Comments for Trapper Radio http://trappingradio.com Sun, 20 May 2012 06:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Trapper Radio show # 24, How to store fur from one season to the next. Common questions about Full Metal Jacket, how to take it off and traps being dug out. Knee jerk reaction mindset to trapping problems. Expanded or Big pans, How I make them and if Predator Control Group sells them. The famous blue peat moss bucket and salting fish for a summer project to save money next trapping season. by Todd Campbell http://trappingradio.com/?p=672&cpage=1#comment-1156 Todd Campbell Sun, 20 May 2012 06:53:17 +0000 http://trappingradio.com/?p=672#comment-1156 Clint, the way to make the expanded pans affordable is simply a metal stamping die. Once the die is made you can stamp hundreds of thousands of these and the price would be much cheaper than a laser. You basically have a punch and a die section and a coil of sheetmetal that progresses thru the die. Once a part is punched out then the stock progresses thru to punch another out. Simple fast effective. This is how all traps are made from the manufacture. I have been a tool and die maker for 32 years and I am sure that other trappers in America have worked in metal stamping before. If I had enough money I would like to put a trap on the market that would not have to be modified one little bit. I have the design in my head and I have some drawings. I e-mailed Victor to share this design and I never recieived a response from them. I have seen designs from other trappers before and if they could get their designs on the market we would have the best tools at our fingertips. I believe us trappers are some of the most ingenious people around. We are constantly thinking of better ways and better products. Look at the MB trap, the KB trap and the TS 85 trap. Those guys were using their noggins to come up with these traps. I don't like the price of them and I think it will keep some young kids from trapping because of it. We need to help out young kids to get into trapping. A lot of kids have a single parent that works hard to make ends meet and they don't have money for traps. They are the future of trapping. A lot of us could donate some decent equipment not junk but good equipment to young trappers. These young people need instuction too. I love helping young kids out and have done this in the past. Some of them lived on farms and I taught them how to put up fur. When they get older and start working then they can buy equipment. If we do not help the younger generation trapping could die off. We do not want that to happen. Clint, the way to make the expanded pans affordable is simply a metal stamping die. Once the die is made you can stamp hundreds of thousands of these and the price would be much cheaper than a laser. You basically have a punch and a die section and a coil of sheetmetal that progresses thru the die. Once a part is punched out then the stock progresses thru to punch another out. Simple fast effective. This is how all traps are made from the manufacture. I have been a tool and die maker for 32 years and I am sure that other trappers in America have worked in metal stamping before. If I had enough money I would like to put a trap on the market that would not have to be modified one little bit. I have the design in my head and I have some drawings. I e-mailed Victor to share this design and I never recieived a response from them. I have seen designs from other trappers before and if they could get their designs on the market we would have the best tools at our fingertips. I believe us trappers are some of the most ingenious people around. We are constantly thinking of better ways and better products. Look at the MB trap, the KB trap and the TS 85 trap. Those guys were using their noggins to come up with these traps. I don’t like the price of them and I think it will keep some young kids from trapping because of it. We need to help out young kids to get into trapping. A lot of kids have a single parent that works hard to make ends meet and they don’t have money for traps. They are the future of trapping. A lot of us could donate some decent equipment not junk but good equipment to young trappers. These young people need instuction too. I love helping young kids out and have done this in the past. Some of them lived on farms and I taught them how to put up fur. When they get older and start working then they can buy equipment. If we do not help the younger generation trapping could die off. We do not want that to happen.

