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Today i checked my traps and got my first catch! It was a Grinner! Boy, I was tickled pink when i seen that thing in there.


I've been trapping for about a month and hadnt caught a dang thang and was just about ready to give up, until today.

Congradulations, and Welcome abourd. That's a fine grinner as far as grimmers go. Keep it up.

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Boomhawr

All time favorite:
Skunk 1 (in a bag)

Thanks, Im hoping i catch me a coon tonite!

what ya do with the grinner? If ya just turned it back loose, ya might have him in there again tommarow.

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Boomhawr

All time favorite:
Skunk 1 (in a bag)

congrats on the grinner and good luck with the coon. what type of bait are you using? Those are some nice box traps, just watch those trap pans the coon around here kept bending mine all up so i had to replace them with a heavier guage sheet metal.

Congrats on Ol' Smilin' Sam and best of luck on the coon tonight.

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I just turned him back, and i dont care if i catch him again, its just another thing i can brag to my buddy's about. lol.

Thanks for all the replies.

I foot traped 1 in the tree in the yard one night. For the next 2 nights, my daughter got it in a cage trap. It finaly wised up and left.

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Boomhawr

All time favorite:
Skunk 1 (in a bag)

Mackerels.

mackerls work good but you tend to get the grinners, skunks, and coons. I switched to a sweet bait, mainly marshmellows and it really cut back on the grinners and skunks, and the coon love em. thought i would share incase you want to give it a try and usually the marshmellows are a lot cheaper than the mackeral.

I tried the marshmellars for about 3 to 4 weeks and didnt catch a dang thang and decided to switch just to see what would happen, and i caught something.

I believe some one this past fall mentioned using plain grape Koolaid in their live traps. I bought some but haven't tried it yet.

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Yum, i dont think i could do that i would have to drink it lol. Im going to walmart this weekend to smell all the baits and buy some STINKY stuff.

Stinky stuff will probably land you more possums than coons. Chieftain will probably see this post soon and he has some pretty interesting lure recipes. In the mean time, you could search the old posts for lure or bait recipes.

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Okay thanks!

Chief has a thread about his "no holds bars coon attractant" or something along those lines.

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Boomhawr

All time favorite:
Skunk 1 (in a bag)

http://www.wild-about-trapping.com/foru ... la+extract

here's the link

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Boomhawr

All time favorite:
Skunk 1 (in a bag)

thanks.

I got another grinner today, but i forgot to check them and a tornado came and he was in the cage in the middle of the tornado! He was alright but a little scared.

I would be too.

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Boomhawr

All time favorite:
Skunk 1 (in a bag)

How can you tell if a grinner is scared? Congrats on the catch....how did you and your family fare through the storm?

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He was shaking so bad he couldn't stand up. We did good through the storm, didnt do nothing to our place other than blow a leaf off the tree, but our road was on the news saying there was rotation, Thanks for asking!

Glade to hear you made it threw the storm and sorry to hear the storm scared the cute out of your grinner

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Creator, El presidenta, and head laborer of TTA (trap tinkerers anonymous)

I've thought about using marshmallows on the line but id eat most of them befor i got out the door. Nice job though Im gettin discouraged lately but the thrill of having a sprung trap keeps me coming back to get the little punk so that he can feel like the dumb one. MUAHAHAHA

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Gott und Gewehren.

Man CD, you reached a long way back to get this post.

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