Anybody other than me use these in your trapping?

I cable a couple together for beaver drowning weights. Been doing it that way for about 50 years.

Used to use them on trotlines.

Quit when I figured out they laid on their side and rolled on rock bottoms after I lost a few. On mud bottoms they stick straight in.

But they are getting hard to find.

I used to pick then up at a construction recycling place for cheap and all of the sudden they decided they were worth 3-4 dollars apiece. But I'm sash weight rich now though because I just traded 5 beaver carcasses for about 200 lbs worth!

I would use them attached to my trap chains about 10 Inches from my beaver trap. A beaver dosen't swim very long with a 10LB window weight dragging It down.
10 feet of chain staked out In deep water and It's lights out.

^^^That's pretty much the description on how I use them. They vary from 4-10 lbs. Most of the ones I have are 5-6 pounders

Dad and I use to wire rocks to the chain, and we had the same effect. They don't swim with 10 pounds or more weighing them down.

Used them years ago as weights on the end of the drowning wire. Work all right on a rough rocky bottom or a soft mud bottom, but I had a big beaver pull 50 lbs worth up on a bedrock bottom once and was sitting on the bank when I got there. Warrior is right, they will roll on a smooth bottom.

For open water beaver snaring I make special snares with a drowner lock incorporated in the snare system. It's added so it will freely slide towards the snare lock. For sets where the beaver is crawling up on the bank. Drowner cable is set up first. Then beaver snare is S-hooked to the drowner lock on the drowner cable. Then two sash weights are S-hooked to drowner lock, slid down to snare swivel, and lay on the bottom near bank.

Beaver swims/crawls through snare, snare tightens as it continues to climb bank, beaver turns around, swims out, snare slides out on drowner cable, window sash weights slide down to tightened loop.

Use the same set up in fluctuating water with a float.

Good to use where you've got idiots that might steal your equipment.

I used them on my mink line.

Beaver, mink traps and bottom edge sets.

Yes that and RR plates found on abandoned RR line. line was abandoned 30 yrs when i found

I have a few, the junk guys are pretty proud of em.

We use them when we roll up electric fence. Tie one on the end of the wire to keep the tension even as we roll it up. They pull smooth like a little torpedo

I like to tie a trotline between two trees. Use window weights to pull the main line down and keep it tight

are those galvanized window weights ?


with scape metal going 15 cents a pound now someone figured it out

Northof50, all mine are cast iron

All the ones I have seen are cast iron

The ones I have are all cast also.

I have a few replacement window contractors who save them for me.

How do you use them Mike?

Use them on MB 750 approx. 10" from trap for extra weight, mink traps and on 160's with bottom edge sets.

I have a good bunch, will be converting a dozen this spring to drags.

Exactly what I do too. I also have gone 100% to the 750's for my foothold choice.

This is a hammer used in a machine used to crush manufacturing waste into sizes that can be used in construction The machine has a set of these . About 30 are replaced every so often They can be refurbished one or two times At some point they are thrown out .So the company uses about 3 sets per year .Each one weights about 20 lbs .The are free to me anytime I want some . As long as you can drive with a 4 wheeler or truck they make great anchors or drowning weights .But I need to turn back the clock about 40 year to be carrying them to set locations .

I usually have some for sale at the nta national every year and yes 3-4 bucks

I use them a lot mink trapping.

I use them on pulley to hold the chicken door open.

anyone ever used a square of chicken wire as a basket toss a few rocks in then gather up the corners and wire it shut as a fast easy light to carry way to use any rock larger than the hole size of the chicken wire mesh.

I guess onion sacks could be even lighter and faster

the chicken wire would last longer , maybe could be stashed from season to season with the rocks in it top wired shut.

Gunny sacks work well for filling with rocks also.

I used to use them, and have a bunch, but now I use rr tie plates. Wish I had picked up a truck load when I had a chance.

Yeah all mine are cast stamped 6 lb on them I run a cable loop through them an then just clip into them for whatever purpose mostly mink an coon pocket sets ...do not use these for drags trust me

I see lots of them at the Scrap yard