I don't trap but have some friends that do. Your video's have helped me to understand better what they are doing. Also, I have watched some with my grandson these are one thing that will distract him from the hand held devices always has long enough to see what is happening around him. Thanks for taking the time to do them.
Don't feel bad I'm learning too there's a first time for everything huh I've already got my dad my wax just waiting on cables and other supplies to come in I know it's late in the season but just now having a reason to start trapping they're coming over the fence into the yard
Thanks for the helpful tips I'm going to start trapping as soon as I know my local laws cause I have always been interested in trapping but never had any traps my first one is on its way to my house right now
Used a black and decker power planner this year to chunk up my wax this year worked great and only took a few minutes to do 6 lbs. hope this helps speed things up for you .
Dyeing and waxing traps is my favorite thing to do every fall before season starts. Everyone gathers around the fire drinks a beer and chips in on getting the traps ready.
I liked the finish that walnuts put on better than logwood, I just don't have a reliable supply of walnuts. I hope the season is going well for you. Good Luck
loved your whole set up but one thing. Get a few shovel handles and use some wire for a hanging harness and then dip ur traps in the dye. and put the wax on top of the dye. do it all at once. been doin it for 35 years and its the perfect amount of wax. your gonna redye and wax every year anyway. good video though
I do pretty much same thing, I pack my traps in plastic totes covered in petemoss good idea or no?? I use Pete at my sets for cover, I find it quick and easy and it works
All I need now is 250 traps, a walnut tree, multiple metal barrels, a bunch of cord wood, bricks of unscented wax, hundreds of acres of forest, and unlimited free time to set and check traps daily and put up fur.
do you do any deer honey or any bird hunting or anything else I love your trapping videos back in the '80s when I was 20 something years old or even 18 I used to Coon hunt and I absolutely loved it
@@JulienKozak One hundred years ago (when they didn't drive up to their sets) at the end of the season trappers would hang their traps in a tree on their line. They didn't dye or wax them. Waxing does slow the rust a little but dying has become a "Monkey see, monkey do" thing??
They don't all get buried, some are set in water where they can be seen and it helps when they aren't shiny steel. Animals are generally pretty wary and everything helps. Besides that it also just helps give them a slight protective layer that with the wax helps keep them from rusting as quick. This guy in particular doesn't just do things for no reason as far as I can tell, every video I've ever seen of his has much logic and forethought into what's being done.
do you use the same method for the conibear traps? and as usual great stuff....keep it coming, I just wish you would do some snaring for canines because that's all we are allowed in NJ
Excellent preventative maintenance vid. Any dying of black walnuts, pure iodine, even chaga fungi, or the Pacific NW medicinal reishi and maitake/matsutake also have iodine in them. I was wondering, your consideration, of doing an enameling (as I say it) like enameling a cast iron cooking pot. Make a briquet coal fire, get to gray coals. Put the skillet upside down over the coals and heat up. Then brush on vegetable oil (ooey, gooey tarry oil). Heat warms up the cast iron, and carbonizes the oil, getting the oil into the iron pores, smokes and burns into a tarry shellacky surface. Carbonization of the cast iron creates a outer steel layer (iron + carbon = steel). You do this continually (14-15x) and it creates a black-bluing enamel super smooth, like glassware. No need iodine blueing or waxing. Enameling does the entire process. If this same process is done on iron traps (MINUS the steel springs), you have an enamel surface, rust resistant, water proofed, then you have perfected the iron trap into a steel layer and enamel surfaced iron trap. Put on the steel springs with black enamel spray paint (Rustoleum), and then you should have an extended life cycle for the traps. The heating cycle should not weaken the iron of the traps. Hope this helps.
@@mikewhitman745If you properly read, I mentioned steel traps. Not zinc-coated, or chromium stainless steel - and not cast iron. Are you a blinking stoopid troll - or just a scamming troll. Why would anybody even accept your comment ... ? I mentioned how to properly SHELLAC cast iron cookware - not traps. If you have traps (so they don't fg rust ! ) then shellacing them - and no more rust of Dave Canterbury drowning them in some blacking and dyeing soup. Once shellaced - forever shellaced. Do we truly ahve such people on YT that have such low IQ - that it makes Biden (IQ 45) look like Jesus (IQ 300) ?
So you have water in the bottom of your wax pot? I guess the traps get coated when you pull them up through it? I can see how that would save wax, but don't know if it would get the same coverage as pure wax. Great video.
how long does the wax last on your traps? I use a large pot and fill it full of wax. takes about 7 lbs. if the wax will last a good while I am changing how I was.
