Ouch's trapping season

[ouchfoss]

I plan to cook some tomorrow. I soaked it in water first for a day to get some of the blood out.
Its pretty good if you butcher it and cook it right. If you spill some of the glands on it though its not worth eating. That taste gets into every part of the meat and you literally have to use it as bait only. Last year my dad took steaks and cubed, floured and fried it and it was awesome!

I'm gonna give it a try this year.  Nice job on the triple. You might as well start the scoreboard thread

I was just thinking that!

[ouchfoss]

Got this guy in the same spot as the 56 pounder. Not too big but I'll take it!

[Humptulips]

Put any of them up yet? What do they look like? Primeness?

[ouchfoss]

I'm probably not the best judge at when their prime or not but the beaver seem nice. I got my first two put up and the other three are skinned and in the freezer til get more time. I'll get the otter done later today

[3nails]

 The otter is getting me pumped! My personal favorite to trap.

[wildweeds]

Did you extract any beaver from that spot I wanted you to trap last year? I had some dogs get sick and it turns out they've got "Beaver fever",well guess what try as one might,you can't keep dogs from drinking from an available water source.Worst part is it ain't just one,it's the whole works as it spreads out all over in the kennel.I've been medicating for weeks,it's quite tough to get rid of once it gets started this time of year.

The otter is getting me pumped! My personal favorite to trap.

[ouchfoss]

First coon of the year! My little trapping buddy came with this morning to help me.
You gotta see her face when I ask her if she wants to go trapping with me today!

[ouchfoss]

Ended up getting a smaller beaver in a random spot on the river today. It was a little side stream that had no old sign or activity anywhere nearby. I put the trap there because it seemed like a decent spot to maybe pick up an otter but wasnt expecting a beaver at all.
I ended up fleshing my two raccoons today and they were both very blue! Fur seemed decent but their skin was super thin and hairs were actually coming out the flesh side as I was fleshing it. They were darn good eating though!  

[TeacherMan]

Love that area out there!

[Magnum_Willys]

Yea that 56# is a super blanket for sure. You stretch it yet?

[ouchfoss]

I thought it was too. Turned out to be just blanket size.

[ouchfoss]

I have had a few traps at one specific dam for the last four days and finally connected today! First check it had sprung the trap and pushed it aside a few feet and repaired his dam in the process. Yesterday it had just pushed the trap aside a little bit and never even sprung it. Today I went to check it and realized my trap was gone! I was kind of pissed at first thinking that someone had actually stole it and then realized it was about 10 feet away in the deeper section with a beav in it! Hard to believe he could "swim" and paddle enough to move it that far. Haven't skinned it yet to see if its a male or female but I weighed it and its 47 pounds. Second biggest I have gotten!
My daughter wanted in a pic so I figured Id set it up for size comparison.

[Turner89]

Cool picture! My daughter never turns down a photo op 

[jasnt]

Cool picture! My daughter never turns down a photo op 

mine too. Nice beaver!

[big wood]

cool pic with your sweetie trapping partner. now if you can only get her skinning