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Post by rye on Feb 9, 2008 14:31:23 GMT -5
on my trap line this morning.... 10 Grinners  I put out 18 sets yesterday afternoon 8 cat sets and 10 coon sets. Checked this morning and dang near all of them were clogged with grinners.. Oh well. better than nothing I reckon. |
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Post by Bottomline on Feb 9, 2008 15:40:57 GMT -5
Yep.......better than nothing.
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Post by Pete on Feb 9, 2008 18:57:59 GMT -5
Don't wish the opossum market would pick-up, we all could make some money.
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Post by coldsteel on Feb 9, 2008 19:30:33 GMT -5
To be honest I have caught less grinners this year than ever before and one thing that helps me unless I know I am in cat country I set a lot of times 20 yards out in fields you will be surprized how many grinners you miss that way and I have found something else about yotes they love to run main paths through fields and waterways but worst thing about setting paths is catching more dogs and I have done that this year while targeting yotes
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Post by rye on Feb 9, 2008 20:36:21 GMT -5
well with all those sore feet running around maybe I'll get some coons tonight.
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Post by cannonball on Feb 9, 2008 22:29:00 GMT -5
I remove all possums from the gene pool. You can and will make repeat catches if you turn them loose.
I agree with Tony. Fos some unknown reason I have not had the possums problems this year like in years past.
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Post by rye on Feb 10, 2008 12:59:22 GMT -5
Popped two more this morning.. all in all it was good all 17 out of 18 sets worked last night. I missed cats on two of them and rest were worked by possums from what I can tell.
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Post by Ldsoldier on Feb 11, 2008 23:48:37 GMT -5
Every possum removed is one less you'll have to worry about. And if its a female that's 5-10 less that you have to worry about.  |
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Post by mightythor on Feb 17, 2008 22:22:34 GMT -5
They are terrible. I wish I know somwone that would eat them or if they would make good cat bait.
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Post by rye on Feb 18, 2008 7:46:22 GMT -5
I had two that I used as a bait pile and cats finished them both off over night. Given other choices though I figured they'd walk past a possum to get to just about anything else.
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Post by scottbryant on Feb 18, 2008 9:20:23 GMT -5
I had placed two rabbit carcasses that I had from going rabbit hunting a couple of weeks ago underneath a log. Had a opussum in the trap and the rabbit remains were no where in sight. The opussum had a broken back leg and quite a bit of hair pulled out. I figured something (probably a fox) went around the opussum and took the rabbit.
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I put out 18 sets yesterday afternoon 8 cat sets and 10 coon sets. Checked this morning and dang near all of them were clogged with grinners.. Oh well. better than nothing I reckon. 
