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Re: Turner89 Trapping 2015-16
« Reply #45 on: February 08, 2016, 09:40:26 PM »
What a bummer.  Was that a dry set?
no it was a water set. About a foot under water.
wow he did tear that up. Must have been quick too. Impressive
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Re: Turner89 Trapping 2015-16
« Reply #46 on: February 08, 2016, 09:50:29 PM »
I had an otter chew his way out of my trap. It's amazing how powerful they are.
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Re: Turner89 Trapping 2015-16
« Reply #47 on: February 08, 2016, 10:04:04 PM »
What a bummer.  Was that a dry set?
no it was a water set. About a foot under water.
wow he did tear that up. Must have been quick too. Impressive
He did some impressive damage, but after a closer look I could see where some of the wire intersections were rusted. That made it easier to break through.
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Re: Turner89 Trapping 2015-16
« Reply #48 on: February 09, 2016, 04:56:24 AM »
I was wondering how an otter would do in a cage, I had my suspicions it would be a battle just based on the rats I have caught. It seems if they can see daylight like a shallow water set with no cover I find they have bitten the cage a lot and they usually have there teeth locked around a wire and I have to pry them out of the trap. All my sets with cover like grass on the trap or tree cover  they expire in one place and I can simply open the door and they fall out. My thoughts were if I catch an otter with that same behavior pattern I better have a stout built cage or some good cover over the trap maybe over time when I get to trap some ill make a log of their behavior once caught and how the trap was set. My buddy got one otter so far this year in a comstock set at a pinch point no tree cover no grass or anything over the trap and that thing TRASHED his trap! Broke the trigger wires bent the trigger rod bowed the doors so hard they were jammed shut he pulled the trap took it to the truck and pryed it open with a hatchet to get his prize catch out! How was yours set just curiose?

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Re: Turner89 Trapping 2015-16
« Reply #49 on: February 09, 2016, 05:10:13 AM »
Wow Ethan it sounds like its time for some new traps!! That's crazy
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Re: Turner89 Trapping 2015-16
« Reply #50 on: February 09, 2016, 10:42:21 AM »
I have never had an otter damage a trap if it was underwater. If they can get air, yes they can do a number on a trap and 1x2 wire in a land set is asking for trouble.
I do find it very unusual that an otter could do that much damage to a trap unless it could get air someway.
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Re: Turner89 Trapping 2015-16
« Reply #51 on: February 11, 2016, 08:48:56 PM »
I have never had an otter damage a trap if it was underwater. If they can get air, yes they can do a number on a trap and 1x2 wire in a land set is asking for trouble.
I do find it very unusual that an otter could do that much damage to a trap unless it could get air someway.
well this trap was at least a foot under water. I don't know for a fact it was an otter :dunno: by the size of the hole I assume it were an otter. Maybe a smaller size beaver......I don't know :dunno:.
 Like I said previously......the wires had some rust. Regardless a beaver, or an otter, and some rust damage......it was impressive.
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