Unmarked Trap Line?

How about it wasn't your damn business to mess with that trap line. Mind your own business and you wont get shot.
 
Superbrad said:
While I agree with those suggesting to leave the sets alone, the coyote snares set on open trails are highly suspect...... I dabble in trappingband have my own sets on my private land and have never heard of this method...... seems amateur and almost zero chance of success..... I highly doubt this is a legally assigned line, but best to leave it alone and report it......
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This ^^^^
 
coleman1495 said:
I also found a couple larger cable noose snares on the middle of the cutline.
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Superbrad said:
I highly doubt this is a legally assigned line, but best to leave it alone and report it......
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In the end the right thing to do is leave any trap line alone, unless... the traps seem to be placed in such a way as to cause harm to humans or unintended species: then you should still leave it alone but report it. If there is little doubt call the CO and let them handle it... if you do have doubts ask someone who is a trapper. Trappers do not need harassment but they also don't need idiots ruining trapping for them either.

prairie lover said:
I turn the game warden loose on every person who has messed with my traps in the past and it has led to convictions every time i was able to track him long enough to find out who it was.
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You are exactly correct in doing this and I respect it not only because it is the law but because I respect what you do. However, if the traps are a danger to humans or animals not intended to be trapped due to ignorance, negligence and/or intent I also believe that after I don't touch them I can let the Conservation Officer decide if they want to touch them or not. As a hunter and shooter for decades as well as several trappers in my family I say that with respect and knowledge: the issue would have to be blatant for me to call a CO on a trapper because I know what to look for.
 
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Superbrad said:
While I agree with those suggesting to leave the sets alone, the coyote snares set on open trails are highly suspect...... I dabble in trappingband have my own sets on my private land and have never heard of this method...... seems amateur and almost zero chance of success..... I highly doubt this is a legally assigned line, but best to leave it alone and report it......
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That's odd. I've seen it done often by folks on YouTube. on a narrow cutline. I would say it could be very successful! Why would it not be? The canine usually would travel the path of least resistance along a snowmobile track (provided there somewhat deep snow) along a cutline. Create a funnel with an opening and they'll still take the path of least resistance.
 
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hunter7mmRM said:
That's odd. I've seen it done often by folks on YouTube. on a narrow cutline. I would say it could be very successful! Why would it not be? The canine usually would travel the path of least resistance along a snowmobile track (provided there somewhat deep snow) along a cutline. Create a funnel with an opening and they'll still take the path of least resistance.
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Without having seen the set up first hand, it sounds like a good way to injure a snomobiler...
 
hunter7mmRM said:
That's odd. I've seen it done often by folks on YouTube. on a narrow cutline. I would say it could be very successful! Why would it not be? The canine usually would travel the path of least resistance along a snowmobile track (provided there somewhat deep snow) along a cutline. Create a funnel with an opening and they'll still take the path of least resistance.
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I have seen lots of stupid stuff done by people on YouTube as well...... a responsible trapper will never put a trap like a snare in a spot where it could cause a 4 wheeler or snowmobiler to have grief..... or decapitation for that matter....

Putting a rabbit snare on a known run makes sense..... and yes, wolves and yotes will certainly take the easy road when they can...... but they are not stupid enough to wander into a random snare in the middle of a well travelled route...snaring them requires a completely different tactic.......
 
pringles613 said:
hahaha! i wasn't being sarcastic is the only thing...
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Uh... yeah. That was kind of the point. Trebor's sarcasm sailed clean over your head. Nothin' but net.


spend too much time in ontario or bc all you can see are rainbows, parades and the appeal of PETA. enjoy the power bills, and your liberals.
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Well hey there Sailor, aren't you a peach! Why don't you come over some time? :bigHug:f:P:2:
 
I am in Ontario........ I follow the trapping regs when I get enough time to trap.....

I don't set up snares on potential four wheeler trails where someone could get hurt...... I do my best to deliver humane kills (question why there is a snare near a weasel box, but whatever).....

Geographic location has nothing to do with this....... I still feel that the trap line the OP stumbled across is illegal.....
 
Yes I totally agree there is stupid stuff on YouTube, and I wholeheartedly agree to not put a leg hold on a path where there could be foot traffic, however How could a wire snare hurt someone on a snowmobile or Atv? On a trail snare like that it's not actually tied to a standing tree. It is tied to a smaller limb that's Long enough that once the animal is running off the trail it hangs up on other standing brush and the snare does its job. Or have a misunderstood how that particular method works?
 
hunter7mmRM said:
Yes I totally agree there is stupid stuff on YouTube, and I wholeheartedly agree to not put a leg hold on a path where there could be foot traffic, however How could a wire snare hurt someone on a snowmobile or Atv? On a trail snare like that it's not actually tied to a standing tree. It is tied to a smaller limb that's Long enough that once the animal is running off the trail it hangs up on other standing brush and the snare does its job. Or have a misunderstood how that particular method works?
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The end of the cable was tied to a tamarack tree. The noose was level with about the handlebars of a quad.
 
Superbrad said:
I have seen lots of stupid stuff done by people on YouTube as well...... a responsible trapper will never put a trap like a snare in a spot where it could cause a 4 wheeler or snowmobiler to have grief..... or decapitation for that matter....

Putting a rabbit snare on a known run makes sense..... and yes, wolves and yotes will certainly take the easy road when they can...... but they are not stupid enough to wander into a random snare in the middle of a well travelled route...snaring them requires a completely different tactic.......
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I guess my understanding of a cutline is not a fifty foot wide clear cut road. When there is dense brush and a narrow cutline going through yes they will take the trail and go through the narrow manmade opening along the trail. Most cut lines around here are at best only snowmobile width unless the loggers have opened them up again to get to the timber.
 
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