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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: huntingfool7 on October 24, 2017, 07:44:20 PM
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Started the season in North Dakota on a short trip. Started with a couple sets on the first day and added to them almost until I pulled the line at the end of the week.
Very first night, I had a footprint on the jaw and into the space between the jaw and the pan. Needed a half an inch to the left and I'd of had him. Ended the week with four total, two in #3 Montgomery offsets and one in a MB 650 rubber jaw. The fourth was shot on sight.
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Nice job ! Good size yote !
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Awesome!!!
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NICE ! :tup:
Forth one shot ......... :hunter:............. take um anyway you can get um! :tup: :tup:
Congratulations are in order here
JC :hello:
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Way to start the season
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I was driving out at dusk to put a set on a section line and this guy happened to be standing in the chosen spot. Quick stop, a short stare (too long) and a pop put him on the board.
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Then added this pair at two sets, 20 yards apart. One was a step down set in a #3 Montgomery OS. The other with the big catch circle was taken at a large dirt hole set guarded by a MB650 rubber jaw. That set was the one that a coyote left a print on the trap jaw on the first night.
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He came back and stepped in the wrong (right) spot!! Nice job!!!
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Nice work James! :tup:
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I'm going to be adding another dozen or two of the Montgomery #3 offsets for the next trip. Originally meant them for the higher risk section line roads to protect my expensive rubber jaw 650s from theft. I hate to say it but I prefer setting and bedding the Montgomerys over the 650's. Seem to take a little less work and it goes a little quicker. They are also less than half the money.
I'm running 2-1/2 to 3 pounds of pan tension on both traps. The 650's caught 0 skunks while the Montys caught 5. I believe the geometry of the pan treadles is the difference. I'd rather thin the stinkers out while I'm there. They are abundant and hard on nests/chicks. We never go a season without the dogs getting sprayed.
@machias You were asking about rubber jaw preferences on another thread. I have MB 650s and Jakes. Between the two, I prefer the Jakes. Both are very strong rubber jaw traps. My partners lab managed to get caught in the 650s twice while pheasant hunting. He just couldn't resist the lure and seemed to make a bee line for the sets whenever they got close. Both times he was released without injury. I didn't bring the Jakes to ND. They are a little larger framed and use a different pair of One Hand Setters.
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Thanks!! I ended up getting a doz 550 RJ. Hate them compared to the Cast Jaws, but we use what we gotta use! Thanks for the thoughts on the rubber jaws, I really appreciate it!! Looking more and more like I will be moved over to Idaho by spring. Can't wait to run a line over there next year!! Good luck!
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:tup: Congrats
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(https://i.imgur.com/U5vYcgk.jpg)
First beaver of the season. 48 lbs, 2 oz. Caught in a Comstock on a crossover set.
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Nice one! :tup:
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Sweet!
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:tup:
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nice job
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Awesome!
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New location set on a very large series of colonies. This one covers five separate property owners and I've procured access to the whole block. The largest acreage landowner is a vegan couple. I'm thinking of it as a little PR work.
I pulled 3 beaver and a raccoon early this morning.
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Nice going. :tup: Slayer
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Huntingfool7,
Looks like you have the start of a profitable season going.
I really like those #3 Montgomery Traps for Coyotes, easier to hide in a Dirt Hole Set, my second choice would be the #3 Oneida Victor Jump Trap, they really come out of the ground fast.
I used to have good luck with the #14 Traps for Otter for my dry land sets, (back when trapping was simpler.)
Al Worrels Kid
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Two more beaver at the new site. 40 lbs even and 46 lbs, 9 oz.
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@bear hunter Last nights visitor. Time is listed above each video.
There is a whole beaver buried under the cage. Another rear quarter is wired inside the trap over the trigger.
7:26 PM last night.
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7:31 PM
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7:48 PM
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7:55 PM
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VERY cool! Thanks for sharing!
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So, did he go in the trap and it not go off?
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So, did he go in the trap and it not go off?
I forgot to move the door catches, so the doors were wired open. #1 oops LOL.
@Humptulips
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Be interesting to see how long 'till he comes back.
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Dang looks like a nice cat. You are doing well.
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I stuffed and wired half a beaver in there last night. Door latches are off and I'm looking forward to seeing that Tom up close.
Meanwhile, I've been stacking bait on a damage permit. Jakes and MB750s rubber jaws at work...
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:drool: :drool: NICE!!
rubber jaws in a drowning set :bash: :bash: Stupid state rules!
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So, did he go in the trap and it not go off?
I forgot to move the door catches, so the doors were wired open. #1 oops LOL.
@Humptulips
:chuckle: I thought you weren't going to say anything. LOL
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Otter in a comstock today!
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nice job
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I bought a pair of nesting cat traps from Jim Comstock. One is in the woods looking for Bob. The other went in a culvert looking for a beaver.
