Post by: elkslayer069 on November 02, 2010, 07:21:59 PM
Post by: 724wd on November 02, 2010, 07:26:22 PM
Post by: deerhunter_98520 on November 02, 2010, 08:05:10 PM
Post by: Alpine Mojo on November 02, 2010, 08:27:41 PM
Post by: jamng on November 02, 2010, 08:38:58 PM
Post by: the1rod on November 02, 2010, 08:58:52 PM
Post by: Backstrap on November 02, 2010, 09:05:36 PM
To set it, compress the spring (the triangle part) enough to scissor/spread the jaws (square parts) 90 degrees. When the jaws are in the "set" position, take the notched dog on top and secure it into the trigger (the wire prongs are missing from yours but they would normally extend several inches down the trigger). The trap is set upright in a trail (rodent run in this case) and held in place with sticks or stakes. Make sure the sticks used to hold it up are strong enough to hold it when an animal runs into it, so they don't knock it over. Also make sure the sticks don't interfere with it snapping shut. Be very careful, even this small one could probably brake your hand.
PS: You'd probably want to take a wire brush to it before setting it. Ans without the wire extensions on the trigger, it's almost impossible to catch anything.
PSS: Depending where you got this trap, you may have taken it illegally. Traps out in the woods are not generally free for the taking.
Post by: longstevo on November 02, 2010, 09:20:44 PM
Post by: Schmalzfam on November 02, 2010, 09:28:13 PM
Post by: longstevo on November 02, 2010, 09:34:17 PM
And they wonder why us women don't feel safe in the woods alone..... :o :o
Hahaha. Good point. Sometime us men don't feel safe in the woods, either. :yike:
Post by: jamng on November 02, 2010, 09:40:17 PM
Post by: longstevo on November 02, 2010, 09:42:58 PM
The trap I found was buried under a ton of pine needles and was only visible by a small piece of the chain. Its very rusty and looked like it has been there for many many years. If I thought it was in use or someones I would never have taken it. It was obvious to me that it was lost and there for many years..
Was the trap 'locked and loaded?' That'd have been a bad one to step on.
Post by: raekmike on November 02, 2010, 09:46:45 PM
Post by: jamng on November 02, 2010, 09:58:24 PM
Post by: longstevo on November 02, 2010, 10:10:41 PM
:dunno:
Post by: raekmike on November 02, 2010, 10:24:25 PM
Post by: longstevo on November 02, 2010, 10:32:55 PM
Jam, I in no way meant you or anyone on this post, I meant one toofed, one leg draggin, slurred speeched weirdo's carrying a six pack of Busch Ice askin "have ya seen anything" type guys...
Hey. How'd you know what I look like?
Post by: raekmike on November 02, 2010, 10:37:41 PM
Post by: Superhunter333 on November 02, 2010, 11:04:18 PM
Post by: charlesbearden1 on November 03, 2010, 12:26:12 AM
Post by: rasbo on November 03, 2010, 03:38:48 AM
The trap I found was buried under a ton of pine needles and was only visible by a small piece of the chain. Its very rusty and looked like it has been there for many many years. If I thought it was in use or someones I would never have taken it. It was obvious to me that it was lost and there for many years..110 coni,probably was dropped by a trapper..it would be good for some mountain beaver,rats small stuff.cool find though..
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on November 03, 2010, 05:48:33 AM
Post by: coachcw on November 03, 2010, 06:26:33 AM
Post by: cle elum bowhunter on November 03, 2010, 09:50:12 AM
Post by: wsucowboy on November 03, 2010, 10:10:44 AM
Post by: dscubame on November 03, 2010, 11:08:02 AM
Post by: pendoreilleadventures on November 03, 2010, 11:26:14 AM
Post by: wsucowboy on November 03, 2010, 11:27:40 AM
Post by: NWBREW on November 03, 2010, 11:32:31 AM
Post by: runamuk on November 03, 2010, 11:33:06 AM
damn and people think they need to fear the lions and tigers and bears oh my......as I always say its people that scare me not the critters so much
Post by: MADMAX on November 03, 2010, 11:34:02 AM
Post by: woodswalker on November 03, 2010, 11:44:24 AM
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Post by: TJD on November 03, 2010, 11:56:49 AM
Post by: spotter26 on November 03, 2010, 01:44:21 PM
Post by: seth30 on November 03, 2010, 01:53:12 PM
Post by: huntandjeep on November 03, 2010, 02:11:05 PM
Post by: skynyr on November 03, 2010, 02:13:32 PM
found an old michelin army tire today . i know not very weird but the place it was in was a pain in the arse to walk in to . No roads around Also found a llama walking around while elk hunting.That is wierd, I didn't know llamas hunt for elk too. :yike:
Post by: Sumpnneedskillin on November 03, 2010, 02:18:11 PM
Also found a llama walking around while elk hunting.Did you shoot and tag it?