Isnt the purpose of waxing to help make the traps scent proof ? if your not opening the jaws and your not waxing your chains then your kinda cheating yourself. Coyotes smell all metal in ur set including unwaxed chain. just tossin that out there. and we use straight wax and use that pot over and over til its gone. still a good video though, just always have to put my two scents in, Lol good job !
You can also boil the walnuts and make your dye in less than an hour, instead of just soaking them in cold water. Just like making tea...
I don't trap but have some friends that do. Your video's have helped me to understand better what they are doing. Also, I have watched some with my grandson these are one thing that will distract him from the hand held devices always has long enough to see what is happening around him. Thanks for taking the time to do them.
+Gary Helms thanks
Can you do a video on how to skin the heads? Thats always where I mess up.
+Kendall Gray sounds good
Kendall Gray what's up I'm one you're subs lol
Hi kendall
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Hey kendall
I've always liked the final results from using walnuts
Thanks for sharing this. I'm getting started this year for first time.
Don't feel bad I'm learning too there's a first time for everything huh I've already got my dad my wax just waiting on cables and other supplies to come in I know it's late in the season but just now having a reason to start trapping they're coming over the fence into the yard
The walnuts work great. Always learn something from your channel.
+Huntnfishnuts good to know, thanks
Thanks for the helpful tips I'm going to start trapping as soon as I know my local laws cause I have always been interested in trapping but never had any traps my first one is on its way to my house right now
Used a black and decker power planner this year to chunk up my wax this year worked great and only took a few minutes to do 6 lbs. hope this helps speed things up for you .
always used the logwood dye. i do have a few walnut trees around so next year ill give this a try. thanks.
Dyeing and waxing traps is my favorite thing to do every fall before season starts. Everyone gathers around the fire drinks a beer and chips in on getting the traps ready.
I liked the finish that walnuts put on better than logwood, I just don't have a reliable supply of walnuts. I hope the season is going well for you. Good Luck
+Dave M thanks just started today
Looks like you changed your mind on the waxing approach since this video was made? Using less wax and just pulling through the surface is ok yes?
loved your whole set up but one thing. Get a few shovel handles and use some wire for a hanging harness and then dip ur traps in the dye. and put the wax on top of the dye. do it all at once. been doin it for 35 years and its the perfect amount of wax. your gonna redye and wax every year anyway. good video though
Great video buddy and thanks for sharing. Good luck this season and all the best.
+NSTRAPPERHUNTER thanks. you as well
walnuts does a great job,it puts out a nice dark dye
+Wallace Vivian yeah it does a good job
Another thing you could do early in the pre season is get what ever is in your gutter especially pine straw! Full of tannic acid
I do pretty much same thing, I pack my traps in plastic totes covered in petemoss good idea or no?? I use Pete at my sets for cover, I find it quick and easy and it works
Im new to trapping and wanted know. do you have to do this every year? Thanks
Nice and black,,your almost ready.
+TimberLineNorth yeah gonna take it easy this year with such low fur prices
All I need now is 250 traps, a walnut tree, multiple metal barrels, a bunch of cord wood, bricks of unscented wax, hundreds of acres of forest, and unlimited free time to set and check traps daily and put up fur.
+Prepared Survivalist best of luck
do you do any deer honey or any bird hunting or anything else I love your trapping videos back in the '80s when I was 20 something years old or even 18 I used to Coon hunt and I absolutely loved it
by the way. keep the videos coming. always enjoy your vids. I get new ideas from you. and adapt some to my line.
Good instructional video man. Good luck out there
+George Scofield thanks
i do the same with wallnuts i have three huge trees of them in my back yard
Awesome video as always
Excellent job as usual
+Stewart Frerotte thanks
You dye the traps to fool the worms?? If you're going to bury them why bother???
am also wondering why dye? they look nicer, but is there any practical function of it whether they’re under dirt or water?
@@JulienKozak One hundred years ago (when they didn't drive up to their sets) at the end of the season trappers would hang their traps in a tree on their line. They didn't dye or wax them. Waxing does slow the rust a little but dying has become a "Monkey see, monkey do" thing??
They don't all get buried, some are set in water where they can be seen and it helps when they aren't shiny steel. Animals are generally pretty wary and everything helps.
Besides that it also just helps give them a slight protective layer that with the wax helps keep them from rusting as quick.
