Teachermans 2012-2013 Trapping Journal

[TeacherMan]

Interesting...... Do you not use dive sticks?

I've found from just watching rats they will ver out of the channels with a dive stick. It's like a chin lifter on a snare. Works great for bush trapping but in rural areas fox avoid them like the plague. Rats spend most of there time swimming the bottom of there runs. That's why you can see the warm trails. Trial and error got me here. 200 plus rats last year doing it.

[3nails]

 I will experiment next year with that. It would save time not putting them in.

[TeacherMan]

More rats

[TeacherMan]

It's nice focussing on rats! I think I'm going to go put couple beaver sets in today also. Found another pic of a BEAUTIFUL cherry red fox I got a few weeks back. Not sure why I never posted it. All k9 is done for the yr for me between my partner and I we only got about 1/2 what we wanted. We are thinking somewhere around 50 fox, lol 13 yotes, 1 wolverine and 3 cats. In the water department we are around 50 beaver, 9 otter and not sure how many rats. My buddies the water trapper. I play under the ice a little but he loves it!!! Well I guess I've got more traps to go set

[BOWHUNTER45]

Sweet ..thats what I miss ...is catching some foxes 

[TeacherMan]

It doesn't get much better than this! Beautiful Alaskan day for trapping!

[woodywsu]

Are those foothold victors on a sliding drown set?

[TeacherMan]

Are those foothold victors on a sliding drown set?

Castor mound, #3 LS on a 1/8" cable with slide loc leading into 6' of water and a 50 lb sack of rocks

They are on a main river bank in a high beaver traffic area.

[TeacherMan]

Remember I'm in AK I can actual trap with real traps 

[woodywsu]

There are ways to use these traps in WA. That's why I am asking. I set a lot of those down here as well. Can't beat a good old burlap sack full of rocks.

[TeacherMan]

There are ways to use these traps in WA. That's why I am asking. I set a lot of those down here as well. Can't beat a good old burlap sack full of rocks.

Very cool! Didn't know you could that makes things easier. My partner checked them yesterday when I was out snow machining and we got a double in them

[seth30]

That's a nice fox

[TeacherMan]

Good day on the line, already skinned one before I took the pic

[3nails]

Nice!

[quadrafire]

Nice!! That one in the upper right corner is a squirt. LOL