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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lunkerslayer" data-source="post: 149051" data-attributes="member: 217">Sharing trapping tips old school style.big barrel of boiling black dye, then dip in barrel of wax, then let dry, you need a some kind of carrying case for a planters spade, a roll of wax paper, a container of dry dirt, fox urine as well as scent glands which dad took about himself (gross) one front paw either fox or coyote, when setting up your line is best to find areas that will be able to come in from one direction only always following the same tracks back out. Dad liked to set traps across from deer trails edge of tree rows preferably inside away from wind. Next he would find a spot, dig a hole into the side of bank just above the ground level, once the hole was dug he would use a twig to pull out a little piece of bait push the stick deep into the whole that way the coyote or fox had to stick his nose deep into the hole to get at the bait. Once the hole with the bait was complete, dad would remove just enough soil about a foot from the hole and deep enough to place trap into. He used digger rods from old potato harvesters’ because they were tempered steel he would break off one side of the digger rod so he could drive it into the ground which the traps had only a very short piece of cable attached to the chain. Trap would be set just right as to only the slightest step would make it go off. He would pull ofF a piece of wax paper and crumple it up like if you were going to threw it away. He would pull it apart lay it gently over the entire trap, since the pieces where usually 1x1 foot pieces they would easily cover the trap and still have enough area to place existing soil to hole it down. Once the wax paper was set in place he would take out his 200 sieve and his container of dry dirt, which he sprinkled just enough to cover the wax paper. He knew from experience how much dirt it could hold before setting it off. Next he would find a small rock to set just off the side of the trap preferably in an area as for the wind to carry the scent of the fox lure. He would break ofF a piece of tumble weed or a clump of grass and smooth out the ground around the baited area, He would take his paw make imprint into the ground around the opening of the hole he dug out. Then he would spray either the fox or coyote urine in the area to cover up any scent of us. He would break off a piece of grass and remove any tracks we may have made at least 8 to 10 feet out. The place was vital to the success of the set; the only way the coyote was to be able to get bait was put in such a way that he would need to step on the trap from one direction only. Dad said once a coyote had been caught in that set he would be able to catch all the coyotes in that area because they would piss and shit all over that area which coyotes are very curious as well as cautious animals. He would usually set out more early in the season then once he was able to determine which sets produced the most traffic he would pull the other sets up and move them to a different area.The old man actually learned how to trap from my great grandma and also by lots of practice he trapped where ever we lived Glasgow Montana, Dickinson ND, New Wradick ND, Hebron ND, then finally in Walhalla ND. There were so many different types of set ups for each animal he was going after beaver, muskrats, mink, raccoon, badger, fox, and coyote. To the way that he know just how much force it took to stun an animal so he could grab it and either break its neck or he would grab it by its front paw and step on its rib cage to suffocate it, He said raccoons were the hardest animals neck to break which was the reason why he would step on its chest.IN A NUTSHELLThe endNext time how to set up for a beaver</blockquote>

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