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Post by Horn on Sept 8, 2008 5:53:39 GMT -6
I have never used the second rod to kill skunks and cant think of the time that I would need it but I carry it anyway. I did use them togather once to hook and drag out a coon that I had shot in a culvert.
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Post by bobwendt on Sept 8, 2008 6:37:31 GMT -6
done several of those coon in the culvert and they die 1/2 way in. an easy way to get out is unroll your trapper wire all the way thru, wad up a jacket or whatever and wire to one end. then go to the other end and pull back thru. acts like a syringe plunger. de-littered many a fox pup that way too. just run wire thru a box trap staked down on the pulling end. once got 5 at one time that way and quite a few culvert coyotes too. seen several cats run in culverets too but always in the summer.
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Post by Horn on Sept 8, 2008 10:07:47 GMT -6
Thanks Bob.
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Post by bobwendt on Sept 8, 2008 10:48:46 GMT -6
one of those handy tricks a genious never thinks of but a country boy that has shot a few coon as they run in and flop to the middle of the road culvert dreams up. necessity is the mother of invention. I always have as tiff roll of #9 wire for quickie snare supports in the truck anyway and when denning carry an old pillow for my plug. a guy would never dream the fox and coyote pups living in 12" corrugated culverts. shine in and lots of eyes looking back, but you can`t run them out short of a backhoe and dig the road up. 40 foot of #9 wire and a pillow and voila! when nick c was in wyoming I let him borrow THE very pillow to sleep on. we`ll se if he catches this post. saw him scratching and itching a lot. I guess maybe it had a few fleas and mange mites in , or something, lttle poop smear maybe. he had the bed head for sure al the next day. I made him rub his head on sage brush and set flat sets there then.
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Post by coonhangman1 on Sept 8, 2008 11:21:38 GMT -6
Hahah!! Had me going there Bob, until I remembered I brought my OWN pillow!! Too funny though.
We have a lot of 12" pipe culverts in our area. Going under the roads, and every farm driveway/laneway has one going under through the ditch, and more often then not it's plugged one end due to gully washer rains hauling dirt, corn stalks/husks and other debris clogging them up. Not uncommon to track a coyote back to one of them after a snow storm. Snow proof and wind proof essentially, definitely good cover, and has a good amount of leaves/husks/grass for warmth. Just an ideal place to lay up during a snowstorm in our area.
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Post by bobwendt on Sept 8, 2008 11:31:14 GMT -6
he is one that is true but hard to believe. my coyote cages are 12 by 12 inch doors and I can fit in ,with a little squirming. I need to ,from the inside ,hook and un hook nest boxes several times a year. I looked at one and figured, heck , I can get in there, and I can! I dunno about a culvert tho.
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Post by Horn on Sept 8, 2008 11:51:51 GMT -6
I tried a culvert on for size when I was a lot skinnier, It did not take much washed in dirt to bring things to a stop. It turned out that time there was a shovel, long 2 X 2, barb wire, and a piece of welding rod involved. I ended up as far in the culvert as I could crawl and then as far as my buddy could push, Man I was stuck. Lucky that Rob could pull as well as push. I take a better look before I shoot now.
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