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#684620 - 04/17/08 03:30 PM Road trapping tips
trapper124 trapper124 trapper Registered: 12/22/06 Posts: 385 Loc: MO bootheel	This winter i plan on trapping every bridge and culvert going under a hwy that i take to go back and forth to college. I'll be trapping 25-30 bridges or culverts for coon, mink and anything else i can pick up. Got any tips?
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#684622 - 04/17/08 03:34 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: trapper124]
rags57078 rags57078 trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 1166 Loc: se SD	use log chains for trap chains and a 350 motor for a drag . with the way coons are priced right now your gonna loose alot of traps trapping ditches. Good luck _________________________ http://bbt.netfirms.com/ trap chat junkie Brad Paisly....TICKS If you don't like the way I live don't watch me
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#684663 - 04/17/08 04:07 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: rags57078]
MikeTraps2 MikeTraps2 trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 412 Loc: Ames, IA	Run Early 3-4 AM Get a good head lamp use sets that don't stand out _________________________ PLEASE PRE-ORDER YOUR TRAPPERMAN BOOK VOLUME II - $30 includes shipping contact laynsteel, me or beaverhunter2 for more information
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#684666 - 04/17/08 04:08 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: MikeTraps2]
Nick C Nick C trapper Registered: 12/22/06 Posts: 6977 Loc: Iowa 22 Years Old	What they said! Pockets stand out. Smear sets don't AS MUCH $\:\)$ Run drowners, so the bank won't be torn up and dead give away you're there. _________________________ I REALLY hope Andy DOESN'T die in Africa.
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#684668 - 04/17/08 04:09 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: MikeTraps2]
CharlesKS CharlesKS trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 7351 Loc: Kansas,31,6-1,220,B/B NS	Originally Posted By: MikeTraps2 Run Early 3-4 AM Get a good head lamp use sets that don't stand out bingo. NOTE- i dont target coon, nor do i no longer trap bridges for them, but i think thats great advise. _________________________ The future trappermans only JELLY OFF winner.
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#684682 - 04/17/08 04:16 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: CharlesKS]
NEMOparttimer NEMOparttimer trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 198 Loc: MO	I still use pockets even in high theft areas. Stand on the bridge and pick your set location from up there. Pick a spot from the bridge where you're pocket isn't easily seen. Most thieves won't bother climbing down the banks to look for traps, they just look from the bridge and then walk down if they see something.
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#684729 - 04/17/08 04:37 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: NEMOparttimer]
playin4funami playin4funami trapper Registered: 01/25/07 Posts: 839 Loc: nebraska	don't let every passer by know what you are doing. Don't park right at the bridges to check. Don't carry equipment, gear, and critters out in the open, put'em in a bag or tool box. I had a buddy that liked to trap busy roads so that he didn't have to deal with snow/mud with his two wheel drive pickup, he wore a bright yellow hardhat and orange plastic vest and had a bridge inspector sticker on the tailgate of his truck,never had any problems,carried all his stuff in a tool bag, and put critters in black trash bags to get them to the truck. We can no longer trap bridges,culverts,ditches in Nebraska,because of one stupid incident with a domestic,and an illegal poacher using traps,be careful of where you set and what you use. _________________________ 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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#684730 - 04/17/08 04:37 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: NEMOparttimer]
trapper124 trapper124 trapper Registered: 12/22/06 Posts: 385 Loc: MO bootheel	i expect to lose a few traps, hopefully i won't lose that many though.
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#684732 - 04/17/08 04:39 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: trapper124]
trapper124 trapper124 trapper Registered: 12/22/06 Posts: 385 Loc: MO bootheel	thats a great ideal with the vest and hardhat
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#684744 - 04/17/08 04:47 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: trapper124]
SamuraiTrapper SamuraiTrapper trapper Registered: 01/25/08 Posts: 412 Loc: Western Oregon, 34 years old	Originally Posted By: trapper124 thats a great ideal with the vest and hardhat Carry a clipboard too, and people will never look twice... _________________________ 2008-2009 Rookie year stats Coon- Bobcat- Coyote- Fox- Grinners- Stinkers- Nutria-4
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#684836 - 04/17/08 05:53 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: SamuraiTrapper]
dirtholeman1 dirtholeman1 trapper Registered: 09/09/07 Posts: 1605 Loc: Arkansas	Pull a concrete mixer too, thats what Phil Brown does. LOL _________________________ Just call me dirt ! 42 years worth !
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#684842 - 04/17/08 06:02 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: dirtholeman1]
sws002 sws002 trapper Registered: 01/23/08 Posts: 111 Loc: NE Nebraska	So all those people in orange vests and hardhats that I see taking a nap in their trucks are probably just trappers hoping I'll write them off as government workers???
