Answering A Few Questions~ One Hand Setters, & Pan Tension

[@sandraoyervides6465]

❤ "One cow and three burros.." Love that 😆

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Ha! One Honks instead or Braying!

[@DavidRobinson-mx6cl]

Thanks for all of the information , it's all good to know ! Have a blessed day and see you tomorrow !!!!! 🙏👍😊❤️

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thank you! You too!

[@ImixSpb]

Three burros, because the goose thinks he's a burro too. Lol 😆 It's nice to see the burros are doing well.👍 Thanks for sharing, have a great day!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

HA! He does! They are always together! It's really funny! And Lumpy, hasn't flipped onto his back in a long time now either!

[@virginia7191]

Good morning! That’s a funny looking burro! 😂

[@MuskratOutdoors]

It sure is! Pretty funny!

[@billiep4338]

Morning 👋🏻 That goose thinks he’s a donkey 🫏 😅 He’s a little confused, but he ain’t hurting nothing & they’ll generally put up a fight if a predator comes. Them Canadian Geese will fight back😅 Have a great day ❤🙏🏻❤️

[@MuskratOutdoors]

HE DOES! It's really funny! The three of them are always together! It's a Gonkey! HA!

[@billiep4338]

@ 😂😅😂

[@jeffryrichardson9105]

Great information! 👍🏽😊❤️🇺🇸

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks!

[@AC-nc8ue]

Good morning! Critters are good for the soul. Burrows and a Honker.. Have a great day..

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! They are! Those burros aren't good for a lot, but they are funny. We have packed them a little, but not very much.

[@mattfry3705]

Hey good morning muskrat I appreciate you answering my question and show me your tools for setting traps. I showed my dad last night. He’ll be happy to see this and I guess I’ll have to make him a set because he has hard time getting up and down and doesn’t have the hand strength he used to I appreciate you showing video and take time to answer my question. Thank you.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

You are very welcome! I hope it works out for him. This set up works really good for me, but you do need to be careful with that center chain. I've had them pop off, but so far, I haven't caught myself....so far!

[@jackkeeble9272]

Interesting, thanks for the video

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks!!

[@bennyboiii4774]

Awesome. Love to see the goose. Lol

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks! I like that goose!

[@danielkillgrove1449]

Great looking home made setters!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

They work great. Thank you!!!

[@patriotpreacher43]

Reading some Robert Service tonight. Had the local librarian (wife) get me the “Best of” collection. You YT guys really are influencers!😂

[@MuskratOutdoors]

GREAT!!!! I think you will like him! His Gold Rush stuff is the best. Later, he got away from that, and I didn't think it was as good. My Uncle Fred gave my Dad a copy of one of his books on 1968 I think? I was only 2 years old, but recall Mom not liking him reading "The Cremation of Sam McGee" at the dinner table.....I've been a lifelong fan!

[@patriotpreacher43]

@ if you were two years old in 1968, I thank you for being respectful of your elders. I think I got ya by about a year!🧔🏼‍♂️

[@kennysr.1054]

I learned something ! Thanks for the video ! Peace ✌

[@MuskratOutdoors]

GOOD! Thank you too!

[@SteveLynd]

Good morning muskrat and Cindy have a great day and thank you for the video you tried to give me some ideas on pan tension but it sure helps to see it I will have to cut the pin and put in a bolt so I can adjust my pan thank you for helping

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! Great! I'm happy it helped a little.

[@patriotpreacher43]

Good instruction. I am not sure I would ever use it, having never trapped, but I have lived long enough to know that things we never thought would happen actually do sometimes. Have a good one!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thank you! Very true! I never in a million years would have thought I'd be doing these videos!

[@Johnathan-ib3qh]

Good morning! Nice explanation. For those of us not very familiar with traps, that's mighty useful information. Always gonna be folks who know how to do it a different way. Anyone who says you're doing it wrong obviously hasn't watched your successful traps. Trapping is just like fishing. Location, rig , bait etc all have to be ideal for each situation to be successful. The better you know your area and the habits of your local creatures, the better you'll be at the game.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning. Thanks! Bottom line is that to catch a critter, it has to be there.

