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Post by musher on Jun 25, 2010 10:44:24 GMT -6
I've been going on the lines doing a little summer maintenance. This a.m. I was out early. That means before the flies and the heat and home noonish. I saw a few of these while I was there. I found this on the road. I guess that they don't all die of old age! The purpose of the outing was to check out some marten boxes. I wanted to add some trap attachments that I hope will speed up setting and pick up of the equipment. But I was also there to do any repairs. Here is a before: And an after. The top horizontal piece is to attach the trap fastener. Some of the boxes are chewed but they aren't worth scrapping yet! Others boxes were in great shape. I just fastened the cable tie-off and left. But if I found this I just put a new box up. Freakin' bear didn't even leave the 4 pieces. I also saw a grouse with one chick. I've been seeing lots of grouse but broods seem rare. Just wanted to show what I received from one of my daughters for father's day. It's called a banana guard. No more squished bananas for me! So far it's working great. When my other daughter heard about the banana guard she thought that I had been given a jock strap. It just goes to show that a university education doesn't necessarily make you quick! I did a little dog training with the retreiv-er-trainer at a lake. I wanted the dogs jumping off the dock. Hope you enjoyed.
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Post by thebeav2 on Jun 25, 2010 11:06:38 GMT -6
I'm out setting some of those same quick connect type things for my road line. I made mine out of 1/2" wide flat stock and they are about 3" long. I just drove In a earth anchor at my location and left about 4" of cable and the quick connect devise sticking out of the ground. Should make things super fast.
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Post by Stef on Jun 25, 2010 12:15:15 GMT -6
Thanks for sharing musher. Can't wait going up on my line...Soooooon Not his favorite chewing gum
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Post by TrapperRon on Jun 30, 2010 9:08:52 GMT -6
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Post by musher on Jun 30, 2010 11:58:55 GMT -6
I didn't add any swivels. Shoulds/coulda but figured I didn't hafta. The last 4 dozen 120's I bought are Belisle's and the kind of have a swivel on the end cable.
I added a hog ring to the LDL's so the bent nail would fit through.
32 new marten boxes are not now installed on line #3. They are all vertical boxes with a built in bait box. They'll get stuffed once with moose scraps and that should be it for the month they will be run. Another 20 or so will be installed before the season.
They original owner has 90 boxes installed. We should be going out together next week so I'll know where they are.
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Post by lumberjack on Jun 30, 2010 14:02:52 GMT -6
The person that invented that banana case probably made more than all of us selling furs for the last 30 years........
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Post by TrapperRon on Jul 2, 2010 14:16:35 GMT -6
Heading back out to camp in the morning and to do some more work on the cabin and the line. I have had some requests for information on making pans. I will take a few pictures and post. Also made a new mink marten box from 1 x 6 recycled cedar from a deck I tore down.
Will start a new thread as I have high jacked mushers thread enough already.
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Post by Stef on Jul 2, 2010 14:57:05 GMT -6
Yeahhhhh
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Post by northof50 on Jul 2, 2010 17:42:37 GMT -6
What's that white stuff..heard there was frost in New Foundland last night.. but snow in July.
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Post by Stef on Jul 2, 2010 19:49:49 GMT -6
Snow but It was hot... Colder than this week-end
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Post by musher on Jul 4, 2010 20:11:43 GMT -6
I've been going out working the lines getting ready for fall. I actually have a blister on a finger from using a paint brush. Kind of embarrassing but true. It's the back of a finger so I'll just blame it on my holding a paint brush arseways. Wifey is pleased with camp #2. I don't have any photos of the paint job yet but it is as dramatic as what I showed you of the inside last year. Line #3 was today's destination. I cleared the outside for more ventilation. The camp STINKS of mold and creosote. It is built on railway ties. If I could snap my fingers and make it disappear, I would. I cannot get a permit to burn it. If I demolish it, I must haul it to a dump an hour away. Figure lots of trailer trips and lots of gas. I can turn it into a shed and build a new camp (16x16) within 20 meters or so. But the location is not ideal. Here's the camp cleared. At least we can see it now. Four trips to the dump later we can see the inside. They guy had 4 microwaves inside. No electricity! They were to store stuff so the mice couldn't chew it. He was fond of many colours when painting. The camp is very solid. If it didn't smell of mold something could be done to fix it up. But how can you get rid of that odour? Set up close to 50 of these so far. They are made for Belisles 120 mags. Pretty fancy. The goal is to bait them once and run them for 3 weeks or so. Lots of bears in the area. I'd rather they hit the logs rather than the boxes. Found this when setting a box. Looked closely to try to figure out what I was looking at. I think it was some type of swing pole for lifting a trapped animal. At least the prior trapper and I had the same eye for location if not technique. Also found this. A 19 year old died while making the road in 1974. Poor kid was working a dozer when it broke through. There's also a moose blind that has ashes spread under it. The old guy that hunted there liked the spot... Thanks for looking. If you have any ideas about ridding mold smell let me know.
