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Predator Hunting => Trapping => Topic started by: PREDATOR 10X on December 15, 2006, 06:54:07 PM
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Started usin them this year,I seem to be havin trouble bedin trap solid.How do you guys do it?Thanks Pred 10x.
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This is my first year trappin and I just started using cover hulls myself.
I'm digging out the bed and tossing the dirt away from the set, then I use my hammer and beat the bed nice and flat, then I'm putting the trap in the bed i'm covering the pan with screen and then I pour in the hulls untill they are about level and smooth them off with the back of my hand, then I put a light coat of no-freeze dirt over the top to keep the hulls from blowing away and then blend it in.
I dig the bed out just big enough for the trap, they are not rock solid but its working. :twisted:
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c59/PAyotehunter/TrappinFox012.jpg)
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I have read that a pan cover is not needed when using hulls, I don't know for sure and I have them so I use them to be sure.
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an old trapper told me to use a 50/50 mix of hulls and moss. Havent tried it yet but plan to when it freezes again.
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I have read that a pan cover is not needed when using hulls, I don't know for sure and I have them so I use them to be sure.
Pan covers are not needed anytime. At least in my opinion. My traps are all adjusted to fire with a hairs movement of the pan. Sifted dirt or buckwheat hulls will not pack so tight under the pan to stop it from moving 1/32 of an inch. Haven't used a pan cover for about 5 years and haven't had a problem. I will use coated steal screen on my #3 and #4s to gain a little pan catch area.
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It is true that pan covers are not needed, but you will use fewer cover hulls / wax dirt at each set by not having to fill the void under the pan.