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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Nov 12, 2010 18:23:30 GMT -6
That is a stud!!
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Nov 11, 2010 9:00:27 GMT -6
I did that at every set when I was longlining, never worried about it. Had a three day run of 55 so it didn't seem to matter. In fact I'm not sure it didn't help.
I like having some coyote smell on my hands when setting traps, never wore gloves or used baby wipes.
As for having something to grab onto save the edge on your knife by not circling the hind feet and cutting hair. Just use the weight of the coyote and touch the back hock with the back of your blade. It will crack leaving the foot on the pelt. Gives you a great handhold and no need for golf balls.
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Oct 6, 2010 21:41:39 GMT -6
Asking for permission is a foreign concept to me. I'm not sure that I've ever done it since I was a kid trapping rats. All the private land that I've trapped is where they asked me.
Good for you though, go getem!!
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Oct 6, 2010 16:09:54 GMT -6
Leather chaps are good for riding horses but they suck when they get wet and you have to do any walking at all.
I've got some Filson chaps, they are good for riding the atv in mud but your asss still gets wet.
I took a pair of neoprene chest waders and cut the feet out one year figuring I had the ultimate water proof outfit. I sweat like apig under them, when I'd get back to the hotel my clothes were soaked and smelled like piss.
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Rosin?
Oct 6, 2010 16:05:07 GMT -6
Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Oct 6, 2010 16:05:07 GMT -6
That was me and I don't spray it all over my sets, just use it like urine on the backing. Wiley Carroll trick.
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Rosin?
Sept 29, 2010 6:29:24 GMT -6
Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Sept 29, 2010 6:29:24 GMT -6
I really like rosin, lots of it.
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Sept 7, 2010 23:58:11 GMT -6
I almost came but had a busy day Friday so I told Bill to head on w/o me. He's about 400 miles closer. Is that cat the same old SOB he has drug around the world or did somebody else bring that one?
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Sept 6, 2010 7:29:41 GMT -6
Tumbleweeds are a week or two from breaking off and tumblimg. Rabbitbrush blooms are imminent. Sagebrush is holding it's own.
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Aug 29, 2010 15:32:22 GMT -6
We did away with trap tags years ago. You can't rely on the information even if it was legal for you to look at it.
I've made the point a million times that I've sold over 300 traps with my information on them.
It's like registering guns, you have to put the criminal at the crime anyway so what good is it?
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Aug 29, 2010 8:32:58 GMT -6
I mix fish oil with fish meal and then whatever other ingredients I want to add. Red Fox piss and a little skunk in winter works well for me. Have used Beaver oil and asafoetida as well.
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Aug 27, 2010 13:26:36 GMT -6
That is so true.
All you guys think we're knocking down big bucks with $400 bobcats.
Problem is you come in at night with 150-200 miles on your truck and more on your ATV.
You better be averaging one every other day or so to make wages.
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Aug 25, 2010 23:23:39 GMT -6
Although there are some cats around my house 1-5 miles away I usually go 50-60 miles out. Unless I 'm going to Death Valley, then about 240. I stay down there for a couple of nights and come home for a couple.
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Aug 25, 2010 23:07:29 GMT -6
I visited with him in the airport in Vegas once. He was heading to California to buy some old truck like that. Wiley Carroll was the exact same way. Must be something about lion hunter/trappers.
I think if I was gonna trap lions, and dogs didn't exist, I'd use what Applegate uses and the top Alaska wolf guys. A 114 Newhouse.
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Aug 24, 2010 10:27:50 GMT -6
I remember one night me and Ilchik and the boys were whooping it up at the town bar in Baker NV when one walked right past the bar down to the ranch house and killed the JP's dog right under her window.
Took it over to the creek about 50 yards from where we were entertaining the ladies and camped on it. Govt. trapper we were drinking with got the call and went over and shot it the next morning.
Damn shame, should have let it kill a few more of the town dogs.
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Aug 24, 2010 8:28:11 GMT -6
This one wasn't too scary he was sleeping, one arm up just hanging there.
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Aug 24, 2010 7:25:46 GMT -6
The first one I ever caught was in a #4 victor longspring. I had it on a cedar branch drag. I started following the drag marks with my eyes on the ground and damn near bumped into the thing hanging out of a small pine tree.
Man that was cool, the first time!!
I have the rug on my den floor. The GD dogs got in the house the other day and shite on it. I should go shoot the SOB's now that I'm remembering it.
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Aug 23, 2010 22:15:54 GMT -6
I've got a #4 Rj victor. It's a good trap. The only Duke I've had was a RJ rubber jaw. Caught a coyote in my backyard with it.
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Aug 23, 2010 16:22:24 GMT -6
Robert I got rid of my Bridgers, at least most of them. What traps do you like for cats?
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Aug 23, 2010 13:02:00 GMT -6
Our association has opposed lion trapping several times.
One of the reasons is that we'd just as soon not see bird dogs caught in 114's. If we were to have a lion season I'd prefer to see guys using the smaller traps for that reason.
Same reason I wish guys would consider where they set killer snares and 4 coiled big traps. We have a pretty good relationship with bird dog and lion hunters that I would prefer not to screw around with.
Other reasons are conflicts with lion guides and public outcry. We really don't want to draw a target on ourselves over lions.
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Aug 23, 2010 9:38:49 GMT -6
Not necessarily. I'm just commenting on what works and how well it works.
A lot of it depends on how long the lion is in the trap. A number 3 dls will hold a lion for a few hours/minutes/days. Depends on the lion, how well he is caught, how hard he fights.
I've had a couple that didn't fight much at all. Most do, and some are hell on wheels.
The real big toms are a whole nother animal. You need big equipment for them. Although I held a giant once with a #3 Bridger.
Usually they just explode a trap and are on their way. You get them tangled in a tree after running on a drag for a bit, the trap gets hold of them and then they can't move much you've got em.
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