Re: DP trapping
[Re: The Beav]
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12/10/19 10:23 PM
12/10/19 10:23 PM
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WhitePinePrairie
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I can't give you exact numbers, but my percentage is way higher for boars than sows. In the 70/30 area I would estimate..
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Re: DP trapping
[Re: Teacher]
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12/12/19 10:39 AM
12/12/19 10:39 AM
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Newt
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So I have 10 DPs set On this property. It's a run down farm and there are trails leading all over. So far I have caught 7 coon but I have yet to catch a coon In a DP that's already made a catch. Is this a common happing when trapping with DPs? Maybe Ron Jones will come on here to describe his DP methods. I’ve watched him and he knows where of he speaks. Beav get your self a plain ticket. Jonesie will show you. We still have a opening in our school .SOUTH JERSEY TRAPPING ans SNARING SCHOOL
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Re: DP trapping
[Re: The Beav]
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12/12/19 02:09 PM
12/12/19 02:09 PM
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thedude055
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Beav I get sprung traps primarily for tow reasons. Mice is the first and likely main cause of all of mine. second and very far second i have seen sign that Mr. trash panda will play with the trap either in the ground or pull the stake out if it is not firm in the ground. Just bumping the dog and trigger will set it off. There are likely other causes but these are my main two causes of tripped DP's.
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Re: DP trapping
[Re: The Beav]
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12/12/19 02:11 PM
12/12/19 02:11 PM
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thedude055
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Oh and dogs will set them off. I forgot that one. Sniffing around and hit the dog with their nose. In the pheasant ground i trap coon in i get a decent number of traps set off by dogs smelling bait and inspecting while they are supposed to be hunting birds.
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Re: DP trapping
[Re: The Beav]
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12/13/19 09:26 AM
12/13/19 09:26 AM
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Posts: 1,452 Monroeville NJ
Jonesie
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Beav is it the coon are not moving or they are not there or is it the coon are not touching the traps? For me and may only be right for me, when I set up, I always do things so I can see what is going on. maybe I have a camera, maybe I have things to monitor the coon activity ( there are many ways to quickly see coon movement and activity). Just the way the trap is baited can do this. I need to see if I am missing coon (not working the traps) or seeing if they are not there. That is in fur trapping or ADC, I am the same. In fur trapping, If the coon is not there, I don't want to waste time with set traps not catching what is not there. In ADC I have to figure out the circuit so I can solve the problem. In your situation, if you are helping a farmer out with the coon problem then you are doing ADC. You may not think of it this way but you are doing ADC. Your pay is fur prices. If the cold has shut down your coon then I would need to see it and pull with a plan to come back and catch them when things are right. Checking empty sets cost the same as catching, you just are not getting anything in pay. If they are there and not working the traps, I need to see that and figure out why. Teacher has said to me Jonesie you look at coon trapping differently than most. LOL and yes I do. 40 years of doing ADC, catching/controlling coon at almost 50 percent of my income forces me to see it differently. It bugs me to miss a coon LOL and I do miss coon and a lot of coons, more coon has kicked my tail than I want to admit, even though coon are easy to catch, LOL well the 80% are, the 20 percent can make a trapper pull their hair out. In fur, when you miss you are missing 6 to 10 bucks so who cares, skim the cream, right. but for me, if I miss a coon I may be loosing xxx.xx bucks so you can see why I am over the top when it comes to catching the coon, and that same hate to miss a coon bleeds over into fur. If you are now there, to see what is happening and to learn something that you may not know, then think out of the box and set up so you can know if the coon is denned, not there. or not working the traps. See if in fact there is a circuit happing. By the way, I have never not seen a circuit in coon when I took the time to see it. your pay will be knowledge.
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Re: DP trapping
[Re: The Beav]
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12/13/19 12:23 PM
12/13/19 12:23 PM
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k snow
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Some things are just hard to figure out. I have 3 DPs In this beat down trail and It's so beat down Ray Charles could catch coon In It. It runs from the house to the corn field the traps are 10 feet apart. I have yet to catch a double but I have caught 4 coon out of 2 of the traps but the middle trap has never been touched. Same bait same lure It's just hard to figure.
I had a trail like that and set 160s on TIGHT spots at 3 locations. Nothing for 4 days. Put 4 DP's out, had 3 coon the next night. Maybe I suck at setting 160s in trails, who knows. Maybe the coons (boars) finally made their rounds. Can you blind set footholds in the trail?
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Re: DP trapping
[Re: The Beav]
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12/13/19 07:50 PM
12/13/19 07:50 PM
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greggsinthehouse
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Beav, where do you plan to sell your coons?
She should stay home and do more cooking like Babe Winkelmans wife did, and let her husband have some peace and quiet.
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Re: DP trapping
[Re: The Beav]
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12/14/19 11:43 AM
12/14/19 11:43 AM
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Jonesie
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For those of you that have ever set say 3 traps on the trail maybe within 15 or so feet of each other. this is not absolute, but I will catch 2 or 3 sows and or first of the year coon, in those traps in a day or so of each other until I catch an older boar. I have seen in those spots (just from memory, not notes) that it seems, if I catch a 2-year-old or older boar in the first trap and also the other end trap, I can't remember catching anything in the middle trap for a few days until the 2 end sets air out or rain /snow. This also holds true it seems, again not absolute, if I have 2 traps leading from a den site. The first trap (Closest to the den) catches a boae and the 2nd set out if it is close to the first, may not catch anything. Also in my area, Except coon with early family groups, my coon is solitary after a year old. So unless I have a bait station or deer feeder. single coon is walking the trail at the same time. I believe that if the big boar is caught in the trap first, then the sows and family groups coming down that trail will walk out and around the caught boar and avoid that spot for a while. 2-year-old boars don't care and will actually be attracted to the spot. When I have a hard run trail and the coon are there and not on a circuit, yet not working the DP traps, I dig one in or set in a mound or pocket set, and that will most times get the coon working again. until they go on the circuit again. I Just my thoughts many will disagree especially those that have more coon then corn stalks LOL
Last edited by Jonesie; 12/14/19 11:50 AM.
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