http://www.huntthewest.com/updates2009/llama.htm (http://www.huntthewest.com/updates2009/llama.htm) (oldie but goodie)
Post by: bowhunterty on November 03, 2010, 02:27:13 PM
Post by: grundy53 on November 03, 2010, 03:44:19 PM
found an old michelin army tire today . i know not very weird but the place it was in was a pain in the arse to walk in to . No roads around Also found a llama walking around while elk hunting.
i was hunting a timber patch once and heard a bunch of sticks breaking ahead of me so i got a little excited... until i realized i put the stalk on a couple of llamas.... :'(
Post by: longstevo on November 03, 2010, 03:54:23 PM
found an old michelin army tire today . i know not very weird but the place it was in was a pain in the arse to walk in to . No roads around Also found a llama walking around while elk hunting.
i was hunting a timber patch once and heard a bunch of sticks breaking ahead of me so i got a little excited... until i realized i put the stalk on a couple of llamas.... :'(
I did that once to a moo cow.
Post by: HuntingFanatic on November 03, 2010, 04:08:36 PM
Also found a llama walking around while elk hunting.Did you shoot and tag it?
http://www.huntthewest.com/updates2009/llama.htm (http://www.huntthewest.com/updates2009/llama.htm) (oldie but goodie)
Lol thats new to me sumpn! :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: high country on November 03, 2010, 04:29:47 PM
Parts and bits of a military aircraft up on Green Mt....went back later to look and couldnt find the place again.
A naked hiker, he was wearing nothing but hiking boots and a backpack. And an old plane wreck in the blues this year.
you guys talking about this
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi193.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz16%2Fgyonemura%2F104.jpg&hash=ca614f1acce66a94364cd331f9ecdb4e15be3e2c)
Post by: wayner on November 03, 2010, 04:49:13 PM
and to think those people are actually let out in the woods :yike:Also found a llama walking around while elk hunting.Did you shoot and tag it?
http://www.huntthewest.com/updates2009/llama.htm (http://www.huntthewest.com/updates2009/llama.htm) (oldie but goodie)
Post by: Blsum on November 03, 2010, 06:44:27 PM
Post by: boneaddict on November 03, 2010, 09:51:39 PM
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Myself and a buddy of mine were elk scouting back in the early 90s stopped to go down a gated road and came across an emu it was one hell of a big bird,well my buddy pulled out his .41 mag and was going to shoot it and i said lets try to catch it we cornnered it on a high bank i grabed its legs he grabed its body and man the fight was on it starts kicking iam holding the legs with all i had while looking at the huge spurs on its legs thinking if i let go we toast the thing is swinging it head around smacking my buddy in the face iam laughing so hard iam crying we finely get to the ground i look at my buddy and he has one hell of a bloody nose were covered in mud we wrapped the thing in a tarp when we get to the truck it looked like a christmas package hog tied and all.We went down to the main road and started to stop at the houses and found the owner.To this day when i think about it i laugh to myself its one memory i will never forget and one of the wierdest things i have found in the woods.
That is about the funniest thing I have ever read. Being in the bird business, I can relate, having had a peacock beat the crap out of me. THAT WAS the hardest I have laughed almost ever.
Post by: hunter guy on November 03, 2010, 10:09:50 PM
Drove on down the road and waved down a game warden. He put his rubber gloves on and poked at it and said he could feel ribs, so this wasnt his juridiction unless it was a game animal. He waited for the sheriffe to show and to make a long story short, someone had wrapped their lab in a polarfleece blanket and buried way out in the woods. Weird.....