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#684845 - 04/17/08 06:09 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: sws002]
SamuraiTrapper SamuraiTrapper trapper Registered: 01/25/08 Posts: 412 Loc: Western Oregon, 34 years old	Originally Posted By: sws002 So all those people in orange vests and hardhats that I see taking a nap in their trucks are probably just trappers hoping I'll write them off as government workers??? UHHHH, HUH. _________________________ 2008-2009 Rookie year stats Coon- Bobcat- Coyote- Fox- Grinners- Stinkers- Nutria-4
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#684866 - 04/17/08 06:35 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: SamuraiTrapper]
dbljaw dbljaw trapper Registered: 01/20/07 Posts: 739 Loc: Wyoming Bound on 5/29/08	For small culverts drowning rods work well. Not to drown ,but to put one end inside the culvert. The end inside the culvert doesnt have to staked,just let the coon get inside to keep it out of site. _________________________ ------------------------------------------------ God gave us two ears and one voice,this means we should listen twice as much as we Talk!
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#684998 - 04/17/08 07:53 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: dbljaw]
threestud threestud trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 788 Loc: perryville/missouri	you had better be ready to meet other trappers. your going to do what most do and have done for years if you get traps tripped or sticks in the jaws move!!! take it from me!! dont know where your at in mo but cape and scotts city have some big time theifs if they figure you out they will clean you out . dont set right in or under a bridge a little walk is worth it
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#685017 - 04/17/08 08:02 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: threestud]
trapper124 trapper124 trapper Registered: 12/22/06 Posts: 385 Loc: MO bootheel	alot futher south than cape and scott city
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#685117 - 04/17/08 08:53 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: trapper124]
Cletis Richards Cletis Richards trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 689 Loc: SW MO Carthage	Get a magnetic sign for your truck A-L BRIDGE INSPECTION SERVICE A-LACKS ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SOMEWHERE USA Phone no. BR- 549 works for Newt Edited by Cletis Richards (04/18/08 02:59 PM) _________________________ April 5, 1948 model
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#685118 - 04/17/08 08:53 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: trapper124]
the Black Spot the Black Spot trapper Registered: 12/25/06 Posts: 741 Loc: east central arkansas	snares help _________________________ the just shall live by faith member: NTA, TTFHA, SWARFTA, NRA, FTA
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#685121 - 04/17/08 08:54 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: the Black Spot]
BlakeTheTrapper BlakeTheTrapper trapper Registered: 02/10/07 Posts: 5649 Loc: Bethany,Missouri..NADA	hide your traps good found that out..guy found 2 of my traps and took them _________________________ Steak and Sauce Cup 'Em
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#685127 - 04/17/08 08:57 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: the Black Spot]
Calvin Calvin trapper Registered: 09/12/07 Posts: 1031 Loc: Farminton, Minnesota	If you have the time, hit up the landowners adjacent to the bridges. _________________________ Any day above ground is a good day.
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#685187 - 04/17/08 09:31 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: Calvin]
trapper124 trapper124 trapper Registered: 12/22/06 Posts: 385 Loc: MO bootheel	the sign for my truck idea i think is pretty good. Where could i get a magnetic sign?
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#685378 - 04/18/08 02:23 AM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: trapper124]
Clthigpen Clthigpen trapper Registered: 09/04/07 Posts: 151 Loc: Georgia	http://www.buildasign.com/MagneticSigns/...WID=44102016522 _________________________ A sword is never a killer; it is a tool in the killer's hands.-- Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger 4 BC-AD 65 The Art of War
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#685514 - 04/18/08 08:14 AM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: Clthigpen]
traperbob traperbob trapper Registered: 07/10/07 Posts: 265 Loc: va	do you have to get permesion to trap under bridges
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#685528 - 04/18/08 08:35 AM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: traperbob]
the Black Spot the Black Spot trapper Registered: 12/25/06 Posts: 741 Loc: east central arkansas	one reason i like trapping out of a car, less likely for people to think you are trapping. _________________________ the just shall live by faith member: NTA, TTFHA, SWARFTA, NRA, FTA
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#685560 - 04/18/08 09:07 AM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: the Black Spot]
possum5676 possum5676 trapper Registered: 01/02/07 Posts: 960 Loc: kansas	Here is a tip, you thought this up beacuse its handy, cheap on gas, profitable, easy, quick, and clever, so has about 10 other guys, on the same road for the same reasons. _________________________ none
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#685568 - 04/18/08 09:21 AM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: possum5676]
Mack Mack trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 37 Loc: Upper Michigan	Muskrat floats inside culverts will rarely be seen.
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#685575 - 04/18/08 09:34 AM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: Mack]
threestud threestud trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 788 Loc: perryville/missouri	traperbob in missiouri you can trap under bridges
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#685585 - 04/18/08 09:44 AM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: threestud]
rye rye rye rye trapper Registered: 02/27/08 Posts: 99 Loc: Tennessee	I agree with threestud's comment about other trappers having done it for a long time. I believe some of the theft of traps and catches is done by other trappers who may not ordinarily think of themselves as trap thieves who go looking for others' traps, but if they have trapped a particular bridge for years without competition and suddenly someone else is in what they now consider 'their turf', they get fuzzed up and steal from you. Of course that's a terrible attitude to have, but I do think that it happens.
