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Post by blakcoyote on Aug 12, 2004 1:53:14 GMT -6
Around here everybody pretty much knows me and it's not a problem.If I'm out in the woods they know I'm trapping or coyote calling.If I tried to disguise myself they would think I went Loco.
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Post by WVBill on Aug 12, 2004 7:21:52 GMT -6
I dont plan on being at a set long enough to give someone the time to back up and stop. Plus if they stop that early in the morning the will notice the gun I am carrying is in the ready position. I do have a few traps stolen every year and it is due to competition. Very rarely to a hunter or passerby. I am going to cure the SO_'s this year. 30" cable stake attached to a welded open trap should get there attention. They way I am looking at it. They have laughed enough at me that I keep coming back for more. So it is my turn. Might even try to put the trail cam up and get some good footage. Bill
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Post by lynxcat on Aug 12, 2004 8:22:36 GMT -6
Why disguise?? Use common sense...you dont get outta the truck with someone standing there or driving by...wait..get out...and go. Common sense is your best cover and disguise. I do wear camo gear and have had other trappers/people within close proxcimity of me and never known I was there. I'm not "looking to get shot" or anyother negative response to camo gear...I'm just preserving what I've got....which is others lack of knowledge of me being there. later lynx Also vehicle parking is a definete plusssssss IF you can at least partially hide it.
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Post by redclaytrapper on Aug 12, 2004 15:15:30 GMT -6
I don't hide, I don't try to be obvious, but I don't hide. I trap alot of public ground 100%. As the rivers are public up to the vegetation line and bridges are considered boat ramps. If someone asks what I am doing I am goin for a ride in my canoe. That throws them off because not to many people canoe in winter. And I usually have a fishing pole w/ me. When I see a whopper I can't help but toss it a worm. I am confronted constantly but never had problems. A state trooper asked the most questions which I answered honestly, showed him my trapping license and the rest of the season he kept an eye on my truck while I was in the water, nice guy. If youre legit you have no reason to hide, you don't have to be obvious but don't hide.
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Post by kytrapper on Aug 14, 2004 4:42:02 GMT -6
When I'm mink trapping I have a beagle box I carry in the back of my truck and try to get some of those cheesy beagle and rabbit stickers for my truck. If I pull off the road at a stop and someone sees me I start looking way off like I am looking at deer and they always look too to see what I'm looking at. The toilet paper is universal. All this is done to cut trap theft. Just give most folks a hint in a certain direction and they'll latch on to it.
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Post by Maineman on Aug 14, 2004 14:32:40 GMT -6
Weekends are the only time when anyone would really see me checking traps but on a couple of the bridge sets, I've walked to the creek carring a fishing rod...Don't know if it helped or not but I like to get in and out without setting off any bells or whistles...
Dave Z
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Post by DeepSleep on Aug 16, 2004 14:41:55 GMT -6
If I'm in a place where I'm worried, I'll do like TheBeav and throw the critters in a garbage bag. If someone stops I say I'm picking up cans + bottles for the returns.
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Post by Planes & Poison on Aug 16, 2004 14:48:11 GMT -6
Like has been said earlier, I try to avoid any confrontations, and keep a low profile. Since most of my coyote trapping takes place right out of a truck, I don't have many problems there.
But when cat trapping, I have been hiking back to my truck and been noticed and have someone stop at my truck to ask me what I'm doing. The first time it happened, out of pure luck I'd picked up a small elk shed and was carrying it in my hand, with a backpack carrying all my equipment. I just told the two guys in the truck I was hunting shed horns.
Since then I keep a small muley shed with me for those situations.
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