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Subject: Shed Trapping


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Bill
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Date Posted: 05:39:08 02/28/03 Fri
 Boy, did I start something or what? And I appreciate Ed's reply that it was a relatively innocent and speculative question from a novice. Remind me not to ask you guys for advice or guidance again.

Anyway, I resolved it myself by coming up with an entirely new approach - it involves putting out about a ton of cracked corn laced with molasses spread evenly over some flat ground. I then rigged a clamping device that swings across the feeding area on a pulley that is just "antler high" so to speak. The whole rig is run by a quiet electric motor that has a solar cell which charges it up during the day time. The clamping device snaps together every 1/2 second as it sweeps silently across and grabs any antlers that happen to get in its path. It works well for antlers that are ready to shed but I'm still working the kinks out from when it lifts an entire buck off of the ground and carries him through the air and dumps him in the shed antler bin, which is simply a large dumpster. Boy, does that seem to make them mad! And, I've also accidently picked off the occasional doe ear but that will give them a more distinctive look I think. Of course, there was that one unfortunate incident involving that local farmer's kid with a sweet tooth who wandered in and got in the way, but he's not too mad since he gained 6 inches in height and he was just a little squirt to begin with. However, his buddies now call him "Long-Neck" - kids can be so cruel sometimes, you know?
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Re: Shed TrappingHornhunter07:16:35 02/28/03 Fri
Re: Shed TrappingRaclAttack04:39:33 03/02/03 Sun
Re: Shed TrappingHornhound10:25:45 03/03/03 Mon

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