Trapper checking traps

[Buckhunter24]

Jingles is always whining about this that or the other i wouldn't put much stock in what he says myself

[GWP]

Public forum where people can say ‘mostly’ whatever they want. Not a lot different than a work place with a bunch of people BSing and saying crap to, about others, each other. Well, except everybody can read the crap and make comments and say crap to, about others, each other, well, you get the idea.

Know the guy that had the shootout (died) with Police in Olympia a month or so ago. Multiple tours in Afghanistan, father, husband, fellow worker.
Saw some comments on a posting about it where a LOT of the comments presumed him to be some low life ‘thug’ that ‘deserved what he got’. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
Best just shrug off all the comments and move on if you can. Just because they are on here does not make them how the person actually feels, real, or true.

[Humptulips]

All traps pulled from that area to avoid any possible conflict  I'm to old to put up with this kinda crap and not get angry and ahead,  but taking ecaller out to attempt at calling this critter in. Spooky thing is the tracks followed my path for quite aways before stepping off on virgin snow where I could get decent  picture  no tracks around when moved trap to new location, first trap check after moving there they are.
Fortunately able to move traps to some fenced private property

You did the right thing. Sometimes better to take the high road and pullout then create a confrontation.
It's upsetting and that is not what you are out there for so I hope you have a more enjoyable time where you moved to.

[idaho guy]

This thread just shows innocent until proven guilty is so forgone in this country , you have zero proof , if it really was your intention to catch them why wouldn’t camera be within site of trap come on really  ,  and then you say you would make them
Walk back barefoot let’s be real here we have laws for a reason , report it try for your photos or  move spots which does suck but trapping and hunting are losing a footing all the time because of  this crap

wrong , I caught a guy that did worse to my trap by destroying it and releasing a cat and the state did not prosecute them so if I catch someone messing with my traps they’ll be lucky to be able to walk out on 2 legs . Absolutely no difference then someone stealing or messing with your stuff on your property. The reason our foothold of hunting and trapping are disappearing is because of people that are cowards and not standing up to people ! 100 years ago thieves got hung or shot or the very least the crap beat outta them
If it’s WOKE it’s BROKE

   

I think the lady in the picture needs the benefit of the doubt and I’m not sure her pictures should have been posted without actual evidence she was messing with traps. Other than that I agree with jakeland. hunters and trappers need to stand up for themselves. I think an old fashioned but whooping is probably what’s missing in modern society. If you’re legally trapping and someone’s screwing with your stuff? I don’t think anyone should beat up the old lady 😂 but I can’t disagree with Lakelands solution in certain circumstances either. The world was a better place when liberal hippies knew they would get there butt kicked for stuff like that 😂

[Jingles]

This thread just shows innocent until proven guilty is so forgone in this country , you have zero proof , if it really was your intention to catch them why wouldn’t camera be within site of trap come on really  ,  and then you say you would make them
Walk back barefoot let’s be real here we have laws for a reason , report it try for your photos or  move spots which does suck but trapping and hunting are losing a footing all the time because of  this crap

This will be my final poston this subject just had to clear this up for millerwheeler as apparently it was not evident enough for some that the camera was on site of the trap, the trap was located where indicated with the circle,  IMO can't get much more on site

[Cougartail]

She is either really stupid or up to no good. This is my final opinion on this one.

[idaho guy]

This thread just shows innocent until proven guilty is so forgone in this country , you have zero proof , if it really was your intention to catch them why wouldn’t camera be within site of trap come on really  ,  and then you say you would make them
Walk back barefoot let’s be real here we have laws for a reason , report it try for your photos or  move spots which does suck but trapping and hunting are losing a footing all the time because of  this crap

   

Hunting and trapping are losing footing because the majority of our community have somehow been trained to appease anti hunters. I don’t disagree with you on not breaking laws personally to defend our rights, but we do need to fight back you can’t give enough to make an anti happy. For some unknown reason they hate our lifestyle and won’t be happy until hunting and trapping are completely gone. We need to fight back and try to keep it legal if possible. This whole idea of running and hiding to make some liberal happy is not working. I’m proud of hunting and trapping and I do it legally so I won’t give an inch to try and make bunny huggers happy. We can’t give enough to make them happy short of getting rid of all hunting and trapping.

