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Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 4th, 2005, 11:12 am
by Showme
Gogop showed me one last month when he was over here for a managed deer hunt.

If you ask me it just looks like an overgrown snipe trap with barbed wire at the top. - would be easy to make.

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Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 4th, 2005, 11:17 am
by counts
Do you lure the deer to it? Or do you set it up on a well used trail?

Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 4th, 2005, 11:29 am
by PoisonSnake
Counts, these dudes come up with some creative stuff to make those traps. Best thing to do is get a pvc corn feeder made. Then, make some contraption with chicken wire that surrounds where the food comes out. But, you need to have it where the deer can get his head down there. I am gonna buy some feeders for the HFA. It is gonna be my off season hobby.

Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 4th, 2005, 11:53 am
by counts
That sounds like wildlife torture. I can in no way endorse the use of such equipment.

Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 4th, 2005, 11:54 am
by counts
At Tyson Research Center, we used to trap and tag deer in those cages. I wonder if thay still do that out there?

Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 4th, 2005, 12:13 pm
by PoisonSnake
I've trapped them with the nets and a rocket launcher. Cool as heck until they start bawling.

Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 4th, 2005, 12:18 pm
by counts
I feel sad.

Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 4th, 2005, 12:26 pm
by hobiecat
I've got an extra large fishin net I chase'em wif, but I haven't caught one of the quick lil bastages yet.

Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 4th, 2005, 12:37 pm
by hobiecat
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Gawd that was classic. Image Image Image

Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 4th, 2005, 1:50 pm
by Two Tall the Neanderthal
Try all you want pillow biter.

Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 4th, 2005, 2:07 pm
by PoisonSnake
It was far more exciting than hunting ever could be. We trapped 4. Then, we had to draw blood and do a sonogram to see if they had fawns.

Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 4th, 2005, 9:37 pm
by GoGop
Here's one I made. It's just chicken wire and a few boards against a downed tree, with drywall screws holding it all in place. (Plus 50 pounds of shelled corn).



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Edit---To answer the question I saw, both traps I put out are in travel areas where deer normally go. I try to conform to their habits, rather than try to change them.

Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 4th, 2005, 11:37 pm
by Brander
thanks GoGop, I may have to try putting 1 of those up at the farm. Have you tried them before and do they work?

Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 5th, 2005, 12:06 am
by Clark
Brander said:
thanks GoGop, I may have to try putting 1 of those up at the farm. Have you tried them before and do they work?

No, Kreskin, he just makes these ridiculous looking contraptions totally for the hell of it. Image

Re: Shed hunting

Posted: January 5th, 2005, 12:13 pm
by GoGop
Brander said:
thanks GoGop, I may have to try putting 1 of those up at the farm. Have you tried them before and do they work?

These are the first ones I've made, but I have friends who have done it with good success. Image Image