Strictly Trapping


No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers *** No Politics
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter


Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum


~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~


Trading Post
(Please support F&T Trading Post, our sponsor for the Trapping Only Forum)



TrappersPost
Please support Trappers post, a sponsor of the Strictly Trapping Forum



Print Thread
Hop To
Storing Traps #7265504
05/16/21 10:54 AM
05/16/21 10:54 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 758
U.P. Michigan
Spade Offline OP
trapper
Spade  Offline OP
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 758
U.P. Michigan
I store my traps in plastic totes. Yesterday when getting some out to work on, I noticed a lot of moisture in the bottom of of the tote. So much that I soaked a towel wiping it out. Any recommendations on how to keep the totes dry? I currently use cedar boughs in the bottom and place the dyed and waxed traps on top. I have never had this problem before that I can re-call.

Last edited by Spade; 05/16/21 10:57 AM.

24 years Army Medical Corps

I only want to be known as:

A great husband, a good trapper, and a great steward of the land.
Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7265508
05/16/21 10:58 AM
05/16/21 10:58 AM
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 5,851
perry co.Pa
wetdog Online shocked
trapper
wetdog  Online Shocked
trapper

Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 5,851
perry co.Pa
Store them in a dark place where the temp doesn't change so much
And up off of the concrete

Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7265531
05/16/21 11:36 AM
05/16/21 11:36 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 17,548
Rodney,Ohio
SNIPERBBB Online happy
trapper
SNIPERBBB  Online Happy
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 17,548
Rodney,Ohio
Dry your cedar first.

Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7265619
05/16/21 01:44 PM
05/16/21 01:44 PM
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 14,306
Montana
USMC47 🦫 Offline
trapper
USMC47 🦫  Offline
trapper

Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 14,306
Montana
I feel like a turd for saying this but I leave mine in the shop in an open, wooden box and cats run across them and exhaust from my truck hits them. I don’t have any problems. Lol.


The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle.

www.derricks-nm.com
Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7265628
05/16/21 01:50 PM
05/16/21 01:50 PM
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 8,312
Firth, Nebraska
jabNE Offline
trapper
jabNE  Offline
trapper

Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 8,312
Firth, Nebraska
Usmc47, me too. Traps are bundled and hanging in garage. I back my truck into the stall and exhaust is right there.
No problems.
But on other hand, where I live I honestly think scent is not an issue at all. There is a house or two at least on every mile sectio . Bits of trash here and there, farmland primarily with some weedy fencerows and draws. Between ag fuel drippings, chemicals applied to fields, and the constant exposure to people in our population densities, the odors from my garage can't be a threat to coyotes here.
Now, the pickup that stops suddenly in the road and driver leans out and shoots at them, thats the coyotes biggest threat here.
Jim


Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7265644
05/16/21 02:14 PM
05/16/21 02:14 PM
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 2,619
Nebraska
WadeRyan Offline
trapper
WadeRyan  Offline
trapper

Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 2,619
Nebraska
Mine are still in the same mineral bucket as the day I pulled them last season. That's probably how they'll be till I set them if I set them this year. I gave up on caring quite a while ago. Coyotes don't seem to mind.


Follow me on YouTube if you’re bored

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Ulx1woYMmCN3IPLB0wwFw


Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7265646
05/16/21 02:20 PM
05/16/21 02:20 PM
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 7,939
Montana
B
beartooth trapr Offline
trapper
beartooth trapr  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: May 2011
Posts: 7,939
Montana
I store mine in 30 barrels with sage on the bottom, I keep lid on and a cut off barrel on top as a double lid with no problems.
Pull them out in September and wax them.


Let me sugar coat this
Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7265708
05/16/21 04:45 PM
05/16/21 04:45 PM
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 2,626
Flint, Michigan
bhugo Offline
trapper
bhugo  Offline
trapper

Joined: May 2007
Posts: 2,626
Flint, Michigan
The moisture probably came from the cedar. If you are looking for scent free, take cedar out. You don’t need it if you treated your traps appropriately. If you are looking to scent your traps with cedar, drop some cedar green tips into your wax pot before you dip the traps, or do as others said and thoroughly dry the cedar bough first.


