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Post by catdaddy on Mar 16, 2006 20:52:19 GMT -6
hellow trappers, i have tried every thing for dispatching, but shooting squirts blood every where and it spooks them, i dont think iam big enogh to kill yotes with my soft ball bat and stomping stinks. i was stepping on a opposum and he sliped out from under my feet and jumped at me, good thing it it wasnt a drag, so could yall give me ideas that work. mine stink
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Post by lynxcat on Mar 16, 2006 20:58:28 GMT -6
WELL...first ya gotta do this...  then ya gotta do this..  ...then the dance..  THEN if all else fails...choke them cats...nose knock the fox and STILL shoot the coyotes...sure fire methods on all of the "big 3" YEA BABY... lynx (I DID nose knock my last dozen cats this year due to the ketchall seizing up...works sweet..but CAUTION is word one!!) |
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Post by jeffc on Mar 16, 2006 21:08:02 GMT -6
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Post by catdaddy on Mar 16, 2006 22:02:52 GMT -6
but blood spooks them dont it, how would i shoot them without making disturbances
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Post by lynxcat on Mar 16, 2006 22:06:19 GMT -6
Some say yes...some say no....NEVER been a problem here...IF IN DOUBT..throw in a SECOND set 10' away..NEVER hurts anyways..
lynx
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Post by catdaddy on Mar 16, 2006 22:33:18 GMT -6
so blood doest spook youre yotes and cats
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Post by bblwi on Mar 16, 2006 23:01:43 GMT -6
You obviously have not tried everything. You question whether you are big enough to swing a bat to dispatch an animal so you probably have not tried that. I would suggest you do not either if you can not restrain an opossum drag or no drag. If you use a good quality release pole with a grip lock you can restrain the animal remove them from the trap and relocate to an appropriate distance and dispatch the animal in whatever way works the best for you and offers the animal the most humane treatment possible. This removes the blood from the set area if you feel that is a big issue for you.
Bryce
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Post by catdaddy on Mar 16, 2006 23:07:22 GMT -6
no its not a big issue, just wondering if its spookes yalls critters any
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Post by lynxcat on Mar 16, 2006 23:46:02 GMT -6
A baseball bat makes NO sense...a 1" broomstick or long handled trowel works as well...I dispatched/knocked cats one day with less than a 2' piece of shovel handle...LITTLE tight on the escape room lynx |
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Post by trappnman on Mar 17, 2006 5:49:55 GMT -6
Blood will not spook predators.
If some gets in the catch circle and its "in the way" just scoop it up and toss it to the side.
Dispatch- I still prefer a .22. Easy and quick.
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Post by billkasten on Mar 17, 2006 6:06:26 GMT -6
Use a 22 cal .gun and shorts don't worry about the blood . Better to be safe then to get bit . I Shoot every coyote I catch between the eyes. They seem to die quicker than a lung or heart shot. IMHO . I keep them in one position till dead ,then remove the blood if I think it necessary , but usually leave it right there as coyotes eat blood.
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Post by trappnman on Mar 17, 2006 6:46:40 GMT -6
With 2 of us usally at the set- its very easy to shoot a coyote, hand the gun to Lori asap, and remove the coyote from the circle. I then lay it so head is downhill at least a little, and let it somewhat bleed out while remaking the set.
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Post by catdaddy on Mar 17, 2006 7:04:06 GMT -6
thanks guys yall rock, so i just keep on shooting um
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Post by love2trap on Mar 17, 2006 12:14:35 GMT -6
Catdaddy,
You have to remember that you are talking about predators here...
Blood is an attractant to predators! If they spooked away everytime they smelled blood, they wouldn't be eating much meat now would they?!
The only caution I can offer is to avoid blood (or other attractant smells) on the trap or trap bed itself. You don't want to draw their attention to the trap/bed area if possible. You want their attention to be beyond the bedded trap. It's ok if the blood spot is off to the side somewhere, because that will effectively create two points of attraction and hopefully cause the predator to shuffle back and forth investigating both points.
I am assuming your a younger/newer trapper? I recommend that you use safe (for your well being) and humane (for the critters benefit) techniques in dispatch.
Good luck...
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Post by catdaddy on Mar 17, 2006 14:45:48 GMT -6
well iam sorta new ive been at it for 2 years, but so blood will attract hem,neat thanks guys for youre time
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Post by ColdSteel on Mar 17, 2006 17:33:52 GMT -6
I thump them on the head then put a 22 short through the ear blood is not a issue.I use to us elong rifle bu tthe blood makes a mess at the set as well as having to comb or wash the hide
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Post by catdaddy on Mar 17, 2006 18:37:07 GMT -6
ok. thanks man you da best  |
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Post by Clefus on Mar 19, 2006 17:08:47 GMT -6
sounds like an anti on a fishing trip........
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Post by M35 on Mar 20, 2006 8:18:00 GMT -6
sounds like an anti on a fishing trip........ Yup.. |
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Post by trappnman on Mar 20, 2006 9:17:04 GMT -6
he had his age listed as 13- so one wants to give the benefit of the doubt- he had his chance to contact me, he declined.
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