Author Topic: line sets on land and water (Read 586 times)

trapper111 · « **on:** June 11, 2006, 03:25:37 PM »

how far apart should the traps be apart from the next am just gett'n into trapping this fall with my son who is 11 need all the info i can get thanx kevin :?:

wormbobskey · « **Reply #1 on:** June 11, 2006, 05:55:42 PM »

What are you wanting to trap? Sets for coon should be far enough apart so they can't reach one another, but only if the sign indicates that you might catch more than one animal. Muskrats sets should be on sign as well and set up on drowning rigs if possible. Sometimes rat sign will be in small concentrated areas so gang setting is the way to go here. Again just make sure animals can't reach one another as they will tear each other up. When I set for canines I like to make a couple of sets close to each other (but not to close), but with different lures or even different sets. I like big dirthole sets for the visuals and flat sets for the change up. Worm

Wackyquacker · « **Reply #2 on:** June 11, 2006, 06:29:55 PM »

Worm, how in the dickens did you manage to sum up 16 books in one paragraph?

catdaddy · « **Reply #3 on:** June 11, 2006, 09:48:16 PM »

50 yards should do it if in the woods, 150 yards on prarie open places

Wackyquacker · « **Reply #4 on:** June 12, 2006, 02:07:53 PM »

111, did you get your question answered? There is another answer possible depending on the intent of your orginal question...how far apart to set traps at one location verses how far apart are the locations. Worm addressed the "gang set" or first question.

trapper111 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 12, 2006, 04:45:19 PM »

i am trapping coon mink rats and some beaver and hopefully some otters thanks for the info. :toast:

wormbobskey · « **Reply #6 on:** June 12, 2006, 06:24:55 PM »

Wacky, it must have been that speed reading course I took. Another thing that I like to look at when I set up an area is the amount of food in an area and how long it will be there. I am a definite beleiver in gang setting and that is one reason why I hit areas with large amounts of food that the target animal is coming to. I also look for the funnels into these feeding areas and try to concentrate most of my sets in these places. Of course you have to be able to move when the critters aren't there and that is proablebly my biggest weakness, knowing when to pullout of an area. Worm

Wackyquacker · « **Reply #7 on:** June 13, 2006, 08:48:59 AM »

I know little of the critters you will be targeting...they all hang around water, well for the most part, and we don't have water. However, the closeness of set locations will be largey dependant on the population density of the critters in your area, the amount of time you have to trap, the terrain and the dispersal / activity pattern of the critters. Short of a book titled something like "The Art of Trapping", it would be hard to give you every situation in a single post. For example, if the critters you are after are highly localized, I'll guess beaver in dam situations, your traps maybe closer together within their rather restricted area or activity. You would, I guess target the big fellows and leave the kits for seed. Compare this to let's say Red Fox which, during dispersal move quite a bit and can travel long distances, you may have a pair of traps at good convergent point along the dispersal routes, with locations only every couple or three miles. In this later situation more traps closer together would not expidite your harvest...the targets are moving through rather than residing there as was the case with the beaver.

I'll let those that understand coon, mink, rats, beaver etc give you some more detailed guidance. My message is simple it all depends on what, where, how and why you are trapping.

WILDBILL1958 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 15, 2006, 07:13:33 AM »

Rat runs using 110 conibears . I use up to three 110's in a 9 ft run, also I set every run. with floats sets I put one about every 25 to 50 feet.
Mink blinds sets using 110's or 120 conibears I try to put three a 100 feet apart.when using pocket sets (using leg traps) I place them about 25 feet apart because they tend to catch coon, rats and mink.try this take your hand and slick your pocket up good and take a fork and make scrapes on the outer side of the walls of the pockets.looks like a animal has been digging.
beavers - I set my snares in every trail that shows a lot of sign .using the biggest loop that a 60'' snare can make and you will find that about 99% of the beaver is caught by the tail. when setting castor mounds I set three sets about 15 feet apart with leg hold traps. using three different brands of lure.
coon using 220's I place four buckets about 15 feet apart same with my pockets sets for coon.try this pre bait your buckets and pockets for a couple of months and when you set your traps you will be amazed on your coon catch . I did this with 200 buckets in wyo and my catch was 445 coons in a week plus 16 mink. the more you pre bait the more they come to your sets.One thing that I learned from the south that a coon can be trained to feed in a certain location.the longer you prebait the longer you can keep your sets in place.