Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: NonPCfed]
#7015564
10/12/20 01:50 PM
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I will trap some rats locally. Not getting carried away.
Then after prepping them vacuum pack and throw in the freezer. They stay good for a very long time.
Vietnam--1967 46th. Const./Combat Engineers
"Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction." "After the first shot, all plans go out the window!"
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: The Beav]
#7015595
10/12/20 02:47 PM
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Colony traps are real rat killers in the right situation.
I don't own a stop loss but a #2 or a #1.75 with a wild river pan system will do the job. High catches with no wring offs. You got that straight Beav. When the colony is the ONLY trap you can use, one understands how really valuable they are. I wouldn’t go back to footholds or coni’s even if they were legal in my state.
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: NonPCfed]
#7015643
10/12/20 03:53 PM
10/12/20 03:53 PM
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MsgRet
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It's fun and I'm getting old. Yes.
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: NonPCfed]
#7015752
10/12/20 06:19 PM
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They are heavier than a 1 also which is a bonus.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: NonPCfed]
#7015803
10/12/20 07:31 PM
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I like working with the long spring when placing the traps in the pushups, saves a few oops! I've never been much of a stop-loss guyf. I get a few wring offs but not much of a percentage. I think the old #1 LS is a taker in a small hut during winter trapping. Push it in the hole so just the back few inches are above the water line. A lot of times, a rat hits it, can't back down the hole but the rat and trap is too big to push up the hole so basically drowns right there fairly quick. I have some old, old #1 LS that are still taking fur...
"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: NonPCfed]
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10/14/20 12:00 AM
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I think disease tends to follow with drought. Or so I think. We had a drought from August 2011 through most of 2012. After that, it took until 2017 or even 2018 before I saw occupied rat huts in my county. It wasn't in drought conditions for 5 years...
"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: Boco]
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10/14/20 06:31 PM
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A wise man once said-live every trapping season like it was your last.Cause we never know if it may be or not. And regardless there comes a time when each year we become a little less "able". Shocking as It may be, I find myself agreeing with the Canadian who made this statement !!! walleyed
"Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters
I Support Non-Resident Trapping
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: NonPCfed]
#7017513
10/14/20 07:24 PM
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I caught a giant rat today in a rat box set.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: Boco]
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10/15/20 05:00 PM
10/15/20 05:00 PM
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Spent the day dyeing traps and now I have to sit for a spell.
Day's biggest accomplishment is I now know
exactly how many #110 Body grips I own.
the count is 301 that I have been able to find.
(I know I have more buried somewhere)
Most are vintage Victor Conibear square frames.
Many are newer Victor Conibear with frame bends,
and some are Victor Conibear 2's.
A dozen are BMI's with dinner bell triggers.
A few Montgomery Stake n' Takes.
A few B&L Sure Grips. and 1 Big Bear. LOL.
80 are Dukes.
I've really got to sell these things as I haven't set one since about 2012, when I switched over to #160's.
All tolled, they fill 2 and a half yellow & black Lowes totes
Next up is dyeing around 200 Duke #160's.
Muskrat could be in trouble next Sunday If I live that long.
w
"Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters
I Support Non-Resident Trapping
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: NonPCfed]
#7018248
10/15/20 05:44 PM
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Posts: 45,503 james bay frontierOnt.
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Are you OK walleyed-thats twice now you have hinted you might not be around long term?
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: NonPCfed]
#7018250
10/15/20 05:44 PM
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I have one property where I am expected to "kill em all", plus it's fun for the kids so we'll probably skin a few
Just happy to be here.
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: NonPCfed]
#7018259
10/15/20 05:56 PM
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Limited rats around here but will go after them if I can find them. I'll go after them while the deer hunters are out and about, good time to be out in the ponds instead of the woods anyways. Have a few spots I'll wait on till freeze up and then go after them as well as set a few snares for coyotes. Makes for an interesting mix.
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: Boco]
#7018358
10/15/20 07:38 PM
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Are you OK walleyed-thats twice now you have hinted you might not be around long term? One foot in the grave, the other on a banana peel in my canoe, with your hand on my shoulder !!! I feel like I'm ready to drop dead, any minute. It was a long season of work that sucked the life out of me. I'm exhausted and rat season starts in 10 days. Hope I get my 2nd wind soon so I can keep agitating my Canadian buddies !!! w
"Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters
I Support Non-Resident Trapping
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: NonPCfed]
#7018369
10/15/20 07:46 PM
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Boco
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Maybe you caught the covid. Hope you recover.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Who is still going after mrats this fall...?
[Re: NonPCfed]
#7018388
10/15/20 08:04 PM
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Gary Benson
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Firm believer in stoploss. Now, the question is Victor or B&L? I prefer the B&L. The whack'em spring comes from opposition directions on each trap. I find it hard to compress the spring of the trap and the whack'em spring together.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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