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#654113 - 03/27/08 06:49 PM OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait
johnsd16 johnsd16 trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 646 Loc: MN, bus stop-25	I'm hoping to play around with making some bait this summer. I have a bunch of bever meat, fish carcasses, and whole pocket gophers. My question is, will an average hand powered meat grinder grind up whole gophers, or will all the bones be too much for it? I'm not planning on doing any huge volume, and I don't mind putting in a little elbow grease. I don't want to spend a bunch of money on a grinder that I want to beat up, and only use a little. Anyone have experience grinding mice, rats, gophers, or muskrats, or fish with bones in a hand grinder?
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#654119 - 03/27/08 07:01 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: johnsd16]
tmrschessie tmrschessie trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 1746 Loc: Near Red Cloud,Nebraska	Mice go through fine. Tom _________________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U42PF4khOXc http://www.huntingne.com/forum
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#654122 - 03/27/08 07:02 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: tmrschessie]
ADC ADC trapper Registered: 12/25/06 Posts: 4444 Loc: Iowa	They will grind bones big as the ones in gophers. ~ADC~ _________________________ All new site ---> Iowa Trappers Talk
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#654175 - 03/27/08 07:35 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: ADC]
Terry Terry trapper Registered: 12/26/06 Posts: 1334 Loc: White Sulphur Springs, MT	You will have the most trouble with the fish. Not the bones, but the skin. It tends to wrap around the blades instead of cutting cleanly _________________________ I always do part of my share.
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#654234 - 03/27/08 08:02 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: Terry]
possum skinner possum skinner trapper Registered: 12/25/06 Posts: 2393 Loc: Virginia 38 - act 10 - feel 68	when exerting that elbow grease ... careful how much ya throw to it ... those cast blades when bound by sinew, bone, skin will break ... trust me I speak from experience ... I've killed a small pile of grinders over the years $\:\)$ Most all grinders will grind mice with no trouble ... but you're better off using a semi large grinding plate and putting it through twice if need be ... I find semi frozen whatever is easier to work with I still use hand grinders for mice, castor and deboned beaver ground hog etc. but have found it far more easier for my patience level to skin my ground hogs, beavers etc. ... gut ... wash and quater ... (i remove the skull & feet too) ... then have at'em with a hatchet ... chopping bone and meat into a small dice ... I don't leave any large pieces ... just my preference ... takes a lil time but works for me! $;\)$ _________________________ You know why? 'Cause I'm a professional $;\)$
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#654314 - 03/27/08 08:39 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: possum skinner]
madtrapper madtrapper trapper Registered: 12/26/06 Posts: 743 Loc: Ely, Minnesota	Seems to me there is a guy that comes to the Minn and Wis convention sometimes that sell grinders set up to use with an electric drill, that looks like the real ticket.
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#654332 - 03/27/08 08:51 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: madtrapper]
playin4funami playin4funami trapper Registered: 01/25/07 Posts: 787 Loc: nebraska	for pocket gopher on down a garage sale bought food processor works great,slightly frozen helps here also. _________________________ Arguing with a trapper is like wrestling a pig in the mud,sooner or later you realise the pigs enjoying itself!
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#654362 - 03/27/08 09:05 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: playin4funami]
tmrschessie tmrschessie trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 1746 Loc: Near Red Cloud,Nebraska	I put a pulley wheel on a hand grinder and hooked it up to a small motor...works great on mice and rats...Tom _________________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U42PF4khOXc http://www.huntingne.com/forum
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#654392 - 03/27/08 09:21 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: tmrschessie]
ADC ADC trapper Registered: 12/25/06 Posts: 4444 Loc: Iowa	There's mine. A have a smaller hand cranked one too that I used til I got this one. ...Of course I don't leave it hanging on the wall when I use it... (had to get that in before P. Skinny called me on it. lol) Link to the grinder at Northern Tool... http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_47552_47552 ~ADC~ _________________________ All new site ---> Iowa Trappers Talk
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#654403 - 03/27/08 09:34 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: ADC]
dbljaw dbljaw trapper Registered: 01/20/07 Posts: 737 Loc: Ole Ms....41 yr old	P.Skinny....I wonder if thats gonna stick??? Thanks for the link ADC. _________________________ ------------------------------------------------ God gave us two ears and one voice,this means we should listen twice as much as we Talk!
