Re: does anyone use NAILS to steady there traps?
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I believe Charlie Dobbins used wooden pegs/steel rods for one or two of his flat sets, in his book on (The Flat Set) circa 1995.
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Re: does anyone use NAILS to steady there traps?
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I believe Charlie Dobbins used wooden pegs/steel rods for one or two of his flat sets, in his book on (The Flat Set) circa 1995. Shows the same thing in Land Sets and Techniques
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Re: does anyone use NAILS to steady there traps?
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Mr Charlie used the steel rods when he made his buried bait set. One on each side of the dog and one up tight against the loose jaw.
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Re: does anyone use NAILS to steady there traps?
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Depending on your soil types I don't think 3" golf tees are going to work In to many situations. But those wooded skewers would work just fine. And you wouldn't have to worry about tire problems.
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Re: does anyone use NAILS to steady there traps?
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Ive done It. And If you go that route get those pole barn spikes. If you want the nail deal to work you need at least 6" and 10 " would be better. And you need to cut off the heads. I went out and bought some of these,I am going to give it a try, I assume u mean to cutt off the heads so it wouldn't interfere with the trap firing?
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Re: does anyone use NAILS to steady there traps?
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Depending on your soil types I don't think 3" golf tees are going to work In to many situations. But those wooded skewers would work just fine. And you wouldn't have to worry about tire problems.
They sell 4" tees though they're 17 bucks for 50
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Re: does anyone use NAILS to steady there traps?
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Finishing nails on my rat floats to keep the traps from getting knocked off. Not on dry land I don’t want to be buying any truck or tractor tires for my landowners.
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Re: does anyone use NAILS to steady there traps?
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03/03/21 11:07 AM
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I'm no golfer so I don't know about golf tees. But I have Pop up blind supports and i have lots of old arrows which can all be cut down to use as trap stabilizers. When I used nails and I still do I always cut the heads off of them. No need to have a jaw get hung up or get slowed down. The cordless drill was pretty neat but you can just shove them In with your hammer handle.
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Re: does anyone use NAILS to steady there traps?
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Seems like extra steps and extra equipment to carry to me. In the time it takes to get a nail out of my pack and pounded into the dirt I can have the trap bedded solid and half covered.
The best trick I ever learned is to dig the bed a little bigger than it needs to be and sift dirt back into it. Then just press the trap into the sifted dirt and it will be bedded solid almost instantly. Maybe it doesn’t work with all soil types but it has in every soil I’ve tried it in
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Re: does anyone use NAILS to steady there traps?
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Seems like extra steps and extra equipment to carry to me. In the time it takes to get a nail out of my pack and pounded into the dirt I can have the trap bedded solid and half covered.
The best trick I ever learned is to dig the bed a little bigger than it needs to be and sift dirt back into it. Then just press the trap into the sifted dirt and it will be bedded solid almost instantly. Maybe it doesn’t work with all soil types but it has in every soil I’ve tried it in That might work in the middle of the desert. Come try to do that with some wet clay that'll freeze that night.
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Re: does anyone use NAILS to steady there traps?
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Seems like extra steps and extra equipment to carry to me. In the time it takes to get a nail out of my pack and pounded into the dirt I can have the trap bedded solid and half covered.
The best trick I ever learned is to dig the bed a little bigger than it needs to be and sift dirt back into it. Then just press the trap into the sifted dirt and it will be bedded solid almost instantly. Maybe it doesn’t work with all soil types but it has in every soil I’ve tried it in That might work in the middle of the desert. Come try to do that with some wet clay that'll freeze that night. 100% right Wade
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Re: does anyone use NAILS to steady there traps?
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I have never been able to PACK peat to where I felt that the trap wouldn't move. Dig a trap bed fill with peat place trap drive 3 nail's cover with peat then dress with local dirt.
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