crow1971
Junior Member
FREEDOM TRAPPER, Franklin Parish, La. NTA & LTAHA member, co-owner of Crow's Animal Removal
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Post by crow1971 on Mar 24, 2014 19:45:21 GMT -6
I got ? for you guys, I've been settin for yotes for the past 3 seasons & haven't caught one yet, I've trapped my whole life with my Papa, he passed in 09, we used to catch em all the time, I've set like he taught me, dirt holes, flat sets, post sets, & blind sets, can't figure what I'm doing wrong, some sets are thrown, which I figure they may be rollin in, others may be deer, but I've set off the trail, I'm stumped, feel like I'm disgracing my grandpa, all my other sets for coons, muskrats, possums, beaver, & fox are catching, my papa always told me yotes were skidish but lordy didn't think they were this bad, maybe some tips from yall might help, by the way I live La. theres swamps, creeks, ponds, pastures, farm land, & woods here, so if you guys got any tricks up your sleeves please share, thanks.     Always listen to your elders, they are a wealth of knowledge, & pass it on to the next generation, they are the future & the only way to keep those memories & knowledge going! |
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Post by kato on Mar 24, 2014 22:32:06 GMT -6
Make sure your bedding the trap solid and check your pan tension. If your trap has any movement it will get dug up. Location is key.
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Post by mmaxwell on Mar 26, 2014 8:05:24 GMT -6
I had the same problem when I started out and it was always a bedding problem, as they work the set if they step on the edge of the trap and feel it move, they will dig it and flip it every time.
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Post by login on Mar 26, 2014 9:02:02 GMT -6
If your setting OFF the trail, then your not setting on location. Where ever you see coyote scat and tracks, that is where you want to set. Just like the other guys said bed your trap solid and make sure you keep your baits and lures away from your traps so your traps won't smell like your baits and lures. If they roll your set, you might have your smell to close to the surface of the ground, you want them to dig for the smell.
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Post by supertrap63 on Mar 26, 2014 18:46:29 GMT -6
I'm sure your on location. having the trap bedding right is one I still think to much lure. A whitetail will go a long way to smell something.you can tell when the trap is tripped with no hair in it an its at the end of the chain no signs of struggle moist likely deer. set out a trail camera they are a mager learning tool.
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crow1971
Junior Member
FREEDOM TRAPPER, Franklin Parish, La. NTA & LTAHA member, co-owner of Crow's Animal Removal
Posts: 37
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Post by crow1971 on Mar 28, 2014 10:20:08 GMT -6
Thanks guys, Willie I tried toning down on my traps with the smell, I just used mice, & I got one this morning, also made sure my bedding was solid, so thanks to all of ya!! Oh by the way my nieghbor owns a processing business & told me I could set some traps at his carcass dump, reckon I can catch some there, what do yall think?
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Post by login on Mar 28, 2014 12:55:11 GMT -6
Where you from?
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Post by tjm on Mar 28, 2014 14:24:55 GMT -6
" by the way I live La. theres swamps, creeks, ponds, pastures, farm land, & woods here," ^^^ |
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crow1971
Junior Member
FREEDOM TRAPPER, Franklin Parish, La. NTA & LTAHA member, co-owner of Crow's Animal Removal
Posts: 37
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Post by crow1971 on Mar 30, 2014 1:50:16 GMT -6
Yeah I'm from La. don't hold it against me, lol, we have alot of wildlife around my area, I live in the northeast part of the state so I can set for about anything & catch em, I love where I live, so much diversity of wildlife, wouldn't mind coming up yall's way & doing some trapping or vice versa, I could show you guys how a La. redneck does things, yall could show me how yall roll up in the Ozarks!!!!!  |
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Post by trkyslyr on Mar 30, 2014 9:35:47 GMT -6
Don't set too close to the carcass piles with your footholds, you'll catch stuff ya don't wanna catch... set the trails leading to and from them..
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crow1971
Junior Member
FREEDOM TRAPPER, Franklin Parish, La. NTA & LTAHA member, co-owner of Crow's Animal Removal
Posts: 37
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Post by crow1971 on Mar 30, 2014 19:52:24 GMT -6
Thanks trkyslyr, yeah my nieghbor said the same thing I told him yep don;t want no grinners, he showed me the trail the yotes are using so I just put some blind sets out, might take a while, he aint seen none in a week so I figured there're making there rounds, I'll get eventually.
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crow1971
Junior Member
FREEDOM TRAPPER, Franklin Parish, La. NTA & LTAHA member, co-owner of Crow's Animal Removal
Posts: 37
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Post by crow1971 on Mar 30, 2014 20:03:10 GMT -6
Got another ? for yall, I found a nice big creek my friend said had some beavers in on the same nieghbors property & found 2 dams but can't find the lodge, I walked it out the first dam to the second is bout 150 yrds apart, I walked on for bout 500 yrds but cant find the lodge, did I not walk far enough or could it be off the creek in the woods, I don't know aint fooled with beaver alot so if yall can help out it would be appreciated, I cant trap em right now there out of season only things I can trap are yotes, coon, grinners, nutria, & hogs, it's open season yr round here. Thanks!!
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Post by trkyslyr on Mar 31, 2014 8:45:09 GMT -6
check for bank dens. might not have a lodge.
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Post by 64bobcat on Mar 31, 2014 13:10:45 GMT -6
X2 on that sandy spots usually their is a den their!
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Post by login on Apr 1, 2014 8:57:18 GMT -6
" by the way I live La. theres swamps, creeks, ponds, pastures, farm land, & woods here," ^^^ Well how did I miss that? |
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crow1971
Junior Member
FREEDOM TRAPPER, Franklin Parish, La. NTA & LTAHA member, co-owner of Crow's Animal Removal
Posts: 37
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Post by crow1971 on Apr 1, 2014 17:30:30 GMT -6
S'alright, I do to, think I'm gettin sometimers, some times I see stuff some times I don't, went back to the creek today found the den, right in the bank like yall said, now what can I do to get ready for trapping em, what kinda lures & baits get em, I got castor, any thing else?
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Post by backwoodsman1968 on Apr 2, 2014 2:00:06 GMT -6
If you can find it, Mountain man beaver lure, the best. Carmen's is good too. Peeled sapling makes good bait. Muskrat lures sometimes have appeal to beavers too. I had to trap beavers early one year due to them tripping my rat traps. I had lure with sweet flag and the beaver loved it.
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Post by trkyslyr on Apr 2, 2014 12:17:00 GMT -6
Man, find the bank dens and just slap 330s in the the run... too easy...
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Post by 64bobcat on Apr 2, 2014 16:37:06 GMT -6
place that 330 in front of the hole....... u will smoke them !
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Post by kato on Apr 2, 2014 21:37:48 GMT -6
castor is all you need
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