Re: Best color for flagging sets
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02/22/23 10:39 PM
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I had good luck with bright green. Got a couple fencerows I use it on, just a wrap and short tie ends off the top wire Near the set. When it snows there are no real differentiating features along that fencerow to find my sets. The flagging stands out against brown dead grass when nothing else is green there in winter, has no cedars along it either. I can usually find the marking tape easily in my flashlight. Got a roll of it, plastic bright green, at a hardware store in tool section by the wire flags. Jim
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Re: Best color for flagging sets
[Re: Yes sir]
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02/22/23 10:44 PM
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I use something that blends in or is camo. I know where my sets are & dont want to draw attention to my sets. I just use flag sticks in a way to see if my set has made a catch
But if ya have areas that are remote or dont mind drawing attention a bright color is fine
TILL THAT DAY.....
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Re: Best color for flagging sets
[Re: Yes sir]
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02/22/23 11:00 PM
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Boone Liane
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Re: Best color for flagging sets
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02/22/23 11:03 PM
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Yes sir you may need to try several colors to see which one you see best. At my job we use a lot of flagging tape. Both in public areas - roadways, buildings, etc and in wooded areas and fields like you would be using it. If you have any degree of color blindness, like a lot of people do, certain colors just don't work. Especially in the woods and fields. For me, the neon green and pink are the hardest to see in the woods. Even with a mostly brown background. Orange, yellow, and red seem to be easiest for me to see. Some of the guys i work with seem to be able to spot any of them without any problems, reguardless of background. Another thing to keep in mind is that the neon pink, neon green, and pink seem to fade faster and do not survive temps below 20 degrees as well as the other colors in my experience. The flagging tape that has a texture to it survives the colder temps better too. The really slick, shiny stuff gets very brittle in the cold and just crumbles .
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Re: Best color for flagging sets
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03/01/23 08:54 PM
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Some survey tape has silver reflective stripes in it every 4 inches = really helps if you are water trapping in the twilight periods = flash light shine = sets for water trapping I was wondering if anyone else used the reflective tape that is often used in cherry orchards to deter birds?
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Re: Best color for flagging sets
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03/02/23 09:00 AM
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I use reflective orange taps that come with clips on them. They are used for marking trails, and make great markers as they reflect light from a flashlight. I never mark my traps with them, but mark on the trail of where I go in. Sometimes I even use my compass to get a bearing to the trap sets from the trail marker. I trap both state and private land, I trust no one when it comes to my traps, even on private land. I had let a neighbor hunt on my Farm when 3 traps came up missing. I reset them and put up Trail Cams. I caught him stealing my Traps after I let him hunt om my Farm. What a POS!!!
God please keep they 19 fallen UBB miners out of trouble up there.
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