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Post by northof50 on Jul 4, 2010 22:54:49 GMT -6
Some of the wood used in building got wet and the mould started. Railway ties on the ground wick up moisture and get the other wood wet. That particle board is bad for growing mould. Try to find a roof, wirrley bird to create a suction when you are not there to have air movement through it. Get those dead jackpine down for more heat and sunlight penetration on the camp.
Did you not know that micro waves were good for defosting frozen critters.. only draw back is that it breaks the skull fusion lines so they are no good for museum specimens afterwards. There is also an little ``off`` taste to the cups of tea following a fisher that pops in the wave.
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Post by trappnman on Jul 5, 2010 7:52:01 GMT -6
that banana thing looks sweet- we've gotten into the banana habit the last few months-
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Post by TrapperRon on Jul 5, 2010 13:13:23 GMT -6
musher your "stinky camp" has potential. Some good ventilation as N o 50 pointed out and thin the trees a bit. As well a good scrubbing of a strong bleach solution. A good five gallon overhaul "one colour" and some battleship gray floor paint inside will do wonders. A fresh coat of paint outside also. Is there a good wood stove in there that you could really heat it up good also. That will help dry it out from that moisture sucking particle board.
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Post by marbleyez2001 on Jul 5, 2010 14:35:39 GMT -6
For the Mold/Mildew smell I would use a Killz brand oil based primer 2 layers deep. Takes care of most foul odors and colors.
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Post by TrapperRon on Jul 5, 2010 18:59:18 GMT -6
musher I'm not sure that was a spring pole as it has 2 nails at the pivot point. /shrug. How long was the pole and could the other end have been attached to another tree to mount a box on ?
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Post by musher on Jul 5, 2010 19:17:26 GMT -6
Thanks for the mold advice. I'll see if I can buy Kilz. Those jack pines are not dead. But some of them soon will be! I cleared out quite a few prior to the photo being taken. A full tank to be exact. You can see many of the stumps in the photo. I'm going to look into the twirling air vent, too.
I was hoping that remiving the damp carpet and all the furniture (can you say D U M P) would help. It did not. Creosote has its own stink that is not a happy one. I think that the entire base of the camp is railway ties with old cement form plywood on top.
Ron: I didn't pay close enough attention to the pole to answer you. What I first noticed was all the bases of the trees being torn apart by bears. There were a good dozen in the immediate area. That's when I saw the pole. The guy that had the line, prior to the guy I bought it from, had it taken away due to infractions. He wasn't an "animal friendly" type. He got busted again with bear galls last fall. $$$$$ time for him. There was no box for marten or bones as you would see at a bear spot. But the guy was a user of "Alaskan" trapping methods that we cannot practice here. It could have been a running pole just as easily. I did swing the pole up and down. I guess the second nail was no longer attached. I'll have to check this fall. What I found interesting is that we picked the same location within 10 feet. My box was in the process of being installed when I saw the axe marks.
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Post by northof50 on Jul 5, 2010 19:55:47 GMT -6
Start up the fire pump... and blast the walls inside and out. At the very last minute pour some Javex in the foam inlet area and sanitize the whole kitand kabootle. The mould spores are everywhere on the walls etc inside and out.
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Post by musher on Jul 6, 2010 4:04:27 GMT -6
50: I need more explaining on that one. I do have a back pack sprayer. It's between the walls that really worries me. To spend all the time and effort trying to not succeed or to discover that much of the stink is the railway ties.
Building a new camp is easier. But taking this one apart is harder!
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Post by northof50 on Jul 6, 2010 9:03:34 GMT -6
Mould the unknown killer. What it does to our lungs and resporatory system and how re-actions our bodies have to it is scarry. There is some advise on the CDC Heath pages how to deal with mould in flooded buildings. But as you say the building was built with salvaged concrete form plywood, and may have sat around for a season or two till building completion. Railway ties laid on the ground wick up moisture and pass it along to the other touching wood like a sponge. The insulation may have been used stuff and is contimanated. Before much effort is put into a new camp, might want to see how your past owner respects your possession, and if there may be any retaliations towards your taking over. Could be some ill fealings out there........... would be a waste of a good new cabin. Did not see any new dog huts around the new cabin.... are hydro shipping/storage containers used there like in Manitoba?
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