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Post by bogio on Oct 25, 2012 14:53:44 GMT -6
Used to catch them up in north central part of the state. I've never caught one this far south. Friend caught one two seasons ago down here, released it on a hope and a prayer.
When I was catching them up north the coyotes liked to use them as a pull toy in the trap. Get the needle and thread out!
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Post by bogio on Oct 9, 2012 19:45:49 GMT -6
I boil and dye in a stainless steel beer keg with one end cut off. Holds about 18 #3 Montys at a time. Boil clean in lye drain opener. Takes about 20 min. a batch. Skim crud off top, when it stops coming up, pull em out and throw the next batch in. Once all done, dump the lye water, rinse the can and start over with black crystals. Same deal, about 20 min. Pull em out and throw the next ones in. Rinse and let dry. Nice and black. No rust.
Once all dyed, put wax pot on fire. Blue granite finish canning pot from WalMart. Can dunk 3 at a time. Been using the same wax for years. Just keep adding to it when it gets low. Throw in a chunk of rosin at the same time. Wax is still the same color it was when I started years ago. Throw the traps in, give em about a min. Pull out and shake off the excess. One hand shaking while the other is dunking. Pile em on a half sheet of ply wood to cool. When cooled, wrap chains and store in tubs.
I use a branding torch and 100# cylinder to boil, dye and wax. Just turn the heat up or down. Do everything in one continuous process.
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Post by bogio on Oct 8, 2012 21:52:18 GMT -6
Hey Seldom!
Is there no end to the neat gadgets? Hotdam man, I'm going to have one of those holders next year for cleanup!
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Post by bogio on Sept 26, 2012 17:40:44 GMT -6
"Special" is an understatement!
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Post by bogio on Sept 22, 2012 23:41:05 GMT -6
Came home from work tonight and was greeted by an angry mob of UPS, FEDX, and SpeeDee Delivery drivers with pitch forks and torches. They burned me in effigy. Virlin and I barely got out alive. ;D
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Post by bogio on Sept 21, 2012 18:24:32 GMT -6
STALL OUT
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Post by bogio on Sept 21, 2012 17:51:11 GMT -6
This is how the delivery guy leaves your package.
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Post by bogio on Sept 21, 2012 12:22:27 GMT -6
The simple addition of a draw station won't make a mediocre location a super location.
I think we should be striving for the enhancement of a "superior" location (the SPOT). We want an area of overlap, what 1080 referred to as communal territory. Not territory in the sense of denning time but rather fall/winter usage. Stall out locations that coyotes from hopefully all surrounding directions will come to.
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Post by bogio on Sept 20, 2012 14:20:16 GMT -6
Visitation is what we are after. Visitation puts them in contact with our offerings. The key then is offering something they are going to want in a way they are receptive to.
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Post by bogio on Sept 20, 2012 14:14:31 GMT -6
all so I like to set my pan tencion betwean 3.5 to 4 lbs. and no more junk catches, and we are loaded with possems are here and rabbets But those Day are over with being agarvated with them.. If your tension is heavy enough to avoid possums and rabbits tripping them, you don't have concerns about a percentage of target animals not firing them either?
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Post by bogio on Sept 19, 2012 17:41:52 GMT -6
We're trying to draw them in, not feed them.
OG in his writings and videos talks of killing the coyote and simply throwing it aside. He talks of subsequent catches breaking up and mixing the remains of previous animals into the pattern. Pictures show dead coyotes laying in close proximity to sets.
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Post by bogio on Sept 18, 2012 15:33:51 GMT -6
I use them. The coyotes may not eat them but the crows work them hard giving you a draw.
Virlin eats coon fat by the bucket full when I'm fleshing. I have seen evidence of coyotes working/digging coon fat when I've dumped it for draw stations.
You might as well get some good out of them if not utilizing the carcass market.
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Post by bogio on Sept 18, 2012 15:27:41 GMT -6
Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick That is a bottle from Jim Helfrich and is probably almost 25 years old. I replaced my eyedroppers with a butter knife long ago.
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Post by bogio on Sept 15, 2012 16:18:03 GMT -6
You are now a full service dealer.
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Post by bogio on Sept 15, 2012 7:36:18 GMT -6
Where was your bait station in there and where did you then set to take advantage of it?
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Post by bogio on Sept 14, 2012 20:47:06 GMT -6
Explain "natural manner".
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Post by bogio on Sept 12, 2012 20:11:17 GMT -6
I asked the same question from a different angle in the "bait it up" thread but no takers.
1080 hinted that you could possibly hurt rather than enhance a location with improper presentation. OG said the same in Hoofbeats. During the emasculation of MJ on Tman, SH stated that carcasses needed to be presented "naturally" or they could work against you.
How do you make a naked carcass look natural? This isn't how death presents itself in nature however I doubt a coyote can reason that out. Where it has worked best for me is at locations were the carcasses can be placed in some type of cover, 30 to 40 yards from my set location, and with my set location having a slight elevation advantage. As the birds and scavengers clean things up, I add more. This involves hauling carcasses around as I don't skin in the field but appears to be worth the effort and hassle. By spring there is nothing but bones, and by now there's not much evidence left.
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Post by bogio on Sept 7, 2012 12:08:47 GMT -6
I guess what I'm eluding to is that it has been suggested that certain presentations of carcasses might actually be detrimental. I tend to put them into cover somewhat and generally a little lower in elevation in relationship to my sets.
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Post by bogio on Sept 7, 2012 7:00:22 GMT -6
Switching gears a little.
It's been mentioned several times that carcass are a benefit when presented correctly. SH said they needed to be presented "naturally". What is the correct or natural way to place/present carcasses?
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Post by bogio on Sept 3, 2012 8:41:57 GMT -6
Opens exactly two months from today here. Saw a coyote yesterday while running Virlin near one of my locations. Thank God he's one of those red ones the buyers get so excited about. Making several changes as per the discussions that have taken place here this summer.
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