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Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: bigfoottrapper] #7115491 01/01/21 02:14 PM 01/01/21 02:14 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,255 Port Republic South Jersey N Newt trapper
Newt trapper N Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,255 Port Republic South Jersey	Big foot repellent South Jersey Trapping and Snaring School January 19-20-21 2024 NEWT -----------------OVER---------------- www.snareone.com

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: Dana I] #7115524 01/01/21 02:40 PM 01/01/21 02:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,000 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,000 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by Dana I Number one piece of safety equipment in this day and age (cell phone) No reception where I do most my trapping and hunting.Not a option for me except for taking pictures. Nevada bound

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: bigfoottrapper] #7115558 01/01/21 03:05 PM 01/01/21 03:05 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,598 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,598 Green County Wisconsin	I am usually wearing overalls with a chest pocket I also suffer from the No Butt to hold up my pants to put it into numbers or sizes I was looking at a size chart and could finally put into sizes my clothing issue 5X to fit my neck right between 2x and 3x for chest 2x for waist 4-5x for sleeves America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: Bruce T] #7115724 01/01/21 06:09 PM 01/01/21 06:09 PM
Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 11,286 Maine, Aroostook Posco trapper
Posco trapper Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 11,286 Maine, Aroostook	Originally Posted by Bruce T Originally Posted by Dana I Number one piece of safety equipment in this day and age (cell phone) No reception where I do most my trapping and hunting.Not a option for me except for taking pictures. I got turned around in Thousand Acre Bog a few years ago and that was no fun at all. I need to do better about carrying a compass.

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: bigfoottrapper] #7115759 01/01/21 06:48 PM 01/01/21 06:48 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,000 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,000 Northern Maine	The trouble with that area Posco is there is so much iron in that area a compass won't even work. Nevada bound

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: Bruce T] #7115786 01/01/21 07:07 PM 01/01/21 07:07 PM
Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 11,286 Maine, Aroostook Posco trapper
Posco trapper Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 11,286 Maine, Aroostook	Originally Posted by Bruce T The trouble with that area Posco is there is so much iron in that area a compass won't even work. I didn't know that. A GPS, at least the one I have, is almost useless in there due to the canopy. It's a bad to place to be on a day you don't have the sun to get a bearing.

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: bigfoottrapper] #7115795 01/01/21 07:13 PM 01/01/21 07:13 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,512 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,512 james bay frontierOnt.	Roll of tie wire,a dozen snares,wire cutters. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: Bruce T] #7115800 01/01/21 07:15 PM 01/01/21 07:15 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,103 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,103 Minnesota	You must not have Verizon NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: bigfoottrapper] #7115835 01/01/21 07:34 PM 01/01/21 07:34 PM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,652 Oscoda, Michigan J John-Chagnon trapper
John-Chagnon trapper J Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,652 Oscoda, Michigan	Compass and Knife www.lenonlures.com www.facebook.com/lenonlures

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: Posco] #7115892 01/01/21 08:02 PM 01/01/21 08:02 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,598 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,598 Green County Wisconsin	Originally Posted by Posco I got turned around in Thousand Acre Bog a few years ago and that was no fun at all. I need to do better about carrying a compass. I have been looking at one of the wrist compasses however it seems to get one with good reviews you have to spend more than I am willing America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: Posco] #7115903 01/01/21 08:05 PM 01/01/21 08:05 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,000 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,000 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by Posco Originally Posted by Bruce T The trouble with that area Posco is there is so much iron in that area a compass won't even work. I didn't know that. A GPS, at least the one I have, is almost useless in there due to the canopy. It's a bad to place to be on a day you don't have the sun to get a bearing. Theres places in there with no bottom.Back in the day whole teams of work horses etc.just disappeared. Nevada bound

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: Posco] #7115912 01/01/21 08:08 PM 01/01/21 08:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,296 Sugar Grove, WV J JTfromWV trapper
JTfromWV trapper J Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,296 Sugar Grove, WV	Originally Posted by Posco I got turned around in Thousand Acre Bog a few years ago and that was no fun at all. I need to do better about carrying a compass. I have hunted the bog several times. It would be very easy to get turned around.

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: bigfoottrapper] #7115929 01/01/21 08:15 PM 01/01/21 08:15 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 6,004 alabama steeltraps trapper
steeltraps trapper Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 6,004 alabama	pocket pistol Freedom Arms 22

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: JTfromWV] #7115936 01/01/21 08:18 PM 01/01/21 08:18 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,000 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,000 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by JTfromWV Originally Posted by Posco I got turned around in Thousand Acre Bog a few years ago and that was no fun at all. I need to do better about carrying a compass. I have hunted the bog several times. It would be very easy to get turned around. One of my main fisher trapping areas. Nevada bound

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: Bruce T] #7115943 01/01/21 08:25 PM 01/01/21 08:25 PM
Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 11,286 Maine, Aroostook Posco trapper
Posco trapper Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 11,286 Maine, Aroostook	Originally Posted by Bruce T Originally Posted by JTfromWV I have hunted the bog several times. It would be very easy to get turned around. One of my main fisher trapping areas. I've hunted it several times, usually by canoe. https://www.northamericanwhitetail.com/editorial/trophybucks_naw_aa703cox/264179

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: bigfoottrapper] #7115951 01/01/21 08:27 PM 01/01/21 08:27 PM
Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 398 Indiana F fishnhunts trapper
fishnhunts trapper F Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 398 Indiana	Knife, vice grips, and if I'm trapping with conibears, I always have a rope with a loop on the end handy. Vice grips will get more jobs done than anything I know of though.

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: bigfoottrapper] #7115975 01/01/21 08:39 PM 01/01/21 08:39 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,000 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,000 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by Posco I've hunted it several times, usually by canoe. https://www.northamericanwhitetail.com/editorial/trophybucks_naw_aa703cox/264179 I trap certain areas of it on foot carefully. Nevada bound

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: bigfoottrapper] #7115979 01/01/21 08:40 PM 01/01/21 08:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,000 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,000 Northern Maine	The potato buck I know well. Nevada bound

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: bigfoottrapper] #7115991 01/01/21 08:49 PM 01/01/21 08:49 PM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 6,956 Northern Mn rick olson trapper
rick olson trapper Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 6,956 Northern Mn	A pocket knife to clean out the wax in the Gun notch trigger system on the Sterlings MJ 600's.

Re: What do you carry in your pockets while trapping? [Re: Newt] #7116227 01/01/21 10:57 PM 01/01/21 10:57 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,103 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,103 Minnesota	Originally Posted by Newt Big foot repellent Thats in my Holster NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

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