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Re: Who has used this type stakes? [Re: ~ADC~] #7844188 04/12/23 01:33 PM 04/12/23 01:33 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,380 Iowa ~ADC~ OP The Count
~ADC~ OP The Count Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,380 Iowa	Thanks for the info Larry. I think I used mostly birch and mulberry wood like the one in the picture. They just seem to grow in right shape and they were in handy locations.

Re: Who has used this type stakes? [Re: Mitch L] #7844270 04/12/23 04:07 PM 04/12/23 04:07 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 7,365 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 7,365 W NY	Originally Posted by Mitch L Back in the day I used a lot of fence staples because I didn't know any better Fence staples still have a place in my arsenal of trap anchoring NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: Who has used this type stakes? [Re: Turtledale] #7844421 04/12/23 08:16 PM 04/12/23 08:16 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,380 Iowa ~ADC~ OP The Count
~ADC~ OP The Count Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,380 Iowa	Originally Posted by Turtledale Originally Posted by Mitch L Back in the day I used a lot of fence staples because I didn't know any better Fence staples still have a place in my arsenal of trap anchoring I used a few many years ago. I bet with a metal detector at the right trees you could still find a few I wasn't able to pull without breaking the chain. lol

Re: Who has used this type stakes? [Re: ~ADC~] #7859572 05/04/23 08:48 PM 05/04/23 08:48 PM
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,931 Ohio S stinkypete trapper
stinkypete trapper S Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,931 Ohio	Man that stake brought back a lot of memories. My grandfather showed me how to make stakes just like that. Staking a 1 1/2 long spring in dry mink trails around the slough. They worked perfect.

Re: Who has used this type stakes? [Re: ~ADC~] #7859704 05/05/23 02:00 AM 05/05/23 02:00 AM
Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 5,081 montana R red mt trapper
red mt trapper R Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 5,081 montana	Me on muskrat mink Kenneth schoening

Re: Who has used this type stakes? [Re: ~ADC~] #7859980 05/05/23 12:55 PM 05/05/23 12:55 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,380 Iowa ~ADC~ OP The Count
~ADC~ OP The Count Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,380 Iowa	Yep, it was all in prepping for trapping season. Boil traps, check them for tags and adjust em. Build snares.... and go cut stakes. The good ol days.

Re: Who has used this type stakes? [Re: ~ADC~] #7913009 07/25/23 07:22 PM 07/25/23 07:22 PM
Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 4,964 rogers city mi. J jeff karsten trapper
jeff karsten trapper J Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 4,964 rogers city mi.	Originally Posted by ~ADC~ Yep, it was all in prepping for trapping season. Boil traps, check them for tags and adjust em. Build snares.... and go cut stakes. The good ol days. yes indeed, and you didn't need a pickup full of stuff olden tyred

Re: Who has used this type stakes? [Re: ~ADC~] #7913201 07/25/23 11:40 PM 07/25/23 11:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,960 Northern Nevada B Bob trapper
Bob trapper B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,960 Northern Nevada	There are very few spots on my line where that would work. Either too rocky or too sandy. Not to mention I’d have to cut down every tree within ten miles of my house to get enough of them lol "I have two guns, one for each of ya."

Re: Who has used this type stakes? [Re: jeff karsten] #7914444 07/27/23 06:54 PM 07/27/23 06:54 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,380 Iowa ~ADC~ OP The Count
~ADC~ OP The Count Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,380 Iowa	Originally Posted by jeff karsten Originally Posted by ~ADC~ Yep, it was all in prepping for trapping season. Boil traps, check them for tags and adjust em. Build snares.... and go cut stakes. The good ol days. yes indeed, and you didn't need a pickup full of stuff Traps, hammer, trowel, bait and of course the stakes we cut, maybe splurge on a bottle of fish oil, lol. Last edited by ~ADC~; 07/27/23 06:55 PM.

Re: Who has used this type stakes? [Re: ~ADC~] #7917639 08/01/23 12:31 AM 08/01/23 12:31 AM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,331 north Idaho decoy trapper
decoy trapper Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,331 north Idaho	Caught my first coyote in a fox tap with woodn stake. Course he pulled it out but got tangled up in tree roots. Just north of of otter ck. marsh in Tama Ia. Hunt with your Kids, not for them. >>>----->

Re: Who has used this type stakes? [Re: ~ADC~] #7918241 08/01/23 07:21 PM 08/01/23 07:21 PM
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 144 Delta, county, Michigan misterb trapper
misterb trapper Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 144 Delta, county, Michigan	Those are the brand I used for years first stating out.

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