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traps
agd68:
Another type of trap used to catch coon, skunks or the neihbors annoying cat is a teepee shaped trap made from stones,logs, dirt etc. the side are too steep to climb back out of.
65x55 swedis:
I know of a few that are killing traps. there are the figure four that uses a heavy weight to break the animals back. and then the is the pit trap. take a bunch of sharp sticks and stick them into the ground pointy side up and put something flexable over the top. there are snares that you just need some down rigger line or what ever and make a loop and tie the free end to a tree or branch.
michbowguy:
this is highly illegal, but in a life or deeath situation..anything goes...
an old trapper told me he used to lighten up his laod while on the trapline in the n.w.t. he would haul the wolf,badger,wolverine and bear traps, and buy 3-400pc razor blades .
he would then save his fat and grizzle from the skins and add bacon grease and all along his trapline within eyeshot he put a string of these razorblades in a small sappling about 10 inches from the snowline...
he would simply score and split the sappling and slide insert the blade...
then he would slather it up with the lard.
arctic fox,and cross fox,marten,pine fisher would lick it all up and not even know they were bieng cut!!!!
they would usualy bleed out within 10-20 feet he said and its super quick!
then he re greases it and with the blood all over he said he carried an old russian bolt action mil surp gun, to kill fox and wolves and bear that came in to investigate for a quick meal.
makes ya think huh!
pretty cool i thought.
Postman:
Heard a similar story about killing wolves - freeze knife blade(s) up in the ice of a pond/river, slather with blood and wait...
mullet:
A cheap and easy trap for possums and coons is to take a 55 gal drum and lean a board up to the top. A ramp one can walk up. Just put sardines or some other choice meat in the drum and they will jump in and be there when you check it in the morning.
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