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brucet
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Posted: Sun May 11th, 2008 11:22 pm

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During the spring muskrat season we are only allowed to use conibears so I had to come up with a float using conibears instead of foothold traps.Heres what I came up with.

Last edited on Sun May 11th, 2008 11:26 pm by brucet

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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 11:21 am

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Can you use something like Thompsons or a weather proofing stain to camo the floats and make it more bouyant? Will the smell of the stain make the rat's shun the traps and bait?

Just curious, looks like alot of hard work and maybe the weather proofing might make the lumber used last longer..... With todays price's i'd try alot of things to make the floats last longer, price's on lumber and everthing that is..

Last edited on Tue May 20th, 2008 03:54 am by firedawg226

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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 01:50 pm

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firedawg226 wrote: Can you use something like Thompsons or a weather proofing stain to camo the floats and make it more bouyant? Will the smell of the stain make the rat's shun the traps and bait?

Just curious, looks like alot of hard work and maybe the weather proofing mike make the lumber used last longer..... With todays price's i'd try alot of things to make the floats last longer, price's on lumber and everthing that is..
Thanks, good idea.I'm thinking about either staining or painting them.Dan suggested pink with white poka dots but I'm leaning towards the forest green

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Posted: Fri May 16th, 2008 12:31 pm

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great pics and idea , I like my color choce LOL

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