TRay
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Post by TRay on Sept 22, 2011 8:23:17 GMT -6
Chris
Are you adding glycerin to your fish to keep it from freezing? If so how much?
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Post by ChrisM on Sept 22, 2011 17:27:00 GMT -6
Yep, enuff to make it a liquid. Want to squirt it into the traps.
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Post by robertw on Sept 22, 2011 18:38:01 GMT -6
Fish oil (or fish fry oil) will accomplish the same thing with out dampening the odor like Glycerine does. A little table salt (1 teaspoon per can) will preserve the jack mackeral and keep it from tainting for a couple of warm days.
If you use to runny of a bait you have it leaking out the drain holes of the trap and you will see where the coons actually dig out the trap working the soil around the trap.
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Post by thebeav2 on Sept 22, 2011 18:46:45 GMT -6
Right On Robert.
I ran my Jack through a blender. It turned out way to thin and runny. I had to add some corn starch to thicken It up a bit.
I went out and bought a Jerky shooter the other day. I think this Is going to work well for loading the DP. It's about the same size as a regular chalking gun. It has two different nozzles. Haven't tried It yet but I think It has possibilities.
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Sept 22, 2011 18:59:09 GMT -6
easy enough put a cotton ball under the trigger to absorb the smell and mackeral chunks.
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Post by robertw on Sept 22, 2011 19:03:44 GMT -6
Cotton will catch the chunks but not the juice. Been there done that.
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Sept 22, 2011 19:14:01 GMT -6
all that is needed to hold and maintain the smell once he reaches inside all over for him, specially with the coon dagger  I have some lighter ga wire to hold my cotton on the bottom with the dagger trigger it will be wham bam thank you mam.......... That is my hope anyhow. I bought XL cotton balls and will be tough for a coon to get past that circle trigger with out setting it off. Again time will tell if my plan works really well or not. |
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Post by robertw on Sept 22, 2011 21:17:44 GMT -6
The cotton is a pain when pressure washing the traps after season as well.
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Post by calvin on Sept 23, 2011 0:19:24 GMT -6
Yes, its a pain picking the cotton ball out from under the trigger after its gunked up.
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Sept 23, 2011 6:12:25 GMT -6
cotton a pain |
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Post by ChrisM on Sept 23, 2011 6:13:48 GMT -6
Has anyone ever tasted fish oil? It's made from rotting fish!
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Post by thebeav2 on Sept 23, 2011 6:41:36 GMT -6
Most fish oil that Is bought today Is pressed from the fish and It's not tainted. Kind of like cod liver oil. But if you feel the need. LOL
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Sept 23, 2011 6:42:29 GMT -6
oh come on chris a little ona cracker with some beef sausage oh man LOL. I plan on using my fish oil mixes as volume to bring them in and mill around the DP's and will try a few down the tube with the push pull trigger traps but I think the results will be better with something edible as well.
Forceps to remove cotton balls makes them alot less of a pain so be pain free guys LOL.
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Post by trappnman on Sept 23, 2011 6:54:51 GMT -6
easy solution to having it run out of the hole and thats to plug the holes, as I stated I did.
Now, I hear the "it gets plugged up and filled with water"
but trust me, as someone that uses them that way, rain is not a problem where and when I set them- if it is for you, then of course don't do it.
if you set in rainy weather, which I do of course at times- set on an angle and with any overhead cover, or set horizontal, the rain is of no concern.
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Post by thebeav2 on Sept 23, 2011 9:09:09 GMT -6
I set where the coon are I don't go around looking for TRAP friendly spots.
Fill the trap with bait/lure and rain won't be a factor. Or If you have lots of rain In the forecast just place a white Styrofoam cup over the trap or a plastic one. Your trap and bait will remain dry and the coon will remove the cover. It also keeps mice from cleaning out your DP. They also work well In the winter.
And the white color adds a lot of eye appeal.
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Post by trappnman on Sept 23, 2011 9:13:56 GMT -6
yes have used the paper cup trick before
trap friendly spots?
LOL- not everyone traps coon in a barren wastelands- and if so- ANGLE it-
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Post by trappnman on Sept 23, 2011 9:15:26 GMT -6
PS- if they came w/o holes, and i said I drilled holes in them...I'm thinking i'd have a long debate with you on how no one should drill holes in the bottoms.............. |
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Post by thebeav2 on Sept 23, 2011 10:27:46 GMT -6
Since the body of the trap Is slotted and below that you have a hole for retaining the springs I see no need to plug holes or add holes. Like I said fill the trap with bait.
Same with PVC sets just fill the pipe with bait.
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Post by trappnman on Sept 23, 2011 10:34:53 GMT -6
and as I pointed out- I use LIQUID lure and use them a lot in water so I had a NEED to not have a drain hole, and that need was easily solved. I'm not filling the trap with lure, so the slot for the springs never comes into play.
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Post by Wright Brothers on Sept 23, 2011 14:16:14 GMT -6
So, filling tubes, pipes and all with bait, this Mackrel must be pretty cheap? Never seen it, How much cash to make a gallon?
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