redcoyote
Skinner...
rain,rain,go away
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Post by redcoyote on Mar 2, 2007 17:46:01 GMT -6
here is how i make the set look
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Post by Traveler on Mar 2, 2007 19:47:46 GMT -6
Looks good to me.Nice big pattern.Any headaches with wind trying to blow your peat away ?
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Post by trappngreys on Mar 3, 2007 6:08:05 GMT -6
the only problem i have had with peat is the dang greys like to dig in it but coyote and cats don't mind. i usually take some grass cutting or just crumble up some trash around the set and blend the peat in. can't say i have ever had a refusal due to the peat.
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redcoyote
Skinner...
rain,rain,go away
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Post by redcoyote on Mar 3, 2007 6:44:27 GMT -6
we have had 35-40 mph winds last couple days with strong thunderstorms. that pic was taken yesterday evening and most the peat is still there! trap is covered anyway. thats why i dont get shy with the peat. that set is in open pasture and the cow chips are acting as wind break for set.
those are 12" diameter pies so you get idea of pattern size.
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Post by bobwendt on Mar 3, 2007 7:01:13 GMT -6
lol, red coyote lives in the hills and hollers of southern indiana. up here in the pancake country blowing is a big issue and we need to top dress with a skiff of dry dirt to hold it down, not much, but a thin film. hardly a wind protected place here , and sure as you find one it changes direction, so I do the dirt film almost always.
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Post by ohiyotee on Mar 3, 2007 7:49:28 GMT -6
Also if you have clay don't forget to drill a sump hole under the trap for drainage. I use my stake driver. greg
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Post by pastortrapper on Mar 3, 2007 20:17:33 GMT -6
Thanks for all the info. I will just have to try it. Like everything else, practice makes as close to perfect as trappin can get. Here in Southern Illinois is hasn't froze much here till January. Season ends third week in so I don't see the need for much wax dirt. Rain gave me more trouble than freezing. Didn't have freeze problems till the last week.
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