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#685650 - 04/18/08 10:49 AM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: rye rye]
the Black Spot the Black Spot trapper Registered: 12/25/06 Posts: 741 Loc: east central arkansas	theft happens, you get used to it, or you don't trap there. _________________________ the just shall live by faith member: NTA, TTFHA, SWARFTA, NRA, FTA
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#685701 - 04/18/08 11:56 AM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: the Black Spot]
TrappinK-9's TrappinK-9's trapper Registered: 12/26/06 Posts: 880 Loc: IOWA	Check early, don't make your sets obvious, be efficient when setting, dispatch quick, remake and leave. Check everything in the dark. Don't try and run more than you can handle. This year theft will be terrible!! _________________________ Fresh circle in the morning, nothing better.
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#685796 - 04/18/08 01:14 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: TrappinK-9's]
bradh bradh trapper Registered: 01/22/07 Posts: 64 Loc: stevens point/howards grove, W...	I think culvert trapping is one of the most effective ways to catch coons. I can personally say that I have caught a few hundred coons in culverts, and can count how many traps I have lost on one hand. I think the biggest advantage of culvert trapping is speed, you can get out a lot of sets when your only walking a couple feet from your truck. My advise is find the trail going in and out of the culvert, and set both sides. The only down side to this is that your going to catch the first animal that walks through the culvert and that is often times skunks, and possums, so be ready for that.
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#685798 - 04/18/08 01:15 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: bradh]
bradh bradh trapper Registered: 01/22/07 Posts: 64 Loc: stevens point/howards grove, W...	Another thing you could do is run about a 4ft piece of round stock into the culver with an L-lock on it to hide your catch in the culvert.
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#685861 - 04/18/08 03:04 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: bradh]
Cletis Richards Cletis Richards trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 689 Loc: SW MO Carthage	Actually in Missouri it the Road right of way, not just under the bridge , which varies according to the road easement. your usually pretty safe as far as staying on R.O.W. if you go from fence to fence. _________________________ April 5, 1948 model
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#685872 - 04/18/08 03:08 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: bradh]
Cletis Richards Cletis Richards trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 689 Loc: SW MO Carthage	Some dry culverts are hard to see as they are small, but still have some traffic thru them. Did you ever notice that they show up as a frost or moisture line when there is a light frost, pay attention and mark these hidden ones when Jack Frost points the way. Edited by Cletis Richards (04/18/08 03:15 PM) _________________________ April 5, 1948 model
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#686113 - 04/18/08 06:18 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: Cletis Richards]
Bigfoot Bigfoot trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 171 Loc: central Missouri	I never lost a trap off the buisy roads on my trapline it always seems to happen on the less traveled issolated bridges were i lose traps .
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#686137 - 04/18/08 06:49 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: Bigfoot]
bradh bradh trapper Registered: 01/22/07 Posts: 64 Loc: stevens point/howards grove, W...	One thing I have noticed is that sometimes the busy roads are the ones to trap because all the other trappers look at them and think that everyone must trap it. So the road stays unset and everyone goes and traps the same issolated roads were they think no one will be, but when a bunch of guys all have this same idea, it doesn't usually work out that way.
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#686141 - 04/18/08 06:52 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: Bigfoot]
trapper al trapper al trapper Registered: 01/21/08 Posts: 628 Loc: carter county tenn	i have about 10 miles up buffulo mt on my way to work ,lots of mountain streams.filled with coon and mink and lots of deer and bear hunters.i plan on getting a dozen or two of dukes 1,5s and takin my chances this year. _________________________ jim dandy to the rescue
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#686196 - 04/18/08 07:36 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: threestud]
bowdoctor bowdoctor trapper Registered: 03/01/08 Posts: 64 Loc: St Paul Missouri	Originally Posted By: threestud you had better be ready to meet other trappers. your going to do what most do and have done for years if you get traps tripped or sticks in the jaws move!!! take it from me!! dont know where your at in mo but cape and scotts city have some big time theifs if they figure you out they will clean you out . dont set right in or under a bridge a little walk is worth it stud do what i do just carry a 4570 to dispach them lmao i was lucky only lost 1 under a bridge last season
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#686322 - 04/18/08 08:50 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: bowdoctor]
threestud threestud trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 788 Loc: perryville/missouri	lol when you pull the trigger on that does it kill and skin at the same time lol
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#686337 - 04/18/08 08:58 PM Re: Road trapping tips [Re: bowdoctor]
FNG trapper FNG trapper trapper Registered: 03/16/07 Posts: 79 Loc: western MA & northern AZ	a fella that taught me alot about trapping sold all his traps but buys baskets of trapper tags, he finds other peoples set, its easy as we know, and he cuts the tag off, then puts his on, painted black, then he checks HIS traps and watches for he trapper to come around, then gets the license plate and reports the theft of HIS traps to the police and wardens, then he sells this RECOVERED traps at the end fo season for a couple bucks and buys more tags. that way if he gets caught checking your trap he can say, its his, here is my name right on it! how often do you check your tag to make sure its yours? said they learned it growing up in northern New York where hundreds of trappers come for the season or a few weeks and will set their trap right next to a locals trap already there! I think he makes as much in trap sales as fur, not really! but he had 84 traps of his "returned" this last year...LOL.
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