Why are so many photos deleted from here? Anyone know?

THE STOMP SET....

no pictures fellas i dont have the time.you have to be set up for this set as well.i run 120 no2 bridger mods w/10 ft ext cable off chain swivel. find the coon trail get out grab 2 traps hammer and bag of dry grass.find nearest tree,bush,fense post, or big dead limb.hook cable,dig trap bed in trail,get rid of extra dirt,make sure trap is solid!!!!! i use the milligan stomp,cover trap with dry grass and get on down the road. no i dont use step sticks here,takes more time and in my own records could'nt see any change,except the stick had more front foot catches. it's fast and dig outs are very rare if you don't change the trail to much.....later charlie

Maybe oversized?

i always get high catches no chewin because of the os,wide jaws hold like a pitbull with no damage,and i catch coyotes in this set as well and refuse to put them in rat traps. later charlie

Good post Charlie V. Thanks!

Thanx LT,it's as basic and simple as a guy can get and it works.I trap literaly hundreds of black trails and this set gets me into those places conibears aren't wanted. later charlie

Yep, I met a guy who was a G-Man from NM in 1992..and that is how he set a lot of traps! Right on top of the ground, grass covered. First day I used it, I caught a beagle....
(I knew it worked anyway....)

Guys, got any pictures of your sets from from last year?
Anyone?

"Bait pen" set that has taken many a beaver.
Lure goes on fresh cut(transplanted) twigs.
Yes, it's gawdy but has lots of eye appeal and really pulls in traveling beavers.
I don't use it in ADC work but it's a proven fur taker during spring beaver season.

Took me a few seconds to find the pan. How far back from the bank would you say that is?

750 off-set in about 16-18" of water.
Can you also find the "poke stick?"
It is dead center ...about 18-20" in front of the trap and what pokes a beaver in the chest, causing it to put it's feet down.
Notice the dead wood blocking.
Learned that from Charlie, I did!

What kind of lure did you use there?

Aspen spice.
Only had one "first night", where I never took a beaver with it.
It is as good as any "food" lure out there.


You may notice that I lightly sift sand/soil over my beaver traps.
Is it needed?
Don't know...just always did it...and I don't miss many beaver.
In the ADC business, sometimes you get one chance to take a smart educated beaver.
I can't afford a miss.
Can you?

Anyone else have any pictures of some crude but effective sets?

How crude can I get here hhmmmm....I take a skunk carcass after I peel it and stake it down then hump debree over the top and bed my trap 12 inches in front of it,This works well in harvested soy bean fields along travel ways as the hump sticks out. later Charlie

Yep, skunk ,in many forms, has been the ill fate of many a canine, especially in winter months.

Every time I accidently tear the tip off a skunk pelt as I'm skinning, I save it to use at a flat set.
The black and white contrast gets many a coyote for me!

ya can,t just use this one anywhere but back in the day when there wont so many houses around here when we put out a crab pot we bait with undersize fish caught by commercial fisherman they are allowed usually around 10% of their catch to be small . anywhoo for a bait stealing coon you merely thread the small fish onto the trigger of a 220 coni sometimes I would "spike it " with a little molasses this is not a set to use anywhere near domestics thats about as crude as I ever got.

Lt Grey wrote...You may notice that I lightly sift sand/soil over my beaver traps.
Is it needed?
Don't know...just always did it...and I don't miss many beaver.

Absolutely a good policy that pays off in the long run with just about any animal. There is always some animals in probably every species that will avoid an exposed trap appearing unnatural. Once I started to lightly sift sand over mink traps or paper clip a leaf over the pan I noted a significant improvement in harvest numbers.
Asa

Asa has a DEEP bag of tricks! I like it!

Rust those paper clips first Blackdog or mink might avoid or step around a shiny silver clip. Asa