[KFhunter]

You realize the traps had not been messed with the time he has this blue hair on camera ya?  Jingles said so.

I think if she were the culprit she could not have walked by without messing with them if she were an anti


An anti would do something each and every time.

There is a possibility she called the game warden, who responded, found the koro traps, removed them, gave them back, and subsequently warned the woman that messing with the traps would get her in trouble...but thats a WAG

But that wouldn't stop her from walking the trail everyday...

In any case there's too much traffic and headaches on that line.   Try to hide your entrance and exits to the line better, don't start right from a parking area, or recreational parking lot, but walk up the highway a bit and duck in over a snowbank under bushy trees. 

[Humptulips]

It's always a problem when trapping in the snow. Even people that have no malicious intent will follow a trail out of curiosity.
It's hard to make a connection from a picture of someone walking the trail without actual footage of the traps being molested.
It's galling but best to just move on. Jingles made the right move.

[idaho guy]

You realize the traps had not been messed with the time he has this blue hair on camera ya?  Jingles said so.

I think if she were the culprit she could not have walked by without messing with them if she were an anti


An anti would do something each and every time.

There is a possibility she called the game warden, who responded, found the koro traps, removed them, gave them back, and subsequently warned the woman that messing with the traps would get her in trouble...but thats a WAG
 


But that wouldn't stop her from walking the trail everyday...

In any case there's too much traffic and headaches on that line.   Try to hide your entrance and exits to the line better, don't start right from a parking area, or recreational parking lot, but walk up the highway a bit and duck in over a snowbank under bushy trees.               

     

  I already stated her pictures shouldn’t have been posted since she didn’t mess with the traps. I also agree with others in this situation I would just move my traps as there is too much human activity and not worth it. We have a responsibility to be careful where and how we set certain traps to avoid giving the trapping community a black eye. I do that when trapping.  My other statement applies to how we react as hunters and trappers when we are responsibly hunting and trapping and bunny huggers interfere. I don’t believe cowering down to them and there demands accomplished anything for us. We need to tell them to shove it we are losing footing because we constantly give in a little here and there to make them happy. It’s not working and they are never happy. I think jingles was smart to move his traps in this situation and I would have done the same. Other situations I agree with jakeland s solution

[GWP]

If the ‘only’ footprints were the ‘setter’ and a random person suddenly showing up in the same location directly after he set them, where there were no other footprints before hand, I would not classify it as a high foot traffic area that should not have traps in it.
And why not post them? It seems the person (if it is the same one) is intent on messing up the trapping opportunities, or perhaps messing with the traps as well. Someone may know the person from other encounters and be able to alert F&W.
Unless this is not the same person from the other trap line?

[Jingles]

Now have video of the woman and her friend in the previous  picture  spraying something on trap on 3 different occasions
Will see if judicial system does anything with video evidence, if not country justice might prevail

[KFhunter]

Now have video of the woman and her friend in the previous  picture  spraying something on trap on 3 different occasions
Will see if judicial system does anything with video evidence, if not country justice might prevail

Yup, WDFW is your next move

[pianoman9701]

Now have video of the woman and her friend in the previous  picture  spraying something on trap on 3 different occasions
Will see if judicial system does anything with video evidence, if not country justice might prevail

Is there any pattern in time or day that they come? If the judicial system angle doesn't work, maybe leave a message on their car.

[Jingles]

Have talked to them in the past about it being a trap line not a snowshoe or ski trail also have vehicle license number on the day I talked to them
No idea about regular time other than after I have checked my line,  do know bear spray 43.00 per can, skunk essence 60.00 per ounce, wasp and hornet spray 4.59 per can and shoots 27 feet a small rock on the trigger of the can and a board that falls on the rock on the trigger that falls when trip wire (6 pound mono fishing line buried just under the snow) moved would sure cover them.