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Post by mudtracker on Jun 28, 2007 16:30:42 GMT -5
I have not used grapples much but this last winter did use a couple and held a large black non target catch by simply hooking the grapple on a willow branch and it was never movved is this kinda thing typical cause if it is I think I will be using them more.
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Post by Sunshine on Jun 30, 2007 3:35:58 GMT -5
i use drags on every foothold trap i have..they work great..i use between 4 and 6 feet of chain and DH is right , once they grab hold, theyre done for.Least thats my experience. they get tangled quick too if you got some brush along the area youve set.
i use them exclusively cause of our rocky terrain, its just near impossible to drive a stake in most places i set.
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Post by mudtracker on Jun 30, 2007 7:05:48 GMT -5
or bury a gas line eh? So what do you all do with the bodies to hide the evidence?
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Post by Sunshine on Jul 1, 2007 10:41:59 GMT -5
or bury a gas line eh? So what do you all do with the bodies to hide the evidence? smartbutt...youre not gonna let the gas freezing off go are ya?? it did freeze off and the line IS above ground.. if i told ya what i did with the bodies, id have to kill you...then i could show ya tooo ;D
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Post by Sunshine on Jul 1, 2007 15:36:28 GMT -5
they usually dont run at all.. lol
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Post by Earl8656 on Jul 2, 2007 22:51:07 GMT -5
use grapples very rarely, I check a lot of traps in the dark, nothing is more frustrating than looking for a drag mark in the dark. They do work well; but just not for me.
They do shine when u are trying to get your catch out of the watchful eye of others. this too is rarely a problem for us.
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Post by Sunshine on Jul 4, 2007 1:07:29 GMT -5
you talking bout road trapping earl? LOL
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Post by Earl8656 on Jul 6, 2007 15:17:22 GMT -5
In our part of the world u can actually see for a mile or so without being on top of one mountain looking at another one. Like I said I don't have to set in the road, looking for a level spot......lol ;D
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Post by Sunshine on Jul 7, 2007 11:56:13 GMT -5
i dont either smartbutt, thats why i use the grapples to keep em from escaping into the hills ..LOL
sure sounded like you were talking bout road trapping to me They do shine when u are trying to get your catch out of the watchful eye of others . , ,.. ;D
your words not mine........lmao
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Post by Earl8656 on Jul 7, 2007 22:01:52 GMT -5
call itwhat u will, I have made fox sets within 150 yds of road onour own land, that i would just as well not have them in plain view of the road. ;D....and i do set quite frequently under the roads at culverts and bridges
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Post by rszwieg on Jul 11, 2007 4:07:48 GMT -5
I didn't care for grapples until a friend gave me this homemade monstrosity made out of 1/2' steel plate and rebar. Stays on the ground unlike the commercial ones i've used.
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Post by tctrppr on Jul 11, 2007 4:10:29 GMT -5
Use a heavier size chain on your drags. #3 minimum, #5 even better. Keeps 'em on the ground instead of bouncing around. Better drag trail, better chance of hook-up. It can't hook up if it's bouncing in the air.JMHO, but I ain't used on in years.
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Post by billfrank on Jul 15, 2007 13:26:36 GMT -5
This is what I use for coyote.....heavy and stays on the ground with 5 ft. of chain.The first is 1" sqaure stock, the second is round stock with cotton spindals welded.
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Post by Sunshine on Jul 16, 2007 6:40:38 GMT -5
theyre heavier than the ones on my coon traps
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Post by bill1306 on Jul 25, 2007 21:23:02 GMT -5
Bill I made some grapples like the second one you have a picture of. You must be in cotton country! I normally don't like grapples, but sometimes they will come in handy.
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Post by Sunshine on Jul 25, 2007 23:45:13 GMT -5
dont you think they make your sets quicker to make?
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Post by huckleberry on Jul 26, 2007 19:43:12 GMT -5
while trappin on loggin roads on public land they are great. Water trappin they wrok great cause of the speed of just tossin them into deeper water.
I use smaller ones so smaller critters can move them off and out of sight. Even yotes won't go far with them though. Mine are no where near as heavy as those pictured..in would be tuckerd out diggin the hole to put one them things......LOL The only critter i ever had to hunt for over maybe 50 yards was the fiorst red I ever used one on.....looked for that fox all day afore I found it. Didn't use another one for years ....but use several now.
Ya wanna learn about drags and canines get Asa talkin about them....he says he has NEVER driven a stake for any trap. That is impressive!!!!!!!
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Post by lynxcat on Oct 1, 2007 19:28:42 GMT -5
These are a drag that I make USE and sell... 2 plus lbs each..
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Post by hawkeye on Oct 1, 2007 20:36:57 GMT -5
I don't use them. All we have around here is blackberries and I don't like crawling into a thicket of blackberry briars looking for an unhappy boar coon. I should get some for when I'm trapping up in the mountains, though. They would shine up there.
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Post by Sunshine on Oct 2, 2007 17:31:55 GMT -5
hawk, youre a wuss..LOL
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Post by lynxcat on Oct 3, 2007 20:35:13 GMT -5
ME... I...I...I hooks one onto the back of the WUMAN's coveralls when I'm down in West Virginnie...that way when she's a HEADIN OUT THE DOOR...I's keen catch up and "grapple" with er... ;D AND before ya ask...I DO have standards... TEETH... ;D
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Post by muddyboots on Feb 8, 2008 20:44:16 GMT -5
had one bad experence with a big boar coon, he hauled trap, chain and grapple 12 feet up into a cottonwood tree right next to a busy road.
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Post by Sunshine on Feb 9, 2008 20:16:24 GMT -5
that sucks
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Post by billmeyerhoff on Feb 10, 2008 13:01:31 GMT -5
I like them water trapping for coons, muskrat, and mink. Sure speeds up the process and the set doesn't get ruined. I use two prong coyote drags that are sold by most of the supply dealers.
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Post by Earl8656 on Feb 16, 2008 19:56:11 GMT -5
I have been using some rasp bars out of an old combine, they are about 2 ft long and weigh about 6 lbs. I put about 6 ft of chain on them and they seem to work well with #11's. So far the bar hasn't been pulled out of the stream bed. i can also wrap the chain and trap around them to put em back in the truck.
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Post by Sunshine on Feb 19, 2008 22:00:45 GMT -5
heres a pic of mine.
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Post by mudtracker on Apr 8, 2008 14:08:47 GMT -5
Boy I think I'd be climbing trees around here if I used that setup for coons. I did use one set up with a grapple this year again and just hooked the grapple around a tree root. Sure is a fast way to set up after freezup. Held two nice coons a possum and some other critter I won't mention.
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Post by Sunshine on Apr 8, 2008 16:17:44 GMT -5
hehe, yeah Muddy..keep that ones identity to yourself ;D
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Post by samuelhasguns on Apr 8, 2008 21:12:09 GMT -5
Just use a concrete block. They are cheaper and the animal cant run far.
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Post by mudtracker on Apr 9, 2008 9:35:05 GMT -5
I've hauled enough cement blocks around while being paid to do so that I'll be danged if I'm going to haul em into the woods for trapping. Now if I could drive to all my sets that would be different.
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