Hunting Washington Forum
Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: Jingles on December 19, 2021, 07:01:52 AM
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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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Weeks set and no cats caught? I'd probably refresh it with fresh placement.
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Yea, I would probably move the trap to a new location, same bait, fresh lure.
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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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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