[@thecamocowboyoutdoors5693]

Good morning Gary, Exactly right! With many things, there is no 100 percent right or wrong way to do it. Its just whatever works for you, and what you feel comfortable with. It worked on 4 Wolves for you last year! Have a good day my friend.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks! I heard a rumor two were shot up by where I'm trapping. I had 4 on my cameras....then 3....maybe #4 ust didn't get in the right spot to get a picture, maybe down to just one...or none? Wait and see I guess. Have a great day too!

[@dannysollis1063]

Good morning Muskrat! Getting it done looks like,,, Have a wonderful day!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! Thanks!

[@JeffChristen-s6s]

have a great day! thanks for showing the way you do it!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thank you. Have a great day also.

[@johndavis2720]

Good morning!thanks for all the good info!people are always gonna have snide comments,probably because they know it works better than what they do.thanks again and have a good day!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! Yeah, I don't understand it. Must be a miserable fella. Most all of the folks here are great! Everyone has a bad day now and then, and sometimes we take it out on folks around us. We shouldn't, but it ends up that way. Sometimes sarcasm it hard to tell if it's a joke or not too. Either is understandable, once in awhile, but when it's all the time.....don't need to listen to that.

[@tmccormick48]

Good morning young man. Always good to learn ways to set traps. A lot to understand and try different ways as we learn. Great video. Have a great day. Thanks

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! Thanks! Even people that don't trap should have some idea of how to open them if they need to. Have a great day too!

[@stevemccoy8138]

Good Morning Muskrat, there's several different trap settings tools available for the different kinds of traps, just about have to have the appropriate tools for whatever kinds of traps that you are using. Releasing untargeted critters could be kinda hard. 😮. Have a Great Day.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

There are. If a fella could figure out a truely universal one, they would make a lot of money.

[@AlexT-k7p]

Good morning MO. Thank you for today's visit, always a treat. We have the exact same weather this morning, about to lose our snow with a few mild days forecast. May you and Miss Cindy be blessed and safe till next time.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! It's been a really mild Winter here actually. Quite a bit of snow up high, but nothing much below the timber.

[@SteveLynd]

Thank you again muskrat have a great day

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thank you too!

[@jasonaffeldt7838]

Good morning Gary and Cindy. Interesting about adjusting traps. Winter did finally show up. Hope you folks have a good day. 🇺🇲🌲🔥🔪

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! It's been really pretty mild here so far, but I think when it hits, it will hit hard!

[@amyeteel5379]

Good morning. I think Cindy is a bird magnet/ bird momma. 😊

[@MuskratOutdoors]

She is! All critters actually!

[@darreldwalton8763]

Good Morning! Gonna be busy today. Got a call from one of my sons, him and his wife visitin the ex after he finished a job down there, and his 40 year old wife had a heart attack and passed. Hes devastated. I been close to that kinda lonesome, but not quite that. Hardest part is there aint a helluva lot I can do on this end to help him get her back home. Dont misunderstand, he, and the family have the means! Just strrugglin over which one s of his five brothers, his sons, and nephews is gonna jam into an airplane an head to Ol' Miss to bring 'em home. Other than that, went out to move the car trailer that I had a few thousand dollars worth of lumber left over from the new house sorted, stacked, covered, lashed and attached to the old Ferd. Cover had been opened up, and someone had helped themselves to some of the very nice 12 foot 2x6"s that were gonna frame my little shop. Well, hells bells. I s'pose now, someone will tell me there aint no Santy Claus nor Easter Bunny!!! Take er easy, God Bless, tell someone ya love em before ya can't!

[@kevinkline6835]

Prayers for you and yours. My wife passed at 44 in 2008.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Oh no.......That's terrible. I don't want to imagine his pain....or go through it. My Dad died at 40 too. Much too young. I have to ask.....did she get that shot? A lot of young folks that did have been dying. A friend did too....they found him on the bathroom floor in his daughter's house two weeks after the second booster. Coincidence? Maybe? Maybe not. On the lumber.....I hate thieves! Worse, is that if they stole that, what will they do later? I'd get yourself some trail cameras my friend. Get a face and a license plate and stop them now.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Terrible. That's much too young. My Dad was 40 also.

