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Post by ohiyotee on Sept 5, 2007 9:52:37 GMT -6
Since we are talking about trap preparation , lets go further . How do you store your traps till season after you prepare them.
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Post by Maineman on Sept 5, 2007 10:00:06 GMT -6
After waxing, I store my traps in large plastic Tupper-ware containers...
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Post by cameron2 on Sept 5, 2007 10:05:22 GMT -6
Depends on the traps.
If they are Bridgers or MB 650's, just send them to me and I'll store them for you. ;D
After the season closes, I repair, boil and wax all my traps, then store them in plastic containers I get at Wally World (they're black plastic, about 18" deep and 36" long, sell for about $15) with some sage brush in the bottom just to make them smell good. In the heat we have here, this method allows the wax to "thin" during the hot summer months.
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Post by bobwendt on Sept 5, 2007 10:43:45 GMT -6
in the open and out of the fur shed ,where I keep all my stinky stuff. here in the east molding of wax is a big problem. keeping them in the open helps some, but not much. they actually turn whitish fuzz with 90-100% humiditys thru the summer. it must not be any issue however as I just use them that way and no problems. they smell just like a moldy piece of bread till you catch a few animals and they scrub them off for you. apparently mold smell is common in nature, or no issue ,as I use them east or west without digging problems. in the summer, a few hrs in the 90 degree sun and the wax re-melts rght over the mold, or into the mold, and they look fresh waxed yesterday and the mold smell is gone , at least to my smeller.
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Post by musher on Sept 5, 2007 11:04:16 GMT -6
Hang 'em in a tree in the bush!
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Post by garman on Sept 5, 2007 11:07:01 GMT -6
large plastic tote containers, then just before season and in dry weather I put outside and open up totes, or if I can find a safe place to hang outside I hang outside. same with clothes, gloves, etc.
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Post by Zagman on Sept 5, 2007 12:09:31 GMT -6
found that long-term, the plastics totes just were not durable enough, especially if I had to move them around. The handles tended to bust off....
Switched a few years ago to good old-fashioned, clean, metal garbage cans. The lids lock tight enough for me, and even full of traps, I can move them around if needed.
I'm not seeking an airtight storage container as much as something sturdy and durable and long lasting......unlike my performance in the sack.
Zagman
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Post by robertw on Sept 5, 2007 12:13:48 GMT -6
I use wooden surplus ammunition and ordinace boxes for most of my foot hold traps.
Plastic parts totes for my dry land conibears and home made wooden boxes for my beaver sized conibears.
The wooden ordinance boxes that are about 22" squared will hold 64 four coiled #3s if they are stacked properly.
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Post by Hornhunter on Sept 5, 2007 12:17:30 GMT -6
Coyote traps are all in metal garbage cans. They go in dry after waxing with fir or spruce boughs that will hopefully help put a slight odor in the wax.
Never seen any mold and like last year they were in the cans from early summer on.
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Post by livefreeordie on Sept 5, 2007 16:18:50 GMT -6
found that long-term, the plastics totes just were not durable enough, especially if I had to move them around. The handles tended to bust off.... Switched a few years ago to good old-fashioned, clean, metal garbage cans. The lids lock tight enough for me, and even full of traps, I can move them around if needed. I'm not seeking an airtight storage container as much as something sturdy and durable and long lasting......unlike my performance in the sack.
Zagman ;D ;D ;D B!tch getting old huh?...  I use totes, but the smaller ones, takes more totes, but they are easier to move around, but yeah, they aren't as durable as metal would be. |
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Post by FWS on Sept 5, 2007 16:35:15 GMT -6
Olive barrels in both 30 gal. and 60 gal. size, they ship olives from Greece and Italy in these and are very tough, durable plastic with a big screw top lid. Too bulky to ship back so they sell em' for watever use. Like this,  |
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Post by mountainman on Sept 5, 2007 16:37:49 GMT -6
Some traps are hung up in the shop and others are stored in hinge top containers like convenience and department stores use. Every now and then I see some laying around a convenience store and ask the store clerks for a few. I recently had some give to me by a couple of girls at a gas station in Atlanta. Their free and do ok for me.
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Post by livefreeordie on Sept 5, 2007 16:38:26 GMT -6
What do they get for those John, I can see making some killer compost barrels out of those as well, the commercial ones are freaking pricey.
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Post by FWS on Sept 5, 2007 16:45:56 GMT -6
The "commercial" composting ones are most likely recycled olive barrels that the organo-yups don't mind paying $119.95 for.
Those are the same people paying $18.95 for a 4oz bottle of coyote urine to supposedly scare deer out of their shrubberies.
We used a lot of those barrels in fishing, and I remember buying them for maybe $10 each at the most.
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Post by scott kimball on Sept 5, 2007 17:28:54 GMT -6
i must say I'm one of the plastic tote totalers the 22 gallon ones from wally world $6.00 each. i store about 3-4 doz. traps in each one.
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Post by livefreeordie on Sept 5, 2007 17:47:46 GMT -6
The "commercial" composting ones are most likely recycled olive barrels that the organo-yups don't mind paying $119.95 for. Those are the same people paying $18.95 for a 4oz bottle of coyote urine to supposedly scare deer out of their shrubberies. We used a lot of those barrels in fishing, and I remember buying them for maybe $10 each at the most. I would love to get some for $10, wonder if they are available on this side of the country...BTW, you guys don't have the market cornered on Yuppies, you should see the surrounding area around State College... |
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Post by FWS on Sept 5, 2007 18:28:52 GMT -6
We don't really have many resident yuppies up here, their range extends to Santa Rosa and goes down to San Diego.
The organic types up here have a love/hate relationship with. They hate their conspicuous consumption but love selling them recycled junk for big $$$'s.
And then we have those like the goat cheese making, cider pressing 'Lesbian Amish', as I've labelled them, who supply all the boutique yuppy restaurants and natural food stores in the Bay Area with their products.
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Post by robertw on Sept 5, 2007 19:10:32 GMT -6
"Lesbian Amish"!!!!! I knew there was some reason you liked living there!
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Post by John Porter on Sept 5, 2007 19:18:19 GMT -6
i hang mine in the off season away from any odor then crate them when i get ready to start the season.
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Post by mean1 on Sept 6, 2007 5:40:01 GMT -6
If you do a search on Target stores website they sell a Rubbermaid tote called a ACTION PACKER with lockdown handles you can even padlock, they only sell one size. They are all black with grey lid and red handles, they do not sell these at our stores as you can only get them shipped to you. I have been able to get as many as 30 jakes in one with 18 inches of chain, shockspring, and swivels on each. These get pretty heavy with that many traps but been using the same 4 for about 3 years and they have held up good, these are very thick plastic. Goodluck
Mean1
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