I received permission from Jack Whitman to repost this picture. I met Jack in person recently. One heck of a nice guy. I have been sending civets to him for some research he is doing so we have been in contact for about a year. The guy has filled about the most incredible trapping bucket list imaginable. I listened to him give a demo on wolf trapping and spent a little time with him afterwards.
His explanation and picture afterwards.
The (short) story behind the photo....
In early 1993 I took some time off from my job in Alaska to trap tigers for a study of said critters in Far Eastern Russia. Trapped a couple (indeed, Humptulips, with foot snares), then migrated to a different area (near the North Korean border in Russia) and began a study on Far Eastern leopards. Caught some leopards, Himalayan bears, brown bears, and miscellaneous other critters. Was over there for a year right after Glasnost and Perestroika, one of very few westerners in that part of Russia at the time. Stayed a year, then back to Alaska. Returned a couple of times after that to hunt (Russian boar, Roe deer, Sika deer) with a couple of the Russians I worked with that had become fast friends. Was a wonderful year. On the other hand, was happy to get back to interior Alaska.