[@kevinkline6835]

@@MuskratOutdoors Our hearts are broken so many times in our lives. Sad thing is only our own passing will repair the breaks. God bless.

[@darreldwalton8763]

@MuskratOutdoors I don't know bout the shot. She's been struggling with street drugs and alcohol, and had a couple years clean and sober, but that all damages yer bod and ages ya maybe five fold. I been a "friend of Bill W's" for bettering 30 years, and I had to get a real hard heart going into meetins because you never knew who the next victim would be. Some you'd never suspect. A lot carrying damage and disease well into good sobriety that finally took em. All ya could do was be grateful for the time ya did get to share with em, and mebbe look forward to seeing em and sharing a fire on the tuther side.....

[@elkaholic338]

Good morning !

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning!

[@henrykraft5914]

Good morning Muskrat... enjoy learning about trapping... and mostly know-it-alls just talk... to make themselves feel important... because deep down inside...they know they don't anything... have a good day brother ❤...

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! Someone once said "The guy that knows everything...and has nothing to learn.....is an idiot"

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for sharing brother!! Love your setters! I made my own for Bridger #5s for beavers sures saves my hands! Good luck with everything my friend!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks Mark. Ya know, if a fella could figure out some better setting tools, there's got to be some money to be made.....

[@ALs-Outdoors]

Brother I have been off grid for a bit... come back and see you "doing it wrong" 😂 (I just had to 😂)

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Ha! Great to see ya Al. I was thinking about you a few days ago actually. Need to get that predator call out and talking again!

[@ALs-Outdoors]

@MuskratOutdoors that ain't no Walmart call. Guarantee lasts as long as I'm alive!

[@ALs-Outdoors]

@MuskratOutdoors oh and I thought of something my wife said when your old truck broke down.... you haven't caught a wolf since my sticker was on that old truck & ya need a new sticker! 😂

[@cliffyarboro1163]

Mornin brother keep that snow out there👍👍

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! I will try! I'm not sure I want it either though!

[@jonfoy9166]

Good day sir. Don't let the haters get you down I appreciate your expertise and experience. Have a nice day

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thank you! Naw, people like that really aren't worth the trouble or time. It's late now, but I hope you had a great day, and even better tomorrow!

[@j.c.curnes]

Mornin'!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning!

[@pauldavis6242]

Hey Morning!!! Great video ! Been considering getting a few traps just to have. Might even use next them season.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! Fur prices have been terrible for years, but it's an enjoyable hobby if nothing else. Traps look great hanging on the wall too for decorating.

[@paulsisco7595]

Appreciate the info, always got to be that one guy .

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks! Yeah, heck with him. Some folks are just nasty.

[@numbskullskills]

great video, thanks bud

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thank you!

[@CurtRoberts-l4l]

I changed my trap setters on my wolf traps to a one handed style like yours after the push down style slipped and one setters flew up and hit my head and I wound up in the emergency room with a lot of stitches. Your style is much safer and easier.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Oh Crap!!!! That's not good! The other style, sometimes it's hard to find a place to push against too.

[@melvinkidd1813]

good job muskrat 👍👍👍

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks!

[@kevinkline6835]

good mornin & many blessings. Never was a nasty comment made by a wise man.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good morning! I really don't understand people like that. If they don't like something, no matter what it is, why do they keep coming back to see it?

[@kevinkline6835]

@@MuskratOutdoors I don't either Gary. The sad part of KZbin. But my belief about those angry folk is let them add comments to your algorithm. Even calmly engage them if you have time. Doesn't more comments help the algorithm? As long as they don't get too bad I guess? Even let the sub's engage them and add even more comments.

[@IdahoHillbilly]

Good Morning 🌄

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning!!!

