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Post by woody on Dec 3, 2009 20:10:18 GMT -5
1 Stability, stability, stability. I can't say it enough. Get those conis so they don't move.
2 For stabilizing conis in hard pan bottom runs I find some chewed sticks 3/4" or less in diameter and shove them (2 each side) in through the coil springs at opposing angles which prevent the trap from rocking forward and backward. Sometimes in hard pan runs you can only get a stick in a few inches vertically but at an angle they may go in 6 or 8 inches.
3 For 330 shy beavers in runs I cut 2 tree limbs with really fine branches on it and place on each side of trap floating on the water along with a dive stick directly over the coni. Beavers are used to swimming through branches under water and I think the small branches break up the outline of the coni. It also slows them down and gets them to dive earlier . I did some ADC work years ago and was setting a coni in a run out of a house. I had the coni set and was placing the trap in the run, still had my hands on the springs and a beaver came out of the house full speed and swam THROUGH the coni, not getting caught. I came up with this and it seems to work. Slows them down and distracts them . I've reduced the number of empty-snapped conis to nearly zero with this trick. It also works good on conis set in really deep runs as it gets them to the bottom and flattened out before they hit the coni.
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Post by northcountry on Dec 3, 2009 21:30:57 GMT -5
Love the 330 trick, thanks for sharing.
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