HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!!
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08/31/08 11:00 AM
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THOUGHT this was in the archives...had it "ratholed" on the puter tho.. 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.
SUPPLIES:Scrap copper (trim from gutter work) TOOLS comprised of SNIPS,solid base,stamps,hammer Use your snips and cut your tags,copper cuts EASILY however good snips keep the blisters away.[/b[b]This is about 5 min worth of sniping. 92 tags ready to stamp![/b[b]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.The finished product.. 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!!!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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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Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!!
[Re: Lynxcattrapper]
#859568
08/31/08 11:15 AM
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ID Trapper
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where did you get your number stamps?
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Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!!
[Re: Lynxcattrapper]
#859584
08/31/08 11:39 AM
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coyote snarer
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Tag... piece cut from a pop bottle, Free , wire was give to me, Free , Marking tool already had , Free . I made about 200 .. 100 for me and 100 for my son . All Free .
Keep it simple and If it aint broke don't fix it
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Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!!
[Re: Dale Simpson]
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08/31/08 12:51 PM
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The stamps can be gotten from harbor freight or any other tool type store.
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Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!!
[Re: Lynxcattrapper]
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08/31/08 12:52 PM
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Dale...yea that SUCKS...the id #'s are so nice..AND secretive too!!
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Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!!
[Re: ultraslugger]
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08/31/08 01:44 PM
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I TRIED something similar...if it's PERFECTLY set..and you hit it PERFECTLY square...works great...found out that MORE times than not I had to hit it again..and THEN it was all kindsa screwed up
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Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!!
[Re: Lynxcattrapper]
#859737
08/31/08 01:57 PM
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First ones I ever made were done at the high school metal shop. Used peices of aluminum from a thick scrap rain gutter.
I can still remember the sound of the tag rattling the trap chain as I approached the set.
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Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!!
[Re: Wright Brothers]
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09/01/08 04:21 PM
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elkantlers
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I make my own tags the same way other than I get banding material FREE at my local lumber yard. The banding material takes the stamps pretty well and they last forever.
elkantlers __________________________________________________
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