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Re: Choke pole- Can I make one?
[Re: SpellNC9]
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08/30/21 07:07 PM
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Of course you can but.... I think a Ketch All pole is one of the best investments I have ever made. Almost 100% confidence in that.
Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
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Re: Choke pole- Can I make one?
[Re: SpellNC9]
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08/30/21 07:40 PM
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Very inexpensive and easy to make as long as your not trying to release lion or wolf.
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
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Re: Choke pole- Can I make one?
[Re: SpellNC9]
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08/30/21 09:58 PM
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You certainly can. Check out MY YouTube channel in my signature below or Schmattz Outdoors on YouTube. Two videos ago I showed how I built my own. Worked really well on about 35 Coyotes last season and I will be using it again with no changes. Here is the link to my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siIskJN1qrcSchmattz
Last edited by schmattz; 08/31/21 07:45 PM. Reason: Added video link
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Re: Choke pole- Can I make one?
[Re: SpellNC9]
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08/30/21 10:04 PM
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Posts: 45,271 james bay frontierOnt.
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You have a snare in your pocket? 99.9% of the fur I catch is dispatched at the set,but if I need to make a catch pole no problem. If you're dealing with live animals all the time,might just want to buy one.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Choke pole- Can I make one?
[Re: Boco]
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08/30/21 10:09 PM
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Re: Choke pole- Can I make one?
[Re: SpellNC9]
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08/31/21 01:42 AM
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~ADC~
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I've made them like this for years. They are no Death Ray for dispatching though they do the trick and they aren't Katch-All poles for releasing animals, but they have never let me down for that either. I don't trust the clothes line tensioners, they do fail eventually. I’ll try to describe the one I built… I took a 5-foot piece of metal conduit about 1 inch OD. Then I took a hacksaw and holding the conduit up and down I sawed a notch in the end about 1 ˝” deep and wide enough for a small chain link to fit in it. Then I got a 6 foot piece of chain (small dog chain) and a 2’ piece of 1/8" cable. I attached one end of the cable to one end of the chain by running it through the last chain link and using a 1/4" nut mashed on the cable. Then using a drill, drill a small hole through the side of the conduit 1” from the opposite end you cut the notches in. run the other end of the cable through this hole and use a single ferrule to attach the cable to this hole. Then drop the chain back through the conduit. This will leave a cable loop at one end and the chain sticking out the other end of the conduit. To catch the animal, put the loop over the animals neck pull the chain and hook it in the notch on the back of the pole. To release them pull the chain out of the notch and let it slip back through the conduit. This little cheap pole is great for releasing small critters you don’t want to kill. I’m sure that’s all clear as mud. Here are some pictures.... Here it is in action releasing an otter... ~ADC~
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Re: Choke pole- Can I make one?
[Re: SpellNC9]
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08/31/21 08:18 PM
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I made one based off ADC's about the time he posted the original. I used 3/4 galvanized and used an end cap to screw on the end. Used it for years. Did the double walled pvc thing for a few years before I went with the metal rod going all the way down the shaft. Still have it. And my coyote tongs.
Compulsive Coyote Washer
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