Re: How many traps?
[Re: Flicker Shad]
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09/16/22 10:56 PM
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You have plenty to get started. This. Use what you have for now and with time you will know what you can work with efficiently. Better to have six good sets out than 20 hail mary's.
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
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Re: How many traps?
[Re: Voltron]
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09/16/22 10:59 PM
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Personally I'd want at least a dozen more to start, especially if in skunk country. 18 is a decent amount to run for a beginner, but doesn't account for replacing skunked up traps.
~~Proud Ultra MAGA~~
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Re: How many traps?
[Re: Voltron]
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09/16/22 11:56 PM
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Depend on how far you gotta drive to your sets and how much time you have, if you’re gonna put up your furs or freeze em and do it later. And how much you like sleep lol. I’ll probably try to run 50 sets this year, maybe more, and that’ll probably take me 4 or 5 hours to check. Probably another 2 hours doing put-up, depending on how the check goes.
When I was working 12s I ran 20-30 sets, but my line was close and only took me an hour or so to check.
"I have two guns, one for each of ya."
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Re: How many traps?
[Re: Voltron]
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09/17/22 12:05 AM
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That is only 3stops with 18 traps using 3traps per stop or 9stops if using 2 good luck it depends your trap check regs
Kenneth schoening
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Re: How many traps?
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09/17/22 12:32 AM
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Only takes 1 trap to connect with an animal ... location and setting on sign is more important than numbers of traps. My opinion, if one trap is good, two or three will be better; so there is that. You didn't save how much area you have to trap ... You can place more traps on 10000 ac than on 40 ac.
Your time management and line conditions will determine how many traps you can manage. And replacement traps are a consideration as mentioned above.
Start with what you have and let your experience be your teacher. You can always add traps if needed at anytime. Bare traps catch just as well as dyed and waxed or whatever process you use to protect your traps. Good luck on your season!
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Re: How many traps?
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09/17/22 08:37 AM
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You have plenty to get started. Yes Yes. Quality of locations over quantity of locations. Osky
"A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com
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Re: How many traps?
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09/17/22 08:41 AM
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You have plenty to get started. This here. With 18 traps you can cover a lot of land. Find the right locations and you will be good.
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Re: How many traps?
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09/17/22 09:05 AM
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Like Osky and Backroadsarcher said, focus on good locations. If you find good spots, you won’t need 18 sets to keep you busy when working full time. You don’t want to make it too much a chore on a daily basis. If you’re catching some, remaking sets will eat up a lot of time. Not to mention that you want to peel them warm asap. A dozen empty traps might take an hour or two to check, but 6 successful sets will take a lot more time than that when you take remakes and skinning into consideration.
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