"Catch a poacher trap" pic's

[Elkoholic]

Who else has ran across a "catch a poacher trap" in the field?
Last fall @Mthuntr and I rounded a bend on a FS road and caught this guy staring at us about 75yds out.
Anyone have any pic's of "catch a poacher trap" set ups? Post up your pics!

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

I've never seen one set up. Pretty neat you guys ran into one.

 

[isu22andy]

Never ran into one , but ive always wanted to crimp a trapping earth anchor around a shed antler and anchor that SOB 4 foot deep and see how many people make the mad dash from the road to try to rip that baby free lol

 

[Chad Gus]

They used to set the robo deer on the public land near my house, never did get to see it, but know several people that shot it.

 

[Derek44]

No picture, but we came across a beautiful whitetail buck just off a county road one time. Man, sure was tempting, but we just couldn’t figure out why(even though it snowed the night before) that this particular animal had about 18” of snow on its back. And at least halfway up its antlers

 

[MarvB]

Nope never ran into that kinda trap but…



J/K….posted for a friend

 

[LukeDuke]

In high school, we used to skin out a rooster and use a clothes hanger and a coffee can to set it up just off the road in a fence line. It was legal to road hunt in SD so we would put it out and drive our friends by the “decoy” and watch them try to ground pound it with their shotguns. This was before the phone video days…man did we have some great laughs. Tried it with a deer hide, a fence post and some 5 gallon buckets one time, but my brother looked through the scope and wouldn’t fall for it…lol.

 

[Oak]

I've participated in a few of them long ago, including the first successful one in NW CO back in 1989 or so. The first decoy we used was a deer shoulder mount form spray-painted gray and mounted on a U-channel post, a set of average antlers screwed on the top, a chicken-wire "body" covered with a burlap sack, and a couple of pieces of reflective tape for eyes. Guy shot at it with a bow from the bed of a pickup after dark, right over the cab.

Saw some pretty funny stuff.

 

[338win]

If you were on public and attempted to tomahawk the decoy would that lead to a citation? Asking for a friend

 

[MThuntr]

It looked real for like 15 seconds

 

[Nick87]

In high school, we used to skin out a rooster and use a clothes hanger and a coffee can to set it up just off the road in a fence line. It was legal to road hunt in SD so we would put it out and drive our friends by the “decoy” and watch them try to ground pound it with their shotguns. This was before the phone video days…man did we have some great laughs. Tried it with a deer hide, a fence post and some 5 gallon buckets one time, but my brother looked through the scope and wouldn’t fall for it…lol.

Saved a mangy coyote once and staged it so it would freeze in a natural position. Had a lot of fun with that, couldn't believe how bad some of the misses were

 

[Beignet]

It looked real for like 15 seconds

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Was a G&F officer nearby to bust folks or did they just have a trail cam or something set to see how many folks would take a shot?

 

[Southern Elk]

It looked real for like 15 seconds

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So people shoot spikes in the head from the road?

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Never ran into one , but ive always wanted to crimp a trapping earth anchor around a shed antler and anchor that SOB 4 foot deep and see how many people make the mad dash from the road to try to rip that baby free lol

I've seen some YouTube videos of guys doing this exact thing. Hilarious. Surprising how many people drove right by and never saw it.

 

[ashersdad]

Not a good picture, but this was a 5 point bull placed about 50 yards off the road on opening day of spike season on the coast range.

 

[AvidIndoorsman]

Never ran into one , but ive always wanted to crimp a trapping earth anchor around a shed antler and anchor that SOB 4 foot deep and see how many people make the mad dash from the road to try to rip that baby free lol

Trolling flat brims is gods work…

 

[EYJONAS!]

So people shoot spikes in the head from the road?

Montanas shoot everything from the road......

 

[Letthemgrow]

Trolling flat brims is gods work…

LMAO. Might have to steal that as a signature line.

 

[Sask hunter]

In high school, we used to skin out a rooster and use a clothes hanger and a coffee can to set it up just off the road in a fence line. It was legal to road hunt in SD so we would put it out and drive our friends by the “decoy” and watch them try to ground pound it with their shotguns. This was before the phone video days…man did we have some great laughs. Tried it with a deer hide, a fence post and some 5 gallon buckets one time, but my brother looked through the scope and wouldn’t fall for it…lol.

Done the same thing with frozen coyotes and stand them up out in the field lol

 

[Dakotakid]

I heard of a guy shooting a decoy from the road this year.
He was in the passenger seat and shot out the drivers side window across the driver.