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Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: doggone itt] #3026146
02/19/12 09:30 PM
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Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3026483
02/19/12 11:30 PM
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Nice results K-zoo


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Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3027597
02/20/12 03:12 PM
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Here's another thing to consider, for those of you who set up crossing logs with footholds- which way to orient the trap?

You can see from my little pictoral on page 2 that I set my trap with the levers parallel (longways) to the log, so the fox stepped between the jaws to put his foot on the pan. But I've been thinking that maybe a better way would be to turn the trap 90 degrees, so that the springs are crossways, or perpendicular to the log, and the direction of travel. I know that the animal would then be stepping OVER the jaws instead of between them, but this orientation would allow the stepping stick (or sticks) to be placed closer to the pan.

You guys who use this set a lot, which way do you set your footholds, and why?


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Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3027664
02/20/12 03:52 PM
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To me it's a form of trail set and for trail and blind sets I always have the dog to one side or the other, and guides sticks to the sides, usually.


Last edited by PAskinner; 02/20/12 04:03 PM.

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Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3029344
02/21/12 05:18 AM
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Nice setup PAskinner. The upright guide sticks is a cool idea


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Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3029639
02/21/12 10:43 AM
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nice sets and catches


I like were i'm at on my back in my own riptide " the water is fine "
Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3150719
05/07/12 03:36 PM
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Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3151013
05/07/12 08:40 PM
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How do you guys secure your snare supports?

Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3151119
05/07/12 09:21 PM
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Staple nails or fence staples.


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Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: RJ Cooper] #3151171
05/07/12 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted By: RJ Cooper
Staple nails or fence staples.


Easy enough. Just one more thing to remember to put in my pocket before I leave in the morning.

Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3151386
05/07/12 11:43 PM
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That's why God made bib overalls. Bring the whole toolbox and all the hardware.

I know a spot cats cross on a log. Our season opens on them after ice up. After reading about the dry creek crossing I am thinking I will set it for cats this winter. One never knows til they try.

Last edited by Ringbill5196; 05/07/12 11:45 PM.
Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3151439
05/08/12 12:37 AM
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It doesn't get any better set with snares


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Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3701894
03/14/13 09:27 AM
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Good thread going to bump it up. Also find it funny that in NJ you can only use snares then next door in PA it's footholds and no snares

Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3702543
03/14/13 05:34 PM
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In georgia snares are only legal within 10 feet of water which I assumed would be only for beaver because it was near the water. This sorta seems like a loop hole so you can use snares on foxes coons. Pretty good idea, I guess im gonna have to order a few snares before next year.

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Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3702867
03/14/13 08:48 PM
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How would you secure a trap when the laws only allow for 8 inches of chain.

Thanks

Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3703214
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You could bolt it to the log. You could get some lag bolts and take a cordless drill and just sink em into the underside of the log. Just be careful not to drop the drill. Where can you only have 8 inches of chain?

Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: yotes] #3703257
03/14/13 10:53 PM
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if you put in a inline shock spring the chain can be as long as you want.

(yotes)

Last edited by Coongetter550; 03/14/13 10:55 PM.

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rats..4
beaver..
mink..
bobcat..
otter..
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grinners...1
Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: Coongetter550] #3703325
03/14/13 11:32 PM
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I plan to try the set next season...tons of creeks here....i know my buddy set a long at camp...never trapped in his.life...his.cousin said it was good for fox and helped him...old rusted up #1ls...caught a fisher...im sure they had fun releasing that!


How do you guys stake footholds??? I dont want anything hanging....staking in stream bottoms or banks can be tough to.impossible in some of the areas i have in mind...dont know if yotes will cross em? But if so i need to stake for yotes...most creeks arent deep..but some i might set could be...

Seems like once they get the trap they are likely falling off the log....could maybe cable the trap to the log and leave it a couple feet long so they are free on the ground in the shallow streams....

Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: fishfinder] #3703557
03/15/13 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted By: fishfinder
this may sound stupid but im new to trapping. how do you guys get a log that big across the creek.




Hawhahahaha! Thanx man, I was dog tired and need a good laugh. hehehehe


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Re: Crossing Log Sets [Re: gwc] #3905844
07/23/13 09:42 PM
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Do they always fall off to the side you have your trap staked to?


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