Author Topic: nEW TRAPPER QUESTIONS (Read 518 times)

howie1968 · « **on:** May 09, 2003, 11:31:57 AM »

i AM NEW T TRAPPING ANS HAVE SOME QUESTIONS I will be hunting raccoons and coyotes mainly I have just 3 traps now they are Duke traps one is a 1.5 coil spring and the othes are 11 ls I assume long spring I caught my first coon the other day in the 11 ls my questions are
1. what do you stake the trap to?? i thought about some steel tent stakes
2. I was told to put aluminum foil on the trap trigger as coons are curious and bait it with sardines
3. do i bait near the water or put the trap in water???

foxtail · « **Reply #1 on:** May 09, 2003, 12:12:43 PM »

By the sound of your questions, I would recomend buying yourself a few trapping books. Go with ther modern writers at the beginning as the older books seem to have alot of smoke and wires in them.
When dealing with coon, one must take into account the strength of the critter. Coon are quite strong and if the stake is not sufficient, it will pull it out. I don't know for sure what you mean by steel tent stakes, but it gives me a cold and prickly. (as opposed to a warm and fuzzy)
I use oak stakes 16 - 18 inches long in good soil. I use steel stakes 18 - 24 inches long as well. There are many options but if you are going to be water trapping, you might as well use drowners.
As far as the foil goes, that is a novelty set which you will not stack up any numbers with. Go to trapperman.com and go to the section about basic sets, you will find alot of help there. And register there as well and you can have this site to help you and that one also.
Both traps you mentioned are 2 out of 3 of my favorite traps. You should do well with them.

howie1968 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 09, 2003, 12:50:38 PM »

thanks for the advice what about using tuna fis as bait???/ i also see them around corn feefers a bunch and traped one going underneath a fence

foxtail · « **Reply #3 on:** May 09, 2003, 06:25:46 PM »

Tuna is kinda expensive.
I use bullheads and sheephead.

KYtrapper17 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 11, 2003, 03:33:56 PM »

If you are going to trap coons I would use drowning rigs if possible. If you are going to trap coyotes I would get some bigger traps; at least a 1.75. I would recommend a video and a book or two. They are a lot of help. I like the Fur-Fish-Game videos by Tom Miranda and his crew. Pick an animal and buy that video. I have the Fox Video and have seen the beaver and the predator video. They are all good.

howie1968 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 11, 2003, 08:13:33 PM »

thanks for all the advice i see i have alot to learn, and will enjoy learnng thes things for the next few months ill start setting traps when i do more research i just jumped into it on a whim and was happy with what lttle succes i have had. the main thing is that my daughtes ages 7 and 11 hav enjoyed elping me and i9n m opinion that s what is about not about succes but the learning and with my 2 daughters there helping me it made it even better thanks guys