Re: Snow is KILLING my snaring!
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12/31/2012 04:34 AM
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delaney
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Heck, I wish I had your energy. It should work good.
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Re: Snow is KILLING my snaring!
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12/31/2012 05:05 AM
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trapperDave
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just wait for fresh yote tracks and hang em where they come thru. good time to put in some high eye appeal flat sets too. Take a rake/broom out and clear a spot in the field/pasture about ten foot in diameter. churn up some soil to really get their attention. A big dark spot in sea of white will draw them from a long ways. Another good set is bale of straw out in the open. Toss some corn under it. mice will move in. food for the yotes plus canines love gettin on top of high spots to get a better look around. One last great snow set...drive around the perimeter of field/pasture with four wheeler/truck then hang snares in the tire tracks. Yotes will use them for easier walking
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Re: Snow is KILLING my snaring!
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12/31/2012 05:45 AM
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Originally posted by trapperDave: just wait for fresh yote tracks and hang em where they come thru. good time to put in some high eye appeal flat sets too. Take a rake/broom out and clear a spot in the field/pasture about ten foot in diameter. churn up some soil to really get their attention. A big dark spot in sea of white will draw them from a long ways. Another good set is bale of straw out in the open. Toss some corn under it. mice will move in. food for the yotes plus canines love gettin on top of high spots to get a better look around. One last great snow set...drive around the perimeter of field/pasture with four wheeler/truck then hang snares in the tire tracks. Yotes will use them for easier walking Sounds like some great ideas TD. Thanks for the advice.
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Re: Snow is KILLING my snaring!
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12/31/2012 06:09 AM
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delaney
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+1 on the tire track approach. I know a guy in the Lafayette area that drives weed fields in the same manner and then set the snares in the tire tracks. Leo and his brothers usually caught over a 100 a year but supposedly stopped a little over 50 this year when their buyer quit buying.
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Re: Snow is KILLING my snaring!
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12/31/2012 07:20 AM
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I set my snares Saturday. Checked them yesterday and had a rabbit by the neck in one...lol. He was still alive so I turned him loose. Not quite sure how the rabbit tripped the snare??? I havent run them today so I hope there is at least one caught. After the fresh snow I only saw one set of yote tracks but Im sure there are plenty more around. h.h.
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Re: Snow is KILLING my snaring!
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12/31/2012 08:26 AM
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in deep snow, multiple yotes will use the same track/footprint. Old trapper trick is to approach a yote track at 90 degree angle, then standing to the side slide a trap into a track from the side. try not to disturb the snow above. Use dry moss under trap to keep from freezing down and wire to a drag
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Re: Snow is KILLING my snaring!
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12/31/2012 01:24 PM
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trapperDave
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Originally posted by DawnPatrol: Dang.....all this trapping talk.....makes deer hunting sound easy its all fun...till ya take up beavers. Thats where it turns to work
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Re: Snow is KILLING my snaring!
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12/31/2012 06:32 PM
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I have learned the hard way, you really have to watch where you place a snare, and make sure you have heavy enough cable and connections on the snares for coyotes. Some will just lay down and wait on you to show up, and others will tear up everything within reach, and get loose. In some instances, a long 7' snare is called for, and others, I shorten them to just a foot on top of the loop. In some instances, its best not to give them too much room to move around after they are caught.
+1 Dave on the beavers.....nothing easy about them!!!! My Father has caught nearly 30 so far this year for farmers, and he still has a long list of places to get to. He commented the other day that it is wearing him out!!
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Re: Snow is KILLING my snaring!
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01/01/2013 05:47 AM
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The dog some how worked the quick link apart??? Most of the time when I set next to bushes the dog will hang himself. This set was just to the side of an old mowed path that had grown shut and it lead to a open path a few feet away. This is the first time I had a quick link open so from now on I will use pliers to tighten them up. Time to run snares...h.h.
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Re: Snow is KILLING my snaring!
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01/01/2013 01:48 PM
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Snare where blank today but I did see a lot of fresh tracks. Several of the tracks got kind of close to my sets but change direction.
I put out a deer carcus I had saved with the shot set-up about 175 yards. I plan on setting that bait pile in a couple days. Friday I will reset some of the snares.
I might head to Hoosier Trapper in a few days for some snare supplies. I kind of hate doing that because I always end up buying way more stuff than I need.....LOL h.h.
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Re: Snow is KILLING my snaring!
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01/05/2013 10:09 PM
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I start trapping beavers in a few weeks...weather permitting
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