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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: huntinglonewolf on January 15, 2011, 04:44:04 AM

Title: 19 day cat video
Post by: huntinglonewolf on January 15, 2011, 04:44:04 AM: Here is the video of the cat I got today. Traps had been set for 19 days. Remember when trapping cats Patience is a virtue 8)

Picture 536 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7wNS4cB5Jg#)
Title: Re: 19 day cat video
Post by: rasbo on January 15, 2011, 06:38:50 AM: awesom video Marty...I havent seen the shingle set up...seems to getter done though
Title: Re: 19 day cat video
Post by: quadrafire on January 15, 2011, 07:31:00 AM: What do you meam by shingle?
That has to get you excited to walk up and find the trap filled.
Title: Re: 19 day cat video
Post by: huntinglonewolf on January 15, 2011, 07:59:08 AM: Quote from: quadrafire on January 15, 2011, 07:31:00 AM
What do you meam by shingle?
That has to get you excited to walk up and find the trap filled.

Here is a picture with a shingle on the pan and the trap is exposed. It is a cubby. The cat was caught in a walk through set with the same set up as the cubby picture.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi47.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ff184%2Fhuntinglonewolf%2F2010%2520trapping%2520season%2FPicture463.jpg&hash=bf87ae9fe21c7e9b458140f40dc276fcb34f452e)
Title: Re: 19 day cat video
Post by: TeacherMan on January 15, 2011, 08:20:09 AM: you really fence your sets close in and with heavy material, reason for that? I have always used smaller pencil size material and put the about 6" farther back and more a cirlcle. all preference I guess. One positive I can see about being so close and using larger sticks is it would keep bunnies out.

Do you always use 4's??? I do on lynx but when I trapped bobcat I used #3 Northwoods coils. I'm assuming a gap.

Great cat, beautiful fur.
Title: Re: 19 day cat video
Post by: seth30 on January 15, 2011, 08:46:14 AM: Wow! Thanks for the video, always nice to see live action. Makes me wanna start trapping.
Title: Re: 19 day cat video
Post by: huntinglonewolf on January 15, 2011, 09:22:42 AM: Quote from: TeacherMan on January 15, 2011, 08:20:09 AM
you really fence your sets close in and with heavy material, reason for that? I have always used smaller pencil size material and put the about 6" farther back and more a cirlcle. all preference I guess. One positive I can see about being so close and using larger sticks is it would keep bunnies out.

Do you always use 4's??? I do on lynx but when I trapped bobcat I used #3 Northwoods coils. I'm assuming a gap.

Great cat, beautiful fur.

The double longsprings won't freeze down like the levers on coilsprings. I like the #4s for the bigger jaw spread. As for the fencing I really block them so the only place to step is on the shingle and the bigger sticks makes it for sure they won't step over the whole trap.
Title: Re: 19 day cat video
Post by: TeacherMan on January 15, 2011, 10:44:21 AM: Totally understand, I sent to the double longsprings in AK for the same reason, I use heavy fencing like that for lynx but thats to keep the bunnies out. Have a great season, I may try that with the shingle.
Title: Re: 19 day cat video
Post by: huntinglonewolf on January 15, 2011, 10:56:23 AM: The shingle works really good. I cut the shingle the size I won't and then cut a piece of black nylon sreen the same size as the shingle and staple the sreen on the bottom side of the shingle. Works really well.