Re: Trap Thieves
[Re: Yooper1978]
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10/17/21 06:48 PM
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strike2x
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Report every time it happens. Might do no good for getting your traps back but will get authorities watching maybe. Unfortunately there is no way to stop trap thieves. Trail cameras on trails might help you figure out who is doing it.
Wish I had more time to trap....
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Re: Trap Thieves
[Re: Yooper1978]
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10/17/21 06:51 PM
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grumley701
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Bird hunters, bow huntrers or bear hunters... who else is in the woods this time of the year?
Pure Blood
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Re: Trap Thieves
[Re: Yooper1978]
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10/17/21 07:12 PM
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foxkidd44
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As stated earlier,,,report those thefts,,, they may not find the thieves.. but there’s always the potential that your trap may wind up in an illegal situation with your name on it. Report thefts to cover your butt
Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln
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Re: Trap Thieves
[Re: grumley701]
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10/18/21 08:00 AM
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K52
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" Bird hunters, bow huntrers or bear hunters... who else is in the woods this time of the year? Trappers. Hate to say it but some of your fellow trappers are thieves, and they know what to look for.
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Re: Trap Thieves
[Re: K52]
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10/18/21 08:56 AM
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lee steinmeyer
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" Bird hunters, bow huntrers or bear hunters... who else is in the woods this time of the year? Trappers. Hate to say it but some of your fellow trappers are thieves, and they know what to look for. Unfortunately, this is many times the case! Camoflage your trail cams well!
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Re: Trap Thieves
[Re: Yooper1978]
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10/18/21 09:12 AM
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drasselt
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Try to set trail cams for license plates too and don[t blab all over what you are doing or that there is a problem in order to not alert the thief.
you can vote your way into socialism, but you will have to shoot your way out.
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Re: Trap Thieves
[Re: Yooper1978]
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10/18/21 09:47 AM
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jabNE
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Man, when I was young my mentors always taught me good woodsmanship and reapect for others. Code was you never messed with someone else's trot lines, bank lines, or their traps. Some never got the lesson of course. I keep an old smashed to crap #2 long nails to wall of my first area. A constant reminder of what others can do. For awhile I was having traps stolen. Then I switched to cross staking and earth anchors, whatever I could afford. They started just stealing the catch and if they couldn't steal the trap too they destroyed it. Catch circle, blood, shell casings,, wasn't hard to figure out the animal losses. But a catch circle full of boot prints was easy to see the crime scene.
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: Trap Thieves
[Re: Yooper1978]
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10/18/21 01:34 PM
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Scott__aR
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I always stamp my trap frames with identifying numbers and symbols in the event of stolen traps. Makes for easy identification (when you know where to look) and prosecution.
Megapredator ... top of the food chain! Member of WTA Member of MTPCA Member of NTA
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Re: Trap Thieves
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10/18/21 04:46 PM
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backroadsarcher
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If possible take small ladder and place trail cams up high. Very few people look up for them. Caught my neighbor who burned my deer blind down this way. This right here you get pictures and that increases the chance to catch the jerks.
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Re: Trap Thieves
[Re: loosegoose]
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10/18/21 06:19 PM
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Flint Hill fur
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Make some obvious sets, show up early, hide yourself, and take care of business when the thief shows up. X2
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Re: Trap Thieves
[Re: Yooper1978]
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10/18/21 06:23 PM
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upstateNY
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Don't make sets they can see.Late 70s early 80s (good fur money and everyone and their brother was in the woods trapping or thieving) I learned to make sets ONLY the critter would find.
the wheels of the gods turn very slowly
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