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Offline cotton1

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« on: September 06, 2003, 03:03:48 AM »
well guys some thing has me worried.
this year i will have a regular  7:00 am to 3:30 job :eek:  how many of you check traps after working?
i have always checked before working in the passed, and i worry about pull-outs and such troubles ?????? :shock:
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Offline Dan Mich Trapper

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« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2003, 04:42:34 AM »
I try to check K9s in the am with a spotlight if I can . If not I check as soon as I get home .
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« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2003, 06:55:18 AM »
Cotton, sounds like you have about the same schedule I have during trapping season. I only set traps I know I can check before work and school, and if I can't, I don't set them. In order to run more traps, I usually only set places where I can literally drive right up to the set, tend it, and whip over to the next one. Even still, there are times Im up at 4am to get my whole line checked by 7:30 when im any number of traps. Its a little tough at first, but you get used to it. Good Luck
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« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2003, 02:59:42 AM »
I am in the same boat, have to have kids a babysitter at 7:00am work at 7:30.  On coon what I usually do is have a 1-1/2 -2 hour line of snares and non lethal pawhold traps that I will run in the morning before work.  After work i will have a seperate line of 220's and pawhold traps on drowners that i can check without worries about live animals.  On my fox/cat/coyote line i just suck it up and get up at 4:00 am to check the traps, also if i have some secure spots that i don't have to worry about theft i will run those traps on my lunch hour.
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« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2003, 03:35:43 AM »
I don't have the restrictions that you fellows have.  I start checking at first light and often finish at last light.  I do not concern myself with the time of day but I only run coyote / cat lines.  I have not had problems relative to pull outs.

I do occasionally, become concerned with theft.  I use cheap traps and check these locations early.  

It seems that lethal sets would solve most of your problems; I'll sit back and learn.
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« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2003, 04:24:57 AM »
I check traps on extended checks, 48hrs and longer, and don't have any ill affects from doing so. I run fully modified traps, and even on coon caught on long(er) checks, there isn't a problem.

In some instances, I would prefer not to check my traps until after 12:00am or so because some coyotes are likely to get caught in the early morning hours before they bed for the day. This is more of predator control scenario, but it has some merit to fur trappers.

I don't think you should sweat it to check your traps after work/school. If I were operating on a 24hr check, I would prefer to run one longer trapline after work, than to run shorter lines.
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« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2003, 04:43:43 AM »
I run traps before work throughout the season.  During the week I usually start at 4am like many of the others. I run a creek 'line by canoe first and then moving to the farm land where I have most of my k-9 and cat sets.  I use spotlights from the truck and headlamps when on foot or canoe.  I think this allows the k-9's and cats a little more darkness to find my sets.  Im usually finishing up about first light whtch gives me time to start skinning the dry animals and hang the wet ones up with a fan in fromt of them si I can skin when I get home in the evening.  BUT this year I have the fur tumbler which will decrease my drying time greatly...I hope.
Tim B
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« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2003, 01:06:31 PM »
I work from 6:30 am to 5:00 pm and I try to be at my set furthest from home at 4:00 am and check my line toward home for my land traps. My water sets I check after work. Mike
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« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2003, 09:40:43 AM »
I agree. I wouldn't worry about it. I start checking traps early and often don't finish till dark. I never noticed any difference in loss patterns in the  later traps.  Pay attention to location for theft, etc and you should be fine.
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« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2003, 02:40:32 PM »
thanks guys  theft is  big worry while deerhunters are running wild in the woods. most of my trapping will be done on farm land and i hope not many other folks will be on the land. i was more worried about foot damage and pullouts, checking traps at first light for years makes ya set in your ways lol
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