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Post by Willie Mallard on Dec 28, 2012 19:44:13 GMT -6
What height do you set your connis at? bottom of trap to ground for 5x5, 160, 220. or do you just do the same as your snare's or cable depending on target animal.
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Post by trkyslyr on Dec 28, 2012 20:26:31 GMT -6
up here we can't use anything over 5x5 in dry land sets...
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Post by bobcat64 on Dec 28, 2012 20:35:14 GMT -6
I set mine about 2 inches to bottom of trap triggers down 220's trap dyed black
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Post by Willie Mallard on Dec 29, 2012 15:16:29 GMT -6
some thing to get use too ha bcat64 setting them things upside down.I know they give the looks of a biggier opening but I dont trust myself enough to set them upside down yet! lol. If the hole to a weasel dox is 4 inches off the ground cant you set 5x5 for mink in the trails just the sameas we do for 110's and 120's. so who ever is using the 5x5 in the trails " what height do you set them, and do you set them like Bcat64 mentioned
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Post by trapper7911 on Dec 29, 2012 16:08:09 GMT -6
When I set for coon I set 220 and 160 both. The 220s I set three inches off the ground with the trigger on top. And the smaller traps i set four inches and trigger on the bottom. I try and blend the trap with grass either way and put a small stick tou raise their heads just like a snare.
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Post by Willie Mallard on Dec 29, 2012 19:01:53 GMT -6
7911 you ever have luck with a red going through a 160 in a blind trail? would think I would have to bring the bottom up to about 7 or 8 inches dont you think?
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Post by trapper7911 on Dec 29, 2012 21:07:41 GMT -6
I've caught one in a 220 and that was a young dumb one. I would definitely bring it up a little higher and then my best suggestion is to blend the trap well stake it real well and cover your scent. They're awfully spooky when it comes to sticking their head somewhere.
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Post by bobcat64 on Dec 30, 2012 9:45:00 GMT -6
Never really gave the stick idea a thought but seems like a good idea..... and ya i always try to blend the set in with limbs with leaves on them just try to make them looks as natural as possible... never even tried for a fox in them just coons... in the marsh otters and rats and coons set the same way but blended in with grass.....
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Post by trapper7911 on Dec 30, 2012 17:38:41 GMT -6
Just enough to make them pick their head up before they hit the trap. I sometimes run a little fish oil up and down the trail to help keep them on the trail rather than going around
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Post by Willie Mallard on Dec 30, 2012 18:30:47 GMT -6
I was wondering about a drop or two each side of the conni with fox or cat pee, what you guys think? just a two drops each side
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Post by Willie Mallard on Dec 30, 2012 18:32:24 GMT -6
on the trailing scent are we looking for curiousity or food smell?
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Post by trapper7911 on Dec 30, 2012 18:50:59 GMT -6
My theory is to get their brains thinking about food rather than where they are going. The set is really a blind set and it is just whatever goes down the trail. I just want to put the odds in my favor in regards to trap avoidance
My thoughts on a couple drops of urine are that everything will stop and sniff at urine no matter where it came from. I want them to keep moving
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Post by Willie Mallard on Dec 30, 2012 18:57:46 GMT -6
moving and moving fast, cool thanks for clearing up my mind. kinda like carcass piles and guard every way in! cold rolling in a totally new region is catching up. I'd really suck out west in the rocks
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Post by trapper7911 on Dec 30, 2012 19:12:48 GMT -6
Cold rolling is never easy but thankfully it doesn't take long to get a game plan around
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Post by predatorwild on Jan 3, 2013 20:22:21 GMT -6
Willie, having any luck getting coons in those 5x5s?
~ Heath
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Post by Willie Mallard on Jan 5, 2013 21:42:53 GMT -6
no I'm not, but I'm stacking them with the 160\and 220's.
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