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HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! #859557
08/31/08 11:00 AM
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THOUGHT this was in the archives...had it "ratholed" on the puter tho.. grin

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,hammerUse 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!!!

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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!! laugh Broke a nail he did!!
lynx






Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: Lynxcattrapper] #859568
08/31/08 11:15 AM
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where did you get your number stamps?



Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: Lynxcattrapper] #859584
08/31/08 11:39 AM
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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
Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: coyote snarer] #859606
08/31/08 11:51 AM
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That would be great if all I had to have was my number on my tags, but here in WI we need name and address. That would still be doable, but it would be very time consuming and frustrating.

Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: Dale Simpson] #859678
08/31/08 12:51 PM
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The stamps can be gotten from harbor freight or any other tool type store.





Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: Lynxcattrapper] #859679
08/31/08 12:52 PM
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Dale...yea that SUCKS...the id #'s are so nice..AND secretive too!!





Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: Lynxcattrapper] #859718
08/31/08 01:40 PM
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In MI we can use drivers licsense number. Dale if you go to a local machinist with CNC he can machine your info in a peice of flat stock and all you have to do is hit it once.
Torey

Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: ultraslugger] #859722
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





Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: Lynxcattrapper] #859727
08/31/08 01:50 PM
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LOL,What's a trap tag?
heehee

Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: DaveP] #859733
08/31/08 01:54 PM
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when stamping multiple number/letters at one shot a bench vice works well.

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.





Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: Wright Brothers] #861173
09/01/08 04:21 PM
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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.


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Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: elkantlers] #865119
09/03/08 10:46 PM
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Lot of good idea's!!





Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: Lynxcattrapper] #866007
09/04/08 01:54 PM
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when I was younger, I used scrap aluminum trim from siding jobs and wrote on them with a fine point pen, which really just scraped the colored coating off. You wouldn't see it until you dyed your traps. Not as nice as Lynx cat's but an idea for a kid.

Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: boyswannatrap] #866073
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Thanks that will help me out!!!


Am i retarded or just overjoyed?
Re: HOW TO make your OWN trap tags W/pictures!!! [Re: CoyoteCaller93] #867186
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I use pieces of aluminum chimney flashing from Lowe's. I have one of those inexpensive metal engravers that you can get at a craft shop for printing my info. You plug it in and it vibrates and you control it much like writing with a pencil. It's efficient and very cheap.

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