This guy in particular doesn't just do things for no reason as far as I can tell, every video I've ever seen of his has much logic and forethought into what's being done.
do you use the same method for the conibear traps? and as usual great stuff....keep it coming, I just wish you would do some snaring for canines because that's all we are allowed in NJ
+santosmane just dye no wax. we can't snare on dry land here
I'm confused, is there water in your wax pot?
nice technique and great tips good luck my friend
+THE BUSY BAYMEN KRIS RUMBOLT thanks
Don't you wax the chain and anchor and spring ?
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How much money do you think ypu have spent on traps,and trapping supplies?
Will pecans work?
What about walnut wood? I have access to scrap walnut wood can I do the same with that?
maple leaves make a good trap dye I have found
Best thing I found to boil Lrg quantity of Traps was a 30 Gallon Barrel inside a 50 Gallon Barrel Propane Tourch
How much water do you use in your pot while waxing traps?
Thanks do you add water during the process to the pot
If there is to much evaporation during boiling then yes
I have a question when I die and wax do I drop the chain and the cable or just the chain
Excellent preventative maintenance vid. Any dying of black walnuts, pure iodine, even chaga fungi, or the Pacific NW medicinal reishi and maitake/matsutake also have iodine in them.
I was wondering, your consideration, of doing an enameling (as I say it) like enameling a cast iron cooking pot. Make a briquet coal fire, get to gray coals. Put the skillet upside down over the coals and heat up. Then brush on vegetable oil (ooey, gooey tarry oil). Heat warms up the cast iron, and carbonizes the oil, getting the oil into the iron pores, smokes and burns into a tarry shellacky surface. Carbonization of the cast iron creates a outer steel layer (iron + carbon = steel). You do this continually (14-15x) and it creates a black-bluing enamel super smooth, like glassware. No need iodine blueing or waxing. Enameling does the entire process.
If this same process is done on iron traps (MINUS the steel springs), you have an enamel surface, rust resistant, water proofed, then you have perfected the iron trap into a steel layer and enamel surfaced iron trap. Put on the steel springs with black enamel spray paint (Rustoleum), and then you should have an extended life cycle for the traps. The heating cycle should not weaken the iron of the traps.
Hope this helps.
All my traps are steel. I don't think they make cast iron traps.
@@mikewhitman745If you properly read, I mentioned steel traps. Not zinc-coated, or chromium stainless steel - and not cast iron. Are you a blinking stoopid troll - or just a scamming troll. Why would anybody even accept your comment ... ? I mentioned how to properly SHELLAC cast iron cookware - not traps. If you have traps (so they don't fg rust ! ) then shellacing them - and no more rust of Dave Canterbury drowning them in some blacking and dyeing soup. Once shellaced - forever shellaced. Do we truly ahve such people on YT that have such low IQ - that it makes Biden (IQ 45) look like Jesus (IQ 300) ?
So you have water in the bottom of your wax pot? I guess the traps get coated when you pull them up through it? I can see how that would save wax, but don't know if it would get the same coverage as pure wax. Great video.
+Matt Mings yes. they get coated just fine. no different than camo dipping a gun.
I found out that orange spray paint work good too with the dps
+MNTrapperJason26 good to know
My dad and I used to use hemlock bark
+C.J. phillipson sounds good
Thats a lot of traps cool
how long does the wax last on your traps? I use a large pot and fill it full of wax. takes about 7 lbs. if the wax will last a good while I am changing how I was.
+Jim Kautz alot depends on soil conditions.
try Gulf Canning Wax from Walmart. Cheap and No sent
why not reuse your wax?
Do you put the way in water
That wind up.kind high ain't it ?
Do you boil a dog proof and can u spray paint instead of boiling in dye
Yes I spray paint all of mine white.
You don't wax the trap chains?
+hlyautey no
Interesting
Hickory nuts work also
+Stewart Frerotte good to know
when does your trapping season start
+HTF Outdoors nov 10
yay
Where is the best place to get dog proof traps for cheap
+Kc eisel any trapping supply place, conventions, craigslist, ect
do you wax your dog proofs
+Seth Brissette no
tanks video you mb 650 trap no im mb 650 trap
Isnt the purpose of waxing to help make the traps scent proof ? if your not opening the jaws and your not waxing your chains then your kinda cheating yourself. Coyotes smell all metal in ur set including unwaxed chain. just tossin that out there. and we use straight wax and use that pot over and over til its gone. still a good video though, just always have to put my two scents in, Lol good job !
you compilation trap im one
*dye
There’s not a trapping season in ALABAMA
AL Adventures check the regs, some critters have a season,others are open season