Posted by GeneMO on June 19, 2009 at 19:45:55 from (216.74.221.185):
In Reply to: Tools coming home posted by GordoSD on June 19, 2009 at 18:23:42:
Gordo, I'll add another story, kinda along your lines. My dad always trapped coyotes in the late winter and early spring. He bought a dozen Victor 3N traps, through the government trapper. This was in the early 50's. They had kinkless chain and a swivel. He joined 4 traps together, with a 4 point homemade "grappeling hook" We would cover that with a big pile of wheat straw, hog bedding. We would even run some straw through the JD grinder mixer to make it fine enough to cover the traps. You streatched the traps out in a X, with the hook in the middle, then covered the traps with the straw. Carefully setting each one with a hair trigger.
We put this out in the middle of a pasture, preferably after a light snow. When the coyote goes to investigate the Pig smell, he gets caught and drags the traps a ways, generally to the first fence and gets hung up, end of story.
Well in about 1980, we lost a set. He got in the woods and pulled out. My dad looked for those traps for 23 years, till the day he died.
The fall after he died, I was hunting, missed an easy shot. Standing doe at 50 yards. Went down to look for hair or blood, and walked right up to those traps wrapped around a tree!!
Now not to brag, but I dont miss too often. To miss and easy shot, then walk right to those missing traps, well it was a strange feeling.
sorry for the long post, just didn't know how to give you the right setting.
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