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Predator Hunting => Trapping => Topic started by: uncle buck on June 06, 2010, 03:07:43 PM
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I do not camo my restraints when I trap by painting them white for snow or brown or green for grass sets...I do soak them in arm & Hammer or generic Baking soda..This takes the shine out of them...I have had a few stolen but just doing this simple procedure seems to work for me...I still catch fox and coyotes so just taking a bit of the shine out works for me..
To thick of a paint job might not make them work just right???????Plus it harder for you to find them when they are sprung?
however I do make a map in a note pad and I will put a real small piece of orange tape near the set..Sometimes two of them in different locations to mark the area of the set..
What are your feeling on camo'd restraints?
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I let mine set in walnut shells after I soak them in baking soda.
The soda also removes the oil in the cable, which I feel gives off an unnatural scent.
The walnut water makes them a dark brown and matches the color of goldenrod stems which is where I like to set them.
I do not mark the sets as I feel potential thieves and sabotagers will see them or know to look for the marker once they found a restraint.
They are fun to set and light to carry.
The ultimate blind set