TRAPPIN QUESTIONs

[mr.droptine101]

1. What are ur opinions on traps for muskrat bewteen conibear or a snare?
2. What types of tags do u need for the traps?
3. What size cable do u use for conibear traps?
4. What type of snares do u use for muskrat? Coyote? Raccon?
5. Last question where and when do u take the trappers education

Any other info would be great thx.:D:bow:

[Take-em'29]

For muskrat conibears you use 110's they work very well set up in the channels in ditches.

[mr.droptine101]

For muskrat conibears you use 110's they work very well set up in the channels in ditches.
thanks

[mr.droptine101]

6. Where do u sell the pelts?:please::rolleyes::huh:

[ub1243]

1. What are ur opinions on traps for muskrat bewteen conibear or a snare?

both. coni's have to be 100% under water. but snares work good for places that coni's can't be set, legally.
2. What types of tags do u need for the traps?

get the copper tags from any of the makes, like finch. i use hog rings to attatch them. every snare, trap or cage has to have one. get your trapper id number. don't put your name on the tag. i have the southern division number and my id #, only the warden can get your name from that number.
3. What size cable do u use for conibear traps?
are you talking cabling 330's for beaver? or rat 110's? for rats just wire the trap to a sappling. then just push the trap in the mud.
4. What type of snares do u use for muskrat? Coyote? Raccon?

i make my own. but there are many snare makers around. check out newt's site, snareone.com. there are snares to fit every guys style. what i use, you may not like. but anyone can use any snare. it's just finding what matches your style.
5. Last question where and when do u take the trappers education

watch the fish and game web site. they will post the upcoming classes.
6. Where do u sell the pelts?:please::rolleyes::huh:
tommy zander, west deptford nj


everything i wrote is how i do things. HRL will do things different, littlewhitetailhunter will find his way, same with mudmarlin. it takes time to find what works for your area, and your stlye of trapping. water guys differ from upland guys. i'm a little of both, but guys who focus on one style will easily out trap me. because they fine tune things to exactly what they need on their line. every area is different in this state. the pines are way different from my farms, and way different from the hills of north jersey.

[Bird Boy]

7. how should we get to spots? for example, take a boat with a kayak to get into the small ditches or stay in the open water of the creeks and just take out the boat.

[ub1243]

7. how should we get to spots? for example, take a boat with a kayak to get into the small ditches or stay in the open water of the creeks and just take out the boat.
sounds like your talking rats?
depends on how much time you have to check. some guys are running ditches with boats, checking the holes at low tide. you can cover a huge area-but you are limited to low tide. that doesn't work all the time for a working man.
some guys are walking the meadows. but many will tell you your catch goes down with the walking. the rats can feel your foot steps. and i know this from trapping farm pond rats. they get spooky with you walking the tops every 24 hours.
HRL, how are you running over by the river?

with upland, which is what i do mostly, i check by truck. i'd say 80% of my line can be checked without getting out of the truck. i can cover, sometimes 50 snares in 30 minutes, different farms. but this requires land you can drive the edges and farmers that let you. this requires scouting. but you will not be trapping some of the best spots on the farms. you are limited to the edges, which most times isn't the best locations. but you can over come that with higher snare numbers. and your catch will be visable to anyone on that land. this can cause problems. i have had love notes over top of live red fox in snares.