Re: Any Lynx Experts here?
[Re: rvsask]
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12/27/20 05:48 PM
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I'm no expert,but I know a few and they all get plenty of lynx gang setting snares around a beaver carcass in the bush. A good lure for lynx is a castor wrapped in a hayball and hung in a double ended snare pen,build right on their travelway. Lynx are really easy to catch when they are plentiful and a snare is an extremely effective humane tool to use on lynx.
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Re: Any Lynx Experts here?
[Re: rvsask]
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12/27/20 07:36 PM
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Our southern cats seem to favor any set they can walk through as opposed to enter and then back out of. That being said, I know the guys up North catch a lot of their cats in cubbies so I always imagined when food is harder to come by and extra calories are needed they apparently will cooperate a little more.
If they are around, I would have a hard time believing they wont fall for a variety of sets. To me setting where a cat should come by seems to be the biggest factor in success and then they start gearing up to breed the big tom cats everyone wants can pop up anywhere.
Good luck- cats aren't afraid of traps so don't be afraid to throw a lot of different things at them. Even if I don't catch the majority of them on trail sets do not think I set far off a trail. I set the travel ways hard and it rewards me.
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Re: Any Lynx Experts here?
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12/29/20 09:48 AM
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Thanks for all the tips guys. I’m going to make a few sets today. I’d like to try the foothold route but there are enough other neighbors that will snowmobile or atv through the timber across the road from the house and I’d rather them come across a dead cat than one alive in a trap. I may try that foothold technique somewhere that is more difficult for pleasure riders to access. Those trail sets look simple Yukon, any further tips regarding loop size and snare height.?
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Re: Any Lynx Experts here?
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12/29/20 10:50 AM
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Although snares are killer for lynx I quit using them many years ago after about the tenth one getting eaten.( from wolves to shrews, everything loves lynx meat. Even other Lynx)
I found I can easily catch them with a foothold trap and a piece of pink ribbon and a goose or duck wing hung above it, head high. No Lure. No bait.
The last year I trapped lynx I caught 80 using only that set.
I have a video of my set on youtube in my signiture.
Wow! Outstanding. I would agree with the footholds or cages on Lynx or bobcat for good reasons.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: Any Lynx Experts here?
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12/29/20 11:07 AM
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Although snares are killer for lynx I quit using them many years ago after about the tenth one getting eaten.( from wolves to shrews, everything loves lynx meat. Even other Lynx)
I found I can easily catch them with a foothold trap and a piece of pink ribbon and a goose or duck wing hung above it, head high. No Lure. No bait.
The last year I trapped lynx I caught 80 using only that set.
I have a video of my set on youtube in my signiture.
I have had great success with your foothold set as well Jeff.
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Re: Any Lynx Experts here?
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12/29/20 11:34 AM
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any further tips regarding loop size and snare height.? I find a 6-7” loop set 10-12” above the ground level ideal. With larger loops set low you will often have lynx jump or walk through the snare and at times get hip caught.
The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.
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Re: Any Lynx Experts here?
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12/29/20 11:54 AM
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any further tips regarding loop size and snare height.? I find a 6-7” loop set 10-12” above the ground level ideal. With larger loops set low you will often have lynx jump or walk through the snare and at times get hip caught. I used to miss a few with snares, then went to the 9-11 method and rarely ever miss one now. 9-inch loop, 11-inches off the ground. I just use my hands to get quick measurements so its not exact, but close.
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Re: Any Lynx Experts here?
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12/29/20 03:22 PM
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At a jackpot a 6-7 inch loop 6 inches off the ground. At a walk in 8 inches off the ground 8in loop .
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Any Lynx Experts here?
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12/29/20 06:18 PM
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Thanks for the advice guys, I appreciate it. I built a few cubbies and a snare pen today. How far apart do you like to make your sets?
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Re: Any Lynx Experts here?
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12/29/20 06:40 PM
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When I'm running a longer line I will set up my established jackpots near their rabbit hunting pockets and walk thru or trail sets on their travel routes between their hunting pockets.Takes a few seasons on a new line to identify these spots.Tracks will clue you in.Hunting lynx leave much different sign than travelling lynx. Some years cats are everywhere and other years they can be fairly scarce where I am the cycles are very noticeable. make sets accordingly.Better not to set at all when they crash and a couple years after so as not to hinder their recovery locally.This is especially important if you have some core lynx habitat on your line that harbour and sustain a pocket of lynx when they are at the bottom of the cycle.
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Re: Any Lynx Experts here?
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12/29/20 07:36 PM
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Give it a few days I bet your snare pens and cubbys will connect. A good cat lure and a visual in the pen like tomcat shows will get them to commit sometimes even if they are not that hungry.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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