Re: homemade stakes
[Re: BlakeTheTrapper]
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03/07/07 06:55 PM
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YouthCooner901
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from all that poundin on the bolt on the end does the weld not just break of?
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Re: homemade stakes
[Re: YouthCooner901]
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03/07/07 06:57 PM
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YouthCooner901
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dude juts stake it down, less time running around lookin for ur coon
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Re: homemade stakes
[Re: YouthCooner901]
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03/07/07 07:47 PM
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coonhusker
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from all that poundin on the bolt on the end does the weld not just break of? not flaming here but who does your welding? cuz if it breaks there is somethin wrong i weld my stakes with washers and bolts and havent had one break yet! you need to weld em good though, not just tack em i weld mine top and bottom.
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Re: homemade stakes
[Re: BlakeTheTrapper]
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03/07/07 08:55 PM
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Iowa Trapper
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You could use drags but make sure your in thick brushy cover with a drag that is heavy enough it won't move it very far. Also drags with prongs work better because they catch on stuff and leave a better trail to follow.
I stake my traps 99% of the time because I hate having my traps somewhere other than I put them. Looking for you catch is time wasted. I use rebar stakes with a nut welded on top. As long as a coon can't climb up on something they shouldn't pull your stake. I've had welds break but very uncommon and they were all old stakes and most were trying to get them out of the frozen ground with a pry bar.
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Re: homemade stakes
[Re: PAFOXTRAPPER55]
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03/07/07 10:04 PM
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YouthCooner901
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well i see that i have messed up............sorry.........
nuts not bolts ok
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Re: homemade stakes
[Re: BlakeTheTrapper]
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03/07/07 10:40 PM
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do u guys think a 12 year old like me can find the coon Do you think a 12 year old has worse eyes than older people? I might be the only one but theres just something about walkin around in the dark looking for an angry coon that I don't know exactly where it is. I tried the rebar steaks in the water a year or two but half of the time they wouldn't hold very good and I'd have to give up a good location 'cause my steak wouldn't hold. I switched to just using some willow branch steaks(if theres somthin wrong with this tell me so I don't give out bad info) and I wired my trap to it. They held every time. sometimes I couldnt pull them and had to just unwire them. The other thing is a twelve year old generaly isn't a very big dude and woods a lot lighter than rebar.in a trap that has a drag on it
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