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Post by tryinhard on Dec 10, 2014 11:14:18 GMT -6
Exactly 7 days ago I pinched the otter on the dock. I saw his gift to me this morning as I was checking traps. Now, how to catch him?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2014 11:31:35 GMT -6
Saw a floating conibear set somewhere ,maybe trapperman , the coin was submerged ,had an otter in it ,look under the Oregon trappers assoc also.
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Post by tryinhard on Dec 10, 2014 11:36:56 GMT -6
Too much current for that. I'm leaning toward bringing I some cardboard and dirt or sand and making a box to conceal the trap in. I'll bait it with a fish carcass. Does anyone know if the otter will keep with a 7 day return time?
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Post by login on Dec 10, 2014 12:30:41 GMT -6
Didn't know there was a 168 hr check in MO.
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Post by tryinhard on Dec 10, 2014 16:29:09 GMT -6
What are you talking about? I'm asking if anyone knows if the otter keep a regular pattern so I will know to have fresh bait out.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2014 16:49:09 GMT -6
I am sure there are many factors on his travel patterns , maybe put up a trail cam and see how it reacts and when it comes back.
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Post by login on Dec 10, 2014 17:57:21 GMT -6
I knew I was reading that wrong for some reason...
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Post by Walleye Joe on Dec 10, 2014 18:04:22 GMT -6
I knew I was reading that wrong for some reason... No, you didn't! I was struggling with the wording too! It may have been more clear if the word "keep" was replaced with "stay". |
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Post by trapper660 on Dec 10, 2014 18:59:53 GMT -6
Nope clear as day. Will the otter keep with a 7 day return. wil it stick with will it stay with does it do would also be exceptable phrases
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Post by login on Dec 10, 2014 21:10:36 GMT -6
Well sorry, I thought when he said "Does anyone know if the otter will keep with a 7 day return time?", that he was asking if a otter would keep (meaning "stay fresh after it is dead") when he (tryinhard) would returned 7 days later to check the set. That is how I took the wording, sorry, my bad!!!
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Post by supertrap63 on Dec 10, 2014 21:57:37 GMT -6
HI
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Post by supertrap63 on Dec 10, 2014 22:13:15 GMT -6
Exactly 7 days ago I pinched the otter on the dock. I saw his gift to me this morning as I was checking traps. Now, how to catch him? U must trap every day or ull never get it |
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Post by jaytrap on Dec 10, 2014 22:22:25 GMT -6
If you see sign now you better set now. My experiences the otter will stay around an area for a while before moving on again.
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Post by tryinhard on Dec 10, 2014 23:12:52 GMT -6
I have this issue every year. The otter come to the dock, I can't set a legal trap to catch them & the dock owner sets an illegal trap because he can protect his property and catches them. He disposes of the entire animal. The CA here lets him do it. Just trying to put the cash in my pocket instead of it rotting somewhere. I'm limited on bait and have heard that fresh is what they like. I was thinking I could set the trap on a drowner on the 6th day and hope to have him when he came back on the 7th.
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Post by coonsnagger on Dec 11, 2014 9:15:54 GMT -6
It is an old rule of thumb with otter. My accidental a week ago was a coni I had set for a little over a week and bam.
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Post by trapper660 on Dec 11, 2014 12:21:21 GMT -6
Well sorry, I thought when he said "Does anyone know if the otter will keep with a 7 day return time?", that he was asking if a otter would keep (meaning "stay fresh after it is dead") when he (tryinhard) would returned 7 days later to check the set. That is how I took the wording, sorry, my bad!!! Darn you Login!!!  |
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Post by bigbob on Dec 11, 2014 15:54:58 GMT -6
Well sorry, I thought when he said "Does anyone know if the otter will keep with a 7 day return time?", that he was asking if a otter would keep (meaning "stay fresh after it is dead") when he (tryinhard) would returned 7 days later to check the set. That is how I took the wording, sorry, my bad!!! That was my take too, but I knew that was wrong and re-read it. |
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Post by bigbob on Dec 11, 2014 15:58:32 GMT -6
I have this issue every year. The otter come to the dock, I can't set a legal trap to catch them & the dock owner sets an illegal trap because he can protect his property and catches them. He disposes of the entire animal. The CA here lets him do it. Just trying to put the cash in my pocket instead of it rotting somewhere. I'm limited on bait and have heard that fresh is what they like. I was thinking I could set the trap on a drowner on the 6th day and hope to have him when he came back on the 7th. Talk to the dock owner and see if he will let YOU trap the dock as his agent, or maybe give the catch to you. Why can't you set a legal trap? |
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Post by tryinhard on Dec 11, 2014 17:46:07 GMT -6
To do what he is doing would be illegal. He has the permission from the CA.
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Post by kcdavis on Dec 11, 2014 18:31:15 GMT -6
let the dock owner set em and you go with him and say ill take that thank ya very much lol i dont know the right answer docks are hard to trap underwater coni box with a couple crappie in it should do
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