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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: JakeLand on March 23, 2017, 08:42:22 PM

Title: End of season trap prep
Post by: JakeLand on March 23, 2017, 08:42:22 PM: End of the season is here and it's time to take care of everything so it's good until next season.
1. Pressure wash , repaired and repainted all cages
2. All lures are resealed and put in paper bags in fridge
3. Pack basket scrubbed and clean
4. Axe, pliers oiled and a new edge
5. Stretchers cleaned , disinfected and hung up
6. Fleshing knives and scrapers cleaned
7. Chest waders treated with rubber conditioner and ROLLED up in tote
Now the long wait until next season ( except WCO work )

Any other good ideas or tips you guys can think of add them in !!!
Title: Re: End of season trap prep
Post by: predatorpro on March 23, 2017, 09:31:48 PM: Dude the season isnt even over yet....so not a real trapper!
Title: Re: End of season trap prep
Post by: JakeLand on March 23, 2017, 09:42:30 PM: For this guy it is . Everything is up and done
Title: Re: End of season trap prep
Post by: ouchfoss on March 23, 2017, 10:17:23 PM: I've gotten in the habit of selling off a lot of my cages when season is over because I've got new designs dreamed up. Every season I learn more about the advantages and disadvantages to each design and how I want to improve on them. No need to clean or repaint my traps if I don't own them anymore. :chuckle:
The one thing I have to get figured out this week is what to do with all the rancid, vile smelling beaver meat I have in buckets in the backyard! I have quite a bit and I'm thinking of throwing it out in a spot where my cousin walked up on cougar two weeks ago. Leave it there for a few days and do some calling. :dunno:
Title: Re: End of season trap prep
Post by: Jeremy S on March 25, 2017, 08:47:16 AM: Quote from: JakeLand on March 23, 2017, 08:42:22 PM
End of the season is here and it's time to take care of everything so it's good until next season.
1. Pressure wash , repaired and repainted all cages
2. All lures are resealed and put in paper bags in fridge
3. Pack basket scrubbed and clean
4. Axe, pliers oiled and a new edge
5. Stretchers cleaned , disinfected and hung up
6. Fleshing knives and scrapers cleaned
7. Chest waders treated with rubber conditioner and ROLLED up in tote
Now the long wait until next season ( except WCO work )

Any other good ideas or tips you guys can think of add them in !!!

Do lures last a lot longer if they are refrigerated?
Title: Re: End of season trap prep
Post by: JakeLand on March 25, 2017, 09:18:42 AM: I re-seal them and refrigerate them and they work just as well
I also put them in the fridge every night when I would get home from the line
Title: Re: End of season trap prep
Post by: Jeremy S on March 25, 2017, 11:32:25 AM: That makes a lot of sense.