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Just a comment on marking trap locations with ribbons, tape etc. I generally will locate my trap markers to one side of my trap or the other maybe 20-25 feet. No sense leading a thief right to the trap. Make them work for it or think the mark was for something else.
Quote from: Mt.Beaver on October 30, 2018, 07:53:37 PMJust a comment on marking trap locations with ribbons, tape etc. I generally will locate my trap markers to one side of my trap or the other maybe 20-25 feet. No sense leading a thief right to the trap. Make them work for it or think the mark was for something else.I'm pretty paranoid about marking things. I rarely mark a set that way just because I've had a couple traps tampered with. In some places I'll even neglect my visual attractants for this same reason.
Quote from: Jonathan_S on November 21, 2018, 08:01:50 AMQuote from: Mt.Beaver on October 30, 2018, 07:53:37 PMJust a comment on marking trap locations with ribbons, tape etc. I generally will locate my trap markers to one side of my trap or the other maybe 20-25 feet. No sense leading a thief right to the trap. Make them work for it or think the mark was for something else.I'm pretty paranoid about marking things. I rarely mark a set that way just because I've had a couple traps tampered with. In some places I'll even neglect my visual attractants for this same reason.Use a handheld GPS and mark the spot. Nobody know than but you JC
Here is something that I told the class yesterday at Cabelas. Often when you are setting swimthroughs you will find a nice channel or maybe a edge set but the water is too swift. The flowing water sets the trap off or maybe it stays set but a few bits of grass build up on the trigger and off it goes, frustrating!Cut your self a small willowy whip and insert that through the cage wire side to side on the downstream side of the trigger wires so that the trigger can rest against the whip. Provides additional support for the trigger so it will not be set off so easy.It seems not to deter animals from going through the trap and even with what seemed like a pretty substantial stick I seem to catch even rats so no problem with the trap firing.
Just a word to the wise if you plan to get some of Dunlap's Hellfire long distance smear lure, expect your post office, your mail man, your wife, your kids, and you sister in law to be very upset with it being near them mail man hand delivered to the front door and mention he doesn't think he will ever get the smell out of his truck 🤣😂🤣😂 and that was through cardboard box, packing paper, 2 ziplocks, tape and the glass jar