It’s important that traps have a coating of rust because smooth shiny steel will not take on a good color. If the traps are new, remove them from the tub and leave them out in the weather for a couple of weeks to rust. This will remove oil from new traps and excessive rust from older ones.Īfter the traps have boiled for an hour, pour off the oil, dirt, and old trap wax that have risen to the surface. The first step in treating traps is to boil them in water. This is a job best done outside.Ī fireplace can be improvised by placing rocks in a U-shape and putting several iron bars across the rocks to support the tub used for boiling the traps. Trappers like to dye their traps first with a solution of wood bark. The trapping you squeeze in on hunting trips will not require many traps, but you never know the kind of furbearer you are going to encounter. Then make it a permanent fixture in a car trunk or truck box.Ī good way to keep gas and oil odors from permeating your gear is to keep the box outside your vehicle, as on a cartop carrier. Well before the hunting and trapping seasons, build a box in which to store all your trapping gear. This set and others will be explained in detail later in this chapter. It does little good to stumble onto a surefire set location for coyote while, for example, you’re hunting sharp-tail grouse if you left at home your bottle of coyote scent or the small space needed for making the dirt-hole set. Some preparations are necessary to make this approach to trapping work. Here are some tips and simple guide you can follow. Trapping Tips for Raccoon, Fox and Coyote Huntingįor making the perfect trapping bait for coyote, fox and raccoon hunting, you need to follow some basic guide.
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