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#660497 - 03/31/08 07:45 PM A Lil 'Grizz Tip (More are Welcome)
Dead Coyote Offline
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When getting ready to set your Lil'Grizz's, like the night before. Place a piece of 3/4" PVC in it after you bait it and compress the springs. This will speed it up when setting and trying to get them all set in a day. Just push down on the dog and set the trigger and your done. Sure beats using your hands, a setter or screwdriver to set them the day your laying out your line. Also the PVC can be laid at the set for eye appeal. (And yes this idea is also on the Mark Steck DVD, Running Hard with the Grizz.)

It helps when you have a few lying or hanging around.

Edited by Dead Coyote (03/31/08 07:56 PM)
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#660504 - 03/31/08 07:47 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Dead Coyote]
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Very nice tip.
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#660508 - 03/31/08 07:48 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Dead Coyote]
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i envy you
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#660520 - 03/31/08 07:52 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Dead Coyote]
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Another tip....Paint the inside of the Grizz white. In the night it will look like a glow coming from the trap. Coon are attracted to it.
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#660524 - 03/31/08 07:53 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: 903SC]
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Nice tip. I got one for you ! Lock your shed.
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#660528 - 03/31/08 07:54 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: billyjoehenry]
Dead Coyote Offline
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More tips are welcome. We are here to help out.
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#660534 - 03/31/08 07:55 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: 2poor]
Dead Coyote Offline
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 Originally Posted By: 2poor
Nice tip. I got one for you ! Lock your shed.

Don't worry the guns are loaded and the wife is on the prowl!
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#660582 - 03/31/08 08:15 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: ]
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Registered: 12/23/06
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When setting in soft soils, stab forked sticks through the stand to hold tight. The trap has to be solid or the coon will pull trap and all out of the ground or trip it. I have had to use 4 sticks before in sand creek beds.
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#660589 - 03/31/08 08:18 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: BMLutra]
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Also when using marshmellows use only kraft brand, because the store brands don't have the powder coating that helps a lot to keep the dry. Once the marshmellow becomes wet or gooey the coon can slip it easily off the trigger. Keep the bait fresh.
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#660596 - 03/31/08 08:21 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: BMLutra]
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When I set solid like a regular trap I attach a shock spring. I see it the same as a dirt hole set.
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#660649 - 03/31/08 08:44 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: BMLutra]
Andy S Offline
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Loc: IN
Take a broom and sweep all the leaves away. Big bare spot in the woods with a few shiny Griz in the middle! ;\)

Thats all you're getting for now.
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#660681 - 03/31/08 08:55 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Andy S]
Cletis Richards Offline
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Loc: SW MO Carthage
That's a big coon that reaches that 108 mark on your bench, I heard you had big coons in Minn.
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#660705 - 03/31/08 09:09 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Cletis Richards]
Dead Coyote Offline
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 Originally Posted By: Cletis Richards
That's a big coon that reaches that 108 mark on your bench, I heard you had big coons in Minn.

I wish. It's for making snares.
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#660891 - 04/01/08 01:24 AM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Dead Coyote]
Greg L Offline
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Any tricks or techniques to setting these traps easier? What is the best way to compress the springs. These things are strong!
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#660892 - 04/01/08 01:44 AM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Greg L]
Ole Hawkeye Offline
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Loc: Oregon
Here's a tip. A 1.1 costs a lot less than a lil griz and can be set the same way with the help of some pvc (same amount as the tip) and catch as many coon!
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#660914 - 04/01/08 04:32 AM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Ole Hawkeye]
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A 1.1 ????
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#661014 - 04/01/08 07:02 AM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Gary Benson]
Dead Coyote Offline
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Another tip: Use glow in the dark jig head paint and just paint the rim on the top. It will last long enough into the evening after it gets dark to get any coon's attention.
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#661098 - 04/01/08 08:21 AM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Dead Coyote]
Cletis Richards Offline
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I use no 11's too, but I purchased a good no of LLgriz to try, I always have kept an open mind to new thing, The man that won the coonskinning contest at the Missouri convention caught 1017 coons the preceding season, in Griz's no wonder he won the contest.

