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Offline .17HMR

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« on: September 11, 2005, 01:40:24 PM »
do any of you have any tips on avoiding theft
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Offline Asa Lenon

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« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2005, 01:54:52 PM »
Use drags when setting along roads, etc where the animal might be seen by passerbys. Using drags allows one to make sets precisely on location, like in the edges of woods roads which greatly increases one's harvest per number of sets made.  Ace
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« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2005, 01:26:05 AM »
Make your  non drag sets behind  large haybales or rock pile  or high grass to hide catches  from cars or prying eyes from roads ect... or like in a hollow where you cant see from road.  Also  checking your sets early in morning will help some too... Good luck
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« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2005, 05:37:37 AM »
In more visible areas, were you can and if legal use a conibear /killer type trap. This way the animal is not moving around attracting attention. Avoid walking in off roads on the same path every time you check. You would be surprise how just a couple trips over the same route makes a very visible trail. If you can park your car on the opposite side of the road from where your traps are it is a good idea. If this is possible and safe for you to do. You would be amazed how people only look for the person/trap to be on the same side as their car is parked.  
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Offline skidway

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« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2005, 02:29:26 PM »
All of the above is excellent advice and I do most of those things myself. Anybody got any suggestions when there's 2' of snow?
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« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2005, 05:37:24 PM »
Big hole sets in sides of banks  for eye appeal so snow doesnt cover completely..... sets under  conifer trees or on top of wind blown ridges or in cedar swamps or the like.............
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« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2005, 08:50:30 AM »
i dont know how old ya are, but my bro and i are both 19 and we are full time college students. when we run out traps, its early. i mean 2 am early. we started doing this after we had a trap thief take oooo bout 120 traps  :x  :cry: of ours, my bro finally caught up with the guy and just bout cut his hand off :roll: . we never got out traps back cause he has already sold em :x  :( . that is when we started runnin early. we get up bout 1 and take off. we run all the traps we can till bout 6am then we come home drop off out catch and start cleanin.  we leave for school bout 8 or 9ish and run the rest of our traps on the way home from school. we dont have to worry bout the critter cause that portion of out line is all conis  or drownding rigs. when we get home we finish our homework and the finish our cleanin and puttin up furs. we have yet to lose a trap this way because ppl are still in bed at those hours.  in snow my bro and i leave really early and make a ton of  tracks every which way in the snow so as to not lead em to our traps.   we never walk the same route twice in a 10 days cause it will start to make a trail.   hope this helps.
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Offline steven49er

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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2005, 05:21:51 PM »
My best advice to avoid theft is dont advertise and then dont worry about it.

I used to pass locations worrying that my trap may be stolen now I just set it and let the chips fall.  Theft isnt too much of a problem here.  Seems like every spring I will lose a couple 330s to theft, part of the game.
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« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2005, 06:07:09 AM »
as my brother (mallarddrake85) said, i caught up with that sob...he was a yote hunter who was up the road a ways, and would glass over and see where we were, he then walked the creek and and run into our drowning rigs and take our traps....120 traps in 2 days...i was pissed!!! on the 3rd day when i caught up w/ him, he was trying to take a 1.5 off a log set i had caught a fox in. he had a .22 pistol w/ him....make a long story short  he drew the pistol and i threw my hatchet (i use to throw in competitions) cutting his pinky, and ring finger to the bone, and slicing his middle and pointer 1/4" through. he ran for the hills screaming bloody murder!! i got my fox, and a little present he left...a platium anniversary ring which i pawned to help replace some traps.
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« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2005, 03:37:11 PM »
You do everything you can, hide your sets, think about what the set will look like with and without a critter in it, make low-key sets, just keey the low profile as much as possible.
I've spent some time building a good relationship with the local warden, and he is very helpful in policing areas if I report some theft or molesting of my sets.
I try to get the most private land access I can, also. its not full-proof, but for the most part either I or the Landowner knows who is who in the area. I've been fortunate enough to land several locations where I have a key to a gate, too.
I use a lot of earth anchors or I do some double staking. If they take it, at least they will work for it. I hope they injur their backs trying to pull one out of ground, too.
I had a real problem one year with damage...traps run over, catches shot to heck, lot of traps just destroyed way beyond repair. It was just as costly as theft.
Some people just have no respect for others or their property, or have any clue about the rules of the woods.
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