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Posted: Sun Jan 13th, 2008 03:17 am |
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What kind of door do you use on your small traps? What works the best for you? I have a spring loaded swinging door and a guillotine style door on the other. What about the type that has a gate that swings down? Some claim that hogs can root in with these, but if it is lifted, anything that is in, can get their nose under the gate, and escape, too. The spring loaded swinging door, will let a hog get in once the trap is sprung, but I don't know that has ever happened though. Here is a picture of one of my guillotine style door traps.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13th, 2008 04:30 am |
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Thats one big looking box trap
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Posted: Sun Jan 13th, 2008 04:08 pm |
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Best I remember, it is 10' X 4' X 4'. Thing that is messing me up right now, is that the manufacturer of the stock panels, changed their sizing from 52" tall to 50" tall. With that, they changed the spacing on one of the long sides, which after cutting the short spaceing off, it messes everything up. If the mesh were of uniform size, it would not be a problem, but the mesh is 6" X 8". When you have to cut the extra little bit off, the 6" and 8" pieces do not line up right to twist the stub wires around itself. The last one I built, I used the 4" x 4" square panels. It is stronger, but it is also more expensive. Send a note to Oklahoma Wire, and tell them we want the 52" stock panel back!
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Posted: Mon Jan 14th, 2008 03:09 pm |
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I know there are a bunch of you guys with traps. Come on, tell us what kind of traps you use!
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Posted: Tue Jan 15th, 2008 04:04 am |
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| Around here for the box traps for bear most people make them out of a steel drum.
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Posted: Wed Jan 16th, 2008 01:32 am |
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I've seen where they use the corrugated steel drain pipe for the bear traps. What I have seen is about 4-6 foot in diamerter.
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Posted: Wed Jan 16th, 2008 10:03 pm |
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Chick wrote: I know there are a bunch of you guys with traps. Come on, tell us what kind of traps you use!
I'll post some pics this weekend.
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Posted: Sat Jan 26th, 2008 01:22 pm |
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| Here is a picture of the trap I made in my spare time, over the last couple of weeks. I sold it to a guy in beaumont, so he could trap the hogs that are tearing up the levees on his duck lease. Attached Image (viewed 153 times):
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Posted: Sun Jan 27th, 2008 03:02 pm |
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I'm Sorry, I forgot to post some pictures. Nice looking trap. I cannot tell if there is a bottom on it. What do you use for the trigger on that one?
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Posted: Sun Jan 27th, 2008 10:23 pm |
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Chick wrote: What kind of door do you use on your small traps? What works the best for you? I have a spring loaded swinging door and a guillotine style door on the other. What about the type that has a gate that swings down? Some claim that hogs can root in with these, but if it is lifted, anything that is in, can get their nose under the gate, and escape, too. The spring loaded swinging door, will let a hog get in once the trap is sprung, but I don't know that has ever happened though. Here is a picture of one of my guillotine style door traps.
I lost several of my portable traps during hurricane Rita due to severe smashing and flooding. I did get to test this one after the storm. It is called the Iron curtain, named for the individual square tubing that is used as the gate. It can be set with all fingers up, or used as a push gate; beware! as you will see in the posts; it does need modification to keep them in it. I do like it because the hogs don't need to push hard to get in and they get used to it very quickly. I will add more comments with each post.
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Posted: Sun Jan 27th, 2008 10:27 pm |
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Here is a pic of a hog entering the trap: This is with the fingers down, no trigger. Just used as a push gate.
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Posted: Sun Jan 27th, 2008 10:43 pm |
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Here is a pic of that coon claiming the bait he led the hogs to.
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Posted: Sun Jan 27th, 2008 10:43 pm |
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| You can't see it, but there is a wire that runs across the back part of the trap, that pulls a pin out of the frame, on the right side (as facing the trap. When the pin pulls, the gate falls./ It has another pin that swings over the gate, after it closes, and prevents the hogs from getting out.
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Posted: Sun Jan 27th, 2008 10:51 pm |
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5 minutes later that little sow had enough of that coon and easily booted one of the fingers up to escape the trap. The bait is in the very back of the trap; that's were that little old coon is whooping some pig but right now. It is also where the trap trigger should be set. There is only one trigger for this trap no xtra pins to hold the gate.
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Posted: Sun Jan 27th, 2008 11:15 pm |
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| I guarantee that won't happen with my guillotine gate trap! When they are in, they ain't gettin' out!
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