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Post by bluetickboy on Nov 3, 2014 18:08:42 GMT -5
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Post by tony1967 on Nov 3, 2014 18:40:19 GMT -5
Nice work! I'm still trying to get one in a hayset. Have one out at the moment, probably put more out once the snow hits.
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Post by kirkwooder on Nov 3, 2014 19:06:51 GMT -5
Congrats!
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Post by uncledoug on Nov 3, 2014 19:25:31 GMT -5
Very nice, congrats.
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Post by bluetickboy on Nov 6, 2014 19:17:26 GMT -5
A second fox in the same hay set today. Just a different bait.
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Post by papabear on Nov 7, 2014 21:49:13 GMT -5
Dear Friend, Good for you, keep up the good work. Regards
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Post by bearpaws on Nov 19, 2014 8:09:44 GMT -5
Very nice. Learned a lesson this week.Had hay set out and saw fox tracks around it.Figured he didn't step on trap.Next day did closer inspection moved some hay to expose traps and one was set off clogged up with hay. Have to get scissors out!
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tmc
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Post by tmc on Nov 19, 2014 9:54:24 GMT -5
My (limited) experience is that you just really don't need much covering, and it's usually nighttime when they're at the set anyhow. I tend to use flimsy fiberglass screen cut to cover, and then it's VERY little hay on top of it. And don't go crazy with bedding, use the hay as the trap's bedding. I also place small sticks, etc. scattered around under the hay, but I don't use straight sticks, nor crazy contorted sticks, but sticks that will move when stepped on under the hay and the animal can't or doesn't see them. My "theory" is that if the animal is stepping on things that are naturally there and will give under foot, like the sticks, and they are used to it, then they aren't likely to react in a negative way to a softer/similar movement of the trap; at a dirthole, it's another story, but in the haysets I haven't encountered that looseness to be a problem. I do think that almost all misses, and I've only had a couple (like one last night!), are from too much covering. And last night's wind blew the hay around so that there was a clump over the trap. I know the big old dog fox that tripped it, I just hope he didn't learn a lesson from it. He is a very, VERY big fox, I've never seen one anywhere near half his size before, I hope to be posting pics of him soon. Also, using the hay as bedding is better than fair insurance to keep the trap from freezing down. >clink!<>clink!< my two cents.
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Post by camohoyt340 on Nov 19, 2014 11:11:09 GMT -5
I have a bunch of hay I put in onion bags/old coal bags. I usually use 1 bag for two sets. At the bottom of the bag there is always a bunch of finely broke up hay. I use that to cover my trap.
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Post by goodeyesniper375 on Nov 19, 2014 22:23:20 GMT -5
Been trying them a while and no luck good going ya show off lol
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