Member MTPCA, FTA and NTA
Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7265710
05/16/21 04:55 PM
05/16/21 04:55 PM
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 5,772
central Illinois
yoteguts Offline
trapper
yoteguts  Offline
trapper

Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 5,772
central Illinois
Store mine in plastic tool box totes. I to had the moisture problem. If the tote is sealed up tight you will get condensation in the tote. If you crack the lid mice will get in and that is a problem. I drilled two 1/4” vent holes in the side just under the lid. Problem solved. Been doing it that way for about 10 years. Also had the same problem with metal boxes. Solved it the same way.
In my environment if you put anything in the tote with the traps it needs to be bone dry or again there will be moisture problems.




I'm itchin' to see a coyote twitchin'.

More trappin' and less yappin'.



Member FTA & USSA.





Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7265778
05/16/21 07:22 PM
05/16/21 07:22 PM
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,820
Frazee, MN
B
backroadsarcher Offline
trapper
backroadsarcher  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,820
Frazee, MN
Mine are hanging from the rafters. If they are in storage they go in totes placed on a high shelf.

Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7265833
05/16/21 08:47 PM
05/16/21 08:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2020
Posts: 4,925
Aliceville, Kansas 43
Yukon John Offline
trapper
Yukon John  Offline
trapper

Joined: Jan 2020
Posts: 4,925
Aliceville, Kansas 43
Hang in my shop after I spray paint (in spring).


Act like a blank, get treated like a blank. Insert your own blank!
Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7265991
05/17/21 06:16 AM
05/17/21 06:16 AM
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,664
Wisconsin
G
Green Bay Offline
trapper
Green Bay  Offline
trapper
G

Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,664
Wisconsin
Old milk crates. Lots of airflow.


Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7266106
05/17/21 10:11 AM
05/17/21 10:11 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 758
U.P. Michigan
Spade Offline OP
trapper
Spade  Offline OP
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 758
U.P. Michigan
Thanks everyone for the info, checked all of the totes they all had alot of moisture in them. Back to cleaning.


24 years Army Medical Corps

I only want to be known as:

A great husband, a good trapper, and a great steward of the land.
Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7266132
05/17/21 11:10 AM
05/17/21 11:10 AM
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 5,851
perry co.Pa
wetdog Online shocked
trapper
wetdog  Online Shocked
trapper

Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 5,851
perry co.Pa
I'll try small air holes in my trap totes.
I always just thought with our humidity and moisture wicking up through the concrete, that when the sun would come through the window and hit the cooled tote, it was the cause of my condensation.
Time to experiment.

Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7266200
05/17/21 01:08 PM
05/17/21 01:08 PM
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 2,529
NW Illinois
K
Kevin Stake Offline
trapper
Kevin Stake  Offline
trapper
K

Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 2,529
NW Illinois
Milk crates here also.


It is more blessed to give than to receive
Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7266259
05/17/21 03:21 PM
05/17/21 03:21 PM
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 5,471
West Central MN
20scout Offline
trapper
20scout  Offline
trapper

Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 5,471
West Central MN
If their not hanging on a wall, they're in milk crates. Come fall they get put in totes after they have been dyed and waxed.


Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7267412
05/18/21 11:10 PM
05/18/21 11:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2021
Posts: 265
PA
F
Flint Lock Offline
trapper
Flint Lock  Offline
trapper
F

Joined: Jan 2021
Posts: 265
PA
I think the OP's problem was moisture from the boughs condensing inside the container. This year when I put traps away I bedded them inside a plastic tote in aspen chips used for guinea pig and hamster cages that I pricked up at a pet store. I figure the wood chips will help stabilize moisture content and absorb any odors. Been a few months now and so far no problems.

Re: Storing Traps [Re: Spade] #7267535
05/19/21 07:23 AM
05/19/21 07:23 AM
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 8,312
Firth, Nebraska
jabNE Offline
trapper
jabNE  Offline
trapper

Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 8,312
Firth, Nebraska
Good news sir


Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread

Moderated by  Drifter, Wolfdog91 

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1