2021 season.
[Re: The hammer]
#7001797
09/27/20 11:31 AM
09/27/20 11:31 AM
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Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 5,879 perry co.Pa
wetdog
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 5,879
perry co.Pa
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Was a nice day in emporium today for the trapper training weekend district 4. Got to meet and make some really nice friends can't wait till the next time we all can get together again. Group of us t man members all got to hang out. CoonDuke put on a very educational demo on fox trapping. All in all a very good turn out. Well that's a motley looking crew. Lol Wish I could have made it, but there seems to always be something pressing, work or family that has to be done just right now. I'll start dying traps mid October and wax them after they have hung in the woods for a week or so. I'm still playing with a different pan cover and learning to bed a #3 dsl quickly. I'm starting day one on 3 properties for just yotes. Pan tension experiment is still on for this season. I ran 8pound tension on my traps last season and only caught 2 fox and coon besides the yotes that were all deep catches. This season I switched to all pit pans and heavy screen pan covers. Without screen I have 5+ pounds of tension, with it 71/2 pounds. It's tough screen. Good luck to all this season. And stay safe out there
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Re: PA 2020 2021 season.
[Re: The hammer]
#7003627
09/29/20 07:38 AM
09/29/20 07:38 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,422 Pennsylvania
Hern
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,422
Pennsylvania
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Was a nice day in emporium today for the trapper training weekend district 4. Got to meet and make some really nice friends can't wait till the next time we all can get together again. Group of us t man members all got to hang out. CoonDuke put on a very educational demo on fox trapping. All in all a very good turn out. (L. to R.) Hern, Hammer, Elkaholic, pcr2, Grousewit
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Re: PA 2020 2021 season.
[Re: The hammer]
#7005404
10/01/20 09:45 AM
10/01/20 09:45 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 13,114 Central Pennsylvania
Nittany Lion
Don't call me Mister, Mister
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Don't call me Mister, Mister
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 13,114
Central Pennsylvania
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I might have to fire up the dye pot and wax pot again. I like cool temperatures for that job.
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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Re: PA 2020 2021 season.
[Re: GROUSEWIT]
#7005486
10/01/20 12:10 PM
10/01/20 12:10 PM
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Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 3,843 Pennsylvania
The hammer
OP
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OP
trapper
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 3,843
Pennsylvania
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Good luck to u and yr youngin. You might b busy with deer later instead of scoutin!!! Her first year archery got the cross bow all dialed in. If she tags one in the am will still hopefully get some scouting in. Will skin and hang it in the walk in for a day then cut it up. Like to get out on the gas well roads and gather up some more fresh scat before it's rained on again. Who would of thought a father and daughter cold have so much fun picking up crap lol.
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Re: PA 2020 2021 season.
[Re: The hammer]
#7009521
10/05/20 03:48 PM
10/05/20 03:48 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 13,114 Central Pennsylvania
Nittany Lion
Don't call me Mister, Mister
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Don't call me Mister, Mister
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 13,114
Central Pennsylvania
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I am presently soaking some traps in a walnut hull bath. I tried this a year or two ago and I liked the results. The reason I am doing it this way is because I am not doing many traps and I didn't feel like dragging the pot, the burner, the hose and all the other stuff to boil traps. We have a huge walnut tree in the lawn and the walnuts need picked up to mow anyhow. I am not in a hurry so I will let them soak for a few days. After they take the dye I will wax them.
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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Re: PA 2020 2021 season.
[Re: The hammer]
#7012753
10/09/20 07:28 AM
10/09/20 07:28 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 13,114 Central Pennsylvania
Nittany Lion
Don't call me Mister, Mister
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Don't call me Mister, Mister
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 13,114
Central Pennsylvania
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Where do you get the super clean soak?
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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Re: PA 2020 2021 season.
[Re: Nittany Lion]
#7012777
10/09/20 08:02 AM
10/09/20 08:02 AM
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Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 3,843 Pennsylvania
The hammer
OP
trapper
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OP
trapper
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 3,843
Pennsylvania
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Where do you get the super clean soak? Get it at Wal-Mart in the automotive section. It's a purple bottle. A gallon is 9$. Also can use purple power much cheaper but works the same from what I have been told. I'll be soaking the traps in it tonight I'll post the results of a over the night soak. The traps I'll be soaking were painted and dipped in full metal jacket twice so i will be impressed if this takes them back to bare metal. It does great on stripping old lathe parts down to bare metal. Caution don't soak aluminum in it! It will pit it really bad found out the hard way working on a old four wheeler head. Was only going to soak it for a hour then got caught up working on something else for got about it till the next day and will say all carbon was gone but head was useless from the pitting it caused.
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