John Chagnon from PCS Outdoors sent me some of his AuSable 1/4″ Rotating Fox and Raccoon Trap Drags to try out. Only trouble is, drags are no longer legal to use in my part of the state! (lynx issues) So I’d like to give them away to a Trapping Today reader.
It’s a simple contest. All you have to do is submit a comment on this post about how and/or why you use drags on your trapline. The winner gets a dozen drags mailed to them this week. Post soon – the deadline for this contest is Wednesday, November 29th. The drags retail for $16.95 at PCS Outdoors. And yes, I’ll cover the shipping too!
I use drags because I want the set to remain
Easy to repeat set after set , get the target animal out of sight into brush hides the animal from anti trapping general public
And would be thieves
Pat Kelley
Drags prevent animal pullout. Generally can’t lever themselves out of the trap!
I trap the river heavily and the drags make sets in the sand easier to pound out in numbers because instead of staking in sand, I just toss the drag and go. Leaves a very visible trail in the sand, and the fox yotes and cats I catch in the sand bars never make it past the first layer of willows on the tree line. Drags widen my diversification when running a river long line from a boat.
Traping coyotes with out drags is bad because they Mark up the area with urine that it may take a month or more for the pack tp return
My catch rate increases after the first catch. This week in particular a single set of my caught 4 coyotes in 5 days. Another set caught a cat and 2 coyotes in 5 days.
This is my first year trapping and I love it! I haven’t set any wothbdrags yet as I’m still just covering the basics, but from my research I want to set with drags to get the animal off a well used trail. Don’t want the ring outs to spin the deer!
Hi Joshua,
Actually, I have never used a drag. I’m relatively new to trapping and just have not gotten to it yet, I would like to try though. Currently I use a cable stake. I live in New Hampshire and I’m finding that they don’t work often because of the soil. I think drags would be the answer and would like to give them a try.
Fawn Stickney
I use drags because I live in a populated area so l can hide alot of my catches and to prevent trap thieves.
I use drags on frozen cattail sloughs in the winter, to avoid having to use anchors. Works great.
Thanks
I am fortunate enough to have an excellent Trapper as a friend who is beginning to teach me how to trap. I would love to win this contest so that I could begin to have my own supplies instead of him always loaning me some of his
I use the drags in the mountains for coyote. Best way I found to do it.thanks for the try.
Well thank you for the opportunity for a chance to win some drags I do use some drags on my line to cut down on theft and to help my remake easier
I use drags when I don’t want an animal to be seen from the road !
I am new to trapping and have not tried drags yet.
I don’t use drags but would if I had some
I use drags a lot here in Nevada. They are easier than ponding stakes into the hard packed clay soil we have. It is faster to tangle a drag in the brush,which is everywhere out here. I never have enough drags on my line. Especially when I donate some to new Trappers so they can see the benefit of using drags.
I trap a lot of Forest Service Ground and use drags to get my catches out of sight. By using drags, I also preserve the set. This leaves no catch circles which would alert passers by that there is a trap there.
I like the because they are quicker than stakes
The trap drag contest has concluded and we have a winner – Fawn Stickney! Thanks to everyone for participating and providing some input about how you use drags, or would like to use drags on your line. I’ll put together a future post on the benefits of drags to summarize some of the great information you guys provided.
Thanks again,
Jeremiah