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Favorite NON-HOLE set? #670998
04/07/08 10:10 PM
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Im making this thread to make you think. It does not have to be a big producer, just a set that does NOT involve holes of any sort. Mine would be the sandwitch set for mink. Whats yours?
Mink



It takes 1 tree to make 1000 matches, but 1 match to burn 1000 trees. - Unknown.

Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: minkmaster] #671001
04/07/08 10:11 PM
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smear set for the stinkers.




Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: trap_crazy] #671003
04/07/08 10:12 PM
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Perfect.
Mink



It takes 1 tree to make 1000 matches, but 1 match to burn 1000 trees. - Unknown.

Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: trap_crazy] #671007
04/07/08 10:15 PM
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Southwest Tennessee 45 yrs.
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Castor Mound set.


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Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: minkmaster] #671011
04/07/08 10:17 PM
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nebraska
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The log over the creek crossover set,I don't know why but I've always loved to set those up. usually around here each end of the log has two distinct trails leaving it so there's at least four snares then usually put a couple footholds on the log itself. If critters are really movin you can really nailem' at those natural bridges. no bait or other attractors needed.


Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: playin4funami] #671024
04/07/08 10:32 PM
04/07/08 10:32 PM
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UPSTATE N.Y.
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What is a sandwich set?

Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: JEFFD] #671026
04/07/08 10:36 PM
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mock slide


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Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: JEFFD] #671028
04/07/08 10:37 PM
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scent post? or a urine post if you will. trail set. snare. smear for cats with gland lure. cubby set for cats..more of a cave than a hole if your talkin about hole in the ground. the ole tin-foil set for coons. coni trail set. coni bucket set...list goes on and on


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Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: baker] #671030
04/07/08 10:40 PM
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Blind.


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Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: Ole Hawkeye] #671033
04/07/08 10:42 PM
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Id have to go wiht the mock slide too, didnt think it actually worked till i tried it.

Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: foxtrapper202] #671056
04/07/08 10:56 PM
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Old lured bone set. Take and old bone preferrably a sun bleached cow leg bone. Smear lure on it and set trap.



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Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: deerhunter65347] #671060
04/07/08 10:57 PM
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T-Bone set.

Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: Ole Hawkeye] #671066
04/07/08 10:59 PM
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 Originally Posted By: Ole Hawkeye
Blind.


major DITTO

Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: ] #671071
04/07/08 11:02 PM
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I will third what Possum skinner said.

Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: adamj] #671083
04/07/08 11:17 PM
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Whats a mock slide?

A sandwitch set, my friend, is a flat rock in shallow water. Then you put a fish or muskrat or whatever on the rock and top with another flat rock. Then you set 2 traps in the water on both sides. Cover the rock with something natural, make it look like its been through high water, and finish with a touch of lure.

I also enjoy a culvert set. This one is formed by wiring 2 1.5 to a cinder block and is placed in a flat bottomed culvert. Make the traps to where they are about an inch or so under water, then put lure on the concrete wall 1 foot above and in between the traps.
Mink



It takes 1 tree to make 1000 matches, but 1 match to burn 1000 trees. - Unknown.

Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: minkmaster] #671129
04/07/08 11:56 PM
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blue bucket


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Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: Ole Hawkeye] #671287
04/08/08 07:32 AM
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TTT
Mink



It takes 1 tree to make 1000 matches, but 1 match to burn 1000 trees. - Unknown.

Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: minkmaster] #671338
04/08/08 08:38 AM
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hay set for fox


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Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: ingvalsone] #671346
04/08/08 08:47 AM
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Bleached pig skull, a real attention getter!


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Re: Favorite NON-HOLE set? [Re: Keystone Chaos] #671535
04/08/08 11:52 AM
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Bottom edge set for mink. Culvert set described above a close second if the water stays open(great on spring fed trout streams).

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