Re: Home-Made Pogos vs Wolf Fangs cost comparison
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
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11/23/22 08:01 PM
11/23/22 08:01 PM
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ST, That cost...$466 to $500 ....to stamp out a sheet of fangs might not be too far off for a cost guess. Once the press is set there shouldn't be a lot of human work involved. Brian with Southern Snares called me this morning by chance and I missed the call. Have tried to call him back 3 times and got voicemail. I'll keep trying.
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Re: Home-Made Pogos vs Wolf Fangs cost comparison
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
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11/23/22 10:56 PM
11/23/22 10:56 PM
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Yukon John
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Could you use 1" x 11ga flat steel? Might be better, and easier to stamp than a sheet..?
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Re: Home-Made Pogos vs Wolf Fangs cost comparison
[Re: Kermit]
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11/23/22 10:58 PM
11/23/22 10:58 PM
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Laser table? Mennonite or Amish? Don't think you'll find any Amish with a laser table, but hey, who knows!
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Re: Home-Made Pogos vs Wolf Fangs cost comparison
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
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11/24/22 06:41 AM
11/24/22 06:41 AM
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I went back to cable in recent year years to cut down on weight I was carrying into locations. I have to hoof it into several spots. Oh so worth it around here to have a spot off the road and no access from others but only get to go in if I hoof it. I generally double staked my coyote traps for many years with double rebar. Carrying 4-5 traps, plus 8-10 rebar stakes, hammer, trowel, bait, pee, waxed dirt. That’s a load to hoof it very far with. Taking the weight of all that rebar out of the equation was a game changer for me. I didn’t have good luck with pogos here getting them into unplowed solid ground. Went well into fields that had been plowed a few times though. Longer cables, and larger fender washers worked for coyotes. Pilot holes were helpful. I went back to bullet stakes or the heavy berk styles and had good luck: the berk styles I found were super cheap if I shopped around and like others mentioned on here I started just cutting cable at end of season. Our January ground freezes up rock solid and not way to save most of those berks with a puller so cutting cable and getting back home quickly was way to go for me. Easy to retool the next year with fresh cables. Jim
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Re: Home-Made Pogos vs Wolf Fangs cost comparison
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
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11/24/22 03:40 PM
11/24/22 03:40 PM
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I invested in bullet stakes last year, almost all of where I am trapping is sandy soil, swamp, mud, etc. I cant leave my stuff in the ground unfortunately, and pulling them out last year was terrible. This year I am doing all natural drags except with beaver. Already has worked out great, far easier, lighter and it lets the animal run off in the woods. I know it wont work for everybody, but my drags are like 6 foot long, maybe 2" diameter sweetgum or chinese tallow saplings. I will wrap the chain around the drags, and just put a nail through the chain. Other times I will use a big rock, but ill wrap the chain around the rock, and use wire to make the chain tight. Also use a pull spring so the momentum gets taken away.
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Re: Home-Made Pogos vs Wolf Fangs cost comparison
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
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11/24/22 04:16 PM
11/24/22 04:16 PM
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MattLA, Why can't you leave a 15" length of 3/32" cable and a fender washer in the ground? Will be rusted away rather quickly in acidic soils.
Please don't say it's due to environmental concerns......
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