Post by: jeepasaurusrex on November 03, 2010, 10:18:13 PM
Post by: J Snow73 on November 04, 2010, 12:42:31 PM
I live near Sequim, so I have to go out into the woods so I can find 'normal'.So that show Meteorite Men is just a crock :dunno: there just finding old cannonballs :mor: :lol4:
Actually, at a buddy's cattle ranch in another state there are lots of 'meteorites'. Turned out that these 'meteorites' are actually cannonballs from a battle in the early 1800's. We think it is the site of a battlefield lost to time. So he calls them meteorites so the state and archaeologists won't come take his land from him.
Post by: coachcw on November 04, 2010, 12:49:05 PM
Post by: jeepasaurusrex on November 04, 2010, 01:45:21 PM
We were flying helicopter tours up out of the Baker Lake Resort in 1990. The pilot, Jack, and I went for a flight one hot day. We were flying up a creek that came into the north west side of the lake and as we popped over a hill, there was 3 women. All nekkid and skinny dipping. One tried to hide behind a log that was coming down off the bank, but her butt stuck out one side, and her upper body out the other. Kinda funny. The other two just waved as we flew over. :chuckle:
Post by: Cougeyes on November 04, 2010, 02:57:01 PM
Post by: halflife65 on November 04, 2010, 04:16:39 PM
Post by: J Snow73 on November 04, 2010, 04:17:42 PM
Not sure if this counts....
We were flying helicopter tours up out of the Baker Lake Resort in 1990. The pilot, Jack, and I went for a flight one hot day. We were flying up a creek that came into the north west side of the lake and as we popped over a hill, there was 3 women. All nekkid and skinny dipping. One tried to hide behind a log that was coming down off the bank, but her butt stuck out one side, and her upper body out the other. Kinda funny. The other two just waved as we flew over. :chuckle:
I did find two smokin hot little bettys once during archery season , way up in the woods , they were hikin in little short shorts . wish I'd had a doe tag`What the ... where in the he.. you guys huntin cuz I'm in :whoo: ;D Ahh probably permit only
Post by: MikeWalking on November 04, 2010, 04:28:51 PM
Post by: woodswalker on November 04, 2010, 04:42:09 PM
Parts and bits of a military aircraft up on Green Mt....went back later to look and couldnt find the place again.A naked hiker, he was wearing nothing but hiking boots and a backpack. And an old plane wreck in the blues this year.
you guys talking about this
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi193.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz16%2Fgyonemura%2F104.jpg&hash=ca614f1acce66a94364cd331f9ecdb4e15be3e2c)
High country, is that Green Mt up above Robe and Verlot?? Up out of Granite Falls?
Post by: champ41 on November 04, 2010, 07:15:07 PM
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Post by: halflife65 on November 04, 2010, 11:22:37 PM
Post by: MikeWalking on November 05, 2010, 05:47:21 AM
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Also I was driving up a forest road and came up on over 1000 sheep! some clankin around with bells around there necks. A couple guys were there herding them around and some big mean dogs barking at me! it was pretty comical really, wish I had my camera.
