Siwulat Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I am thinking I might give trapping a shot this year. My thought is to get a few 110s and try for muskrats. I know I can trap on some public land per the regs. My question is...can I make water sets on any lake that I legally access? For instance, can I walk onto or wade into a suburban pond from a park and set a fully submerged trap? Clearly brand new to this whole thing. I would be doing it for pure fun. Any advice is appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siwulat Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 Quiet forum! Anyways, picked up three 110s from FF and added my ID to them. Just finished setting some bottom edge sets in a creek that meanders through a local WMA. I'm sure they are poorly done but it'll be interesting to see what happens with them. I also have have an email into the dnr asking about extension of public right of way and whether or not a marsh is accessible from the road. I'll post updates as I have them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siwulat Posted November 25, 2016 Author Share Posted November 25, 2016 Checked them today and nada, which is exactly what I was expecting. I did locate a couple of holes on the opposite bank so I'll give my current sets another day or so then maybe move them in front of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siwulat Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 Empty again. I moved two of them in front of those holes I found so hopefully that's a productive move. I wouldn't know what a fresh hole looks like but these don't look too bad. Anyways, off to the deer woods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siwulat Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Felt mildly confident in my sets as I checked them tonight. Nada. How long should a guy a guy leave a set before choosing to move them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Caswell Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Buy more traps, it's all about location and numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor_guy Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I am toying with the idea of doing a little calling this weekend. The moon is nice and dark, so the first and last few minutes of daylight might make something happen. It all depends on what I stumble into for sign. The majority of the deer hunters have been done for a while, so the free meals are going to be getting harder to come by. monstermoose78 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermoose78 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I am going out as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delcecchi Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 On 11/27/2016 at 2:59 PM, Siwulat said: Empty again. I moved two of them in front of those holes I found so hopefully that's a productive move. I wouldn't know what a fresh hole looks like but these don't look too bad. Anyways, off to the deer woods! An amazing amount of information about trapping is available on youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobberineyes Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Went out pheasant hunting today and ran into a trapper setting 330s along a creek for beaver . I'm not much into trapping but know how these things work, and after having a civilized conversation with him his were all in the water and he let know where they were located so at least the pooch wouldn't get his leg caught in it. don't feel bad, he hasn't caught much either . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siwulat Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Thanks del. I've done a fair bit of youtubing. checked them again last night and still empty. Now that waterfowl is winding down I may start scouting for some huts in public marshes. I've been avoiding them so as not to interfere with retrievers. Even without catching anything it gives me another excuse to be in the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delcecchi Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 I saw three or four huts in the little wet area in the lake vadnais area just off country road F. But they would probably get upset if you set traps there... right next to the new path that goes south along the east side of the lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siwulat Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Well, learned a valuable lesson today. Traps that are set half in and half out of the water will get frozen over when the shallows of the creek freeze! Not gonna catch anything when the springs are froze!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ufatz Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Well, since the real cold is starting and trapping takes a lot of time and effort maybe you could just hold off until next year. Do some more research on the species you want to trap, the market for their hides and consider the work involved in doing a perfect job of skinning and stretching skins. Then too, in today's world a guy has to be extremely careful about placing traps where someones cat or dog ends up in the trap. Seeing a nice Brittany crushed and frozen in one of your traps will probably change your mind about the like of a trapper. Many outdoorsmen do some trapping when they are younger and most of them find other pursuits soon enough. Of course there ARE serious trappers who work at it hard every season. Some thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delcecchi Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Pretty tough way to make a living, being a trapper. But if a guy doesn't care about the money, it could be a fun thing to do. About the crushed and frozen dog, shouldn't the owner of the dog be keeping it under supervision? And yes, body grip traps need to be set in a way that dogs can't get into them. Haven't figured out how the snaring yotes while avoiding dogs would work.. Any information? Just for curiosity, since I haven't seen evidence of any yotes here in my yard. Used to have a fox but it moved on I think, judging by the number of bunnies hopping around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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