Bobcat on a drag

That’s awesome but the whole reason I’d never use a drag. Who knows how far it’s going to get or what direction it went. last thing I need is it to get to some public area, or tree hugger finds it, and makes the channel 9 news. No thanks!
 
Fairly large private acreage on the properties I trap. I knew he couldn’t “shouldn’t” go far. He’s actually the farthest anything has gone. I normally prehook the drag, but in that set there was nothing to hook too. I’ve had a full grown coyote move it all of 3ft with the drag just buried in the broomsedge.
I carry my spare thermal I use as a scanner for those before sunrise checks just in case, lol.
 
Dultimatpredator said:
That’s awesome but the whole reason I’d never use a drag. Who knows how far it’s going to get or what direction it went. last thing I need is it to get to some public area, or tree hugger finds it, and makes the channel 9 news. No thanks!
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Back when we could use footholds I always used a drag but also staked them too. They were always a prize and I made sure they didn't get away.
 
I own private property I trap on and I still wouldn’t do because it with my luck they would make it over to the neighbors or the public road. Good idea to use for a back up if they pull the stake out though. I lost a coon cuff last year.
 
A coon in a DP? What was it anchored with? I either cable mine to a tree or use an earth anchor. In swampy areas I can push the anchor in by hand and pull by hand. Never had a coon pull anything up, they just run side to side. I have used brake rotors as anchors before and haven’t had anything move one yet, lol.
 
And yeah, that’s why I went to them. Drive when it’s wet ok, trying to pull afterwards was absolute killer. Only use anchors in good dirt now, lol. Drags now save the day!!
Pulled a trap and didn’t mark it off the list. Went the 3 day’s later to pull the entire property and noticed a set gone. I thought it was weird my flag marker was gone, but I looked for 2hrs walking circles out to almost half a mile. I was feeling horrible about it and notified the manager. Even took off half a day to look some more.
The next day when unloading the truck and taking inventory, I had all drags! It was then I remembered pulling it a few days before, lol. I called the manager and told him all was good, he just hired an idiot.
 
Spurchaser said:
And yeah, that’s why I went to them. Drive when it’s wet ok, trying to pull afterwards was absolute killer. Only use anchors in good dirt now, lol. Drags now save the day!!
Pulled a trap and didn’t mark it off the list. Went the 3 day’s later to pull the entire property and noticed a set gone. I thought it was weird my flag marker was gone, but I looked for 2hrs walking circles out to almost half a mile. I was feeling horrible about it and notified the manager. Even took off half a day to look some more.
The next day when unloading the truck and taking inventory, I had all drags! It was then I remembered pulling it a few days before, lol. I called the manager and told him all was good, he just hired an idiot.
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I have done the same. It’s crazy how that works
 
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