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#10888 - 01/31/07 04:47 AM Trap tags
cowboy rod Offline
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Registered: 01/03/07
Posts: 29
Loc: Illinios
Are the write your own tags worth having?

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#10889 - 01/31/07 04:54 AM Re: Trap tags
bblwi Offline
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Registered: 07/31/00
Posts: 288
Loc: Kiel, WI
I tried them once 26 years ago and won't go back again. I have used copper ever since.

Bryce

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#10890 - 01/31/07 11:55 AM Re: Trap tags
skipper Offline
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Registered: 06/28/05
Posts: 676
Loc: .Manheim Pennslvania
no

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#10891 - 01/31/07 11:56 AM Re: Trap tags
Ldsoldier Offline
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Registered: 12/14/06
Posts: 917
Loc: Raleigh, NC
They're working for me so far.

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#10892 - 01/31/07 12:54 PM Re: Trap tags
bmead Offline
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Registered: 12/08/06
Posts: 33
Loc: ny
I am using them now because i did not have time to order copper, and I am coing to go to copper next year. I have found that allot of them come up missing. they are hard to read and tear easy.

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#10893 - 01/31/07 01:04 PM Re: Trap tags
redsnow Online   content
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Registered: 06/11/06
Posts: 3002
Loc: WV
Keep in mind the "write your own" tags are aluminum, if you ever boil your traps in wood-ashes or lye, the tags will dissolve. Just looked in the T & PC, found machine-stamped copper and brass tags for $12 and $13 per 100 postage paid. Only 13 cents each, the more you buy, the cheaper they are. The last batch I bought were brass, seems like coons don't do as much damage, compared to copper. smile

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#10894 - 01/31/07 01:32 PM Re: Trap tags
45/70 Offline
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Registered: 04/10/01
Posts: 832
Loc: South Georgia, usA
The closest I ever came to receiving a citation for my trapping activities was a trap tag violation, when I was using the "write-your-own style tags to save a little money. What saved me was that there was no "intent" on my part to avoid IDing my traps.

I immediately went to "store-bought" tags, as fast as I could order and receive them. I have had no problem with tags since that time. My personal preference is either brass tags, or to stamp or engrave my traps with my Lifetime, Permanent Trapper's ID Number which we are allowed to use to the exclusion of any other identifying information.

Adios,
45/70,
RKBA !!!

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#10895 - 01/31/07 02:06 PM Re: Trap tags
claythomas Offline
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Registered: 11/24/06
Posts: 73
Loc: south central PA
I think they're just about worthless. IMO if you need some quick tags...what the heck they're cheap and will get you going, but as far as durability...NO WAY

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#10896 - 01/31/07 04:24 PM Re: Trap tags
WACKYQUACKER Offline
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Registered: 04/03/02
Posts: 683
Loc: CORRALES, NM
I'm with the rest of the replies on the write ons...especially 45/70.

The solution I came onto was using aluminum flashing and a stamp set. You can cut the material easily and the stamp set makes short order of imprinting the numbers. Now then, in NM we have the option of obtaining a trap number from the state or using our name and address...the number makes for short stamping sessions. Also, the material is stiff enough to hold its shape, even after multiple uses (I only use them on snares). I simply roll the tag around the points of parallel needle nose pliers.

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#10897 - 01/31/07 05:31 PM Re: Trap tags
skipper Offline
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Registered: 06/28/05
Posts: 676
Loc: .Manheim Pennslvania
speaking of tags the last batch of tage I bought I ordered hog rings to afix them they told me they were no longer available. and sent me a cheeper subsitute, Can the old hog rings still be obtained somewhere.

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