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Post by bobwendt on Dec 12, 2004 18:46:40 GMT -6
have to snare the abandoned tracks or the trains cut your snares up. Go look at the steel track itself on a frosty morn, or a dew morning in the summer. support wire and snare, thats all it takes. Just go look and it will hit you in the face.
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Post by fishdaddy on Dec 12, 2004 19:56:21 GMT -6
thx. bob ill go look in the morning. fish.
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Post by foxtail on Dec 12, 2004 20:50:54 GMT -6
That sounds brilliant. As soon as you mentioned the frost and just to look, it hit me like a ton of bricks. Problem is that I figured it wrong by a few feet, but still understand it after an additional post. You just gotta love when someone who knows stuff shares.
Sadly there are ZERO dead RxR tracks around here as the instant some RxR company gives up, the state, county, city, whoever HAS to turn it into a F-ing bike trail so the tresspassers have easy access to everyones land.
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Post by mike692 on Dec 12, 2004 21:04:51 GMT -6
whoever HAS to turn it into a F-ing bike trail so the tresspassers have easy access to everyones land. Every stinkin' one of our old railroad beds in this county are now bike trails. They would all be excellent locations to trap, but...... Friggin' yuppies in spandex.
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Post by rk660 on Dec 12, 2004 21:11:06 GMT -6
Just saw a set of cat tracks walking down rr rail last week when they crossed bridge. Ive seen a pile of fox track right on rail, they must think its a game, also noticed that coyotes usually walk on the rr ties and not rails. I made a half hearted attempt to snare fox on rail years ago and didnt pan out, got them in grass trail after they left the tracks first.... Now that I know it can be done I'm inspired to try it again, (When Bob. W speaks, smart trappers listen!) I wanna see a kitty hanging from side of rr trussle! Got a spot where cat or cats are crossing 30 ft wide river, on 20 ft wide channel they walk out to edge of downed tree on limb 3" in dia, then jump about 6' to a dinky island in middle of river, then they hop to rock in middle of narrow channel, then over to opposite bank . I'm wanting so very bad to pull a cat off a drowning wire. Blind set on island w/ uncovered trap and shingle on pan(When Joel Blakelsee speaks, smart trappers listen!) Just a deal I want to see, ive seen lots of 10" long ring tails under water, just want to see a 4" ring tail under water once. ;D ;D ;D
On a more serious note, as per Bob's advice on seeing tracks in frost on rails, also watch frozen creeks for tracks on frost/dust in morning, especailly near a bridge where traffic puts lots of dust on ice. Best way to spot tracks on bare ice is sun on your back. whack down 2 small cedars and fence each side of tracks, support wire is big nail w/ no 9 wire welded to it, hammer right in ice. tie off on cedar. Cats, coon and most fox will run right down on old tracks to 10" gap between cedars laying on ice, fair amount of coyotes will balk though, but you will get some of them. Will work on 20 ft. wide creek if ya cut enough cedars. you can get most coyotes on ice too but fencing needs to be a little more subtle, such as tumbleweeds or scant sapling bows layed parallel to line of travel, just enough to break outline of 16th" cable w/o looking like a picket fence.
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