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04-09-2014, 07:56 PM
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good for you dave. how thick was the ice?
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04-09-2014, 08:52 PM
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I didn't have to go on the ice. It's melted out into the reeds along the edge.
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04-09-2014, 09:33 PM
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image.jpg few more pics from tonight
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04-09-2014, 09:34 PM
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04-09-2014, 09:47 PM
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Are you trapping the banks and putting the traps right in the runs now, Pointer? I'm putting out 22 colony traps tomorrow afternoon and a couple of funnel traps if I find good spots. Going to be wearing hip waders so I'm not venturing too far out.
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04-09-2014, 09:58 PM
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That's a culvert that they got a run going into took 4 out of that run tonight 3 first check and looked again before I came home had another but to answer your question yes I put one end up tight to the bank and the other end just runs out their run
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04-09-2014, 10:11 PM
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It's going to be a week or two before I can do culverts around here. It's way, way too high and running too fast. The slew it is!
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04-10-2014, 12:31 AM
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good for you dave. how thick was the ice?
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Don't know which Dave that was for haha, but there's still about 9" of ice but closer to the shore there's nothing
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04-10-2014, 06:20 AM
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even 12" of rotten ice is bad. venturing out onto the ice this time of year is a bad idea. not only falling through, but losing traps as well. especially if its open around the edges. why risk it.
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04-10-2014, 09:17 AM
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even 12" of rotten ice is bad. venturing out onto the ice this time of year is a bad idea. not only falling through, but losing traps as well. especially if its open around the edges. why risk it.
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That's why I stick to the shore where it's only max waist deep
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04-10-2014, 05:39 PM
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5 more rats today
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04-10-2014, 07:22 PM
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5 more rats today
I need more colony traps
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PM sent wrt colony traps.....I have some 6"x6"x30" (or smaller if you want) ready to bend and clip that I can sell you.
I shot a couple of rats today putting out some traps. I'm thinking that I should have made some floating traps, they were swimming everywhere.
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04-10-2014, 09:29 PM
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Floating sets have been good for me so far this year . Got a small problem , I don't have enough stretchers and have some rats that I need to skin , NOW ! Can I just put these fresh hides in a fridge over night till I have stretchers or should they be frozen ?
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04-10-2014, 10:03 PM
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image.jpg got a few more tonight had another pic of 6 rats in one trap but I can't get it to upload
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04-11-2014, 09:46 AM
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Floating sets have been good for me so far this year . Got a small problem , I don't have enough stretchers and have some rats that I need to skin , NOW ! Can I just put these fresh hides in a fridge over night till I have stretchers or should they be frozen ?
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Skin the rats out, roll them up skin on skin (fur out). Freeze a dozen per bag and vaccum pack. Take out as needed after that to keep stretchers full. I will run 50 stretchers constantly in fall, and freeze all excess rats that I don't have a stretcher for.
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04-11-2014, 09:23 PM
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image.jpg had a great haul tonight picked up 20 more that puts me at 79 so far this week with 1 more day left to the week
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04-11-2014, 09:34 PM
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79? That it for a week?
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04-11-2014, 09:49 PM
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79? That it for a week?
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HERE WE GO AGAIN !! Hoping this doesn't turn into another gong show .
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04-11-2014, 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by The Spruce
Skin the rats out, roll them up skin on skin (fur out). Freeze a dozen per bag and vaccum pack. Take out as needed after that to keep stretchers full. I will run 50 stretchers constantly in fall, and freeze all excess rats that I don't have a stretcher for.
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Thanx Spruce.
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04-11-2014, 09:57 PM
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79? That it for a week?
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Some of us work a real job and have a family we spend time with
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04-11-2014, 10:04 PM
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What are you saying?
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04-11-2014, 10:11 PM
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What are you saying?
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Saying your all mouth and you should probably shut it every one here is getting sick of you ramble on about nothing you have yet to put up a pic or say who your skinning for. Maybe it's time to grow up and quit running your mouth
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04-11-2014, 11:05 PM
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rat pics
Here's some pics from my rat area,2 checks 32 rats,want to get 38 more to hit 200 mark for the year than give them a break,Peter
Last edited by PCP_ECOM; 04-11-2014 at 11:07 PM.
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04-11-2014, 11:35 PM
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Perfect timing Peter! I was going to PM you to see if I could get a picture of your floats.....Perfect! I'm trapping a lake/slew the similar size as what's in your pictures except that there's about 300m of cattails all the way around it and I'm making floaters for my 120's tomorrow morning. I'm going to have to tie them to a brick though because the bottom is still frozen. Thanks for posting, that helps me a lot.
What thickness and length of foam did you use on the bottom of the floats?
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04-11-2014, 11:45 PM
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Perfect timing Peter! I was going to PM you to see if I could get a picture of your floats.....Perfect! I'm trapping a lake/slew the similar size as what's in your pictures except that there's about 300m of cattails all the way around it and I'm making floaters for my 120's tomorrow morning. I'm going to have to tie them to a brick though because the bottom is still frozen. Thanks for posting, that helps me a lot.
What thickness and length of foam did you use on the bottom of the floats?
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PM sent to you,Peter
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04-12-2014, 07:03 AM
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Saying your all mouth and you should probably shut it every one here is getting sick of you ramble on about nothing you have yet to put up a pic or say who your skinning for. Maybe it's time to grow up and quit running your mouth
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Pointer you might not like but I speak the. Truth I am good
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04-12-2014, 07:15 AM
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Do you guys eat the meat? I remember eating the meat and my mom used to bake the tails to a crisp and we would devour those things...
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04-12-2014, 08:00 AM
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Here's some pics from my rat area,2 checks 32 rats,want to get 38 more to hit 200 mark for the year than give them a break,Peter
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Looks good I should try some floats
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Looks good I should try some floats
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Deadly weapon this time of year for those sun worshipping rats,and cheap and easy to build,4x8 sheet of 3/8 plywood makes 16 pieces 10"x24",then 1x2 lats on sides and 1 inch styrafoam on the bottom,drilled a 2 1/2 hole in centre for stake,hope this helps Pointer.
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