]]> Comment on Trapper Radio Show # 23, The secound part to state hopping and trapping out of state. Is a partner good or bad for you. How are you going to put up fur on the raod. having you personal life in order and tagging your bobcats and otter. by Lucas Mcintyre http://trappingradio.com/?p=661&cpage=1#comment-1137 Lucas Mcintyre Thu, 17 May 2012 19:29:12 +0000 http://trappingradio.com/?p=661#comment-1137 hi clint i really like your trap rant on your video. i have recently been using number 2 traps. yes i do see cutting. i have been really been excited to try out bigger traps. hey i really like the expanded pan system you put on your traps. in my opinion a first year trapper get so stoked up on trapping. they mess up by modifications there not trying to find out whats the best trap size for the animals. because of prices. YES i did the same thing. did i get kicked in the hind end yes i did. thats the first thing that i should have really should have ut a thought to. and of course you know your first year you learned the most of your mistakes and over the years of running lines that's something everybody learns. here in the next couple of years i am going deeper in modifications im like you if bigger is better that what im going into. people can say all they want about bigger traps. but when they are out there running smaller traps and me and you are running our own lines with bigger traps catching more fur or doing control jobs that's going to come to a conclusion some day im with you all the way BIGGER IS BETTER. hi clint
i really like your trap rant on your video. i have recently been using number 2 traps. yes i do see cutting. i have been really been excited to try out bigger traps. hey i really like the expanded pan system you put on your traps. in my opinion a first year trapper get so stoked up on trapping. they mess up by modifications there not trying to find out whats the best trap size for the animals. because of prices. YES i did the same thing. did i get kicked in the hind end yes i did. thats the first thing that i should have really should have ut a thought to. and of course you know your first year you learned the most of your mistakes and over the years of running lines that’s something everybody learns. here in the next couple of years i am going deeper in modifications im like you if bigger is better that what im going into. people can say all they want about bigger traps. but when they are out there running smaller traps and me and you are running our own lines with bigger traps catching more fur or doing control jobs that’s going to come to a conclusion some day im with you all the way BIGGER IS BETTER.

]]> Comment on Contact us by admin http://trappingradio.com/?page_id=78&cpage=1#comment-1135 admin Thu, 17 May 2012 12:26:39 +0000 http://trappingradio.com/?page_id=78#comment-1135 That is great!!! I have found that I listen to podcast more and more, not radio. We live in an amazing time. We can pick or subject matter in the form of radio or podcasts and not have too listen to what someone else thinks we should listen to. Glad you are enjoying the shows. Clint That is great!!!

I have found that I listen to podcast more and more, not radio. We live in an amazing time. We can pick or subject matter in the form of radio or podcasts and not have too listen to what someone else thinks we should listen to.

Glad you are enjoying the shows.

Clint

]]> Comment on Trapper Radio Show # 23, The secound part to state hopping and trapping out of state. Is a partner good or bad for you. How are you going to put up fur on the raod. having you personal life in order and tagging your bobcats and otter. by admin http://trappingradio.com/?p=661&cpage=1#comment-1134 admin Thu, 17 May 2012 12:17:33 +0000 http://trappingradio.com/?p=661#comment-1134 It is hard to imagine that we payed $.85 for a gollon of gas. Fast food is no longer fast or cheap and the grocery bill on the road seems to be about three times what is was 10 years ago. The nest egg was a lot smaller not to many years ago. It is hard to imagine that we payed $.85 for a gollon of gas. Fast food is no longer fast or cheap and the grocery bill on the road seems to be about three times what is was 10 years ago.

The nest egg was a lot smaller not to many years ago.

]]> Comment on Contact us by jeff http://trappingradio.com/?page_id=78&cpage=1#comment-1131 jeff Wed, 16 May 2012 22:21:22 +0000 http://trappingradio.com/?page_id=78#comment-1131 I cannot thank you enough for the trapper radio program. I am just getting into it and have downloaded the shows to my external hard drive and listen to them in my cruiser through my laptop when im on patrol. Makes the days go by so much better and I am learning alot. The bad thing is alot of people go free because I dont want to hit pause to pull em over! Thanks again and I appreciate what you have done!!! Jeff in Virginia I cannot thank you enough for the trapper radio program. I am just getting into it and have downloaded the shows to my external hard drive and listen to them in my cruiser through my laptop when im on patrol. Makes the days go by so much better and I am learning alot. The bad thing is alot of people go free because I dont want to hit pause to pull em over! Thanks again and I appreciate what you have done!!!

Jeff in Virginia

]]> Comment on Trapper Radio Show # 23, The secound part to state hopping and trapping out of state. Is a partner good or bad for you. How are you going to put up fur on the raod. having you personal life in order and tagging your bobcats and otter. by jeff dunlap http://trappingradio.com/?p=661&cpage=1#comment-1124 jeff dunlap Wed, 16 May 2012 00:20:52 +0000 http://trappingradio.com/?p=661#comment-1124 working out of state otter beaver coon trapping for 9 weeks it cost little over $3500 for expenses.that covered everything but a place to stay which i got for free.might give u guys an idea of the nest egg you need working out of state otter beaver coon trapping for 9 weeks it cost little over $3500 for expenses.that covered everything but a place to stay which i got for free.might give u guys an idea of the nest egg you need

]]> Comment on Trapper Radio Show # 23, The secound part to state hopping and trapping out of state. Is a partner good or bad for you. How are you going to put up fur on the raod. having you personal life in order and tagging your bobcats and otter. by Todd Campbell http://trappingradio.com/?p=661&cpage=1#comment-1118 Todd Campbell Tue, 15 May 2012 04:16:02 +0000 http://trappingradio.com/?p=661#comment-1118 Clint, that is some excellent advice on having partners and going out of state or taking a trapping trip away from home.Enjoyed the show. Clint, that is some excellent advice on having partners and going out of state or taking a trapping trip away from home.Enjoyed the show.

