Trapper Shed Ideas
#7587917
05/21/22 12:06 AM
05/21/22 12:06 AM
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Joined: Aug 2021
Posts: 11 Oklahoma, USA
DontTread-Okie
OP
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OP
trapper
Joined: Aug 2021
Posts: 11
Oklahoma, USA
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Alright ole timers (and not ole timers too I reckon). I'm 35 year old new to trapping in okla. I chased unsuccessfully yotes and a big bobcat we have on camera and struck out. My 5 year old daughter set traps w me all year though so we had a great time and caught 1 coon and a skunk. Chased beavers too but construction close to town I think ran em out.
Anyways I'm building a lean to or shed for my first hopefully catches this year. My wife is pretty adamant my hobbies stay out in the pasture so building it off the barn. Any ideas on a setup? I skinned the coon off the pickup and effective is not a word we would use lol.
Pics greatly appreciated!!!!
Aim small, miss small.
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Re: Trapper Shed Ideas
[Re: DontTread-Okie]
#7587963
05/21/22 07:10 AM
05/21/22 07:10 AM
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Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 3,666 lewis county,new york
newfox1
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Posts: 3,666
lewis county,new york
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Okie, good lighting, a heat source, and water, a freezer helps, maybe a refrigerator, coffee pot?
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Re: Trapper Shed Ideas
[Re: DontTread-Okie]
#7587982
05/21/22 07:46 AM
05/21/22 07:46 AM
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Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 6,224 Kansas
Pawnee
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Kansas
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Lighting and heat are where I started. A electric winch is in the top 5 for me. Remember Rome wasn’t built in a day!
Everything the left touches it destroys
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Re: Trapper Shed Ideas
[Re: DontTread-Okie]
#7588381
05/21/22 10:33 PM
05/21/22 10:33 PM
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Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,672 Ohio
Willy Firewood
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Ohio
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Why wait or do it gradually? That is a dangerous habit. It is too easy to run out of time or opportunities. Build it much larger than you may ever need. Building size is like horsepower. Have you ever heard of a guy complaining of too much?
FRAC LIVES MATTER
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Re: Trapper Shed Ideas
[Re: DontTread-Okie]
#7588526
05/22/22 08:02 AM
05/22/22 08:02 AM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas
Leftlane
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"HOSS"
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Posts: 20,337
The Hill Country of Texas
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If I ever set up a new shop and fur shed room I want to put in one of those big one piece double sink with pan shaped counter tops on either side and a high pressure water hose suspended from above. It would make cleaning a muddy coon or even a mess of fish a snap.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: Trapper Shed Ideas
[Re: DontTread-Okie]
#7588529
05/22/22 08:06 AM
05/22/22 08:06 AM
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J Staton
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J Staton
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Build your wife a storage shed first or your fur shed will end up as one.
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Re: Trapper Shed Ideas
[Re: DontTread-Okie]
#7588603
05/22/22 09:48 AM
05/22/22 09:48 AM
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Joined: Jan 2019
Posts: 6,674 Wabash, IN USA
Flipper 56
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Wabash, IN USA
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I rebuilt an old corn crib into a fur shed and designed it around the placement of a skinning machine to use the maximum height at the peak of the roof. I am very happy every time I hit the button on the electric hoist to pull a coyote or coon. You need 10 1/2 to 11 feet for it to work right. Money well spent.
"Where Can A Man Find Bear Beaver And Other Critters Worth Cash Money When Skinned?"
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Re: Trapper Shed Ideas
[Re: DontTread-Okie]
#7588605
05/22/22 09:51 AM
05/22/22 09:51 AM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 34,913 Central, SD
Law Dog
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Find a barn type garden shed to start with then go from there, run power toss in a heater and your good to go!
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Trapper Shed Ideas
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#7588612
05/22/22 10:00 AM
05/22/22 10:00 AM
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Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 2,055 SE Kansas
K52
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SE Kansas
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Why wait or do it gradually? That is a dangerous habit. It is too easy to run out of time or opportunities. Build it much larger than you may ever need. Building size is like horsepower. Have you ever heard of a guy complaining of too much? Every shop or barn I have ever built was quickly too small. Go multi purpose and big.
Welcome. We need more Okies on here. The reason for the approach I gave is money, not everyone one has a unlimited expense account for a new fur shed. Sounds like he is just starting out, this is the approach I had to take and it worked well for me.
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Re: Trapper Shed Ideas
[Re: DontTread-Okie]
#7588648
05/22/22 11:20 AM
05/22/22 11:20 AM
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Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 8,355 Firth, Nebraska
jabNE
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Definitely make the ceiling TALL. A big male coyote skinning with a hoist set up and you will realize quickly how nice it is to stand tall and not crouch down so often when you are working the last steps of peeling. Long coyote plus long pelt hanging but not quite done off the head area yet...you get the picture. I bought an inexpensive hoist from harbor freight and have this bolted to ceiling on the ceiling joist. Simple buttons remote up and down switch on chord. Works really slick. I also picked up a couple magnate tool holder straps and attached thos with arms reach of the skinning area. Easy to slap a knife blade, steel sharpening rod, tail zipper, etc. onto the magnate strip, easy place to keep everything handy, safe, and reachable. I also recycled a few of those big, rope handled party drink tubs and I use those for scraps and bodies. About as much weight as I can handle when full, slide into back of my truck easily when time to run to dump site, etc. Lots of rubber gloves ready in the shed is good too. Good lighting. Some music. Heat. Make it a place to get some work done late at night by yourself but comfy enough so you don't rush and mess up the fur or your fingers. Have fun!
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: Trapper Shed Ideas
[Re: DontTread-Okie]
#7588650
05/22/22 11:29 AM
05/22/22 11:29 AM
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 263 N MN
DHH
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Posts: 263
N MN
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Everything above . Plus make it twice as big as you think you'll need . There's never enough room
I'd Rather Try And Fail Then Not Try And Succeed
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