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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: Brownie28 on January 07, 2012, 05:08:36 PM

Title: Trap Plans
Post by: Brownie28 on January 07, 2012, 05:08:36 PM: Does anyone have or know of a place where i can get plans or instructions on how to make homemade traps? I have access to big breaks for bending the wire and a welder for the frame just need some sort of direction for making the mechaninsm to spring the trap. Im sure i could tinker with it and figure it out just dont want to waste materials on trial and error.
Title: Re: Trap Plans
Post by: dayn on January 07, 2012, 06:12:14 PM: You could buy one and copy the process.

Hannible makes some pretty good cages I hear, he's probably one to give better advice than me.

I'm just making the colonies.
Title: Re: Trap Plans
Post by: trapperguy22 on January 07, 2012, 06:24:07 PM: Brownie,
what kind of cages are you looking to build, what animals are you targeting? let me know if you want to look at soem i have most types.
Title: Re: Trap Plans
Post by: Brownie28 on January 07, 2012, 06:35:01 PM: just coons and maybe some bobcats. I have to take the trapping course before i can start but i figure in the mean time i could work on getting some materials and building some traps while im waiting. maybe enen some colony traps for musk rats. i figure it would probably be cheaqper to make them than it would be to buy them, and it gives me something to do on slow days at work.
Title: Re: Trap Plans
Post by: onetrapper on January 09, 2012, 05:38:18 PM: Hi Brownie,
sign up to Trapperman.com then you can search the archives...very detailed photos etc available
Darryl
Title: Re: Trap Plans
Post by: rasbo on January 09, 2012, 05:41:40 PM: where do you live I have traps you can look at,what kind
Title: Re: Trap Plans
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on January 09, 2012, 05:51:37 PM: A good resource for places to get trapping info is in a magazine called "Fur Fish & Game". Hard to find, but a good mag. I subscribed to it when I was a kid (a looooong time ago). My uncle gave me some back issues, and they should get here wednesday with the rest of the stuff I UPS'd to myself.
Title: Re: Trap Plans
Post by: dayn on January 09, 2012, 06:08:29 PM: Quote from: onetrapper on January 09, 2012, 05:38:18 PM
Hi Brownie,
sign up to Trapperman.com then you can search the archives...very detailed photos etc available
Darryl

Yep, lots and lots of good info there.