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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #45 on: December 21, 2014, 06:26:22 AM »
Didn't have to wait too long, first beaver set of the year, set yesterday.  :)

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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #46 on: December 21, 2014, 06:49:31 AM »
One thing about ditching Washington, you get to play with "real" traps.    Nice job Fred :tup:   Looking foreard to your first fox.

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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #47 on: December 21, 2014, 07:41:58 PM »
Your season looks like it is starting off nicely Machias.  Good job  :tup: :tup: two thumbs up
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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #48 on: December 21, 2014, 08:30:09 PM »
One thing about ditching Washington, you get to play with "real" traps.    Nice job Fred :tup:   Looking foreard to your first fox.
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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #49 on: December 22, 2014, 08:50:11 AM »
Got another nice beaver this morning, 55 pounder, same set as yesterday, 330 in front of a castor mound set on the North Anna River in Virginia.  I'll post a photo tonight.
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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #50 on: December 22, 2014, 02:02:45 PM »

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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #51 on: December 22, 2014, 06:12:07 PM »
That's a cool picture. How long a stretch of the river do you run?
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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #52 on: December 22, 2014, 06:41:51 PM »
Just under a mile.
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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #53 on: December 23, 2014, 05:54:46 AM »
Picked up another coon this morning.  Sure like using these dogproofs!


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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #54 on: December 23, 2014, 06:19:11 AM »
Great job!!!
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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #55 on: December 23, 2014, 06:25:34 PM »
Your killing the racoons :tup: I really want to get a few more of them. I think they are the easiest things I've skinned so far.
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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #56 on: December 24, 2014, 01:24:58 PM »
Christmas Eve coon


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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #57 on: December 24, 2014, 06:00:28 PM »
That place must be crawling with coons. What do you use for bait in those dog proofs?
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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #58 on: December 25, 2014, 08:12:24 AM »
I'm trapping three different small farms.  I use a bait from Keg Creek Lures & Baits called Coon Crunch, I also sometimes use a marshmallow and I also use cat food with a few drops of liquid smoke.
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Re: Machias' 2014-2015 Virginia Trapping Season
« Reply #59 on: December 25, 2014, 09:38:36 AM »
That sounds like a good  recipe.

 


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