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Offline Jingles

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Question for cat trappers
« on: December 19, 2021, 07:01:52 AM »
Ok I understand refreshing your lures at trap sites however curious about if you cat trappers also refresh your baits  after a period where the temps have stayed below freezing night and day and your bait freezes like in a freezer?
Lows for past couple weeks single digits to low teens and highs only in the low to mid 20's bait is as hard as a brick and sure not smelly.
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Re: Question for cat trappers
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2021, 09:57:53 AM »
Weeks set and no cats caught? I'd probably refresh it with fresh placement.
Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with too many facts.

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Re: Question for cat trappers
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2021, 10:00:21 AM »
Yea, I would probably move the trap to a new location, same bait, fresh lure.
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Re: Question for cat trappers
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2021, 03:31:26 PM »
Thank you everyone for the replies sounds like my best bet is to just move the traps, although trudging thru knee deep snow is one thing I am not looking forward to, that is if I can even get back to where I would move them to by pushing snow with the truck bumper. We get much more snow and won't be able to do daily checks without hiking 5 miles in and out.
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Re: Question for cat trappers
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2021, 05:15:25 AM »
Kinda hard to keep bait from freezing with these temps, much less force oneself to get out in them to check traps. I know at least for this 73 year old it is
« Last Edit: December 21, 2021, 05:26:39 AM by Jingles »
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