Don
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Post by Don on Jun 20, 2013 11:11:01 GMT -5
Found this old trap still chained around a tree out in the hills. it was baited with agate...  |
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Post by orrum on Jun 20, 2013 11:35:35 GMT -5
LOL Don I see u got the agate!!!!! Lose or hurt your fingers getting the bait?  LOL |
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Post by Don on Jun 20, 2013 11:39:12 GMT -5
LOL Don I see u got the agate!!!!! Lose or hurt your fingers getting the bait? LOL LOL, no fingers lost; this wascally wrockhound was smart enough to use his wrock pick. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 20, 2013 12:01:24 GMT -5
Fingers, heck - that would take your whole arm off! Don, you should Google that trap, see what you got. It looks like an old one, and those big'uns go for some green!
Long ago, when I lived in Alabama for a year, there was a field across the dirt rack track from us that had cows in it. The hired hand told us that they had seen some coyotes hanging around (I think there were wolves back there, too!), and I guess they could kill young calves. So they allowed someone to set some of those - I call them "snap traps" - and danged if my stupid hound didn't take the bait and step in one. Fortunately, not one that big. When she didn't come home in the evening, I went looking for her, and found her caught in the trap. I was able to open it, and it had caught her just right that it didn't crush anything. She walked back across the field with me, and recovered without any problems. Jean
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Post by panamark on Jun 20, 2013 13:09:40 GMT -5
Was it already sprung?
Trappers by law are supposed to have a name tag affixed. If so, maybe you can call the guy and see what's up.
BTW: that is jump trap, probably for coyotes. Not that old. Maybe was used last winter and the guy died or some other tragedy. Those traps are kinda expensive, so I bet he didn't just forget it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2013 14:05:37 GMT -5
^^ What Jean said!
If that is a desk it is sitting on it is far larger than a coyote trap. That is likely a bear trap.
Panamark is right, trappers are required to identify their traps.
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Post by Don on Jun 20, 2013 14:25:00 GMT -5
It was sprung and no identification was on it anywhere. The pan says Oneida Jump #4 Oneida Community, NY Patent May 26 07. Would that be 1907?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2013 14:39:38 GMT -5
Yes, 1907. Trapping was huge back then! People still use these were still legal. Here is a similar specimen on ebayThis listing is for a "long spring". Yours seems to be a #4 under spring. What a very cool find! I did some searching and did not find this exact model. #4 seems to be for smaller animals like bobcat or beaver. Was it near a river/pond? Or a rocky hillside? |
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Post by Don on Jun 20, 2013 16:20:13 GMT -5
awesome, thanks for the info Scott. It was up on a hillside tied around an old cedar (juniper) tree. Maybe he was trapping for cougars?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2013 16:38:07 GMT -5
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Post by orrum on Jun 20, 2013 18:54:43 GMT -5
Coyote set b out n the open, beaver set be on a sliding wire to drown in water, bobcat set beside tree would have cat tear lose using tree for grip, raccoon or mink or nutria or muskrat be near or in water. Got me, guy must know what he is doing cause tgere is wire wrapped around the jaw so the varmit cant wring his foot off so easy. What yall trap for out there that we dont have here n the east?
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Post by kk on Jun 21, 2013 5:32:33 GMT -5
Looking at the auction and there are 14 bids, yet the price is barely 15$ with just a bit over an hour to go. I would say keep it, it an interesting conversation piece any day.
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Post by Don on Jun 21, 2013 9:40:02 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess the old Victor model isn't very desirable to the collector market. Too bad, i thought I might have had a windfall coming. oh well, at least I got the agate.
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Post by Mark K on Jun 21, 2013 20:14:33 GMT -5
That is a common user trap. I have a few and use them regularly on beaver.
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 22, 2013 11:02:25 GMT -5
I have a few of those too,mine were for yotes......
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2013 13:01:33 GMT -5
foxtail, what does a beaver pelt go for? I love the feel of beaver fur.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 22, 2013 19:32:23 GMT -5
I have a few of those too,mine were for yotes...... Yotes? Votes? Voles maybe? |
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Post by Mark K on Jun 23, 2013 16:12:41 GMT -5
Shotgunner, it all depends on the individual pelt. Some are of better quality than others. This past season we averaged around $25.
I eat them too. They are a superior meat. As long as you don't get castor on the meat.
Rockpickerforever, he means coyotes.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 20:18:19 GMT -5
Shotgunner, it all depends on the individual pelt. Some are of better quality than others. This past season we averaged around $25. I eat them too. They are a superior meat. As long as you don't get castor on the meat. Rockpickerforever, he means coyotes. Don, now you can hunt beavers. Maybe you already do. Foxtail I had heard that beaver was good eats. I have to travel too far to trap beaver. We only have them in one little creek within 2 hours of my place. No trapping allowed for 5-8 hours. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 24, 2013 9:16:01 GMT -5
Thanks for the information, foxtail. I've heard them called yotees, but never yotes.
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