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Post by Wright Brothers on Dec 29, 2008 8:19:41 GMT -6
How do you guys avoid cottontails and squuirrels?
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Post by trappnman on Dec 29, 2008 8:33:28 GMT -6
about impossible for land coon sets-
on canines, tension and location-
until you get to jacks- then, IMO, not much you can do
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Dec 29, 2008 8:43:30 GMT -6
Jackrabbits? Always sift something over the dust like anthill gravel. A jack will go to a dusty area and wallow around. Pan tension will keep a lot of them out.
Joel
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Post by trappnman on Dec 29, 2008 8:52:28 GMT -6
pan tension might keep some out, but I had my tension set over 4 lbs, and still caught a ton of them- course might have caught 2 ton without the increased tension-
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Dec 29, 2008 9:02:02 GMT -6
Quit using dirt hole sets and go to flat sets snugged up against the backing and covered with anthill gravel or something that takes any dusty appearance away.
Dirthole sets have a fresh dirt pattern in front which draws jackrabbits like bears to honey.
Joel
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Post by Zagman on Dec 29, 2008 9:20:42 GMT -6
Steve, how do you get 4-plus lbs pan tension on a two coiled Montana or any dogless trap for that matter?
To clarify, through filing, I certainly understand how one can add tension or lessen it......but you certainy cannot change it back and forth, higher or lower, season to season or region to region without changing the pans out.
Or, am I missing something?
Heck, those jacks in WY are bigger than the reds.....hard to catch one and miss the other.
MZ
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Post by JWarren on Dec 29, 2008 9:28:06 GMT -6
we have some nice jacks but I rarely catch one in a foothold relative, I think a 2 coiled montana is probably closer to 2 lbs than 4, I've never got a jack on 4 lbs, when tman was out here it was near the peak of the rabbit cycle, you could go out in the same areas you guys trapped and hunt all day for one rabbit now
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Post by Zagman on Dec 29, 2008 9:32:43 GMT -6
Man, you are not kidding about that.....we were there the same year and there were Jacks and Cottontails everywhere......I mean EVERYWHERE.
I now use it conveniently as an excuse as to my poor coyote catch out there.....they were all full! LOL
MZ
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Post by trappnman on Dec 29, 2008 10:56:55 GMT -6
Steve, how do you get 4-plus lbs pan tension on a two coiled Montana or any dogless trap for that matter?
didn't change anything- its what my sullivans tool read on them 3 1/2 to 4 lbs when pulled pan pulled up tight (hard)-
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Post by foxtail on Dec 29, 2008 14:24:34 GMT -6
Steve, how do you get 4-plus lbs pan tension on a two coiled Montana or any dogless trap for that matter? didn't change anything- its what my sullivans tool read on them 3 1/2 to 4 lbs when pulled pan pulled up tight (hard)- Maybe his tool is as full of crap as he is. |
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Post by oldmink on Dec 29, 2008 15:08:35 GMT -6
Never had much problem with small NTs in fox sets around here. I remember catching an odd couple of squirrels in dirt holes if I plopped the set over near a woodlot. Only have the cottontail round these parts and while I do remember catching some I'm not sure of the circumstances. Probably had the set too close to an overgrown fence row.
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Post by 17HMR on Dec 30, 2008 7:48:47 GMT -6
I use Hals tention tool also and file my montanas to where they fire just before it bottoms out, most of my NTs are caught by 2 feet as it takes that much presure to trip it.
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Post by Possum on Jan 1, 2009 11:16:10 GMT -6
Never ate a jackrabbit, but the squirrels and cottontails I catch are welcome visitors to my freezer.
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Post by briankroberts on Jan 1, 2009 18:06:12 GMT -6
Ain't none of them safe around me, I'll eat about anything, wormy Jacks are at the bottom of my list but in a pinch...B...
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Post by CoyoteMan50 on Jan 1, 2009 18:19:30 GMT -6
pan tension, no Coyote urine, and no trail set, works for me. it helps me alot. if I use Coyote urine I catch every rabbit around.
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