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Stolen, but by what? #7216056 03/14/21 10:47 PM 03/14/21 10:47 PM
Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 14 Michigan L Lancedamask OP trapper
Lancedamask OP trapper L Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 14 Michigan	Just lost both my 220 conibears I had set in legal boxes to a thief, my first thought was a human but now I'm thinking maybe it was coyotes? they were wired off pretty good but designed to hold a coon not a coyote yanking on one. My thinking is maybe they both caught a coon and a coyote drug them off, my buckets were still there but one was moved pretty far and the other was messed with, I had weasel sets close by and those were still there so that's why I'm thinking coyote I'm probably going to go back and walk in a search pattern and try to find them. Called the DNR, they just took my name and what was stolen and gave it to the local police

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216059 03/14/21 10:49 PM 03/14/21 10:49 PM
Joined: Jan 2021 Posts: 752 Westvirginia Ethan1234 trapper
Ethan1234 trapper Joined: Jan 2021 Posts: 752 Westvirginia	Maybe a coyote you never know but i had a cage trap stolen not to long ago and the next day someone returned it maybe your traps will show ip to "You reap what you sow" Im 15 and still the best trapper in glenwhite

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216061 03/14/21 10:49 PM 03/14/21 10:49 PM
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,963 Central Ontario, Canada C Crit-R-Dun trapper
Crit-R-Dun trapper C Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,963 Central Ontario, Canada	I've lost them to bears in the past but it's too early I imagine in Michigan. Highly unlikely coyotes.

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216064 03/14/21 10:51 PM 03/14/21 10:51 PM
Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 14 Michigan L Lancedamask OP trapper
Lancedamask OP trapper L Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 14 Michigan	Thought about bears maybe they are waking up around now but we have a very low population around here.

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216070 03/14/21 10:59 PM 03/14/21 10:59 PM
Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 177 Michigan T Trapping U.P. trapper
Trapping U.P. trapper T Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 177 Michigan	Hmmm. Was the wire broken off or was it completely gone? May God bless you and give you tight chains

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216110 03/14/21 11:32 PM 03/14/21 11:32 PM
Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 14 Michigan L Lancedamask OP trapper
Lancedamask OP trapper L Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 14 Michigan	One was gone and the other was broken off/untied/pulled free I think the first one was wrapped pretty well to the trap. Had flagging with rabbit strips to hold lure about 3 feet in a tree and it was pulled down and shreaded.

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216111 03/14/21 11:33 PM 03/14/21 11:33 PM
Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 177 Michigan T Trapping U.P. trapper
Trapping U.P. trapper T Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 177 Michigan	That is odd May God bless you and give you tight chains

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Trapping U.P.] #7216115 03/14/21 11:37 PM 03/14/21 11:37 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 62,966 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 62,966 Minnesota	Originally Posted by Trapping U.P. That is odd Yes it is NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216122 03/14/21 11:43 PM 03/14/21 11:43 PM
Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 177 Michigan T Trapping U.P. trapper
Trapping U.P. trapper T Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 177 Michigan	Yote would be trap shy enough to not do that I would think. I could be wrong but you could probly rule them out May God bless you and give you tight chains

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216124 03/14/21 11:44 PM 03/14/21 11:44 PM
Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 177 Michigan T Trapping U.P. trapper
Trapping U.P. trapper T Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 177 Michigan	A 220 in a bucket would make a coyote pretty cautious May God bless you and give you tight chains

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216129 03/14/21 11:47 PM 03/14/21 11:47 PM
Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 1,866 Pennsylvania P patrapperbuster trapper
patrapperbuster trapper P Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 1,866 Pennsylvania	Time for a hidden trail camera Till that day.....

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216146 03/15/21 12:13 AM 03/15/21 12:13 AM
Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 14 Michigan L Lancedamask OP trapper
Lancedamask OP trapper L Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 14 Michigan	I'm not thinking a coyote stuck his head in the bucket I'm thinking he found a coon in it and decided to take it elsewhere for lunch

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216150 03/15/21 12:26 AM 03/15/21 12:26 AM
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 6,338 se South Dakota NonPCfed trapper
NonPCfed trapper Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 6,338 se South Dakota	If a yote actually stuck its head through a 220 and it neck caught the beast, I doubt it would have gotten far before it was done for. Speaking from painful experience this winter... "And God said, Let us make man in our image ï¿½and let them have dominion ï¿½and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216155 03/15/21 12:39 AM 03/15/21 12:39 AM
Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 14 Michigan L Lancedamask OP trapper
Lancedamask OP trapper L Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 14 Michigan	Yeah that's why I didn't anchor so well because I figured anything that enters the trap is going to die so I didn't worry about it too much. Then again if it was human it didn't matter...

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216163 03/15/21 01:31 AM 03/15/21 01:31 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,912 Oakland, MS Drifter trapper
Drifter trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,912 Oakland, MS	If not a 2 leg critter my next guess would be a dog. Some individuals use statistics as a drunk man uses lamp-posts — for support rather than for illumination. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic Life member NTA , and GA Trappers assoc .

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216165 03/15/21 01:44 AM 03/15/21 01:44 AM
Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 14 Michigan L Lancedamask OP trapper
Lancedamask OP trapper L Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 14 Michigan	I'm going to walk circles around it next time I'm there and try to find any sign of them

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216170 03/15/21 03:04 AM 03/15/21 03:04 AM
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 234 Nebraska T Trappercass trapper
Trappercass trapper T Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 234 Nebraska	Don’t give them all so much credit about being trap shy and smart!

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216182 03/15/21 04:58 AM 03/15/21 04:58 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,694 Sandhills Nebraska G Gary Benson trapper
Gary Benson trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,694 Sandhills Nebraska	I'd bet on human since both traps were gone. Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216251 03/15/21 07:32 AM 03/15/21 07:32 AM
Joined: May 2016 Posts: 433 ontario canada K Knappett trapper
Knappett trapper K Joined: May 2016 Posts: 433 ontario canada	Pretty obvious..... its a sasquatch. Lol

Re: Stolen, but by what? [Re: Lancedamask] #7216263 03/15/21 07:41 AM 03/15/21 07:41 AM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 2,494 Garden,Michigan B Buck (Zandra) trapper
Buck (Zandra) trapper B Joined: May 2011 Posts: 2,494 Garden,Michigan	What were you trapping for with 220s this time of year? Buck(formely known as Zandra)

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