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Post by trapper7 on Feb 9, 2010 16:37:19 GMT -5
My favorite set is the Griz trap. Those coon look so stupid when you approach them. It's like they got caught with their hand in the cookie jar! I can truthfully say I've never lost a coon in a Lil Griz. For me, it fools the ones that are trap-shy
My second favorite set is a pocket set with a 1 1/2 coil foot hold on a drowning cable.
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Post by williambevels on Feb 9, 2010 19:53:24 GMT -5
this one was set up for mink and coon now on coon i make them a little bigger
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Post by scansy on Feb 10, 2010 7:29:07 GMT -5
Don't target coon too much, but when I do, I find a spot on a creek where there are a bunch of roots that I can use as a "pocket" - maybe adding some of my own branches/brush to make it a better pocket. Put a piece of fish in the back and use a #11 double long/double jaw on a drag.
I don't use drowners here - too many domestic animals. I don't ever catch one in a water set like this, but don't want to take a chance.
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Post by trapper7 on Feb 10, 2010 15:08:37 GMT -5
I get some misses on my pocket sets that I'm guessing are coon. The trap will usually be snapped, but still in place where I set it. My guess is that coon sometimes lay down in front of the hole to look and reach in. They set the trap off with their neck or chest. Or, sometimes the trap will be about 6 inches down the slide wire with a little coon hair in it.
I have caught coon that were drowned and only caught by one toe. That's why I always use a drowning slide wire set. That coon caught by one toe is gone in a non-drowning set.
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Post by williambevels on Feb 10, 2010 15:30:49 GMT -5
by digging the pocket a little higher on the bank and shaving off the sides makes the coon climb or stand on it's hind legs to get the bait which helps on misses but also cuts back on your mink catches.
another thing is set the trap back instead of right in front of the pocket but again your mink catches will drop to a degree as the mink will often hug the bank and goe around your trap.
you are right when the pocket is small or next to the water level the coon will almost be on it's belly and you will see tripped traps.
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Post by scansy on Feb 10, 2010 16:40:01 GMT -5
Many of the streams around here are rocky. Using the roots as a sort of pocket makes life easier than digging into those rocks.
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Post by huckleberry on Feb 10, 2010 16:40:41 GMT -5
Since 90+ % of my coon are caught on dry land...the protrusion set is my fav. Easy and quick. Also deadly on coon.
It can be used along water also. Anywhere there is an over head/over hanging object, and coon are near......ya can catch coon reliably with it.
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Post by scansy on Feb 10, 2010 22:25:58 GMT -5
Protrusion set?
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Post by Sunshine on Feb 11, 2010 20:14:31 GMT -5
pocket set
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Post by scansy on Feb 11, 2010 20:25:43 GMT -5
I don't think so, he's talking about dry land?
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Post by trapper7 on Feb 12, 2010 12:29:50 GMT -5
I was wondering the same thing. Protrusion means something sticks out, protrudes. Couldn't be a pocket hole... I wonder if he means like the pipe set where you use a piece of pvc?
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Post by huckleberry on Feb 12, 2010 20:00:33 GMT -5
sorry guys for taking so long to get back to this.
The protrusion set has a few different names. It is simply an over hanging limb, branch or anything else that hangs out over a used trail or along a waterway's bank.
You set a trap under that overhang and put some lure/bait in the overhang. the critter, which several can be caught useing this set, will smell the lure, hang around trying to get to it and step on your trap. Simple as that.
I don't even always bed a trap at some of these sets. Stake it down, lay it flat, and cover with debris. The critters aren't paying any attention to what is on the ground, they want that smell they know is up on that limb or whatever. I use drags alot at these so not to ruin a good spot.
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Post by backwoodsman on Jun 8, 2010 12:18:55 GMT -5
Huckleberry I used that set years ago and put alot of fur up due to it. Coons, possums, skunks and even grey and red fox. Works for yotes also with clean traps and big bait ie:horse quarter. For coons my favorite 3 sets are PVC tile set, Tinfish and pocket set or variations of the pocket. All with a no.11 bedded out front and Russ Carman coon no.1, no.2 or some of our homemmade lures, fish oil etc. Ive done good on the Hardcore coon lure too. Corn, molasses, burnt honey all are good additives for coon lure/bait. Coons rarely escape a no.11 no matter where or how much of the paw is in it. We kept around 90 coons out of footholds/no.11's last year and released probably 2/3's of that amount and only had a few snapped no.11's attributed to coons.
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