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#654497 - 03/27/08 11:07 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: ADC]
possum skinner possum skinner trapper Registered: 12/25/06 Posts: 2393 Loc: Virginia 38 - act 10 - feel 68	Originally Posted By: ADC ...Of course I don't leave it hanging on the wall when I use it... (had to get that in before P. Skinny called me on it. lol) ~ADC~ uh huh ... yeah right ... you use that thing hangin on the wall ... it's obvious ... look at the lower right hand corner of the picture ... looks like boot prints on that plywood to me $;\)$ P Skinny ... stickin' like glue $;\)$ _________________________ You know why? 'Cause I'm a professional $;\)$
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#654498 - 03/27/08 11:08 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: dbljaw]
tecks tecks trapper Registered: 11/06/07 Posts: 212 Loc: Pa	wheres a good place to pick up a hand grinder for a decent price?
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#654500 - 03/27/08 11:09 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: tecks]
possum skinner possum skinner trapper Registered: 12/25/06 Posts: 2393 Loc: Virginia 38 - act 10 - feel 68	flea market ... yard sales _________________________ You know why? 'Cause I'm a professional $;\)$
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#654514 - 03/27/08 11:57 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: possum skinner]
ADC ADC trapper Registered: 12/25/06 Posts: 4444 Loc: Iowa	Don't forget ebay, auctions, and second hand stores there P. Skinny. $\:D$ ~ADC~ _________________________ All new site ---> Iowa Trappers Talk
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#654563 - 03/28/08 05:13 AM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: ADC]
possum skinner possum skinner trapper Registered: 12/25/06 Posts: 2393 Loc: Virginia 38 - act 10 - feel 68	oh yeah ADC, thrift stores ... Goodwill & Salvation Army stores etc. all good places to find cheap grinders ... a lot of times they are even brand new in a twenty year old box $\:\)$ I have that same #32 grinder you have but only use that one for grinding deer, goose etc. (people eatin bait $;\)$ ) _________________________ You know why? 'Cause I'm a professional $;\)$
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#655072 - 03/28/08 11:54 AM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: possum skinner]
ADC ADC trapper Registered: 12/25/06 Posts: 4444 Loc: Iowa	I have an electric grinder for the people food P. Skinny... and slicer, mixer, and vaccum sealer, and... just need a good cheap meat band saw, yea right! LOL ~ADC~ _________________________ All new site ---> Iowa Trappers Talk
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#655084 - 03/28/08 12:00 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: ADC]
possum skinner possum skinner trapper Registered: 12/25/06 Posts: 2393 Loc: Virginia 38 - act 10 - feel 68	yeah, i've looked at them electric ones ... reckon i'll upgrade one day $\:\)$ I got a slicer too ... love it! mixer? hmmm does my big ol' wooden spoon count? vac sealer ... oh yeah, really like that AGRI Supply has a cheap meat saw with a grinder built in ... think it's around $188.00 ... not a bad price if it's any good _________________________ You know why? 'Cause I'm a professional $;\)$
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#655203 - 03/28/08 01:38 PM Re: OT-Hand Meat Grinders for Bait [Re: ADC]
Top Jimmy Top Jimmy trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 1678 Loc: Alaska, USA	Originally Posted By: ADC Don't forget ebay, auctions, and second hand stores there P. Skinny. $\:D$ ~ADC~ Can we just call him "P" for short or maybe "PS"? I mean if we are going to go with a hip-hop nick name, might as go all the way.... $\:D$ -TJ _________________________ Alaskan. . . . . . . the Net Man you don't want to have! If everything seems to be going right, you obviously don't know what going on.
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