August of 1988-89(?) I started out to do the PCT from Hwy 2 to I90. Got about 2/3rds, to Lake Waptus and spent 2 days there watching the rain come in sideways, got to feeling pretty bad and decided to hike out to Salmon la sac, well off my map. Spent the night at the headwaters of Lake Cle Elum. Next day I started down a road, fingers crossed it was the right one. Came around a corner to an acre of scat that I didn't recognize. Decided it must be sheep, sure enough a corner later there he was, right out of a Basque travel brochure. He gave me directions that didn't sound right, so I went the other way. Looking at a map later he had me going miles out of the way over a very tall ridge.. >:( :dunno: :chuckle:
Post by: missinmt on November 05, 2010, 06:36:53 AM
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Post by: Lon on November 05, 2010, 08:29:02 AM
About 18 years ago 3 of us were hunting the hills near Twisp and coming off the mountain into a canyon full of houses we spotted a fight going on between 3 guys in orange and a home owner in a white blood soaked Tee shirt. We pulled off the side of the road pondering what we should do (3 against 1) and decided the best thing to do was to first pull off our orange and walked back to the fight hoping someone would come to their sense's. As we got closer we could see how bad the land owner was beatin but could also see his rage which in my opinion is what kept the fight going. The hunters would try and get in their truck but the land owner would do or say something and all 4 would be fighting again. I looked to my rite to see the owners wife (hadn't missed to many meals) running down their long drive way holding a cam recorder filming the hole thing, she even walked down to our truck and got a shot of our license plate. To make it worse I spotted a young 13 year old boy sitting in the front seat of the hunters truck with saucer size eyes, hope it wasn't his first hunting trip with dad! Anyway we herd sirens and jumped into out truck to leave, half way down we see this cop car flying up the road with a lone female cop driving. After a few jokes about that we were on our way home. A few weeks later my hunting buddy gets a phone call from the Sheriffs office wanting our side of what we had seen, turns out the 3 hunters were off duty cops of some sort from the west side. Don't know what started it, don't know how it ended...............................
Post by: Lon on November 05, 2010, 08:46:44 AM
We were in the hills above Lk. Wenatchee coming off the mountain when we noticed tire tracks running off the dirt road over the steep bank. We stopped, got out, and looked over the edge to see a '46 Chevy 2 ton flatbed laden with fire wood on the back. It had gone over the bank and center punch a tree, good thing as it was another couple hundred feet to the bottom. We carefully walked down the cliff expecting to find a dead driver but no driver. A good thing as most of the wood had shifted forward from impact into the back of the cab pushing it and the seat forward almost to the dash. Looked like the driver had bailed before impact. Looked to be a nice truck before the tree kiss so we looked her over, on the left front rubber brake hose I found a C- Clamp and 2 nickles clamping the brake line off completely, looks as though the owner/drive had known it was on it's last leg!
Post by: greg.elkslayer on November 09, 2010, 09:56:57 PM
Well an arrow or two later the cougar was gone and I did not want to go in to the bushes to find it. :bdid:
Post by: Greg30-06 on November 09, 2010, 10:13:23 PM
In 2000 I was on a three wheeler archery hunting down in 673 near naselle and I when down a road that was 15 year old clearcut(wall of brush). Anyway was planning and going to the end and getting to some timber. When I got to the bottom to turn around and park a guy in full swat gear vest, ar, face paint, radio, the works came out of the woods and right behind him was a pacific county sheriff with a chrome pump action. The sheriff came over and asked me what I was doing and explained to him while shaking and wondering what the hell was about to happen. He said you need to get out of here so I pulled the ole string and off I went. Come to find out 2 years later that they were in the middle of a Pot Bust. Someone found a stash that was being protected by guys with AK's and the 2 I ran into were covering an exit point. I am sure glad I found the police and not the guys with the AK'sGotta love Pacific County!!!!
Post by: thomasmx on November 09, 2010, 10:28:12 PM
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Post by: Greg30-06 on November 10, 2010, 08:23:15 PM
Not all that interesting, but odd to me. While elk hunting this past weekend we were walking up a beat up service road to a radio tower and all along the way there were fishing lures laying in the middle of the road. The odd part is there is nowhere nearby to even fish.Bet someone was ticked off when they got home and found that their tackle box had spilled :bash:
Post by: dscubame on November 10, 2010, 08:27:59 PM
Post by: Smokepole on November 10, 2010, 08:47:45 PM
I wonder if the snow pack got him? Or maybe a big cat? :EAT:
Post by: AKBowman on November 10, 2010, 09:13:21 PM
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Post by: longstevo on November 13, 2010, 08:15:47 PM
Post by: spotter26 on November 19, 2010, 07:06:37 PM
Post by: CAMPMEAT on November 19, 2010, 07:17:07 PM
Not all that interesting, but odd to me. While elk hunting this past weekend we were walking up a beat up service road to a radio tower and all along the way there were fishing lures laying in the middle of the road. The odd part is there is nowhere nearby to even fish.
Probably trolling for elk would be my guess.