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Lessons learned #5293134
11/30/15 10:38 PM
11/30/15 10:38 PM
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Adirondacks NY
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Forest Offline OP
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This going to be a thread that I hopefully will keep up with. But it is basically going to be a list of things I learned my first years trapping.
Feel free to add your own lessons if you want.

BTW- I snare, and I live in NJ, so majority of my post will be about snaring and winter conditions snow and ice. Hope this will still help you steel setters.

1. Set on frozen streams, as fox run them.
2. Don't bother with store bought meats for making sent trails.
3. Don't set conibears under ice without a good way to get them out.
4. It is hard to snare coon in areas with no known trails. (they like to wander)
5. Catch it, hang it to dry, skin, and freeze until ready to flesh.
6. The best way to make your own stuff such as wooden boards and snares is to buy a couple pro ones and copy it.
7. Alum tanning is the cheapest easy way to tan. If garment tanning, vegetable tan after alum tanning.
8. Remove ALL the meat from the hide while tanning.
9. If someone pays you to get rid of an animal, you get payed by the animal removed. Not by how many times you went out.
10. Know your area so you know what traps to buy.
11. Don't buy a fleshing knife for less than $30, unless you really are that broke. Even a lawn mower blade is better then a $10 knife.
12. Short fillet knifes are good skinning knives.
13. Trap before school.

To be continued...


Paul Smiths Forestry ‘22
Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5293188
11/30/15 11:05 PM
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Fredericksburg/luckenbach.TX
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If I may add.

•don't add blocking that will keep the trap from closing all the way.
• and KISS


Type one diabetic.

15 year old short liner of the hill country!

Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas...
Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5301775
12/05/15 09:53 PM
12/05/15 09:53 PM
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Posts: 234
modale Iowa
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-Keep a spare change of dry cloths with you
-if 2 traps are good three is better
-box cutter with hook blades and straight blades are cheap and amazing
-always let someone know where you are going and how long you plan to be gone

Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5303149
12/06/15 07:51 PM
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........"K.I.S.S.!!!!!!!!!"

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Celebrate today 'cuz tomorrow ain't no guarantee!!
.....Live each day to the fullest!!.....

Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5303756
12/06/15 11:23 PM
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Lincolnville,ks
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If you are planning on running a spread out line you'll want a ride.

Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5303792
12/06/15 11:39 PM
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Don't try to wrestle with a badger. They are very slippery.

Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5304317
12/07/15 11:38 AM
12/07/15 11:38 AM
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Posts: 515
North Central, Iowa
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Water is wet and cold in the winter.


God Bless America
Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5306071
12/08/15 11:48 AM
12/08/15 11:48 AM
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Ohio
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Ohio

-don't get sick during trapping season
-invest in connabear setters
-box cutters work wonders
-if everything is frozen and snowy put your trap in the corner of a trash bag and put a dusting of light snow on top


-Lydia

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Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5306932
12/08/15 09:25 PM
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Adirondacks NY
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- Hunter Girl, when I got sick I just sprung all my snares, the local officer said he was ok with that, otherwise find another trapper to check them
- mink love to check out abandon muskrat huts
- If your worried that some animal right activist going to give you a hard time- "What do you do?"... "I am a wildlife manager and technician."... "Oh, that sounds like a great job." Works every time.
- Spray paint conibears and lightly on snares
- wash hides in water before fleshing


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Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5322176
12/18/15 05:57 PM
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-be careful when trapping squirrel you lose a 110 body grip.





Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5326450
12/21/15 02:12 PM
12/21/15 02:12 PM
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Tennessee
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Depending on type of trap, try to make it look natural


Proverbs 3:5-6 JESUS SAVES. GO TO CHURCH.
Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5347003
01/03/16 12:41 AM
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Adirondacks NY
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-After removing the animal, check the catch circle for turds. Bring them to other sets for lure.


Paul Smiths Forestry ‘22
Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5347164
01/03/16 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted By: Forest
This going to be a thread that I hopefully will keep up with. But it is basically going to be a list of things I learned my first years trapping.
Feel free to add your own lessons if you want.

BTW- I snare, and I live in NJ, so majority of my post will be about snaring and winter conditions snow and ice. Hope this will still help you steel setters.

1. Set on frozen streams, as fox run them.
2. Don't bother with store bought meats for making sent trails.
3. Don't set conibears under ice without a good way to get them out.
4. It is hard to snare coon in areas with no known trails. (they like to wander)
5. Catch it, hang it to dry, skin, and freeze until ready to flesh.
6. The best way to make your own stuff such as wooden boards and snares is to buy a couple pro ones and copy it.
7. Alum tanning is the cheapest easy way to tan. If garment tanning, vegetable tan after alum tanning.
8. Remove ALL the meat from the hide while tanning.
9. If someone pays you to get rid of an animal, you get payed by the animal removed. Not by how many times you went out.
10. Know your area so you know what traps to buy.
11. Don't buy a fleshing knife for less than $30, unless you really are that broke. Even a lawn mower blade is better then a $10 knife.
12. Short fillet knifes are good skinning knives.
13. Trap before school.

To be continued...


Very nice learning curve..I charge $50-$70 each day I check however. Just depends on ones circumstances tho..


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Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5355196
01/07/16 07:50 PM
01/07/16 07:50 PM
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Adirondacks NY
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Hoho, yeah, but when you stink because its your first years trapping, or the person doesn't really have an animal problem like they think, then they feel ripped off. Thats why I do the way I do. I guess if I was confident enough I'd do your way.


Paul Smiths Forestry ‘22
Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5355224
01/07/16 08:00 PM
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- Camo your traps, from animals and PEOPLE!
- Know your laws, if someone messes with you or your traps, report them to the game warden. I had someone messing with my sets, but never found out who they were.
- Muskrat are not afraid to live right next to beaver. Another thing I learned the hard way.
- When setting snares, wrap the support wire around a stick stuck in the ground. It is more natural this way and blocks part of the trail. You can also use smaller wire.


Paul Smiths Forestry ‘22
Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5355242
01/07/16 08:10 PM
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- another brilliant discovery- if you want a cheap way to label traps you can cut soda cans into strips. Experiment with pens to see what one shows up the best, be sure to press hard so it indents the metal. Poke a hole for wire. Only use this for traps that kill the animal. It can be attached to wooden stakes with tacks.


Paul Smiths Forestry ‘22
Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5397967
02/02/16 01:24 PM
02/02/16 01:24 PM
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Henderson Ky
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Never wire a dp to a short stump.

Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5399429
02/03/16 11:45 AM
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The only thing I really learned is that catching foxes is easy. lol. Oh, I did learn that vise-grips work wonders on stakes that are frozen in the ground.


Get it, Skin it, Flesh it, Pin it, The life of a trapper.
Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5705837
11/20/16 08:26 PM
11/20/16 08:26 PM
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Adirondacks NY
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Muskrat eat acorns!
Fur primeness is based on daylight not temperature. Just because it's a warm fall doesn't mean the fur is less prime than a cold fall.


Paul Smiths Forestry ‘22
Re: Lessons learned [Re: Forest] #5706019
11/20/16 10:38 PM
11/20/16 10:38 PM
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SE Nebraska
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SE Nebraska
Make sure conibear safteys are attached securely.
Don't put traps in a creek when you are going to get 3-4 in of rain

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