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Offline Josh_D.

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Josh's First Season
« on: November 04, 2016, 01:53:47 PM »
I was able to set my traps on opening day but yesterday I took the tips of two of my fingers off with a tablesaw.  I pulled my traps untill I get use of my hand back.  Lucky me I had a muskrat in my colony trap!  Very dark pelt even though he is a little guy.

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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2016, 02:54:05 PM »
 :tup: nice it's a good beginning and good bait for cats

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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2016, 04:42:30 PM »
cool! (except for loppin' off a few digits)  :tup:
Congrats & hope u can get traps back out soon!

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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2016, 04:52:47 PM »
Congrats on the first one! Heal quick and get back to it!

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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2016, 07:20:58 PM »
Congrats bud. Good luck with the hand. Gotta be a story behind that!  Hope ya heal fast!
https://www.howlforwildlife.org/take_action  It takes 10 seconds and it’s free. To easy to make an excuse not to make your voice heard!!!!!!

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https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=77.04.012

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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2016, 09:25:22 AM »
My fingers are back in action!  Most of the fingernail will grow back and doc said in a year or two the cold sensitivity will go away.  This morning I caught a huge muskrat!  Caught in Jesse (Ouchfoss's) marten trap baited only with some beaver castor.  I made a spot in the bank look like a beaver had broken through the ice and slid up on shore.  Thats where my trap funneled the rat in.  The beavers keep dodging my cages.  I really wish we could use conibears under water.

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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2016, 09:26:02 AM »
In the trap

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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2016, 11:46:15 AM »
 right on bud that one looks like it will go XL for sure

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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2016, 12:28:42 PM »
Glad your back in action. Congrats on a huge rat
https://www.howlforwildlife.org/take_action  It takes 10 seconds and it’s free. To easy to make an excuse not to make your voice heard!!!!!!

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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2016, 06:59:14 PM »
 :tup: nice huge rat congrats
Boar looking for Sow to hunt with. LOL

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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2016, 10:08:19 PM »
Nice!

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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2016, 01:51:24 AM »
My fingers are back in action!  Most of the fingernail will grow back and doc said in a year or two the cold sensitivity will go away.  This morning I caught a huge muskrat!  Caught in Jesse (Ouchfoss's) marten trap baited only with some beaver castor.  I made a spot in the bank look like a beaver had broken through the ice and slid up on shore.  Thats where my trap funneled the rat in.  The beavers keep dodging my cages.  I really wish we could use conibears under water.

I agree I wish I could go back to using them too, there is no better beaver killer than a conni. Nice work on the rat.
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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2016, 06:13:05 AM »
Nice! That is a pretty big rat!  :tup:

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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2016, 11:33:29 AM »

Those table saws .......... you have got to watch them.  I know several guys that have lost fingers on them.
Glad you back in business.
Good Job on the fur  :tup: :tup:
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Re: Josh's First Season
« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2016, 12:29:03 PM »
Good work keep it up !

 


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