Land owner called yesterday and said I had an otter. She weighed in at twelve pounds. I'm a little surprised that she tripped the remaining wire. I pulled all of the trip wires but the bottom one to give the cats more room to lean over the trigger before setting it off. Originally planned to put this trap out in the woods but it fit the culvert and water level perfect. The opening is 10 x 20 and the double doors are bifolds with locking rings.
She wasn't my target but I'm happy to have her.
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Nice job!!!
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What are the rules with using rubber jaw traps? Does it require a different permit? The common person can only use cage traps in this state correct lol.
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Nicely done!
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What are the rules with using rubber jaw traps? Does it require a different permit? The common person can only use cage traps in this state correct lol.
@TeacherMan
Special trapping permit issued through WDFW for damage control. Permit is good for 30 days. Landowner pulls the permit and lists me as the trapper.
Conibear and rubber jaw footholds only on the permitted property. Can't sell the fur on animals caught in BG traps (includes footholds).
I've been running some Conibears also. I don't think those pictures are interesting enough to post up. I like the rubber jaw footholds and how well they hold is interesting. Thought I'd share.
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I normally submit the permit application for the landowner.
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A particularly deep catch in a Jake.
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What are the rules with using rubber jaw traps? Does it require a different permit? The common person can only use cage traps in this state correct lol.
@TeacherMan
Special trapping permit issued through WDFW for damage control. Permit is good for 30 days. Landowner pulls the permit and lists me as the trapper.
Conibear and rubber jaw footholds only on the permitted property. Can't sell the fur on animals caught in BG traps (includes footholds).
I've been running some Conibears also. I don't think those pictures are interesting enough to post up. I like the rubber jaw footholds and how well they hold is interesting. Thought I'd share.
but doesnt say you cant use the beaver for cat bait 8)
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I still skin them out and dry them. Would really like to have them plucked, tanned and stitched up for a blanket. Been putting the carcasses out for cat bait.
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Nice work!
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Super excited about otters today. I have three comstocks set side by side in a wide channel. These two were taken in adjacent traps.
I only took a pair of beaver out of here. They were both over 40 lbs. The dam break below these traps has not been repaired. I'm starting to move the cages up stream toward the next set of dams.
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Nice work!!!
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Great catch
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Nice catch :tup:
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Nice looking otter.
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:tup:
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good work :tup:
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Tonights check produced otter #5. This Comstock is blocking a culvert under a driveway. Otter #2 was caught on the other side. Funny how they can get around a gauntlet of traps and get picked up somewhere in the middle.
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Nice work on the otters. I saw otter tracks in the snow at several spots today.
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Nice job!
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:tup:
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Two nice beaver in the cages last night. One in the culvert set blocked with Jim's two door cat trap and one in a 12x12 Comstock. Fresh beaver chewings nearby and the dam break has been partially repaired.
Tweekers robbed the landowner this week. I believe I saw the culprit on Tuesday driving an old white van slowly down the street. Landowners have seen the same slow moving vehicle on a couple occasions just before the gate was rammed and some old farm equipment was hauled off.
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Running gates, must be running out of easy targets. :bash:
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:tup:
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Lots of active beaver this weekend. Pulled another one out of the culvert set tonight. The comstock was pushed about a foot back making an opening that another could slip past. I think another beaver pushed his way through after this one was caught. This one makes it 5 beavers and 5 otters at this site.
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:tup:
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Awesome!!!
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Did NOT buy my offering...
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Xo close. Maybe he will come back
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Sweet video non the less!
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crazy how he doesnt even look in...
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Very nice video!
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crazy how he doesnt even look in...
This is my second "drive by" on this cage. The first was almost one month earlier. In the latest video, I had swapped out the tainted beaver for a goose carcass the morning of the 16th (the day of the video).
Here's a picture of the earlier visit with date/time stamp for reference.
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Back in the ponds from last year. It's quite a hike. Gotta carry one cage at a time.
First cage in the water went in below the dam crossover. That's not a dam break, the water is really high.
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:yike: you copied my Don Ross drawing
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Would love to see a video of one getting caught :tup:
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:yike: you copied my Don Ross drawing
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Would love to see a video of one getting caught :tup:
@Gringo31 I haven't figured out how to catch underwater video. I did get a few clips of the Bailey traps in action LAST SEASON.
25 minutes before hmmm, that's new....
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20 seconds before Trading up!
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41 lbs 6 oz
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:tup:
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Great videos
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Pulled the old pond set. Water is rising and I don't have the time to work it. This one weighed in at 53 lbs 2 oz. The water in that crossover was deep enough that I had some issues finding the cage.
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:tup: good size one
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Matched my biggest from last year! Hope the pack out with that bad boy didn't break your back to bad :yike:
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Dandy