Re: Bottom edge set?
[Re: skunker101]
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02/25/08 07:16 PM
02/25/08 07:16 PM
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goldy
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so to you guys who use the dive sticks. don't you worry about him goin just under the stick and not all the way to the bottom? just wantin to try this set. You can't always use guide sticks at every spot. What I try to do is find the spots that are shallower, like 15" or less and use two or three sticks stuck into the bank above the trap, one being right at water level, the others "stacked" below the top one to the top of the trap. Or what I like to do in deep water is just jam a bush top into the bank above the trap, very easy to do. Don't use big sticks on top however, they may try to climb on it. But again, some places you can't use sticks because the water is too deep or under bridges if they have concrete walls. If you can't find shallow spots to set, don't let that stop you from setting. Like others have said, the set is very effective even without guide sticks. I just think sticks help stack the odds.
Last edited by goldy; 02/25/08 07:36 PM.
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Re: Bottom edge set?
[Re: ottertrapper]
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02/26/08 09:46 AM
02/26/08 09:46 AM
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To check to see if you got a hit on a deep trap, take a sterofoam shipping peanut and a needle and thread and tie a thread on it. I use 26 guage electronic bus wire and wrap just over the trap jaws but not tied when the trap is set and tie the thread to the center of the short piece of thin wire. Peanut floats, when trap is thrown, peanut will float away by current. You don't see the peanut you got a hit on the trap. That simple.
Hayden
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Re: Bottom edge set?
[Re: Hayden]
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02/26/08 01:01 PM
02/26/08 01:01 PM
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Todd Lund
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The best part of the bottom edge set is sitting in my office at work and looking out of the window at sleet, snow, wind and rain and realizing that ALL of my bottom edge sets are operational unless clogged with a rat or mink. For a part time hobby trapper thats a pretty good percentage.
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Re: Bottom edge set?
[Re: LT GREY]
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02/26/08 07:37 PM
02/26/08 07:37 PM
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Thanks guys, more pics would be wonderful, showing where to set and whatnot. mink
It takes 1 tree to make 1000 matches, but 1 match to burn 1000 trees. - Unknown.
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Re: Bottom edge set?
[Re: LT GREY]
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02/26/08 08:20 PM
02/26/08 08:20 PM
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ottertrapper
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Funny part was the guy who came up with it, made a mink video and then made a "beaver & otter" video but couldn't catch even one otter to put in his video.... Still a good set though! He had them in his book though with pics so not that funny really. He made a lot of people happy by coming up with that set. Works great once you figure out where to set them. OT
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Re: Bottom edge set?
[Re: ottertrapper]
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02/26/08 11:11 PM
02/26/08 11:11 PM
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Im ordering the book, it has interested me way too much. Mink
It takes 1 tree to make 1000 matches, but 1 match to burn 1000 trees. - Unknown.
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