jabne
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Post by jabne on Mar 24, 2006 20:52:00 GMT -5
 one hole is 3"- 4" diameter, other is only width of 1/2" rebar driven into ground about 4" from the other hole. Can use any combo of bait lure in either hole, or no bait/lure at all. Dirt is piled up in this one in a low mound behind the set, but can be made with no mound or just a clump of weeds, etc. for backing. Trap is bedded with pan just in front of the point of my trowel. Approach to this set should be wide open. This one is made just off of a mowed path through tall weeds. |
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Post by jabne on Mar 24, 2006 20:57:56 GMT -5
 Here's another double dirthole, this one in the snow. I make snow sets in shaded areas so that they do not thaw out as much during day then freeze up at night. I try to keep the sets cold, and dry, as much as possible. Sorry if the shadows obsure the two holes in upper-center of pic. Both holes are only about 5" apart, and maybe 3" in diameter. These holes are same diameter, but you can change the look by making one larger than the other. Can also change the angles so that one is dug at a shallow angle and other is deep/steeper angle. Will cause the animal to shift its feet to move its face (eyes, nose, etc.) forward or back to check out either hole, causing a lot of foot movement over the trap. I prefer this set for dryland coon trapping. Shove a straight stick down each hole and wherever the sticks cross over the dirt pattern, that is dead center and that is where you want your trap pan when you bed the trap. |
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