Re: First trap line
[Re: Witrapperman]
#7419166
12/01/21 08:45 AM
12/01/21 08:45 AM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 17,899 MN
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Good luck and let us know how the first check goes. Pictures are always an added treat too.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: First trap line
[Re: Witrapperman]
#7419177
12/01/21 08:55 AM
12/01/21 08:55 AM
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Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 6,700 Newark, Ohio 83 years
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Newark, Ohio 83 years
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I grew up learning how to trap muskrats in a creek that most rat dens were in water not much more than knee deep. If you are using body gripping traps you have nothing to worry about... except will some other critter come along and eat your catch. When I started trapping, conibear traps had not yet been invented. I used either #0 or #1 long spring. You would set for a front foot catch... stake out in deeper water (adding a length of wire to chain), place another stake between that stake and the shore for the rat to tangle around and drown. This kept the rat away from the shore and other critters to some extent and didn't block the entrance to the den.
Remember when trapping in moving water to wade upstream.
Good Luck...
Garry-
“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”
Have been trapping 77 years…
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Re: First trap line
[Re: Witrapperman]
#7419189
12/01/21 09:16 AM
12/01/21 09:16 AM
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Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 4,208 Eau Claire Wi
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Hoping you catch some fur today. I haven't had great luck with the sets you have shown. Don't be afraid to set some slides or places you can see they have been chewing and digging on the bank. Also if you find an active den locate the run and set a coil spring on the bottom in the trench coming out of the den they will put their feet down there. Good lock welcome to Trapperman.
Life sure is tough when you don't learn from the mistakes of others.
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Re: First trap line
[Re: Witrapperman]
#7419713
12/01/21 07:43 PM
12/01/21 07:43 PM
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Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,375 W NY
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Good luck and can't wait to hear about your first catch. Make sure your trap with the Hagz bracket is on the downstream side of your bait in current. I do dye and wax my water traps for water trapping. Show us some more of your sets when you get the chance
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: First trap line
[Re: Witrapperman]
#7419887
12/01/21 10:29 PM
12/01/21 10:29 PM
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Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 6,225 Kansas
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Good luck. Don’t get discouraged just stay after emm
Everything the left touches it destroys
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Re: First trap line
[Re: Witrapperman]
#7419897
12/01/21 10:41 PM
12/01/21 10:41 PM
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J Staton
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J Staton
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I'm amazed that you can actually see the bottom of the creeks. Lol. Good luck on the muskrats!
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