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Post by Iowa Badger on Jul 20, 2004 8:38:38 GMT -6
I have read of John Graham’s t-bone sets. Is a t-bone set a bone pounded into the ground and lured? I think they are more common out west then in the Midwest. Or am I way off base?  |
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Post by 17kiss on Jul 20, 2004 8:40:44 GMT -6
You got it . provides a visual while keeping the lure up off the ground. the T-bone has a hole that is real nice to shove some wool or cotton in as a lure holder. Was playing with that one also last year.
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Post by Iowa Badger on Jul 20, 2004 8:52:34 GMT -6
So it is an actual "T-bone" from a steak?
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Post by trappnman on Jul 20, 2004 8:55:46 GMT -6
yes-
hard to find in carcass dumps- at least for me...whereas cow rib bones are abundant and easy to collect.
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Post by Wackyquacker on Jul 20, 2004 9:21:07 GMT -6
Lets back up just a bit, the "T" bone is vertebre...one a long spine as opposed to those from nearer the tail. When the butcher splits the carcass with a saw he turns each one of these into 2 "T" bone steaks (well more or less). The bone driven into the ground is hard for the coyote to steal, provides a nice natural (at least in the pastures of the west) visual and the passage way for the spinal cord is just dandy for a lure holder. John most often prefers to set these up as walkthroughs but they do well as backings for standard flat sets. Sheep "t"s work fine also.
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Post by woody on Jul 20, 2004 9:33:26 GMT -6
Steve how many you want  I bet I could get ya some from the dump at the dairy farm ;D |
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Post by Iowa Badger on Jul 20, 2004 9:34:52 GMT -6
John wants a lure that will get a licking, biting response. Is that what you want to WQ?
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Post by trappnman on Jul 20, 2004 9:38:31 GMT -6
don't be too sure woody! I have several dairy dumps to choose from- and T-bones are hard to find...plus....if found, are usually pretty stinky... wherea rib bones..bright and shiny and laying all over like brighht new pennies....why, a boy had to pick up as many as he could carry....  |
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Post by Wackyquacker on Jul 20, 2004 9:39:30 GMT -6
I guess all I want is a walk up and step on the pan response...don't really care what or why. ;D
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Post by Iowa Badger on Jul 20, 2004 9:42:15 GMT -6
8-)understood
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Post by Zagman on Jul 20, 2004 15:24:26 GMT -6
I have buckets of them, and pull them up just like when I pull the trap when I am done with that specific set..... They are relatively hard to find, in that there are only 4-5-6 goods ones in the entire backbone of the cow.....you want the wants with the real long tang on them..... The hole in them is what sets them apart from most bones..... nice place for lure and protects it to some degree from the elements. Driving them in is key.....you dont want to give them something for free...... They are surpisingly durable.....most coyotes ignore them once you catch them and the bones are usually in fine shape to go to work for you again..... I think they are just as "natural" here as they are in the west....but I guess I dont even concern myself with that...... I think the T-Bone name is more due to it's shape than anthing to do with a steak... As an aside: I found some while trapping in Montana this past winter.....bones are everywhere out there.....some were from a bull, and were a lot bigger and longer than those from the dairy cows I get them from here..... Anyways, there were so many, I started picking them up and throwing them in the truck with the thought of bringing them home on the plane or maybe shipping them back..... I packed my duffel bag full of them......I always wondered what security thought when they saw those bones going through the X-ray! Jimmy Hoffa!?! On the way home and during an overlay in Minneapolis, I realized that I had a bag full of cow bones from Montana but I had bought nothing for my wife! I scrambled and bought her a Minneapolis sweatshirt.... She's like, "Why didnt you get me a Montana sweatshirt?"..... Only a trapper! Zags |
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Post by foxtail on Jul 20, 2004 15:56:44 GMT -6
 The bones in question are the thorasic vertibrae. |
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Post by Wackyquacker on Jul 20, 2004 16:16:57 GMT -6
The lumbar vertebrae will also ...just rotate 90 degrees and use the "short rib" instead of the top spine to pound into the ground
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Post by 3n on Jul 20, 2004 16:31:38 GMT -6
I have found some 10 inches long...like Z said the longer the better...pound them in and use a lure for M-44's...good medicine
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Post by z on Jul 20, 2004 16:40:15 GMT -6
3N, You got me and the Zagman mixed up! One of us is thin and wiry and well hung....... The other is tall and John Wayne looking with a small pennis....... ! Zz! |
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Post by 17kiss on Jul 20, 2004 16:43:06 GMT -6
We , wee. ;D
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Post by trappnman on Jul 20, 2004 16:46:55 GMT -6
Fantasy time in New Paltz..... |
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Post by z on Jul 20, 2004 17:04:17 GMT -6
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Post by 3n on Jul 20, 2004 17:16:26 GMT -6
Man I should edit that post |
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Post by Stef on Jul 20, 2004 17:19:26 GMT -6
Yeah Z... that's what Nicole told me  |
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