With the rising prices of copper and RISING prices of tag makers, HERE is a method to "MAKE YOUR OWN" trap tags!! Works best in states w/a trapper ID # as opposed to name.
Items required hammer,number stamps,snips,raw copper(salvage yard,left over from gutter work),suitable stamping surface, an evening or two watching TV.
KEEP in mind..this post is a LARGE % about doing things YOURSELF..instead of buying things.

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Use your snips and cut your tags,copper cuts EASILY however good snips keep the blisters away.[url="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=508757&c=500&z=1"][/url]
This is about 5min worth of sniping. 92 tags ready to stamp![url="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=509788&c=500&z=1"][/url]
NOW use your number stamps and stamp your number..start at the RIGHT side and stamp backwards, I put 6 on the metal at a time, stamp one number on all, then the next on all,stamping in reverse order till done!! VERY easy to do. Works Best on my setup on the carpet in front of the TV. I can stamp out WAY over 100 just watching one 1hr shot on tv.
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The finished product..[url="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=509790&c=500&z=1"][/url]
This method is VERY easy,VERY quick (several hundred a night w/OUT wasting any time).


NOW FOR THE GOOD PART!! (COST)
6lbs copper scrap 22.00
tags produced per lb 150
total tags produced 900
cost PER TAG 2.44c EACH
cost per 100 $2.44
WHO SAYS it's cheeper to buy em??? MAKE YOUR OWN!!!
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These tags are HEAVY COPPER and do NOT require wire to afix them to the chain, merely WRAP them around and give them a light squeeze in the center w/a small pair of channel locks.. they will NOT come off.Had a fish/game officer check my tag, said he had to use his leatherman to get it off!! Broke a nail he did!!
lynx
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Geeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.................Kicked off for THAT Looooooooooonnnnngggggggggggggggg....AND we get REPEATS!!........................... AND don't send a PM....You are on IGNORE!.............

Yup, works well only I use strips of steel taken from bands that hold together big loads on pallets. They are painted with some king of good paint and last several years before they start to rust.

looks good
i would make a jig to hold them so you could stamp a tag with every wack of the hammer

Vinke... ya MUNCH.. I know ya "missed me" Ted told me so(yes he RANTED/RAVED about it).. and YES... I "LUV U 2"..

Vinke, you live in a state that you can't even trap in, so why don't you ignore all trappers and not waste our time?

Hawkeye...it's cuz he's got..a.... CRUSH ON ME!!! Ok.. hate to admit it... but it's TRUE!!! He's a LYNXCAT fan!!! It's hard... and I IGNORE most of his pm's... but DANG.. he's sooooo persistant!!!
lynx

Wanna make me some while ur watching tv

Ole Hawkeye.........Cant trap??????????? What are you Talking about??????????????????? Trappen 366 Days a year.......... Season Starts First of November...... Can't Trap?????.......
AND.......Bent......Hugs and Kisses.......... PM SENT!...........

PM sent??? AINT answerin it..

Oh, I misunderstood! I thought you lived in the state of Washington.

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