I have been trying to figure out what to do for a trap basket. I just can't bring myself to spend $90 for a fiberbasket pack and then another $30-40 to ship at this point. I think I am going to make my own from a 6 gallon bucket and build it up how I want for now until I see if I need something better.

It got me to thinking, what are some home made items you have made that fill your needs , be it simple or elaborate.

I am not trying to start a thread to cut corners or do something that would lead to anything unethical or ineffective, rather just see what people have come up with to make life easier for you.

Build all my own cages , whole lotta money saving there , same with my drags

I made my pack basket from an old kitchen garbage can. Added straps, a couple hoops and it works great.

Hadn't even thought about that but I like that idea even better! Thanks for posting!

Make my pogo anchors. Many make their own sifters .

I make all my rebar stakes and drags. Well that’s not entirely true, the good lord made some of my drags, sometimes I use rocks and tree limbs lol. I’ll be making myself a pack basket this spring as I done wore out my old wooden one, busted a hole right through the bottom of it. I’ve made a lot of pan covers, but anymore I find that I’d rather spend $30 a year on store bought ones than spend all that time cutting them out. I build my skinning gambrel out of scrap iron I had laying around. I plan on building a bunch of expanded pans this summer for cat traps next year, I’ll build em out of aluminum sheeting and rivet them on, it’ll only cost me my time, I can get as much aluminum sheeting as I want out of the scrap bin at work. Built colony traps and cage traps. Stretchers out of scrap lumper. Probably build a new catch pole this year. Also would like to get my winch set up for skinning. Possibly build a skinning rack that plugs in to the receiver hitch on my pickup.

The possibilities are endless when it comes to building trapping gear lol.