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Offline Wackyquacker

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« on: February 02, 2004, 04:48:41 PM »
One of the "OLD ONES" on this forum, namely RdFx, is repeatedly found to type "patience" in his advice line.  I too adhere to this philosophy. The two pics below atest to the virtues of a patient man (maybe fool :( ).

This was in fact a true double but since they were dragged I didn't know I had the second one until the first was in the truck (not drinking a coffee :-) ).  The traps were set 23 days earlier "on location" at cattle trail junctions coming to water from the north and from the south.  Chet lured  with a pencil sized stick dipped into Jumpin Jack Flash (a "gun" lure) which I had cycled out of rotation three years ago.  I lured with a match stick sized twig dipped 1/2 inch or so into either  Nature Call or Wiley Coyote (both are good gland lures and I don't have my note pad in front of me) and a few drops of urine on the side.  Both sets were flats and the lure sticks were placed under a cow pie after "smearing" around a bit on the under side of the front lip of the pie.  I walked to within twenty yards of my set to check and glassed Chet's.  The first snow came and / or the "sugar bush" went sour...buta bing buta boom!







HAVE PATIENCE WILL SKIN!

Not all locations pay every year but  good location is a good location for a reason...coyotes come by!  Also, a good lure is a good lure for a reason.  I did not relure these sets.  This maybe a regional thing but it works for me.

 Hope this helps some!

PS.  Those high Mesas are some of my cat factories heh heh heh!

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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2004, 03:39:02 AM »
As long as your not going out of your way to check them and I don't need the traps I let mine sit for days in certain spots. Sooner or later it usually pays off! 8)

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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2004, 04:34:35 AM »
As a1foxhopper said; As long as your not going out of your way to check them
 

Thats the wrench in the gear box right there.  It ain't quite so bad if you can run some sets for other animals along the way. But if you have to go out of your way for only a set or two, it can screw your schedule up royally. Especially if you have a 24 hr trap check law.  :roll:

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« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2004, 02:52:09 PM »
On the relure subject , I just moved back to an area that I moved out of
6 weaks ago , on one set location were it had just snowed was tracks
working the old set . I've found in my dry climate that I don't have to relure.  
 not a bad catch ( for an old timer  ) lol

Old wise man once said double up on traps in jan, feb , you'll be furs ahead ...
 
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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2004, 02:04:14 PM »
WQ that country looks kinda like the edge of the rez, how bad did i miss it ? Neat pic.s gotta figger out how to do dat, pretty hard when you
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« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2004, 02:10:55 PM »
Dang, you're on the edge of some Rez any place in this country :)  To get PICs you need a camera preferably a digital that fits in your vest pocket so you always have it along.  Then all you need to do is remember to take PICs  :D

What's this old timer BS?  You got me comfused with Boggy,  RdFx, Rascal or Asa

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« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2004, 03:27:20 PM »
:) Phewww, I can see why a drag hook would have to weigh 12 lbs in your country and have a computer program installed in the drag that seeked out entanglement for three hundred yards, LOL!  Nice picture and catch Wacky!  Ace :grin:

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« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2004, 01:28:01 AM »
Asa, those PICs were "thick cover" :-D .  

I played around a wee bit with the "Wimberly Plow" last season.  This year I added the plow to all of my drags.  Neither of those yotes went over 75 yds from the set.  The drags are of 1/2 inch round stock (30" / drag) and I have 8 feet of 3/16 chain plus the trap chain on each.  I haven't had a drag over 100 yards this season.  In fact my cats are getting hung up too close at times. :wink: