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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 5, 2007 9:19:33 GMT -6
yep waders are the uniform of the day when minking.
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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 5, 2007 9:30:30 GMT -6
Ya Thorp advocates live bull heads on your coni triggers LOl I can see a lot of tripped traps do to coon working them and no coon or mink LOL.
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Post by Jellyhead on Oct 5, 2007 10:03:08 GMT -6
I've done the hip wader thing, and spent alot of mornings with a wet boot and soaked socks. I'll pretty much wear my neoprene waders water trapping. In fact I'd probably be better off in a Dry-suit. I can just see it now, "the minkers dry suit" With padded knees, and built in bait pocket. Make record catches with this unique speed tool used by only the elite minkers ;D Aaron
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Post by trappnman on Oct 5, 2007 10:15:38 GMT -6
padded knees are great- I'll get waders with them everytime if I can. Trouble is- I'm usually buying in mid season, and I many times take what I can get.
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Post by lumberjack on Oct 5, 2007 13:03:26 GMT -6
Beav, I dont agree about getting your hands and knees in the water or wearing chest waders to be a "good" minker. How deep do you need to be in? Most places I set would get by with knee boots. If the water is that deep I avoid it and do fine elsewhere with just hip waders. I may be in the minority but chest waders dont fit me right, are heavy, cumbersome and just flat out slow me down.
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Post by Zagman on Oct 5, 2007 13:09:29 GMT -6
the video about pocket sets from Ron Hauser has him wearing only hippers, short elbow gaunlets, and dress clothes. No hat either......and he is a good minker.......every set he checks in that video has rats, coon, and mink in nearly every trap.
Zagman
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Post by trappnman on Oct 5, 2007 13:41:31 GMT -6
more power to them- I didn't say it couldn't be done- I said I don't know how they did it.
No way can I look up under undercut banks in any upright positon. Many spots on the creeks I can only access in waders- and some just.
I could, by farting around, check a line in hip boots- but never set one up.
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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 5, 2007 15:11:22 GMT -6
Use what ever works for you, but In my style of mink trapping and my area dictates waders to make It easy and productive. I use neoprene waders they fit like a glove are light and flex when you bend and maneuver,not like those heavy rubber waders.
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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 5, 2007 15:17:15 GMT -6
Hay Zag I've seen those type of videos where every trap Is full and just about all the sets show doubles and triples. Most trap lines aren't quite that productive LOL.
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Post by PAskinner on Oct 5, 2007 16:06:21 GMT -6
I even trap beaver in hip boots.
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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 5, 2007 16:09:49 GMT -6
Me too but I get wet a lot. But In SC It really makes no difference since It's In the 60s. Dump your boots and wear them dry.
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Post by PAskinner on Oct 5, 2007 16:18:42 GMT -6
Lol, Spent many days with one wet leg, sometimes two. My wife is afraid to get me waders, thinks I'll drown myself.
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Post by livefreeordie on Oct 5, 2007 16:24:27 GMT -6
Up north in NH, I used chest waders, just as much for snow and keeping dry, as well as working those beaver bogs, the terrain dictated waders, down here in PA, I use hippers, not many places you can't work in hip boots, except for folks like Nittany Lion, once the water gets ankle deep for the rest of us, he is drowning.... ;D ;D
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Post by thorsmightyhammer on Oct 5, 2007 18:23:18 GMT -6
NL how about how to trap mink by Carpenter?
I finally found one. Paid way more that is worth(other than to me).
I'm a klutz.
Give me a pair of breatheable waders any day over rubber hip boots, and they are lighter.
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Post by NittanyLion on Oct 5, 2007 18:36:02 GMT -6
Glad you found the Carpenter book.
DJ, bite my a$$ with the short jokes. I've found a slew of places where they have urinals close to the floor.
Where can one find the Kermit Stearns book?
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Post by livefreeordie on Oct 5, 2007 18:41:11 GMT -6
Ninny, got you a snorkel to help you on those 2 foot deep runs...picked it up at dairyland... ;D ;D
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Post by trappnman on Oct 5, 2007 20:11:55 GMT -6
When I met you NL- it was an electrifying experince. And Joel wonders why I don't trust bankers?
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Post by Jellyhead on Oct 6, 2007 0:16:26 GMT -6
Steven49,
You trust those breathables? I have a pair I use for spring/summer fishing, but they'd fall apart on a trapline for me. They work great beating the summer heat fishing, and I avoid blackberry bushes and brush like the plauge while wearing them. They are just a step above wading wet in my experience.
I swear by neoprenes for water trapping, and I keep a tube of "aquaseal" handy, too for repairs. I can just imagine the holes I'd aquire in my breathables on the trapline. Plus, the breathables are damn cold in spring/summer water, I can't imagine what they'd be like in winter. If you have some tips on using them, I'm all ears.....
Aaron
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Post by trappnman on Oct 6, 2007 7:31:36 GMT -6
neoprines have one big disadvantage over rubber- they simply carry too much water back to the truck with them- I always had to sit on a mat to avoid getting the truck seat soaked.
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Post by livefreeordie on Oct 6, 2007 7:39:50 GMT -6
When I met you NL- it was an electrifying experince. And Joel wonders why I don't trust bankers? Here is the proof, Steve hair was still smoking when he returned to camp... <a href="http://www.zippyvideos.com/120405805713065/electric_fence/"><img src="http://i2.zvhost.com/2/l/lb4r5095.jpg" border="0" /></a>
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