Edited by Cletis Richards (04/01/08 08:21 AM)
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#661114 - 04/01/08 08:34 AM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Cletis Richards]
HunterInShadows Offline
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Registered: 12/23/06
Posts: 529
Loc: Houghton Lake,Michigan,USA
I wish grizzes had a screw cap on the bottom with an 8 inch spike sticking out the middle of the cap. Then you could bait under the trigger easier and screw the cap back on. easier to clean them out also! and the straight spike would be easier to stabalize the trap.

Edited by HunterInShadows (04/01/08 09:04 AM)
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#662102 - 04/01/08 06:13 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: HunterInShadows]
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That looks like 1" PVC
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#662152 - 04/01/08 06:42 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: BigBob]
Dead Coyote Offline
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Loc: S.W. Minnesota
 Originally Posted By: BigBob
That looks like 1" PVC

3/4" inside diameter, also printed on the out side of the pipe as 3/4".
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#662255 - 04/01/08 07:22 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Dead Coyote]
Chessy Offline
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Registered: 12/23/06
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Loc: Bagley Wi
In soft soil I use my stake driving maul to make a depression hard enough to stick the Grizz in.One hit,its the same size round as the grizz.
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#662307 - 04/01/08 07:39 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Chessy]
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Registered: 02/29/08
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Loc: Missouri
The maker of the Grizzz lives in the same county as me and we are going down soon to purchase some more straight from him Ill have to ask him the man on any additional tips and bring them back to share with you as well
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#662352 - 04/01/08 07:58 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Greg L]
foxtail Offline
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Loc: MN
 Originally Posted By: Greg L
Any tricks or techniques to setting these traps easier? What is the best way to compress the springs. These things are strong!







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#662369 - 04/01/08 08:07 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: foxtail]
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awesome info foxtail, thanks for the good videos
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#663748 - 04/02/08 06:03 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: hartzog69]
Dead Coyote Offline
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Loc: S.W. Minnesota
Come on Feller's, share your wisdom.
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#676518 - 04/11/08 04:32 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Dead Coyote]
Dead Coyote Offline
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Anymore?
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#676542 - 04/11/08 04:47 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Dead Coyote]
Zeak Offline
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Posts: 480
Loc: Caro, Michigan
Good info foxtail.
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#676557 - 04/11/08 04:56 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Zeak]
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Registered: 11/11/07
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Loc: South-Central Minnesota
I've learned this from a friend, drill another hole in the bottom, around 3/32" or 1/8", next to the "v" stabilizer. Do this so more water will be allowed to run out faster, your paste baits will clog up the one hole, but you still have the other hole to drain the water out of it.
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#676567 - 04/11/08 05:01 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Dead Coyote]
Pa John Offline
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Registered: 12/29/06
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Loc: Pa
In stead of marshmellows I use a tube lure that you use for fishing on the trigger.I cut both ends off and slide the tube on.They are really soft and feel like something to eat just ask the fish that are caught on them. I put some type of sweet lure down in the Gizz and use a fish oil trailing scent.
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#676586 - 04/11/08 05:11 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: Pa John]
cohunt Offline
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Registered: 12/23/06
Posts: 159
Loc: revillo, sd
I attach some of my grizz's to chunks of 4X4 by stapling the V to the side of the block(sit trap on edge of 4X4 and staple) or by sandwiching the V between two chunks of 2X4(on edge) with screws. These traps are for use on frozen ground or in buildings with concrete floor.
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#677509 - 04/12/08 09:23 AM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: cohunt]
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#677532 - 04/12/08 09:58 AM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: K-zoo]
trapper34 Offline
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Registered: 01/21/07
Posts: 336
Loc: SW,MN
Thanks foxtail on the videos. I have never seen a griz set before.(I live in a cave I guess)LOL
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#677676 - 04/12/08 12:15 PM Re: A Lil 'Grizz Tip [Re: trapper34]
OHwolfer Offline
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Registered: 12/26/06
Posts: 116
Loc: Harrison county, Ohio
I did not see the video but years ago when the the grizz's first came out i was told by someone at the Grizz booth at a convention to glue a 3/8ths rubber gas hose about 1" long on the trigger to grab onto easier, it has worked well for me. Goodluck


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Edited by OHwolfer (04/12/08 12:17 PM)
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