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Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: HunterInShadows] #296621
08/14/07 10:34 PM
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HIS: Times have changed since the 40's for sure. We can leave it at that :-))


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Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: white17] #296636
08/14/07 10:43 PM
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Before i drive my cable stake into the trap bed or make a bed for that matter i always run my t-handled rebar stake before i attach the cable/anchor. kinda like a pilot hole. that way i can break thru most rocks without worrying about a bent or broken anchor/ cup and getting bummed 1/2 way down and having to re-attach a new one or move over and remake the trap bed( i use hd berkshires lol).

Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: white17] #296670
08/14/07 11:08 PM
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 Originally Posted By: white17
Well here's one that I'll bet few of you have heard. I learned this back in the early 60's. (That's 1960's) I'll try to be delicate in describing it.

Back in the 40's guys in the west, and maybe elsewhere, used what we today refer to as tampons, as an attractant. These were "previously owned" tampons. A lot of them were cloth still and it would be tied on a nearby bush to act as a call lure. Apparently at times a fox or coyote or whatever would actually make off with the cloth. This gave rise to an old saying that found it's way into everyday speech, not just trapping lingo. The saying: "Well if that don't take the rag off the bush "!! Which would translate into....'well I'll be darned" today. Obviously married trappers had an advantage over single guys.



Previously owned tampon hung in a tree will attract bucks during the rut too.


For every law thats passed, alittle freedom dies
Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: wyote] #296688
08/14/07 11:18 PM
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See, I knew someone else would know about this.


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Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: white17] #296690
08/14/07 11:23 PM
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Hmmmmmm, where is that bag of garbage again from the bathroom.......

-TJ


Some people are like slinkies - not really good for anything, but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs.

Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: Top Jimmy] #296735
08/14/07 11:52 PM
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white, I heard of a guy that had his wife collect her urine during that time of each month during deer season, he was said to have killed some very big old bucks, several.

Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: Geezerman] #296746
08/15/07 12:10 AM
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Doesn't surprise me at all. Makes perfect sense biologically speaking.


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Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: white17] #296750
08/15/07 12:24 AM
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If its cold enough let your beaver set over night befor you skin them. The blood will coagulate and they wont bleed as bad when skinning.


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Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: ] #296765
08/15/07 01:02 AM
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Bob J. that is a new one for me! And I am older than dirt, so it said on my last bday cake.lol I'll have to try it. I think most of the others I had heard before. The winch idea sounds good, if only I had one! All I got is a comealong.T.20

Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: Tactical.20] #296781
08/15/07 01:34 AM
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When lowering the trap pan,like on a night latch, Reach under the free jaw,not between em.


Gotta spread your arms and hold your breath and always trust your cape. ~ Jerry Jeff Walker
Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: ] #296807
08/15/07 03:22 AM
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I know that evey one knows this but : Put your catch in a trash bag and spray with some type of bug spray like BlackFlag . When you carry out a cold catch the fleas and ticks will move to a worm body and you mybe it


Do it with what you got and you wont need what you do not have
Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapper [Re: ] #296825
08/15/07 06:37 AM
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For you guys 25 and older and have been trapping for several years... Can you give me a tip on trapping that I may not of heard of before? I've seen lots of videos, read lots of books and magazines, and I'm dedicated to several trapping forums... but in my never ending quest for new tips and tricks, I'd like to see what you old farts (like me) can offer.

Don't you young guys feel left out. I'll make a post for you as well.

~ADC~

Well I am more than twice the age requirement so here goes.
You say you have done a pile of reading. Have you read Bill Nelson's methods? If not, my tip would be to read both of his books and you will see where a huge amount of written info in the trapping industry originated.

mac



Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapper [Re: Mac] #296834
08/15/07 07:06 AM
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I alway have 2 pair of hip boots in the truck, one I am wearing and 1 on standby. This serves two purposes. #1 obviously it is no fun when you go over the top of your boots and have to run the rest of your line in wet hip boots. #2 I have a pair to loan out for guys or kids that want to go run the line with me, these are usually people that have no clue about trapping, but I like to get em out there and educate them.

Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapper [Re: Uncle Fester] #296849
08/15/07 07:33 AM
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On a dirthole remake when you clean the dirt out of the hole put that dirt up onto the backing, not over the trap. All the dirt on a remake stinks, but the dirt you clean out of the hole has lure and bait in it and you don't want that on your trap.


Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: ] #296863
08/15/07 07:58 AM
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Never! sit down on a CDR Beaver trap. Not even to eat a sandwich!


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Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: HunterInShadows] #296889
08/15/07 08:45 AM
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In big marshes, flag your muskrat trap locations. Don't rely on your memory. It's amazing how the landscape changes with 6 inches of new snow covering everything.

Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: ] #296905
08/15/07 09:02 AM
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Don't rut up a landowner's 2 track road when it is wet and muddy. Even though you got that 4WD and aggresive tires. Park the truck and walk.

They don't like thier roads all rutted up.


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On the fringe of the Kansas Flint Hills
Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: Billy Y] #296960
08/15/07 10:09 AM
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dont show your buddies where your traps are at. They will want to keep going back to check them out of curiousity. Also, dont let the whole scent thing drive you nuts. Leave little scent as possible but dont get so anal about it that let it comsumes you.

Last edited by furkiller; 08/15/07 10:17 AM.

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Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: ] #296970
08/15/07 10:17 AM
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 Originally Posted By: Rick Phillips
W17, it worked!



I hear ya Rick !! :-))


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Re: Little known tips from the old guys on trapperman! [Re: white17] #297069
08/15/07 12:04 PM
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Well to add to White 17's post, I learned this trick from K.G. in Montana around 1980. That was to soak "it" in the animal's urine that you were pursuing. Meaning put it in a clean quart jar and fill 2/3 with wolf, coyote, cat, or fox urine. Soak it and shake every day for 3 or 4 days. This creates an "inheat" urine. Pour out the urine and use. I have used this with whitetail doe urine too. Been using it that way every year and trapping lots of critters since then. ;\)

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