austinp
#3 Newhouse
the next fur season is never far from our minds :)
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Post by austinp on Jan 29, 2013 10:47:38 GMT -5
Hey austin if you see this - I'm counting on the garden hayset producing at least one male red tonight, it'll be two days since the female was caught there. I'm rooting for ya! to be clear, most of my catches were in fresh sets and not repeat circles. so you might very well hang the next visitors in other sets Had I made the effort to remake new sets outside of fox catch circles this season from start to finish, it would have easily added 50% to 100% more fox on my total catch. Never again will I reset a fox trap in a fox-catch circle... taking the bit of extra time for remakes in fresh soil from now on.
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Post by trappermac on Jan 29, 2013 12:54:06 GMT -5
Never again will I reset a fox trap in a fox-catch circle... taking the bit of extra time for remakes in fresh soil from now on. I'd say that 8-10 of my 30 reds this year were taken in remakes in the circle, same trap and usually no added lure or urine....has always worked well for me.
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austinp
#3 Newhouse
the next fur season is never far from our minds :)
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Post by austinp on Jan 29, 2013 12:58:26 GMT -5
that used to work for me... but not any more. I had a few spots where the circles repeated... but the vast majority were clearly avoided in the center, tracks circling the perimeter and then caught in sideline sets or they continued on and were missed
coon, possum, skunk, rabbit, coyote catches had no effect at all. but fox catch circles died right out until time passed and they mellowed. had I pulled them all and remade on the upwind or downwind edge of circle, my catch would have probably doubled. at the very least, 50% more fox
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Post by hardwoodcharlie on Jan 29, 2013 14:23:13 GMT -5
Very nice glad to see you're getting some action. K9 tracks and sign have all but vanished around me,fisher seem to be very plentiful though,hopefully we get a season in the near future.
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Post by gorhamtrapper on Jan 29, 2013 17:19:56 GMT -5
HAVE HAD GREAT LUCK WITH REMAKES IN THE SAME CATCH CIRCLE. 14 REDS IN THE SAME CIRCLE LAST SEASON, MANY TIMES 2 DAYS IN A ROW. DON'T BE AFRAID TO TRY DIFFERENT THINGS, LET THE ANIMALS SHOW YOU. GOOD LUCK.
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