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Re: Trapping
[Re: houndone]
#8561074
02/06/26 03:48 PM
02/06/26 03:48 PM
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Joined: Oct 2009
east central WI
k snow
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Oct 2009
east central WI
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Not trying to start anything but was wondering why isn't the main page on this forum about trapping instead of everything else under the sun? The headline is trapper talk. "Trapper Talk" is just trappers talking. Like around a fire, at a convention, etc. "Trapping Only" might be what you are looking for.
"in the midst of a savage wilderness to depend entirely upon their unassisted strength and hardihood"
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Re: Trapping
[Re: houndone]
#8561077
02/06/26 03:59 PM
02/06/26 03:59 PM
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Joined: Mar 2020
W NY
Turtledale
trapper
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trapper
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W NY
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Just like rendezvous, trappers discuss everything from pelts to what they had for dinner
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: Trapping
[Re: DelawareRob]
#8561097
02/06/26 05:00 PM
02/06/26 05:00 PM
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Joined: Mar 2013
IL
houndone
OP
trapper
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OP
trapper
Joined: Mar 2013
IL
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Wonder how boring and dead it would be around here, if all we did was talk about trapping. I didnt say you couldn't talk about other things matter of fact ive come on here and had questions about different things over the years. I just thought since it was a trapping forum the main page would be about trapping instead of having to click on and hop to the trapping only page.
Last edited by houndone; 02/06/26 05:03 PM.
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Re: Trapping
[Re: houndone]
#8561334
02/06/26 11:16 PM
02/06/26 11:16 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Ames, IA
MikeTraps2
trapper
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trapper
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Ames, IA
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We DO have a section called Strictly Trapping and that is all there is on that page. If that is what you are seeking you might look there.
Mike
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure
Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: Trapping
[Re: houndone]
#8561521
02/07/26 10:05 AM
02/07/26 10:05 AM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Central, SD
Law Dog
trapper
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trapper
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Central, SD
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About every conversation will take twists and turns few end the way they actually start it’s just the way it is.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Trapping
[Re: backroadsarcher]
#8561657
02/07/26 04:03 PM
02/07/26 04:03 PM
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Joined: Feb 2015
Iowa
trapdog1
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Feb 2015
Iowa
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Will a #11 DLS hold a red fox? Yes But only if caught by the left back foot.
American Karens - not a fan
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Re: Trapping
[Re: houndone]
#8561692
02/07/26 05:21 PM
02/07/26 05:21 PM
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Joined: Oct 2015
wisconsin
Muskratwalt
trapper
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trapper
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wisconsin
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Congrats Blockbuster! Caught my first fox in 1968 and remember it like it was this morning. Used a #2 dls. with some grouse feathers half buried in the snow, bedded the trap in peat moss. That would be considered an illegal set today in Wisconsin because of the exposed feathers.
Walt legge
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Re: Trapping
[Re: PennaTrapper]
#8561889
02/07/26 10:06 PM
02/07/26 10:06 PM
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Joined: Jul 2024
Arkansas
Bdaniel
trapper
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trapper
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Arkansas
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I also find it strange that every time I log on here, there are 10X as many people viewing “Trapper Talk” versus “Trapping Only”. Seems like there are a lot of trappers that aren’t doing much trapping. Lol how much trapping YOU doing?
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Re: Trapping
[Re: Bdaniel]
#8561900
02/07/26 10:15 PM
02/07/26 10:15 PM
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Joined: Dec 2025
Pennsylvania
PennaTrapper
trapper
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trapper
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Pennsylvania
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I also find it strange that every time I log on here, there are 10X as many people viewing “Trapper Talk” versus “Trapping Only”. Seems like there are a lot of trappers that aren’t doing much trapping. Lol how much trapping YOU doing? Every day. Setting, moving, and checking about 18 sets. While also being these best husband, father, and business owner that I can be. Spent 3 hours on the trapline today between helping my wife and having a daddy/daughter date with my girl. How about you Bdaniel?
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Re: Trapping
[Re: houndone]
#8561913
02/07/26 10:30 PM
02/07/26 10:30 PM
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Joined: May 2011
Oakland, MS
yotetrapper30
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trapper
Joined: May 2011
Oakland, MS
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One thing a lot of newer people here don't consider is that some of us have been on this site for 20+ years. We've discussed every trapping topic under the sun dozens of times. But over those years we've made many good friends in here and so we come here to "visit", not so much to talk trapping. We play around, joke, poke fun, and just catch up. We come to see Nessy's latest loaf of sourdough, to see what problems coonman's vechile is having now, to see if the game wardens ever caught up with Savell or if 330trapper ever got his van fixed and rescheduled that date. We try to answer questions for the new trappers, and once in a great while we may even have a trapping question ourselves. But mostly we come because this place and the people on it.... are home.  As for trapping... no I'm not. Where i live, with deer dogs running every inch of land from November until the end of January, it's not easy to trap... especially land trap. I planned to set out a line the first part of February but an ice storm knocked our electricity out for 14 days!! That kinda threw a wrench in things. I hope to get a small line out sometime this coming week though.
