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Minuteman:
That bacon on a stick works with geese too. My grandad told me about a kid that had a half dozen geese on a string when he was a young-un ;)
RidgeRunner:
I built a small version of a "Ed's Trigger" snare at the house Sunday night.
It took a while but, once it was all worked out it worked well.
I hope to build a larger one soon and catch me a beaver.
David
Postman:
That polar bear joke was one of my dad's favorites.....
I read somewhere that they would coil splinters of bone in a mold and pour in melted fat, , then freeze. after a polar bear ate several of the chunks, they would thaw and skewer his insides. What a way to go.
I have relocated about 20 copperheads and 2 rattlers from my yard - the tame corn snakes I keep in my classroom eat mice, and I put mice "litter" under logs on the perimiter of the yard. When I get home from work, I take a hoe and a rubbermaid container and flip 'em over one by one. A few copperheads have "not made it", and are waiting for a really good bow, after getting into spaces I couldn't safely catch them. The rattlers are so rare and reproduce so slow I can't see killing one. This guy was about 43" NTN (Nose to noisemaker) so his "draw length" was about 18", so as long as I kept a few feet away, he couldn't get me. He had 14 rattles. The pair of copperheads was gettin' ready to get busy in April as we moved in 6 years ago. So Basicsally, I bought a house smack dab on a den site. (Wife was happy to hear this)"mug shots" prove that no snakes returned after release.
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cowboy:
Postman: Looks like you got plenty of snakeskin backing's there ;). Used to see em like that when I was younger but just don't happen anymore - I'm wondering if their not there anymore or am I alway busy and just dont see em anymore.
stickbender:
The coon traps sound like the monkey traps. They would take coconut shell, clean it out, and cut a 3/4 to one inch hole in one end, and use the natural hole in the other end, and run a string through it, and make a knot , so it could not be pulled out, and then they would tie the string to a stake, or limb. They they would put pieces of coconut in the larger hole, and set the coconut on a log, or limb, and like the coon the greedy monkey would not let go till captured. Another trap, was for getting rid of rats, and it was just a large, gallon or more jar, with the lid off, and a piece of paper tied over the top, or use a rubber band, and then with a razor, cut a large " X " in the center of the paper. Then suspend a piece of cheese or bread on a piece of string just above the the " X ", and when the rat goes to get the bait, oops, in he goes. The one I made as a kid, was filled with water. Got rid of a couple of rats that way. Can't remember where I read about that one. I think it might have been in the " Boys Handbook " a Friend of mine gave me. It was his dad's. I was printed in about 1905 or so. Had things like whale bone shooters, etc. There is another simple squirrel snare, you can make also. Just wrap a piece of baling wire, around a limb, and then wrap a loop above the limb, and tie, a slip noose, and suspend it in the loop. Bait, the trap, or if it is a limb that is used often you don't have to bait it. You can also use existing limbs, and twigs, on the larger limb to suspend the loop.
Stick Bender
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