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dennishoddy

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Great job Makeithappen!
The DP's are the way to go. I didn't trap any this year as it's 90 miles round trip, too far to travel with fur prices down to zero. Buddy and I had a huge freezer we kept them in after washing and combing the fur to get a buck or two more out of them. We would take 50 or more to the buyer along with some bobcats when in season and at least make gas money.
 

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State needs to put a $10 bounty per tail in effect. They already know how devastating they are to the ground nesting birds by allowing year around trapping.
If it was made somewhat profitable, there would be lots more trappers out there. I'm sure the quail, pheasant, turkey and songbirds would benefit greatly.
 

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State needs to put a $10 bounty per tail in effect. They already know how devastating they are to the ground nesting birds by allowing year around trapping.
If it was made somewhat profitable, there would be lots more trappers out there. I'm sure the quail, pheasant, turkey and songbirds would benefit greatly.
No doubt. They're actively restricting turkey harvest and upland birds aren't much different at this point.

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Here is a question, how do you trap them but also ensure you don’t get animals that may or be of interest? Just use live traps or jaw ones and roll the dice?

Interesting topic and one I have not considered before now.
Even if you used jaw traps for coons, they won't hold cattle or deer, it will just make them crap themselves when they jump lol. If you get a opossum or skunk, coyote or bobcat or fox, well those are egg eaters and bird eaters too. Badger would be about the only accidental that's not detrimental to a bird population. Nearly everything eats eggs and birds.
 

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Sounds like we need to do this on my brother's place . . .
Do it, it's pretty enjoyable lol. They don't move when it's bitter cold, wait for it to warm up some, around 32⁰. Throw some corn out for a few days, let them build up and tell their friends, then mafia set those bastages....

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Coon are a nightly occurance on both of my cameras and food plots. Big fat ones and will typically see 4-6 just on the narrow focus of the pictures taken.

Can you give a bit more detail on the traps and setups youre using? Are you dispatching them once caught or....? If so, what are you doing with the dead ones? Throwing them in a ditch on the property and letting the yotes take care of them? On my 45 acres I haven't seen any and only heard one last spring while sitting out on my back porch of our little house. This thread has me thinking but I've never trapped anything other than mice and rats.
 

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