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Post by Maineman on Sept 3, 2007 19:38:13 GMT -6
Dave, is that a Sullivan circle trigger on your bodygrips? They are NOT sullivan triggers...(Not a big fan)...If you look close, you'll see that they are the original "DUKE" triggers. I bend them using 2 pair of needle nose pilers. This was a little trick that Marky shared with me at the PA convention. I did my 220's the same way for groundhogs this summer and liked the results...We'll see how they perform on muskrats and mink... The more I looked at the 6 inch pipe, the more I am convinced that I need to put about a foot or so of the 8" pipe so that the opening is more inviting for a mink to enter... Again, this is not going to be my main set or anything, I"m just playing. Although I am curious to see how well they work...
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conibear1
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Post by conibear1 on Sept 3, 2007 19:41:36 GMT -6
For an all season set, I think this is great! Location, like at any set, will be the most important issue even if you set them out ahead of time. Dried grass in the bottom, if put out before or during season, maybe a plus.
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Post by MartyPhipps on Sept 3, 2007 20:35:04 GMT -6
I think I would like to try them baited with fresh muskrat, and use 1.5 coils. That way if a canine, coon or skunk dinks around with it, I would have them too.
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Post by markymark on Sept 3, 2007 20:44:14 GMT -6
Don't bait them, just set them up now and the mink will find them. I use many of these with snares that can be checked right from the road. You can set tons of these out during the summer and never get your feet wet during the fall. You need a bigger pipe, the bigger the pipe the better. Don't even bother dyeing your traps for that set. Just use alot of feathers.
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Post by Maineman on Sept 4, 2007 8:51:13 GMT -6
I was curious how the trap would perform with the trap stabilized in this manner so I cut a test piece and made a squirrel set (yesterday between dyeing traps) in the back field. The pipe is about 18 inches long and guarded with two Duke 110 mags and wired to the tree...This is what I found this morning while walking the pup...
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Post by Bristleback on Sept 4, 2007 11:25:17 GMT -6
Looks cool, no doubt it works..........
I've not played with them for a second.....just thinking aloud...here.......why not go larger tube....cut a section out of the bottom side, that would allow you to FIRST stabalize your conibear-s then set your tube over the traps.......might need...say a piece of 3/16 cold roll big U shaped to pin the tube down at each end?
Coon jack with these much......even when no lure or bait is used......all the coon here....I think the coon would jack up a good mink set here?
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