coon and deer stops

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mchewk said:

In regards to "deer stops" or limit stops...which design have you guys found to be best....or worst. My opinion is the bent piece of 11 gauge wire as a stop....AS ONE TO AVOID DUE TO FUR DAMAGE!
Let me here your advice.

I agree with you I don't like the bent wire crimp on type unless of course I get snares already built with out a stop on them then I do use the add on type. Otherwise I use a 8-32 nut crimped on the cable. I use them for my end stops as well. The less I spend on my snares the more snares I can afford. That bieng said I won't use equipment that will fail either so there is a limit as to how cheap I can build them.

[MChewk]

ADC and others.... you ever try using a splitshot from your tackle box? Was in a pinch one year as I had purchased a bunch of snares w/o stops...we are required to use them here in Illinois on Beaver... so I improvised with some small splitshot worked fine.

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As the matter of fact I have MChewk. It did look the part but as far as working as it was supose to I doubt it would have stopped the lock if a deer steppped in the loop. But it made the snare legal. lol!

[buckfreak]

In our part of the state the deer outnumber the rabbits four to one, well it seems like it anyway. You would be surprised where you will see a deer or tracks. I have seen where they went down beaver slides and into the channel of the Missouri river. Never say "never" with a deer.LOL
For deer stops I have used about all the ones out there. Settled on the mashed nut variety. Cheap and effective. Haven't seen any fur damage from it either, can't say on extended checks cause we have a 24hr. check in Iowa.
Have tried the splitshot too. Didn't trip my trigger. Had alot of them slide on the cable after a while.
Snareman, my kill poles are a smorgasboard also. Most of mine are forty inchers. Have some 5/8 for coyotes but don't use em much. Just too danged heavy.
I was wondering about an anti spin system on the poles because our soil is loamy and usually after a catch you can grab the pole with one hand and pull it up. I have been leary of leaving over half of the pole out of the ground for wrap up because I don't want to loose a critter by the pole pulling. Coon don't bend em but just spin em around and around. Bobcats on the other hand will usually bend em then spin em around. We are so loaded with cats I hate to change my set up and have the poles solid and have the cats dead. Any ideas on a compromise?

[SteveCraig]

The whole purpose of a "kill" pole is to 'Kill" the critter quickly! Weld some 2" fender washers on your "kill" poles and they will drive, and pull real easy and will not spin. If they spin, it defeats their purpose. If you dont want to kill your critter, whatever it is, then clear away all the brush, drive a rebar stake or a disposable all the way in and let your critter go round and round, and dont use "kill poles!
Steve