Clear and COLD. -16F at 7am.
Went to set baits and did 3mile first. Everything went fine there, but had trouble getting the firing pin to hit at the K. Dump. After a few tests, I found that the pin would hit if the trigger was pulled, reset and pulled again. Thought that the batteries were going dead in the detonator, so I went and grabbed the detonator from 3mile to put it at K. Dump. Pulled the shell out (very hard to do) and tried test firing the new detonator and it worked fine. But when I went to put a new shell in, the bolt would not close. After trying for a while, I finally gave up.
Went home and grabbed a long screwdriver cause I thought there might have been a build up of ice in the chamber. Went back and flushed 2 bbma from the bait. Tried scraping out the chamber, but still couldn't get the shell in. I decided to try a different shell and jammed it in there with some serious force. I then figured that if I fired it, it would melt any ice that was in there, so I took the net out of the barrels and fired it. When I pulled the spent shell out, it was easier and I noticed some frozen green stuff on the side and it was a little bent. Looks like some sage had gotten into the chamber and frozen. I had no trouble putting a new shell in. Got it all set and ready to go by 8am.
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