Bear Hunter's 2016/17 Season

[Humptulips]

I am chasing a skunk myself. Since we are talking about dispatch methods, can I hear any of the ethics of the needle vs bullet? Acetone to the bloodstream sounds like it would create a blood pressure drop similar to some serious bleeding.

Never used the skunk pole method myself. I have doubts about it working well on civets. I will say a lot of guys use them on striped skunks and they seem to die fast or so they say. I have read where MEK (methyl ethyl ketone) is supposed to work extremely fast, better then acetone.

It was slow but it is starting to pick up. I noticed when it snows and gets frozen. I don't caught anything. But as some as everthing melts away. I caught critters. Hmmmmmm Well today I caught a small beaver in the picture I drew on the other day. I tried a swim thru in a new spot and caught a big otter.    I need to get syringes for spotted skunk. I popped him not good. Lol  Where do you get doctor syringes to use on skunks?

Are you asking about syringes for dispatching skunks or for harvesting the essence? The ones for harvesting the essence are at the farm supply I believe but you would likely have to get he whole kit for dispatching from a trapper supply.

Both Bruce... I was just milking it in a jar, but I think a syringe might work better. Plus I was thinking it would be hard to chase the little stinkers around my big cat traps. I was thinking the same think that most of the other trapper are going after strippers. How would you get one out of a big trap to a small trap and gas them? I was thinking of welding up a cover to place over a trap. But it needs to be small.  Or I could cut a 3x4 hole in the side and wire a cover. Then cut the wire to open the hole. Then wait and see if the skunk enters small trap or gas box. Whats you thoughts on this?

What  I do is I purposely make a small hole in the trap for civets to escape and then set a small trap beside the cat trap and pick the civet up next time around. My small traps, I can gas them right in the trap but you can use a small cage/box trap that will fit in a gas chamber and then set the trap in the gas chamber.
Sunnyslopes went out with me a couple years ago and he had some cages he wanted to use. We found and old cooler someone had tossed and used that for a gas chamber. He gassed three that day and it worked pretty good.
Oh, a 2x2 hole in your trap will let every civet escape. Can't hold them with bar doors either.

[bear hunter]

Thanks Bruce for the info. I will make a gas box at work. To fit my smaller traps. I had 2 skunks in my cat traps tonight. They walk out the bar door. Looks like I will be making lots of little skunk traps for next season. I will brake up galv. Boxes and us wire trigers like the swim thru's. I thinks 10 should do it. Lol in the mean time I will bait up some smaller havaharts and cross my finger for a cat or skunk. Thanks again for the info. Scored a syringe and 16ga niddles from a buddy. Now I can pull out the stink and save it.   

[Blsum]

Just a heads up on the small havaheart traps. Last year I was dealing with a skunk that was robbing me. I placed my small havaheart trap next to the cat trap and wired the bait to the roof of the trap like I do with my cat traps. Well I kept getting my bait robbed out of the traps. I figured out that with the pan trigger in the havaheart traps and the bait wired up high the skunk wasn't pushing down on the pan because he was sitting on his back legs stealing the bait. The last time I rebaited I wired the bait to the floor of the trap right behind the pan. That way when he pulled on the bait he is putting more downward pressure with his front feet. That did the trick and I caught my first skunk. Got sprayed in the process of trying to dispatch by moving the trap to a stream. So there were a couple lessons learned, and now the girlfriend won't let me bring skunks home anymore.

[bear hunter]

   2 cat trap doors shut.  Dang Skunk. I will just deal with them for now until Saturday. I will place havahart trap by my cat sets. Later I will place wire on doors to a keep the stinkers in the trap. Caught a beaver at the new spot I showed you guys on the picture. The natural log in the water. So now there is one down below and above the dam. Both channels covered now. I also caught a possum today. Lots of cat bait this year. Hmmmmm haven't had any muskrat this year. Heck I don't need them anyways. Well thanks for you time following my trap line. Here is a picture of my off the road otter set.

[bear hunter]

Just a heads up on the small havaheart traps. Last year I was dealing with a skunk that was robbing me. I placed my small havaheart trap next to the cat trap and wired the bait to the roof of the trap like I do with my cat traps. Well I kept getting my bait robbed out of the traps. I figured out that with the pan trigger in the havaheart traps and the bait wired up high the skunk wasn't pushing down on the pan because he was sitting on his back legs stealing the bait. The last time I rebaited I wired the bait to the floor of the trap right behind the pan. That way when he pulled on the bait he is putting more downward pressure with his front feet. That did the trick and I caught my first skunk. Got sprayed in the process of trying to dispatch by moving the trap to a stream. So there were a couple lessons learned, and now the girlfriend won't let me bring skunks home anymore.

    now thats funny story.  Thanks for the tip.   I might get lucky again and catch a cat in one like last year.

[bear hunter]

Another good day. No bobcats but I did get 2-beavers, 1-otter, and 2-possums. I fixed and rebaitedand scented the traps. I also placed 3 small traps for skunks next to my cat sets. Then placed 2- 11x12x36 traps down the road from all my sets. Also hung 2 animals in a tree 50 to 100 yards between my sets. Hoping it will draw in cats. Will see if it works. Pulled one the small swim thru for repairs.  I will thinking I should a new line. Never prebaiting before but with all the bait I hae might as well try a new spot next weekend. I have 3 traps ready and I will place out in a new area and start pebaiting. Will see if I have time.

[Triplej]

looks like a good haul !

[bear hunter]

looks like a good haul !

Thanks..... Now I need more cats and skunks.

[Cultusman]

You don't have time to be on the Internet , you have some skinning to do.
Nice Catch

[ouchfoss]

Nice! Stacking up fur!

[bear hunter]

You don't have time to be on the Internet , you have some skinning to do.
Nice Catch

I know but it is cold out side. Lol Yeah heading out in 5.

[Machias]

Nice job!!!

[jasnt]

Good work bud. Keep it up

[bear hunter]

Thanks

[Kit Carson]

Stackin them furs