Great video Paul! Yes keep trap supported away from spruce otherwise pitch will get on marten fur and if you can use a chunk of screen to protect your bait otherwise critters will eat it. Hanging set vertically is what I do. In Canada we can only use body grip for marten/fishers. Good luck!
Clever setup, a catch is a catch and I don't know why it wouldn't catch. Lots of work to setup initially but years of catches should be worth the time! Excited to see the video of them on the line!
Looks great brother - After centuries of trapping, it goes to show some ingenuity still lives inside us modern trappers!!!!! I'm excited to see you load these up & go set'em up! Edit: Instead of a 4 inch screw fixing the 2x4 to the tree... Use a big spike/nail, therefore you are reliant on your hammer, or backend of an axe VS. a cordless drill (Or worse... screwdriver while its cold & you have little dexterity in your hands LOL)
Marten seem to be attracted to the leaning pole its self...I've seen them caught on leaning pole with no bait...(cause birds got it) just a passing thought.
There is a way more efficient way with almost no hassle and no bulk Buy a roll of flashing and make cones with rivets .They stack well no space . Build a cross shaped 1”x1” about 8” long each to wedge your set conibear on .Screw cross to tree wedge trap on horizontal part of cross then put bait on top of cross set cone over it . DONE Hope that helps they are fast efficient and weight nothing
Great video Paul! Yes keep trap supported away from spruce otherwise pitch will get on marten fur and if you can use a chunk of screen to protect your bait otherwise critters will eat it. Hanging set vertically is what I do. In Canada we can only use body grip for marten/fishers. Good luck!
Good idea!
I really like this set up.
Looks like a great set up Paul and with the screen it should really let the scent spread throughout to attract more marten. Good job!
Looks awesome to me Paul
Great set up
Now that is "thinking outside of the box", great idea and should work awesome ! Can't wait to see the results.
Debt free! Love it Paul! I’ll be there some day!
Looks really good!
That should work! I don't know anything about marten trapping but I like your design! Thank you for sharing my friend!
Looks like a slick idea to me 👍👍
I like it!! Best of luck anticipation is killing me on results
Me to! Lol
Clever setup, a catch is a catch and I don't know why it wouldn't catch. Lots of work to setup initially but years of catches should be worth the time! Excited to see the video of them on the line!
Awesomeness
It should catch the more leery ones.
Those look nice, they should work well
We're all learning new stuff. I'm still working on my first beaver.
I'm sure those traps will work great, look forward to seeing how many you catch.
the set ups look good, wish we had marten here to trap.
Good luck man👍✔️
great job on the box , that will work perfect , squirrels shouldn't chew on the wire too much unlike plywood boxes !
Would that be good for fisher too?
Any marten set without a fisher exclusion device is a good fisher set.
Looks great brother - After centuries of trapping, it goes to show some ingenuity still lives inside us modern trappers!!!!!
I'm excited to see you load these up & go set'em up!
Edit: Instead of a 4 inch screw fixing the 2x4 to the tree... Use a big spike/nail, therefore you are reliant on your hammer, or backend of an axe VS. a cordless drill (Or worse... screwdriver while its cold & you have little dexterity in your hands LOL)
Ya know I thought of that lol
👊
You have the trigger jammed to the wood will it fire properly maybe flip the trigger to the top
Yeah it fires fine. But I’ll put it up top so it don’t freeze if it rains
I’m not a seasoned trapper but I was wondering if the marten find that lumber unnatural?
Marten have a very small brain.
They don’t care
@ gotcha
Marten seem to be attracted to the leaning pole its self...I've seen them caught on leaning pole with no bait...(cause birds got it) just a passing thought.
There is a way more efficient way with almost no hassle and no bulk
Buy a roll of flashing and make cones with rivets .They stack well no space .
Build a cross shaped 1”x1” about 8” long each to wedge your set conibear on .Screw cross to tree wedge trap on horizontal part of cross then put bait on top of cross set cone over it .
DONE
Hope that helps they are fast efficient and weight nothing
Cones work well
Thanks!!!!
Drop the 2x4 just screw the board to the tree.