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Creek bottoms Well-Known Member Not to swing the thread in another direction, but are we going to be able to kill hawks and owls? I was just saying that yesterday if you're doing this for the turkeys , the birds of prey kill a lot of poults along with house cats .

Normally get 4 or 5 a year , when it’s starts warming up I normally pull all the conibears and go to foot holds.

REM 270. That’s the only animal that has ever came after me once I turned it loose .

Have you tried a snare on a trail? What type of set do you have in ?

I only trapped for beaver this year for about 30 days . I ended up covering 3 counties and set up 4 farms before I pulled everything yesterday . I was only trapping nuisance beavers for farmers. 25 beavers 7 otters 6 muskrats 5 raccoons

Don't let them see you. Don't use urine. Don't use any thing with FISH in it. Slide your trap sets under a tree. Where cow can get to them but Coyote can. Old cows are easier to trap around than young cows. Forget = showy sets. Be on location under a bush or tree is best

Nope , on the elk and stones.

I’m in middle , there is a farm in Pelham I trap that’s was full of them . I normally don’t trap for them unless they become a problem but catch them in beaver sets frequently. Back went rats was bringing good money i caught 36 out of that swamp and left plenty of seed In there I could have...

A few more from another line I set up yesterday.

I set a small line yesterday on the river after work ,and this is what was waiting today.

What type of bait are you using?

Black walnuts is a good dye just make sure you put them in a sandbag if you pot is big enough .

Just what the other two post said but I will add if the wax is smoking it's to hot turn it down . Make sure if you go with dipping in wax ,the trap has heated up in the wax if it doesn't you will know by seeing it clumped up on it . As far as the Dakota dip I have never used , I guess I'm just...

From what I remember they had 10 lb blocks also and it was fairly inexpensive, but it’s been a couple years since I bought some .I’ve still got a pot full of it .

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