Wisconsins Cable Restraint season starts Jan First.

[RdFx]

Any Wisc trappers on here going to be setting out for canines with cable restraints?

[marshin']

Figuring on getting a handful out that I can run before and after work. A lot of locations that I thought would be good don't look like they'll pan out with the snow now so that will simplify how many to set out. Now I just have to devise a good anchoring system to use out in the cattail marshes :wink:

[RdFx]

In marshes you can cross stake with long rebar stakes or use cable stakes.. If the ice isnt too thick you can drive cable stake right thru ice and  when it goes thru bottom of ice  it is ready to go.   You can set on sign or no sign  both work... I catch as many yotes on trails without tracks as i do with tracks..... Every possible  path has to be covered and if you havent snared before you will find out shortly !  Good Luck...

[marshin']

:grin: Hi Lee....guess I was in a hurry and forgot to mention the only reason that a lot of the trails weren't useable is because the deer have moved down into the marsh and are using a lot of the "new tracks" that I made thru the heavy grass cover....that rain and wet snow and ice from a couple weeks ago made it tough traveling in a lot of the other spots and they like my shortcuts.....and I think the canines will too.....just gotta figure a way that they aren't knocking the loops down for me. Will have a few days to ponder it and play around and get ready.

Had figured on a "deadman" anchor thru the ice, if I have enough room under it to turn it or some type of a "disposable".  The fox are starting to work the rat houses pretty good already and they are laying some consistent trails that may be easy to set.

Happy Holidays to you and Dawn, talk at ya later....Piner aka Marshin'  :wink:

[cotton1]

is yall using snares or some new fangle thang?

[marshin']

Cotton....in order to get the use of dry land snares in Wisc our Association did a 3 year field study along with the DNR to find a device that was acceptable for general use. At present it is only for canines and the season is Jan 1 to Feb 15. The "dryland cable restraint" can only be used in a nonentanglement situation and has a 285 pound breakaway on it.
The name and restrictions on the device may seem laughable to folks who can dryland snare any way they choose to but for us that at present is not an option, this is.  We hope that it is the first step in our being able to use dryland snares on a few more species someday.Otherwise, at present our regular snaring is limited to water use only with at least half the loop submerged or under the water/ice. A number of folks such as RdFx put a lot of time into this and it is quite appreciated....kind of nice to be able to move forward instead of backward.

[cotton1]

didn't mean to sound smartmouthed just wondering why the long name.
that polelickly correct stuff gets under my hide some times lol

[IlliniTrapper15]

Whats the new restraint it cant be as bad as in Illinois we cant use snairs unless half of um are in water that is not good for my trapping

[Wackyquacker]

RdFx says...

I catch as many yotes on trails without tracks as i do with tracks.....

Now that takes a real trapper! :shock:

[marshin']

Cotton....I hear ya loud and clear on being "politically correct"....don't usually happen here either

Wacky....I tell ya the ole RdFx is so good he knows where they're going before they even do!   :-D   And if I keep that up I know where he'll be sending me a road map to....  

Hope everyone has a great New Year's and a happy and healthy one!

[RdFx]

Marsh  now that relaxing cable restraint around your neck never even bothered you did it???  Heh heh, heck you didnt even know it was on  :twisted: .  Im taking  a student out towmorrow for snare (whoops) i mean cable restraint lessons   ( SEE COTTON)  :wink: . I know im going to have fun trying to explain to him that yotes go here and there and only after he catches a yote in a trail without tracks will he get some confidence lol.

[RdFx]

Psst, psst  Wacky  dont  make me out to be a know all trapper as im still learning everyday..... when i stop learning then im not a trapper anymore!