[@baitammo4652]

I’ve never set any of those MB traps. Always heard that they were pretty good traps. No wolves here in Kansas! Ha ha, coyote and bobcat are our big predators! Good luck with the wolves!!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

They do make a MB-750 Beaver trap too. It's the same trap, but with unlaminated jaws and lighter springs. Very good traps if you have any beaver to trap. They actually are a pretty good coyote trap too, but bigger than they need to be for them.

[@marytorres5916]

You're so right. It doesn't matter how you do something as long as the outcome is what you're aiming for. For some strange reason people seem to think their way is the best and only way. LoL to that I say! 🤣. Did you name the wild honker?

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Yeah, I don't understand people like that? Not just with the trapping either. He had nasty comments about the truck and the snow dog too. Criticism is fine, if I can learn something, GREAT! But being nasty gets old fast. We didn't think that goose would stay, so we didn't really name him.....we call him either Goose, Goose, or just Goose. We had another one once that had "Angel Wings". It's weird, the wings are upside down and don't fold in right. Look it up if you have time, it's kind of interesting. His name was Hank.

[@marytorres5916]

@MuskratOutdoors Totally agree with you. Make everyday a great day! No matter what it brings! I tell my kids that. 🙏😊

[@leepatton1180]

I do believe that big coil spring would hold a bear I have several dozen #4 long spring that I set for otter before I changed to conibear traps which works much better

[@kevinkline6835]

I do believe Muskrat has a video of one holding a bear and it took him and Cindy working together to remove said bear.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

They do hold bears. They are a big, powerful trap, and mine are considered "small" as wolf traps go. In the old days, a #4 Newhouse was considered a great wolf trap.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

I do!

[@kevinkline6835]

@@MuskratOutdoors I thought so.??? Just kidding. I knew so. LOL

[@kevinkline6835]

@@MuskratOutdoors Gary would you have time for a leather question?

[@Vester661]

Good morning Friends

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning!

[@Digglerdirk79-l4y]

In my opinion this is the best trapping education channel on youtube. In depth, small details that make all the difference.if your way is so wrong how do you catch so many critters? Do you have grizz coming over from montana?

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thank you! Pretty slow season this year though. The grizzly bears seem to pass through here once in awhile, but they don't stay for what ever reason.

[@JeffChristen-s6s]

as long as it doesn't overheat in warm weather you're right on antifreeze, but you can get too much.Iam sure you know this but some may not.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

True. Strangely enough, 50/50 water, antifreeze freezes at a lower temp that straight antifreeze. It seems like water in it would freeze faster, but it doesn't. My heater doesn't get that hot though, might need some cardboard in front of the radiator if it gets real cold.

[@StevenMMan]

😏 wasn't me, I know nothing 😮. As for getting up off the ground these days, if a spectator is much like watching paint dry. Also a painful operation 😢 Antifreeze? I quit drinking . Lol Mountain man

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Hahaha! Naw, I think that guy left. Good riddance!

[@brandonmcmahon9769]

Not that I think you are looking for advice but the inline spring can be added to the chain in a manner that if the spring breaks the chain will still hold

[@MuskratOutdoors]

I thought about doing it that way since I still don't have my welder electric hook up. That's not a bad way to go at all, but the swivels are kind of wasted. The electricity was supposed to be hooked up almost two months ago....I might just do it the way you describe.

[@brandonmcmahon9769]

@ I like what you are doing. Subscribed and good luck Montana wolf opens Jan 1 The courts have us pretty screwed up.

[@ronwatson4902]

I'm not a trapper but it's still interesting. Yeah I hate the know it alls that want to tell you how to do everything. Have a nice day Gary.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks Ron. It was worse than that really....borderline insults and negative comments every time. It gets old really. I'm 100% against censorship, but I'm also against abusive insults. I don't know why some folks have to be nasty? I don't mind criticism at all as long as it's constructive and not insulting. There's a million things I don't know, and I'm very willing to learn.

[@ronwatson4902]

@@MuskratOutdoors Me too friend.