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Re: First k9!
[Re: TheYouthTrapper]
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12/09/23 03:18 AM
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Good job, got to love those fox. Now you will pile them up.
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Re: First k9!
[Re: Turtledale]
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12/09/23 04:26 AM
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That's great, I still remember my first fox 40 years ago.
I still get excited to see a fox in a set. Can't wait to see your put up.
Congratulations and way to stick with it. It'll get easier with time and
Experience. When I was your age we left the ear cartilage in
now I take it out. Which way are you planning to do it? I was very excited to see a fox in the trap rather than a coyote. I'm not going to be putting this one up as I would like to keep it nice. I'm going to take it to the guy who I sell all of my other fur, but he also sends all of my stuff I want to be tanned out to get tanned and he will put it up for me at whatever he charges. I don't know what way he does his but I'm sure I could do either way. It would be kind of cool to keep it in.
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Re: First k9!
[Re: BTLowry]
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12/09/23 04:28 AM
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That is awesome
Do yourself a favor and start keeping a log now of set, location, lure, bait and catches.
It is helping me figure out what combinations seem to work better.
There are foxes in my part of the country but the only one I have ever seen around my place was a red male that I killed in the chicken house one evening right after dark. I have a notebook with me in the truck but I had relured this set and I couldn't remember what I used but from now on I'm going to keep a log. I've seen very few but apparently talking to a few other guys around here, they're around like crazy this year.
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Re: First k9!
[Re: Tony1967]
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12/09/23 04:29 AM
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Awesome job!!! That set is primed to catch another one now Thank you!, Yes it is, I should probably put in another set nearby in case a pair rolls through but I just ran out of time that day.
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Re: First k9!
[Re: k snow]
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12/09/23 04:30 AM
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Congrats on your first. Now keep at it and get some more. Thank you!, that's the plan, I hope to catch a coyote this year.
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Re: First k9!
[Re: Osky]
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12/09/23 04:32 AM
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That’s terrific.
An incredibly good trapper taught me some of the ropes, I wished I’d retained more.
As good as he was at trapping and as sharp as his mind was he always kept a little note pad in his pocket and used it a lot. You may want to get in the same habit, detail what you do, what you use, timing, weather, results…just takes a minute. you may be surprised at the trends that suddenly jump out at you when you go thru those notes every now and again.
Keep after them!
Osky I keep one with me in the truck but I always forget to write the stuff down in it. I mainly just put down how many traps I have and what bait mix I'm using for dps but definitely going to start doing it for K9 sets too.
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Re: First k9!
[Re: Tommie]
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12/09/23 04:33 AM
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Congratulations , I know it was already said but the hardest one to catch is the first one . I think a lot of people try to hard and over think it . Good luck on the rest of the season . I hope you have to built a new fur shed for all your catches . Thank you! This was one of the hardest animals to catch. I have had a fur shed for 2 years but only used it to put up rats.
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