Re: Exposed Cat Sets
[Re: Jumperzee]
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03/22/21 11:45 AM
03/22/21 11:45 AM
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OP
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550's are fine - there's some great pics in the archives of shingle pan covers for them. As far as DLS, a #3 or 4 work great. If you really want to trick them out you can put the 3" PIT pans on them and glue a shingle on. Enjoy the digging thru archives! Fun activity! Thanks Jump. I was looking at #4s this morning.
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Re: Exposed Cat Sets
[Re: OKforester]
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03/23/21 07:38 AM
03/23/21 07:38 AM
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I just can’t do it. Every year I say I’m going to try it. This year I actually did try making an exposed set. Maybe I did something wrong, I don’t know. Left exposed for two weeks, nothing. Covered it and caught a coyote and a cat. So looks like I will be digging beds and sifting dirt. It does seem different for sure. I'm going to give it a shot just to learn something different. Thanks all.
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Re: Exposed Cat Sets
[Re: Blaine County]
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03/23/21 02:14 PM
03/23/21 02:14 PM
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LT GREY
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The ( former ) thread : Cat Sets and Locations and Cat Sets and Locations Vol II, a number of trappers shared their views and photos of exposed of 'exposed pan' sets for bobcat. My personal thoughts on it is : ( even if it's partial ) , cover the trap ! I have used 'exposed pans' and can tell you I have missed some 'cats. But. . .if you are deciding to use traps in this manner, here's a tip I can share with you that may help : Spray your pan with Silicone spray and quickly cover it with a natural ground cover in your area. Let the pan dry, then 'lightly' brush the pan and what has 'stuck' will stay and what hasn't, will 'fall away'. You will be surprised how well this blends a trap. Silicone spray is, after all, odorless, not that will matter that much to a bobcat. . , I use 'hay dust' to 'coat' enlarged pans and routinely catch coyotes with the pan exposed during summer months all the time. Used this way, it will add to your success !
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Re: Exposed Cat Sets
[Re: Blaine County]
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03/23/21 02:55 PM
03/23/21 02:55 PM
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danny clifton
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Lazarus, do you ever see sign that a cat just stepped over trap and all then kept going?
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Exposed Cat Sets
[Re: danny clifton]
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03/23/21 03:36 PM
03/23/21 03:36 PM
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Lazarus
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Lazarus, do you ever see sign that a cat just stepped over trap and all then kept going? Only in the snow, but then your blocking is all covered up so the cat just didn't see any obstacles to avoid and he just happened to miss the pan. I respect the opinions of other trappers on this thread, so if you think you will miss cats by covering your traps, go ahead and cover them. For the system I use, and in my humble opinion, I just think covering the trap is not needed.
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Re: Exposed Cat Sets
[Re: Lazarus]
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03/23/21 08:01 PM
03/23/21 08:01 PM
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Mac
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Good thread. I have attempted to narrow down and set up old skidder trails here in the Northeast when I have noticed cat walking the roads the winter before. The biggest issue I have with this type of set, which I truly is great (I have seen Lazarou's and others pictures) in the right spots. I swear when ever I make a set a four wheeler runs over it or a hunter checks it out. LOL
Not really complaining just sharing.
Mac
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Re: Exposed Cat Sets
[Re: Blaine County]
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03/23/21 10:47 PM
03/23/21 10:47 PM
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Furvor
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A cat doesn't know what a trap is. He does know a good place to step when he sees one. To a cat a bare metal pan probably looks questionable as a place to put his foot.. Cats like to step on rocks, so I used roof shingle pan covers of a color about the same as rocks in the area. When made as walk-through sets that method also took a fair number of coyote.
Regarding DLS's, long springs frozen to the ground still work. Coil springs frozen to the ground don't work. I had mostly #3's but preferred #4's. Depending on the amount and frequency of ice involved, coil springs can fairly easily be insulated from freeze down.
Last edited by Furvor; 03/23/21 11:22 PM.
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