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re: Got a few new toys (trapping)
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:06 pm to lsueric25
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:06 pm to lsueric25
Catching possums is something everyone starts with. Upping my pan tension really seemed to help this year. Only ran a dozen traps for a week but 9 yotes and 2 cats without any possums. My dp and bucket sets were not as lucky.
As far as price, I actually just gave coons to hound trainers this year. Last year I averaged 20 on yotes, 15 mink, 12 on rats and only like 15 on beaver. In ar we get a 15 dollar tail bounty, I have a deal worked out with a few watersheds where it's 20.
As far as waxing, they are faster and resist rusting better waxed but you can catch just fine as long as you washed all the oil off of them.
As to why catch beaver, in some of these laser leveled fields a dam can cost acres of a crop. 2 years ago a farmer called me because beavers had dammed up a tile preventing them getting out their rice. Ended up costing him about 10 acres. 3 days and 7 beavers later the problem was solved. Tons of stories like this keep me as busy as I want. Plus it gets all kinds of permission to deer hunt some great ag land.
As far as price, I actually just gave coons to hound trainers this year. Last year I averaged 20 on yotes, 15 mink, 12 on rats and only like 15 on beaver. In ar we get a 15 dollar tail bounty, I have a deal worked out with a few watersheds where it's 20.
As far as waxing, they are faster and resist rusting better waxed but you can catch just fine as long as you washed all the oil off of them.
As to why catch beaver, in some of these laser leveled fields a dam can cost acres of a crop. 2 years ago a farmer called me because beavers had dammed up a tile preventing them getting out their rice. Ended up costing him about 10 acres. 3 days and 7 beavers later the problem was solved. Tons of stories like this keep me as busy as I want. Plus it gets all kinds of permission to deer hunt some great ag land.
This post was edited on 3/6/15 at 12:19 pm
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