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Post by RiverRat on Oct 15, 2007 16:04:15 GMT -6
Just three weeks till season an the rivers an creeks in central IA are flooded bad with more rain expected. It aint good if your a coon trapper.  |
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Post by mattduncan on Oct 15, 2007 16:32:45 GMT -6
dry land riverrat dryland 220's lol
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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 15, 2007 17:58:33 GMT -6
I'm hoping for some more rain to delay the corn harvest.
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Post by trappnman on Oct 15, 2007 18:14:59 GMT -6
a pox on you! I got 4 months to catch coon, only a few weeks on yotes- harvest that corn!
we;ve been lucky- rain every day -13 out of last 14- but scattered and dry inbetween- but access is becoming a problem.
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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 15, 2007 20:22:58 GMT -6
OH No not the old POX
I hope you have sunny skies and dry fields.
But I'm listing to the rain coming down and I couldn't be happier.
Tomorrow I lay out the first 100 trap loop then On wed I'll lay out the other 100 trap loop. Locations will all be flagged and In trails with little or no cover I'll place my wire enclosures. These enclosures are a total pain hauling them around but they sure do shine when you place a 160 or 220 In them.
Right now I have orders for 600+ coon carcases before Thanksgiving so I got to get going.
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Post by mustelameister on Oct 16, 2007 7:14:52 GMT -6
The Beav is a 'coon trapping machine!!  |
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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 16, 2007 8:02:31 GMT -6
$7.00 for every carcase, Could be a good year.
I'm a bit concerned about getting In and out of my coon machine several 100 times a day. (Chevy Caviler) It will either kill me or put me In the best shape of my life. Probably cripple me for life LOL.
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Post by Steve Gappa on Oct 16, 2007 8:07:12 GMT -6
several hundred times a day- so if each stop has 2-3 sets- you will be running 300-400 coon sets? Now that wil lget you in shape!
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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 16, 2007 8:23:24 GMT -6
200 trail sets, most will only have one trap per trail unless they are really smoking hot then I'd double them up.
Once out per set and one time back In 400 times In a day wow It just might cripple me LOl What the heck I'll just hang a picture of Bob on my mirror for Incentive LOl
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Post by primetime on Oct 16, 2007 8:25:11 GMT -6
View out my office window. Enough Already! |
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Post by mattduncan on Oct 16, 2007 11:18:59 GMT -6
hey beav tell me more about the wire encloseures
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Post by sparkydog on Oct 16, 2007 17:32:04 GMT -6
I would really like to see some pictures too. How about a picture of your trapping caviler. Been wanting to make some of them cages,but dont know the exact way how.
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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 16, 2007 20:38:05 GMT -6
I'll try and get some pictures Sunday when i make my first check or on Saturday when i set.
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Post by GaTrapper on Oct 17, 2007 3:56:07 GMT -6
Send some down south
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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 17, 2007 6:56:32 GMT -6
I was watching the news last night and they were saying how bad it was In GA. It said with out rain they had like 2 to 3 months and they would be without drinking water.
It's the same In SC.I may even cut my trapping time down to 1 month and then just trap cats and fox and catch some coyotes for the live market. But soon as I head south It will start to rain It always does.
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Post by 17HMR on Oct 17, 2007 7:05:38 GMT -6
Beav, You might get them to pay you to head south now, just to make it rain. If you could get Bob W to go with you you could cause a flood like they have never seen!
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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 17, 2007 7:12:02 GMT -6
You got a good point there, Bob Is alway's ready to make a buck or two LOl And I bet we'd be good at it too.
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Post by RiverRat on Oct 17, 2007 10:30:08 GMT -6
I got a few hundred snares an 220s ready to rock an roll but would much rather drive 20-30 miles to float a river than drive 150 - 200 miles to road trap have major theift an catch less with my old truck easier on overhead ! MATTDUNCAN
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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 17, 2007 11:18:33 GMT -6
I must be very lucky as to theft It's non existent here and I believe that I can catch as many coon or more on a road line as i could In the water and with a lot less effort. And they are all DRY.
We always have some coon on the water but the majority of them are working the corn fields at this time of year. when the corn Is gone so will the coon and then they head to the next available food source and that's the water. Will be setting a water line as soon as the road line drys up. You will catch a lot more coon if you use both methods.
Will have to use the truck to put out the line but then It's back to the 30 mpg coon mobile.
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Post by sparkydog on Oct 17, 2007 16:14:14 GMT -6
Beav,not much rain up here in New Brunswick either.Just about as dry as I have seen in the last 20 years. Starting to get real frosty nights.Can't wait to start trapping in couple of weeks.Our coon season starts on Oct 27.Some of those old boars should be prime real soon.Coons should be around any water hole if you can find any.I'm going to hit the river banks first instead of waiting till later on.
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