Posted: 12/8/2012 11:26:47 AM EDT
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[I thought I posted this earlier today, but apparently it didn't post]
When hunting, you typically want to bleed the animal asap so that the blood doesn't make the meat go bad, right? But with trapping (for example: rabbit) the carcass might lie there for 24 hours. Doesn't the meat go bad? |
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Most folks are trapping for pelts, not meat. There's a lot of useable meat on some animals-- beaver, muskrat, racoon, and opossum, primarily. OP, some traps kill quickly (Conibears/body-grip traps or leghold traps with drowning wires), so spoilage may be a concern. However, trapping seasons generally fall during the coldest part of the year anyway when the fur is the best quality. Depending on where you live and what sort of weather you get, it's likely that your catch will be chilled or even frozen when you retrieve it. Snares and non-drowning leghold sets will often not kill your catch. |
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I have never heard of bleeding an animal, and I eat a ton of game. I even let deer hang for a few days to age them a little bit, makes for more tender steaks.
Gutting on the other hand, you should get the guts out as soon as you can, it will make meat rancid in very short order. If you are trapping to eat I be you will check them every 12, and the chances of the critter being in there for the longest period of time over that span are minimal. Body grippers and snares will kill it, a foothold will just net you a pissed off critter. |
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I have never heard of bleeding an animal, and I eat a ton of game. I even let deer hang for a few days to age them a little bit, makes for more tender steaks. Gutting on the other hand, you should get the guts out as soon as you can, it will make meat rancid in very short order. If you are trapping to eat I be you will check them every 12, and the chances of the critter being in there for the longest period of time over that span are minimal. Body grippers and snares will kill it, a foothold will just net you a pissed off critter. This. I have never felt the need to bleed anything. Check traps often. More often in warm weather. Blood does not make meat go bad. Guts do. |
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[I thought I posted this earlier today, but apparently it didn't post] When hunting, you typically want to bleed the animal asap so that the blood doesn't make the meat go bad, right? But with trapping (for example: rabbit) the carcass might lie there for 24 hours. Doesn't the meat go bad? leg hold trap - it will still be there waiting for you alive when you find it, kill and bleed it. deadfall or snare - yeah, problem but if you are setting snares you are probably starving and are tired of grasshoppers anyway |
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Body grippers and snares will kill it, a foothold will just net you a pissed off critter. LOL, you'd be surprised how many critters I come up on that are ASLEEP in footholds, esp foxes. 
I believe MOST will fight trap for a bit, and then settle down. At least while it's still dark. May become more agitated once it starts getting light, but I usually run my line early. As far as snares, there is a differtence between what many call a snare and a cable restraint device, also depends on use (or not) of stops, type of locks, and if set up to entangle. |
| Basically if the heart is not beating the blood isn't flowing so the old deal with cutting a downed animals throat to bleed it does nothing except let the blood out of the vessels in the immediate area. Your bullet does all the bleeding that needs to be done if the animal is shot in the chest cavity or other vital area. |