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08-10-2010, 05:13 PM
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aluminum foil water set.
I may have posted this before but my great grandfather taught me to cover the pan with aluminum foil and set the trap in shallow water at a known watering/crossing spot. Coons are curious as the day is long and will slap the shiny thing in the water out of curiosity and you have them. I have used it many times on victor double longspring #4 traps. If you are lucky enough to have a good heavy root or a deadfall nearby hooking the trap down isn't a problem. Otherwise you can always do what I have done and use a piece of plastic coated steel dog run cable to run to it from a tree. The cable isn't hard to bury and they ain't gonna chew through it (Though the love to try) the only problem with this set is you need to check it at noon and at dusk. If you get one caught in it at dusk they are not going to stay the night, you will come back to find nothing but a chewed off foot in the trap.
One other little tidbit. If you arrive at the trap and don't see it, and you see the cable pulled taught in a direction other than where you put it check to see what is in it before you go yanking on it. I have caught both skunks, and bobcats in this rig as well though it is rare. Pulling either irritated animal to you ain't the begining of a enjoyable evening. GoodOlBoy
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