Deer Trap?
#21
Also, before you call people dumb on here, let me give you a nickel worth of free advice. There is a difference between "your" and "you're". I normally don't care about grammar errors, but when you call other people's ideas dumb then I don't mind pointing them out.
#22
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location:
Posts: 90
townman are you trying to catch deer or antlers. for me the whole idea is to find the antlers with as little stress to the deer as possible.with all the snow we have had this yr and im sure there is more on the way.the deer are already stressed enough we dont need to put any more pressure on them.when the majority of the snow melts sheds should be easy to find and if you know anything about how bucks act at this time of yr and under these conditions that should be able to find multiple sets in a small area.so please take it easy on the deer there already stressed out enough.
#23
for all of you that are woried that the deer may get caught remember they encounter this stuff in many different places. A woods I hunt has a wire fencerow that is now grown into the trees and I have never seen a der caught in them. Also how many cattle pastures are around, old farm equipment, and other odds and ends. Deer are smart and all you big buck hunter realize this during the season but assume they get stupid after the season
Im not saying that it doesent happen but give these critters a little credit. but that also doesn't mean go stringing wire all over either I think if a person does it they should use some common sense
As for ideas for antler traps that seems safe is fill a 5 gal. pail half full of cement let it dry and then throw in some corn. The antlers that are ready come off and those that aren't strike out and don't get any corn
Im not saying that it doesent happen but give these critters a little credit. but that also doesn't mean go stringing wire all over either I think if a person does it they should use some common sense
As for ideas for antler traps that seems safe is fill a 5 gal. pail half full of cement let it dry and then throw in some corn. The antlers that are ready come off and those that aren't strike out and don't get any corn
#24
Spike
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Trempealeau, WI
Posts: 6
townman are you trying to catch deer or antlers. for me the whole idea is to find the antlers with as little stress to the deer as possible.with all the snow we have had this yr and im sure there is more on the way.the deer are already stressed enough we dont need to put any more pressure on them.when the majority of the snow melts sheds should be easy to find and if you know anything about how bucks act at this time of yr and under these conditions that should be able to find multiple sets in a small area.so please take it easy on the deer there already stressed out enough.
#25
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: grottoes,va.
Posts: 764
i had a friend ask me this same question about 10 yrs back. i told him, i bet i could snare a whitetail and the next morning i did snare one. o took a piece of stainless tie wire about 30ft long ,doubled in in half and stuck the end in a cordless drill and twisted while he held the othe end in a pair of pliers. i then ran the looose end thru the loop where it was doubled to make a snare. i tied it to a 4in tree along a trail,hung the loop about 2ft off the ground and dumped a bucket of corn just on the other side. the next morning we went to check the snare and there laid about a 120lb spike buck with the snare drew up around his neck. he was not hurt at all,he was just araid to move with the snare on his neck. it didn't look like he had fought it at all ,he had just laid down. surprisingly he let me walk right up to him close enough to cut the snare and turn him loose. i guess i was lucky he didn't kick the crap outa me. it can be done,but its not legal.