An unusual catch...... almost

studabaka · January 07, 2008, 05:57:25 PM

When I came up on one of my dirt hole sets this morning I was looking for the rock behind the hole, but it wasn't there

When I walked over to the set this is what I found......

The rock [what we call union county shale] was smashed to bits. The torn up circle around the trap was 10-12 feet in diameter and clear evidence that the trap had held up for a significant time before ultimately loosing to superior fire power.

FinsnFur · January 07, 2008, 06:07:57 PM

Someone came up on it and shot the rock?, then the critter, and helped themselves.

Jrbhunter · January 07, 2008, 06:27:38 PM

I'm sure it would've been better eating than your target animal.

studabaka · January 07, 2008, 06:57:05 PM

yup

coyotehunter_1 · January 07, 2008, 07:11:09 PM

Well, THAT really sucks !!!

At least they left your trap.

DirtyDog · January 07, 2008, 07:13:28 PM

That does suck.......

Coulter · January 07, 2008, 07:27:07 PM

That sucks Stu...Nothing ticks ya off more than somebody screwing around with your steel and taking your fur.

I had somebody steel one of my conibears out of a coon cubby (5 gallon bucket at the time) and the take a crap in the bucket...they even wiped their behind and left the TP in the bucket

I can laugh about it now, but man was I PO'ed when I check that trap.

Really gives new meaning to the phrase..."I didn't catch crap" :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

Steve

studabaka · January 07, 2008, 08:19:26 PM

:shck: :shck:

Sorry guys.... I was saying yup to Jrbhunter's comment on 'better eating'..... nobody messed with my set. I had a deer in it and it beat the crap out of my trap. If ya look close at the trap you can see he knocked out one of the jaws....... the cross stakes never gave an inch

Never had one actually get caught that hard. I have had them kick traps and sometimes set them off, but never get caught and held.

FinsnFur · January 07, 2008, 09:02:20 PM

Oh yeah!!!!

I knew that the whole time!

the hell I did

Jrbhunter · January 07, 2008, 10:14:58 PM

"How do I release a deer from a snare?" ----- Lift it's head and clip the cable.

"How do I release a deer from a foothold?" ----- Let it see you.

Brad H · January 08, 2008, 02:11:10 AM

I kinda thought the jaws looked tweaked.
Up to last week, if I had a trap yanked out, I assumed it was a deer, and that was probably the case other than just recently when my latest yank job had a claw in the jaws. A week earlier than that, the whole damn trap was missing. A cat set with the guide sticks, attractors and everything still in place. It's private and no ones been in there so it had to have been a deer that got hooked just right or a lion that took one hell of a leap and snapped the 1/8 inch cable in one shot. Either way, I'm still out a trap a lot like you are Stu.

Brad