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle -- N. Schwarzkopf
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Re: Trapping
[Re: yotetrapper30]
#8561930
02/07/26 11:05 PM
02/07/26 11:05 PM
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Joined: Apr 2007
ohio
Ohio Wolverine
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trapper
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ohio
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One thing a lot of newer people here don't consider is that some of us have been on this site for 20+ years. We've discussed every trapping topic under the sun dozens of times. But over those years we've made many good friends in here and so we come here to "visit", not so much to talk trapping. We play around, joke, poke fun, and just catch up. We come to see Nessy's latest loaf of sourdough, to see what problems coonman's vechile is having now, to see if the game wardens ever caught up with Savell or if 330trapper ever got his van fixed and rescheduled that date. We try to answer questions for the new trappers, and once in a great while we may even have a trapping question ourselves. But mostly we come because this place and the people on it.... are home.  As for trapping... no I'm not. Where i live, with deer dogs running every inch of land from November until the end of January, it's not easy to trap... especially land trap. I planned to set out a line the first part of February but an ice storm knocked our electricity out for 14 days!! That kinda threw a wrench in things. I hope to get a small line out sometime this coming week though. This and some of us don't trap anymore because age and health make it just too hard to do. We want to, and notice great spots to make a set, but our bodies smack us with reality. Much like my first wife would smack me for being at a bar with friends instead of home with her and the kids. This site gives a little dose of times gone by. It's just nice to BS once in awhile with like people!
We have met the enemy and the enemy is us!
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Re: Trapping
[Re: houndone]
#8561944
02/07/26 11:38 PM
02/07/26 11:38 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Oregon
beaverpeeler
trapper
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trapper
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Oregon
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Just like trapping; location is everything. If I put a trapping thread on Trap talk I get far more views and responses than if I put in the Trapping only forum.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Trapping
[Re: houndone]
#8562242
02/08/26 04:23 PM
02/08/26 04:23 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Oregon
beaverpeeler
trapper
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trapper
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Oregon
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Very pretty cat. Did you leave the pan exposed?
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Trapping
[Re: houndone]
#8562315
02/08/26 06:33 PM
02/08/26 06:33 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Coldspring Texas
Savell
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Coldspring Texas
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… nice rosettes on that one B …. Think you got enough trap ? lol
…. I caught a sorry rabbit backed one this morning
Insert profound nonsense here
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Re: Trapping
[Re: Savell]
#8562319
02/08/26 06:45 PM
02/08/26 06:45 PM
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Joined: Jul 2024
Arkansas
Bdaniel
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Jul 2024
Arkansas
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… nice rosettes on that one B …. Think you got enough trap ? lol
…. I caught a sorry rabbit backed one this morning Thanks bud.i love the jake traps for cats.thats the only thing I use em for.they are to much for my live market k9 line.they are on par with the nice double long springs with big pans but don't take up as much real estate with the big springs.love the dogless with wire levers too
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Re: Trapping
[Re: houndone]
#8562324
02/08/26 06:49 PM
02/08/26 06:49 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Coldspring Texas
Savell
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Coldspring Texas
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… had a big pretty one pull out of a 2 bridger while I was getting the catch pole out of the truck a couple years ago
…. Been better if I had a Jake that day lol
Insert profound nonsense here
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Re: Trapping
[Re: Savell]
#8562328
02/08/26 06:51 PM
02/08/26 06:51 PM
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Joined: Jul 2024
Arkansas
Bdaniel
trapper
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trapper
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Arkansas
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… had a big pretty one pull out of a 2 bridger while I was getting the catch pole out of the truck a couple years ago
…. Been better if I had a Jake that day lol The jakes hold on to whatever steps in em!
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Re: Trapping
[Re: houndone]
#8562333
02/08/26 06:57 PM
02/08/26 06:57 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
La Crosse, WI
Macthediver
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
La Crosse, WI
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I been here pretty much from the start. Still haven't solved the question of? Boil dye and wax traps?? Which I still do some. Or dip them in coating where you have to decide which gas or thinning fluid to use. Thats a night mare. Which I have also used so done that.. then there is painting with oil based paint?? Whats best to thin that with?? Which I have done. Or formula 1 which I have done some with too. Im still confused. Because should just wash off the factory oil? And set them traps?
You can't ask these question in the trapping only page. It's has to be seen by the trout fisherman and deer hunters too. Lmao. Almost forgot .. I will never figure out yhe best way to peel a hard boiled egg. Going to keep trying.
Mac
Last edited by Macthediver; 02/08/26 07:00 PM.
"Never Forget Which Way Is Up"
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