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Post by brandonk on Apr 17, 2011 9:47:31 GMT -5
what do you guys do to your coilsprings and conis that you use for mink?
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Post by happersilderness on Apr 17, 2011 19:05:24 GMT -5
I don't modify traps much. I'll adjust the pan tension on the footholds. And I just use the conis how they are. I dye and wax all my traps (except conis). Reason I wax all my footholds is because I usually use them on both land and water.
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Post by mnifoxer on Apr 18, 2011 21:37:02 GMT -5
my 1.5s water traps...i just wax em, make sure their is 0 pan tension, i nightlatch them as well i'll center swivel them too. Thats it make sure there is 0 pan tension, and the pan is flat with the jaws.
Coni's...i either paint them or dye them, (dont wax conis!) i either replace their triggers with 220 trigers and bend them so its like a triangle (less misses that way) or run thin cable beetween the ^ (also less misses that way)
hope that helps!
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Post by happersilderness on Apr 19, 2011 7:29:38 GMT -5
If I'm using #1longs I add a small weight to the base of the trap and stake it out far so there's a better chance of it drowning.
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Post by brandonk on Apr 19, 2011 10:10:41 GMT -5
If I'm using #1longs I add a small weight to the base of the trap and stake it out far so there's a better chance of it drowning. if you do that you should just put it on a drowner |
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Post by happersilderness on Apr 19, 2011 17:24:27 GMT -5
Which ones quicker?
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Post by haydenmekeland on Apr 19, 2011 19:50:42 GMT -5
yours. but its not always about time have to have the correct set made and maybe some time onto it to make it affective.
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Post by happersilderness on Apr 19, 2011 21:16:21 GMT -5
My method will drown it just as effective
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Post by haydenmekeland on Apr 19, 2011 21:26:43 GMT -5
if your saying you tie off a meatal plate to the base etal of your trap and then steak it down tight to the bottom of the water way then yes it would be just as affective as a driwnder set.
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Post by happersilderness on Apr 19, 2011 21:33:10 GMT -5
Yes that's basically it. I use a lead weight or a broken part of a brick
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Post by haydenmekeland on Apr 19, 2011 21:57:31 GMT -5
oh ok then your good man yes tat will work just as good fir small game, and for that i use railroad plates they work great and sit flat!
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Post by happersilderness on Apr 19, 2011 22:04:56 GMT -5
Yeah but I use 110's a lot for mink also great traps they are
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Post by haydenmekeland on Apr 19, 2011 23:21:59 GMT -5
yeah i use 110s or 1.5s but a railroad plate wilk work great fir a 110 and a mink just hook a cable up to the railroad plate.
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Post by brandonk on Apr 20, 2011 9:30:09 GMT -5
why would you do that when a coni kills it just wire it off to a tree near by
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Post by haydenmekeland on Apr 20, 2011 9:35:52 GMT -5
brandon.. everyone has there onw ways of doing things. and typicly if its in a creek there isent a tree close enough to not use a lot of wire so its easier to steak it or plate it.
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