]]> Comment on Share your skills by jeremiah http://trappingradio.com/?page_id=365&cpage=1#comment-1064 jeremiah Tue, 08 May 2012 01:09:19 +0000 http://trappingradio.com/?page_id=365#comment-1064 thanks man i did a final count and got 25 coons, 2 red foxs, 1 gray and 2 rats. thanks man i did a final count and got 25 coons, 2 red foxs, 1 gray and 2 rats.

]]> Comment on Trapping Radio Show # 22, The start of the topic of state hopping and taking that trapping adventure. Why are you going? What are you planning to trap and why? Where will you stay? What are the trapping and snaring laws? Also Clint explains the new format on the Free Video Mag at Wolfer Nation. by Chris Love http://trappingradio.com/?p=653&cpage=1#comment-1060 Chris Love Mon, 07 May 2012 13:56:09 +0000 http://trappingradio.com/?p=653#comment-1060 Absolutely LOVE this new format. The amount of videos and information avaiilable is great. I now have more content to keep me up at night and to distract me from my job. WolferNation/Trapping Radio continues fueling my passion for trapping and predator management, THANKS for all you do and the information you provide. Absolutely LOVE this new format. The amount of videos and information avaiilable is great. I now have more content to keep me up at night and to distract me from my job. WolferNation/Trapping Radio continues fueling my passion for trapping and predator management, THANKS for all you do and the information you provide.

]]> Comment on Lure?, Bait? or both for catching coyotes by Charlie Grimshaw http://trappingradio.com/?p=161&cpage=1#comment-1047 Charlie Grimshaw Sat, 05 May 2012 17:20:47 +0000 http://trappingradio.com/?p=161#comment-1047 I've been using basically that same set for a number of years now and I can't tell you how many fox, coyote, cats and fisher I've taken with it....Instead of a prairie dog, which of course we dont have in New York,,,,I use a muskrat carcass wired up to a 8 or 10 inch wooden stake (piece of small dry tree sapling) and peg it down in front of an old stump, rock wall or a large tree in a natural type way with a blended in trap out front on a heavy grapple or log drag. I use no lure, but ,if I may on occasion use a skunk based call lure up high about 3 or 4 feet.. I stumbled on this set when I noticed how quick my rat and beaver carcasses were disappearing when I discarded them in the woods, and thought heck, why not place a trap there......I do cover the rat carcass with anything thats natural to the area to keep crows, hawks and owls from getting caught. Dont worry, any good predator will find this set quickly and you will be amazed with the results...I try to use a fresh carcass to prevent rolling by canines and I also set my trap back about 12 or 15 inches from the carcass with some light, natural looking blocking. With the carcass pegged down to the ground good, the animal will be working hard on it and will be shuffling around, thus increasing his chances of getting caught. I also use a piece of beaver hind quarters with excellent results. I’ve been using basically that same set for a number of years now and I can’t tell you how many fox, coyote, cats and fisher I’ve taken with it….Instead of a prairie dog, which of course we dont have in New York,,,,I use a muskrat carcass wired up to a 8 or 10 inch wooden stake (piece of small dry tree sapling) and peg it down in front of an old stump, rock wall or a large tree in a natural type way with a blended in trap out front on a heavy grapple or log drag. I use no lure, but ,if I may on occasion use a skunk based call lure up high about 3 or 4 feet.. I stumbled on this set when I noticed how quick my rat and beaver carcasses were disappearing when I discarded them in the woods, and thought heck, why not place a trap there……I do cover the rat carcass with anything thats natural to the area to keep crows, hawks and owls from getting caught. Dont worry, any good predator will find this set quickly and you will be amazed with the results…I try to use a fresh carcass to prevent rolling by canines and I also set my trap back about 12 or 15 inches from the carcass with some light, natural looking blocking. With the carcass pegged down to the ground good, the animal will be working hard on it and will be shuffling around, thus increasing his chances of getting caught. I also use a piece of beaver hind quarters with excellent results.

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